8 months after wildfires, temporary Maui campus set to open
Teachers, staff and students from Kamehameha III Elementary School, which was destroyed in the fire, are scheduled to move into a newly constructed temporary campus at the end of March.
Terri Inefuku2024-03-14T14:06:53-10:00March 14, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires, temporary campus|
Teachers, staff and students from Kamehameha III Elementary School, which was destroyed in the fire, are scheduled to move into a newly constructed temporary campus at the end of March.
Terri Inefuku2023-10-12T21:57:14-10:00October 12, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: backpacks, donations, Kamehameha Schools, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary|
Hundreds of Lahaina families picked up free backpacks filled with school supplies Thursday as their keiki prepare to return to West Maui campuses next week.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-26T13:49:33-10:00September 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Health, HIDOE, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Osa Tui Jr, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, superintendent Keith Hayashi|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) Tuesday announced reopening details for three Lahaina public schools, and said the federal government will build a new temporary school site after deadly wildfires in August shuttered the schools for nearly two months.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-23T16:07:44-10:00August 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Dr. Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Jackie Ellis, Lahaina, Lahaina Civic Center, Lahainaluna High, Maui chapter, Maui educators, maui wildfires, President Joe Biden, the White House|
The White House invited at least 15 public school teachers to Monday’s Lahaina Civic Center gathering to meet and speak with President Biden and the first lady in the aftermath of Maui's wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-23T10:53:09-10:00August 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, first lady Jill Biden, HIDOE, Jr., Keith Hayashi, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lāhainā Intermediate School, Lahainaluna High, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Mike Landes, Osa Tui, President Biden, testimony|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education must do a better job of communicating with parents and educators, providing crisis counseling, establishing safe campuses, and keeping displaced Lahaina students and staff together, said HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-23T18:30:37-10:00August 21, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: evacuation, Jackie Ellis, Joa Navarro, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires|
When Lāhaināluna High science teacher Jackie Ellis was fleeing deadly Lāhainā wildfires last week, she never imagined a chance encounter at a stoplight would mean saving her former student’s life.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-11T12:48:20-10:00August 10, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: disaster, emergency response, housing, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires|
Teachers from Lahainaluna High compared notes Wednesday afternoon and reached a grim assessment as Maui wildfires continued burning on the island: At least 15 of their coworkers at their school alone had homes destroyed by the flames.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-01T15:11:53-10:00February 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Chad Keone Farias, House Committee on Housing, Lahainaluna High, Laverne Moore, Oahu, Osa Tui, Queen Liliʻuokalani Elementary School, School Facilities Authority, Teacher housing, teacher shortage crisis|
The Hawaiʻi State House Committee on Housing advanced Wednesday a bill that would require the School Facilities Authority to conduct a feasibility study for the development of teacher and workforce housing at the Queen Liliʻuokalani Elementary School property in Kaimukī, Oʻahu.
Terri Inefuku2022-09-05T09:42:05-10:00September 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: community, education, Lahainaluna High, student-driven learning, What School Could Be|
The What School Could Be Hawaiʻi Group began in August and plans to develop a community that focuses on student-driven learning, real-world challenges, assessments for deeper learning, along with caring and connected communities.