August 13, 2023 Aloha Lahaina teachers, administrators, staff, students and families, From the bottom of my heart, thank you for the strength, leadership and courage you’ve shown throughout this tragedy that has shaken Lahaina, our Maui communities and all of Hawai‘i. The loss you are experiencing is unimaginable — the loss of loved ones, of…

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) continues to work with its school bus contractors statewide to help recruit and retain drivers and restore suspended routes as quickly as possible.  Bus service contractors are continuing to offer and expand hiring bonuses, pay incentives – including daily incentives – and increased benefits, and some…

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…