Maui High teacher struggles to rebuild after devastating flash floods

2021-03-11T12:39:51-10:00March 11, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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.

First-hand account as 50+ educators volunteer to ease unemployment backlog

2020-05-27T06:28:00-10:00May 27, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

A heartfelt mahalo to the 56 HSTA members who juggled their professional and personal schedules to volunteer to attack the state’s backlog of unemployment claims because of the pandemic.

Teacher evaluation changes because of COVID-19 explained

2021-02-05T08:43:02-10:00May 9, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The HSTA worked to ensure that teachers will not be penalized if they are unable to complete all of the components of the Educator Effectiveness System (EES) as school buildings are now closed because of the pandemic.

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