Terri Inefuku2021-04-09T18:18:11-10:00April 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: communications, communications specialist, employment, graphic design, Hawaii State Teachers Association, hiring, job, journalism, position|
To round out the skillsets of our current three-person communications team, HSTA seeks someone with a strong background in designing and producing infographics and flyers, managing social media, and writing in-depth stories.
Terri Inefuku2021-04-01T10:11:00-10:00April 1, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: addendum, coronavirus, COVID-19, FAQ, frequently asked questions, Hawaii State Department of Education, Health and Safety Handbook, HIDOE, memorandum of understanding, mou, reopening schools, school reopening|
This guidance is provided as a member resource regarding the agreement reached with the State of Hawaii and the Hawaii Board of Education to amend the June 2020 memorandum of understanding related to COVID-19 response for school year 2020-2021 and the corresponding coronavirus preparation and response letter dated July 13, 2020.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-25T13:46:55-10:00March 25, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: GIG, Good Idea Grant, grant application, grant program, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, PSHF, Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation|
Educators, or teams of teachers, can submit their ideas for creative classroom projects — the more innovative and engaging for students, the better.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-23T09:23:53-10:00March 22, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Diane Mokuau, librarian, Molokai High School, S.T.A.C.Y. Award, School Library Journal|
Congratulations, Diane Mokuau! The Molokai High School librarian was named 2021 School Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal.
Terri Inefuku2022-08-18T10:52:39-10:00March 20, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: APIC, Asian, Atlanta, discrimination, human and civil rights committee, NEA Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus, racial justice, racism, shooting, Stop Asian Hate, violence, xenophobia|
We are incredibly disappointed to have to speak out yet again — less than a year later — to denounce the violence, hate speech, xenophobia, and other acts of discrimination that continue to occur across our country, this time against Asian communities.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-15T12:02:34-10:00March 15, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, Negotiations, News|Tags: 6 feet, agreement, CDC, coronavirus, COVID-19, distance learning, distancing, DOH, Hawaii Department of Health, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, in-person learning, school reopening, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|
The agreement provides a framework to allow schools to increase the number of students returning to campuses in the fourth quarter for in-person learning, especially students in elementary schools.
Terri Inefuku2021-04-29T10:57:13-10:00March 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: aina, Americanization, annexation, colonization, Hawaiian kingdom, Honolulu High School, indoctrination, Liliuokalani, McKinley High School, Native Hawaiian, overthrow, President William McKinley, rename, social justice, statue|
HSTA, as approved by its Board of Directors, urges the Hawaiʻi Board of Education to change the name of President William McKinley High School and remove his statue from the school grounds.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-11T12:39:51-10:00March 11, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: donate, donations, flood, Haiku, help, Maui high, members, Rachael Denessen, teachers|
Maui High English teacher Rachael Denessen heated up her lunch at her Haiku home Monday and had just sat down to eat when floodwaters began surging up her driveway, flooding her home's first floor, sending many of its contents down a nearby stream, and damaging others beyond repair.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-09T15:23:31-10:00March 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, christina kishimoto, contract renewal, Hawaii Board of Education, superintendent, term|
After nearly four years at the helm of the Hawaii State Department of Education, Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto will not seek to renew her contract. Her term ends July 30.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-03T16:07:32-10:00March 2, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, contract, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA Board of Directors, renew, superintendent|
The HSTA Board of Directors voted unanimously to advocate that the Hawaii Board of Education not renew the employment contract of Dr. Christina Kishimoto for superintendent of the Department of Education. Her current contract expires July 31.
