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New preschool rooms raise hopes in Nanakuli
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 9—Where passersby might peer into the two new preschool classrooms at Nanakuli Elementary School and see blocks and books and tot-sized furniture, Principal Lisa Ann Higa sees a head start ...
Standout WR Kalili feels a special connection to Nanakuli
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 8—For many in the Valley of Nanakuli, this is about hometown pride. For many in the Valley of Nanakuli, this is about hometown pride. The Valley is everything to David Kalili. Nanakuli's ...
Hawaii officials seek to quell concerns about unsafe drinking water at school
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 2—For weeks, community members and state lawmakers representing Ewa Beach have been soliciting donations of bottled water for students at Iroquois Point Elementary School amid myriad concerns ...
Young Hawaii teachers took early, advanced paths to education
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 1—At just 20 years old, Skye Yasuda is a fully certified sixth grade English and social studies teacher at Waipahu Elementary School, but she frequently gets mistaken for a kid at work.
Kalani High School teacher Mike Ida is honored as Hawaii's Teacher of the Year
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 18—Mike Ida—a 26-year Kalani High School math and computer science teacher hailed by peers as a "very special teacher " who works extra hard to engage his students while helping to develop ...
Hawaii school bus driver shortage interrupts service
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 26—A worsening shortage of school bus drivers is leading to the partial or complete suspension of bus services at 14 public schools on Oahu and Kauai for the new school year, adding to ...
Hawaii public school graduations fill second half of May
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 24—The state Department of Education will update graduation information as needed on its website. Graduation ceremonies for Hawaii public schools this year will kick off with Radford High ...
Leilehua's Jackie Freitas takes unlikely path to Teacher of the Year
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 4—Freitas, 36, was selected from a field of 16 finalists representing the best of the state's 13, 000-plus public school teachers, and will represent Hawaii in the National Teacher of the ...
Waianae community gathers with plea for halt to violence
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNov. 10—Community members will join to hold signs up and down the Waianae Coast today to try to bring an end to the long string of violence that has plagued the West Side. Community members ...
Education board holding 'community engagement' talks
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 12—The public is invited to a series of "community engagement " meetings where the state Board of Education will gather input to weave into the next strategic plan for Hawaii's public schools ...
