HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) has received three grants from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) partnership that will fund initiatives to enhance math achievement at Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area schools, develop computer science and math skills at  Kailua-Kalāheo Complex Area schools, and connect agricultural programs with Science, Technology, Engineering and…

Lahaina’s two elementary schools reopened to hundreds of students today on a shared campus that faculty and staff from both schools have worked hard to make as inviting and familiar as possible for their communities impacted by the August wildfires. The King Kamehameha III Elementary campus – which had been located along Front Street and…

Lahaina Intermediate School faculty and staff cheered and waved signs as they welcomed approximately 400 students back to their West Maui campus for the first time this academic year. Class schedules were distributed upon arrival and students started the day with grade-level orientation assemblies followed by a rotating class schedule to meet all of their…

​LAHAINA — Lahainaluna High School faculty and staff welcomed approximately 700 students back to their home campus today for the first time in more than two months since the Maui wildfires. The school day started off with morning piko, or protocol, in the gym with an emotional assembly that included song, chant, a student tribute,…

Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced another step toward recovery from the devastating Lahaina wildfires with the completion of an emergency access route prior to the reopening of Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate, and Lahainaluna High. “The community stressed the importance of reopening for our Lahaina keiki,” said Governor Green. “Having a mass evacuation route available hopefully…

Pearl City High School (PCHS)  fashion students collaborated with island sportswear company Tori Richard on a unique, custom aloha shirt which incorporates Hawaiian culture and the history of their beloved campus. Over the span of two years, students from the Fashion and Artisan Design program met regularly with seasoned designers from the Tori Richard team…

The Hawaiʻi State Board of Education has appointed veteran public policy and government affairs leader Capsun M. Poe as its executive director overseeing the planning, coordination, monitoring and improvement of the Board’s operations. The state Constitution grants the Board the power to formulate statewide educational policy. “I am excited for this opportunity to empower the Board…

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) named Leilehua High School’s natural resources teacher Jackie Freitas the 2024 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year. Freitas received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Superintendent Keith Hayashi during an awards ceremony at Washington Place this afternoon. The honor is presented annually to a…

After weeks of comprehensive air, drinking water and soil quality testing at the three Lahaina campuses affected by the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfires, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) is set to bring students back to the Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate and Lahainaluna High campuses as part of a phased reopening plan starting…

HONOLULU — Enrollment at Hawaii’s public schools is 167,649 at the beginning of the school year. Enrollment is relatively steady compared with an enrollment of 168,634 students at the start of last school year — a difference of 0.6%.  The figures represent students enrolled in Department of Education schools, including students enrolled in the Department’s distance…