Waihee Elementary News Today

Lewis was moved by the Maui fires and visited Maui in September. She returns this week with “Hope & Healing” for Hawaiʻi and Maui schools. Lewis lost 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis at the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. 

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education today named 15 complex area teachers of the year and one charter school teacher of the year as finalists for the 2024 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year recognition. Maui finalists are: Kaunakakai Elementary teacher David “Kawika” Gonzales Jr. and Wahieʻe Elementary reading coach Melanie Teraoka.

The Maui News Melanie Teraoka from Waihe‘e Elementary School and David “Kawika” Gonzales Jr. from Kaunakakai Elementary are finalists for the 2024 Hawa

The Maui Democrat will depart the Senate Oct. 31, leaving Gov. Josh Green 60 days to appoint a replacement.

The state Department of Education has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by a contractor that sought $1 million in damages for its claims that the department breached contracts for fire alarm systems at eight Hawaii public schools.

Feb. 5, 1941-April 21, 2023 HONOLULU, Hawaii — Helene Hatsuno Horimoto Zeug, PhD, 82, died Friday, April 21, 2023, at her home in Honolulu, after a nearly t

The Hawai‘i State Department of Education is celebrating 83 of its teachers statewide who have earned or renewed their National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification – a recognition for meeting the highest standards for teaching.