Jill Meinecke2025-04-16T11:16:11-10:00April 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Chayanee Brooks, Hawaiʻi Island, HCR Committee, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HSTA Pono Award, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, Ka‘ū High, PBS Hawai‘i’s HIKI NŌ, pono award|
Before nearly 200 of her teacher colleagues, Chayanee Brooks, a Kaʻū High English teacher, accepted the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2025 Pono Award for her exemplary work uplifting students in her rural Hawaiʻi Island community.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-15T15:47:16-10:00April 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Channa Uyetake, FOY, friend of youth award, Hawaiʻi Island, HCR Committee, Hilo, HSTA Convention, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, kalo, Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School, Mahina Oha, Mālama Hāloa Hui Kuʻi Kalo o Puna, Nick Kālāmakani Francisco, Puna, taro|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association honored Puna educator Nick Kālāmakani Francisco with its 2025 Friend of Youth Award Saturday at HSTA’s 52nd annual State Convention.
Jill Meinecke2025-03-10T15:21:41-10:00March 10, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Big Island Youth Summit, Hawaiʻi Island, HSTA Human and Civil Rights Committee, Kaimana Barcarse, Ke Kula ‘O ‘Ehunuikaimalino, Kona Chapter, Rep. Jeanné Kapela|
Around 20 keiki grades 4-8 gathered Saturday at Ke Kula ‘O ‘Ehunuikaimalino in South Kona to learn how they can take action and create positive change in their communities.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-27T10:50:48-10:00February 22, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Audra Zook, Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, HIDOE, Hōlualoa Elementary, Logan Okita, West Hawaii|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association held a news conference Monday detailing persistent problems with mold, structural damage, termites, rats and other maintenance difficulties at Hōlualoa Elementary School on Hawaiʻi Island.
