Maui teacher houses displaced families after taking in 15 overnight

2023-08-13T12:22:03-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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.

At least 6 King Kamehameha III Elementary educators lost homes, classrooms

2023-08-16T15:41:53-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

Mindi Cherry, a first-grade teacher at King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lāhainā, is dealing with the overwhelming shock of losing both her family’s home and her classroom after wildfires ravaged the historic town Tuesday and Wednesday.

Maui teachers shelter colleagues who lost homes in wildfires

2023-08-11T12:48:20-10:00August 10, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

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.

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