By Alyssa Francesca Salcedo ​The Kindergarten Summer Start program, now in its third year, was launched by the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) to give free specialized support to young learners, and is finding success and support among schools and families.  Over the course of three weeks, the program focuses on academic and social readiness, for…

HONOLULU – The continuing shortage of qualified school bus drivers statewide will completely or partially suspend bus transportation services at 10 of Oʻahu’s 24 high schools and four schools on Kauaʻi when the new school year begins for students on Monday, August 7. The high schools listed below will rely heavily on county bus systems for student transportation in School Year 2023-24:…

​KĪHEI – The new Kūlanihāko‘i High School campus in South Maui has received a key approval that clears the way for the campus to open to students and staff for the upcoming 2023-24 school year that begins Aug. 1 for teachers and Aug. 7 for students.  At a news conference at the school today Maui…

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education’s Communications Branch has received two prestigious awards for excellence from the National School Public Relations Association. ​The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education’s Communications Branch has received two prestigious awards for excellence from the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) for its weekly Hoʻohaʻaheo newsletter and for its video feature, A Day In…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) will be serving meals to children ages 18 and younger at 115 community sites across the islands in partnership with sponsor organizations during the summer months. These sites will bolster efforts by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education which is currently serving meals free of charge to keiki 18 and younger at 86 school locations on Kauaʻi,…

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) announced today that 86 public schools will serve meals free of charge over the summer to children ages 18 years and younger, regardless of public school enrollment status, through its summer food service program. Beginning in early June, the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) program will serve meals at…

The plan also includes targeted actions to support staff success and streamline Department operations. ​The Hawai‘i State Department of Education will launch and expand initiatives over the next six years to advance public education and student and staff success under an implementation plan approved Thursday by the State of Hawai‘i Board of Education. “The approval…

In effort to increase local menu offerings to students, over 70 O‘ahu public schools offered fresh local poi this May to students and staff as an accompanying lunch menu item.  “We’re really excited that for the first time in over a decade, we’re serving poi on our regular school menus,” said Randall Tanaka, Assistant Superintendent…

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced Kahuku High & Intermediate School senior Vaeanui Peck as one of three Hawai‘i scholars in the 59th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars. (The other two scholars are enrolled in Hawai‘i private schools.) This year’s class recognized a total of 161 high school seniors nationwide for their accomplishments in academics, the arts,…

The film, “Blood, Sweat and Sparkles: The Young Activists Guide to Ending Period Poverty,” was one of the few pieces selected for the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Schools at the Festival program. Thousands of students from across the country tuned in Friday to watch a short film featuring Campbell High School students who helped…