Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:58:09-10:00October 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: civics, elections, general election, Kids Voting Hawaii, lesson, students, vote, voting|
Across the state, 42 schools are participating in Kids Voting Hawaii this year, but there's still time to sign up to get students on your campus involved in this important civics lesson about voting and participating in government.
Evan Kumasaki2020-08-29T11:33:00-10:00August 29, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: calendar, cases, changes, coronavirus board of education, COVID-19, delay, disclosure, FERPA, HIPPA, notification, pandemic, quarantine, recommendations, state auditor, students|
“DOE had not been publicizing positive cases until pressed by HSTA. Then, citing privacy laws, DOE only provided information by large complex areas, prompting the teachers’ union to begin identifying specific schools,” the auditor’s report said.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-31T12:47:00-10:00July 31, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, calendar, changes, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, Dwight Takeno, Kili Naumauu, pandemic, students|
The change gives school staff an additional nine days for training and preparation before students to return to class.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-25T10:49:00-10:00July 25, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, classrooms, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, emergency meeting, meeting, pandemic, proposals, reopening, special meeting, students|
The Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE) has scheduled a special meeting Thursday to take action on a number of scenarios that would give educators more time to prepare before students return to class during the pandemic.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T17:05:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: administrators, Board of Education, concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, EAs, educators, James Sunday, meeting, parents, principals, SASAs, students, teachers, testimony|
James Sunday, Radford High School principal, submitted testimony to the BOE that said, “Although we are expected to be ‘good soldiers’ who follow directives, we can not in good conscience move forward without expressing the concerns we continue to have in regards to reopening our schools. The depth of these concerns keep us up at night as we hold the health and safety of our individual communities in our hands.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-22T05:43:00-10:00July 22, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, memorandum of understanding, mou, reopening, students, superintendent|
The HIDOE and DOH need more time to properly create and implement health strategies to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and schools need more time to prepare educators for an online environment.
Evan Kumasaki2020-03-26T05:05:00-10:00March 26, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: activities, coronavirus, COVID-19, enrichment, history, HSTA, learning, lessons, math, reading, resources, school closures, science, social studies, students, writing|
We know our public schools serve as not only hubs of learning, but as safe spaces that provide much-needed stability for our keiki. The recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has fractured this stability, and we are working hard to pick up the pieces.
Evan Kumasaki2023-01-03T10:51:37-10:00December 19, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Anthony McCurdy, campbell high school, Fighting for our Future, FOFF, Jahstyce Ahulau, John Henry Lee, Melissa Padilla, rally, Ricky Santos, salaries, students, teacher pay|
The rally, attended by students, teachers, and parents, was organized by Jahstyce Ahulau, a 14-year-old Campbell High School freshman who founded the group Fighting for Our Future, a student-led and driven committee to advocate for higher teacher pay.
Evan Kumasaki2019-10-03T06:04:00-10:00October 3, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: certificate of achievement, digital media, HIKI NO, mentor, PBS Hawaii, students, teachers|
Six public school teachers were recently honored by PBS Hawaii for exceptional digital media storytelling in the HIKI NO program.
Evan Kumasaki2019-08-24T09:33:00-10:00August 24, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: environment, grant program, grants, Hawaii Youth Sustainability Challenge project-grant, Kokua Hawaii Foundation, Kupu, schools, students|
Oahu students from public, private and charter schools islandwide wanting to help their schools or communities go green now have a chance to earn funding to back their big ideas.
