Jill Meinecke2026-04-28T17:37:50-10:00April 28, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: educator housing, Governor Josh Green, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Lahaina, Lahainaluna High School, Maui|
This week, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education marked the opening of its Lahaina educator workforce housing development, a $20 million project designed to support teacher retention and strengthen public education on Maui.
Jill Meinecke2026-03-18T16:05:20-10:00March 18, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: gofund me, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, HSTA Maui Chapter, Iao valley, kaiapuni kumu, Kalama School, Kona low storms, Maui, Pāʻia School|
A Maui educator and her ʻohana are asking for the community’s kōkua after the severe flooding in ʻĪao Valley due to the recent Kona low storms.
Jill Meinecke2026-03-19T09:52:24-10:00March 17, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: donate, gofund me, Hawaii Island, Kaimukī High, Maui, Waiākeawaena Elementary|
The family of a retired public school teacher and her husband is appealing for the public’s help after the couple’s home was destroyed by floodwaters that turned Maui’s ʻĪao Valley Stream into a raging river during last weekend’s storm.
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 Meinecke2025-01-06T15:02:57-10:00January 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, HIDOE, King Kamehameha III Elementary, King Kamehameha III Elementary at Pulelehua, Lahaina, Lahaina wildfires, Maui, maui wildfires|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) released a report Friday summarizing feedback from the school and local community about the rebuilding plan for the historic King Kamehameha III Elementary School, which was destroyed in the August 2023 Lahaina wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2024-05-07T10:22:50-10:00May 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: fire relief leave bank, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, personal leave, shared leave, sick leave|
The HSTA Maui Chapter is organizing a petition asking HSTA members to say they are willing to support their colleagues who have been affected by the fires and would be willing to donate to a shared Fire Relief Leave Bank.
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.
