Jill Meinecke2025-12-19T15:03:50-10:00December 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: books, culture, EL, EL coordinator, EL students, EL teacher, English learners, Hanahau‘oli School, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Kihei, Kihei Elementary, Maui, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|
EL Coordinator Erin Kowalick and Mahala Quintana, an EL teacher, both of Kīhei Elementary, launched a “Culturally Relevant Books” project at their school, aiming to equip each classroom with diverse and culturally significant titles to help K-5 students see themselves on the pages.
Jill Meinecke2025-12-11T14:41:09-10:00December 11, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: AI, coding, computer science, Computer Science Education Week, CSEdWeek, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, Kamaliʻi Elementary School, Keith Hayashi, Kihei, Maui, South Maui|
In honor of global Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), which runs Dec. 6 through 12, Kamaliʻi launched a campuswide series of coding and computer science activities for all students — reinforcing Hawaiʻi’s “Computer Science for All” vision and the school’s commitment to future-ready learning.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-13T12:22:03-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: fire, Kihei, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Maui, maui wildfires, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, wildfire|
On the night deadly wildfires raged through Lāhainā Tuesday threatening other portions of west Maui, a teacher from Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary School took in 15 evacuees from various Kīhei neighborhoods, many of them teachers.
