HIDOE plans to open temporary Maui school after spring break
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to complete construction on a temporary site for King Kamehameha III Elementary at Pulelehua on Maui at the end of February.
Jill Meinecke2023-12-21T17:01:20-10:00December 21, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: federal funding, FEMA, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaiian immersion, Jr., Keith Hayashi, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Maui, maui wildfires, Osa Tui, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers|
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to complete construction on a temporary site for King Kamehameha III Elementary at Pulelehua on Maui at the end of February.
Jill Meinecke2023-12-19T12:44:30-10:00December 19, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: American Savings Bank’s KeikiCo Contest, cardboard, Hawaiian language teacher, ʻāina-based learning, Lahaina, Maui, Michelle Pieper, Nānākuli, Nānākuli High and Intermediate, Oʻahu, project based learning, recycling, Scrappahz Union, upcycling, Waiʻanae|
Nānākuli High and Intermediate's award-winning recycling program will expand to Maui, thanks to Kumu Michelle Pieper.
Jill Meinecke2023-12-14T15:11:23-10:00December 14, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Aloha United Way, donations, HSTA-Retired, Jr., Maui, Maui chapter, Maui wildfire relief, maui wildfires, National Education Association, Osa Tui, Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will provide a second and final relief check of $2,665 in the next week to 92 members and HSTA-Retired members who cannot live in their primary residences on Maui because of damage or destruction by the Aug. 8 wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-13T15:06:08-10:00November 13, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donations, HSTA Maui Chapter, Lahaina wildfires, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, relief checks|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will provide a second and final relief check to any member and any HSTA-Retired member who cannot live in their primary residence on Maui because of damage or destruction by the Maui wildfires.
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 Meinecke2023-08-25T14:26:43-10:00August 25, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Evelyn Ibonia, Kihei Elementary, Lahaina, Lahainaluna High School, Lisa Morrison, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Mike Landes|
In the wake of deadly wildfires that destroyed Lahaina town and shook a community to its core, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s staff and members are working together through a series of coordinated efforts to help teachers who’ve lost everything.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-15T12:08:25-10:00August 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: administrative leave, brush fire, emergency, Maui, maui wildfires, school closures, school reopening, shelter, wind|
To our educator ʻohana on Maui, your well-being is top of mind. Please know your colleagues across the state are working to support and advocate for you in your time of need.
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.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-16T15:41:53-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: damage, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Maui, maui wildfires, school, wildfires|
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.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-13T12:21:40-10:00August 10, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: gofundme, HSTA, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, teachers|
A 27-year veteran teacher on Maui lost her childhood home to the raging wildfires on Maui, leaving her and her family displaced like other educators who’ve been affected by the fires.