Ho‘oha‘aheo Newsletter, Aug. 31 – Hawaii DOE

Our monthly online publication to highlight bright spots from across the public school system. This week's issue includes a partnership between HIDOE, UH and Amazon Web Services.
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Aug. 31
Editorial Mission: As the Department’s primary publication, we aim to live up to the meaning of ha‘aheo – to cherish with pride – by bolstering and sustaining pride in public education and touting the successes happening across our system.

Pearl City and ‘Aiea High School students will have the opportunity to earn high-value certifications under an exciting new collaborative effort to train, upskill and certify students in cloud computing skills.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education and the University of Hawaiʻi System are excited to partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help train educators and prepare students for internships, apprenticeships and pathways to additional cloud skills training.

“It gives us a step up above other students and other people going into the workforce,” Pearl City High School senior Xander Engelman said.

This collaborative effort aims to establish a workforce talent pipeline from high school through higher education, with a short-term goal of training and certifying 150 learners by 2025. Learn more here.
#PublicSchoolProud
We asked some special guests to complete the sentence below.
"Great things are happening in Hawai‘i public schools. My top priority this school year is to ______."
Family Focus
All eligible HIDOE families are encouraged to fill out the forms for free and reduced priced meals. Families can fill out the form online at http://EZmealapp.com. Thanks to the HIDOE Leeward District Bilingual School-Home Assistants and the bilingual Waipahu High School staff, translated applications directions in Ilokano, Tagalog, Kapasen Chuuk, and Kajin Ṃajeļ can be found here.

The Office of Curriculum and Instructional Design invites all public school students to join the #808Reads Challenge. This year’s theme, Reading Journeys, highlights a tour of locations around the world. As readers log their minutes, they will earn virtual badges representing destinations along their tour. The goal is for all participating readers to collectively accumulate 8 million logged reading minutes by the end of the school year. To get started, visit the #808Reads website at http://808Reads.hidoe.us.
Important Dates and
Upcoming Events
Community Query
Q: What’s your favorite high school subject? (FINALS)

CDC COVID-19 Community Levels
HIDOE Headlines
A roundup of announcements, resources and shoutouts.
» Mānana Elementary gets some airtime in the Department of Health’s recent commercial reminding everyone to play it safe at school and be COVID akamai.
» The Ka‘ū-Kea‘au-Pāhoa Complex Area recently welcomed Superintendent Hayashi as he continues to visit schools and hear from school-level teams. Kea‘au Elementary kindergarteners in Ms. Love’s class took a shaka break with the superintendent.
» Congratulations to the Honolulu Little League that won the 2022 Little League Baseball World Series including Kaimukī Middle’s Ruston Hiyoto!
HAWAI‘I STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Keith Hayashi
Superintendent
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS
Christine Shaw
Cara Tanimura
Teri Ushijima
Ho‘oha‘aheo
PUBLIC SCHOOL PROUD
Nanea Kalani
Executive Editor
Chanel Honda
Managing Editor
Sara Miyazono
Creative Director
Derek Inoshita
Contributing Writer
Krislyn Yano
Contributing Writer
 

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