Jill Meinecke2022-12-10T13:29:43-10:00December 6, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: appeal, behavioral health, Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, EUTF, HMSA, Kaiser Permanente, mental health, National Union of Healthcare Workers, NUHW, Osa Tui Jr, switch|
Educators and other members of the State of Hawaii’s Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) will be able to switch their health coverage enrollment from Kaiser to the Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) due to the Kaiser Permanente mental health care employees’ strike, which is now in its fourth month.
Jill Meinecke2023-01-05T21:46:16-10:00November 23, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: education, Farrington High, funding, gov. david ige, HIDOE, public education, Roosevelt High School|
Gov. David Ige announced this week the release of $143 million in funding for capital improvement projects (CIPs) at Hawaiʻi public schools, including money for new PE locker rooms, gymnasium, and music facilities at Farrington High on Oʻahu and a theater and new playcourts at schools on Maui.
Jill Meinecke2022-11-09T12:08:38-10:00November 9, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2nd Congressional District, Brian Schatz, D.C., ed case, Hawaii general election, HSTA recommended candidates, Logan Okita, Lt. Gov. Josh Green, Osa Tui Jr, Rep. Sylvia Luke, Sen. Jill Tokuda, Washington|
Lt. Gov. Josh Green was elected the ninth governor of Hawaiʻi Tuesday, beating his Republican opponent and former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona by almost a 2-1 margin.
Jill Meinecke2022-11-04T10:06:15-10:00November 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: FLYTE, Foundation for Learning Youth Travel Education, Hawaii Island, Iceland, Joʻel Nathansen, Keaʻau High School, Travel|
Many of Joʻel Nathansen’s students at Keaʻau High School haven’t left the state of Hawaiʻi, let alone the country. But a trip over the summer to Iceland made world travelers out of eight of her students during an all-expenses paid journey to the land of fire and ice.
Jill Meinecke2022-10-26T14:00:34-10:00October 26, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Hamakua Chapter, Hawaii Island, Keaau-Ka'u-Pahoa Complex Area, Kohala Chapter, Kona Chapter, SATEP, UniServ director, West Hawaii|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association welcomed Audra Zook to her new role of UniServ Director for West Hawaii as she stepped into the role Tuesday.
Jill Meinecke2022-10-19T14:41:45-10:00October 19, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Campbell Kapolei Complex, HCR, honolulu pride, Honolulu Pride Parade 2022, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, LGBTQ, Nanakuli High, Nanakuli Intermediate, NEA, NEA LGBTQ+ Caucus, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
More than 100 public and charter school teachers and students marched with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association in support of the LGBTQ+ community in Saturday’s 2022 Honolulu Pride Parade.
Jill Meinecke2022-10-18T11:03:56-10:00October 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2023 Teacher of the Year, Dr. Michael Ida, Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani Complex, HIDOE, Honolulu District, HSTA, Kalani High, National Board Certified Teachers, O'ahu Mathematics League, Osa Tui Jr|
Dr. Michael Ida, a math and computer science teacher at Kalani High, received the state's top teaching award from Gov. David Ige and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Monday afternoon.
Jill Meinecke2022-09-29T12:37:39-10:00September 29, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Brian Schatz, City and County of Honolulu, federal funding, funding, Hawaii County, Hawaii Department of Education, Kauai County, maui county, Title I, Title I schools, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz|
Hawaiʻi K-12 schools will receive more than $58 million in new federal funding for the 2022-23 school year, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) announced Thursday.
Jill Meinecke2022-09-27T12:11:15-10:00September 27, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: cohort, field study, Global Learning Fellow, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii Island, HIDOE, Hilo, Hilo Intermediate, professional development, South Africa, The NEA Foundation|
Pualeilani Fernandez, a Hawaiian history teacher at Hilo Intermediate, was chosen to represent Hawaiʻi in the 2023 cohort of the NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship.
Jill Meinecke2022-09-26T12:22:57-10:00September 26, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: HIDOE, Leave Share, Leave Share Donation Form, Long COVID, Maui, Pōmaikaʻi Elementary, SASA|
Pōmaikaʻi Elementary third-grade teacher and Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Maui Chapter member Courtney Flower is asking for leave donations from her colleagues by Oct. 7 after being diagnosed with long COVID.
