That 13-year-old Ellen Ruckmann-Bruch has won Honolulu Waldorf School’s annual spelling bee two years in a row, is fluent in German along with English and has run three virtual marathons makes her unusual. Read more
Tensions flared anew Wednesday in the first public meeting of the legislative season between University of Hawaii President David Lassner and some of his key critics in the state Senate, as UH administrators faced pointed questions over such problems as a dormitory that has stood vacant for seven years due to disrepair. Read more
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 that disadvantaged students urgently need. Read more
While Gov. Josh Green has proclaimed Jan. 21-27 as Hawai‘i School Choice Week, officials say the proclamation does not indicate that he supports a policy shift toward school vouchers or other systems allowing public education funds to follow students into private schools. Read more
Despite many testifiers’ pleas to include University of Hawaii faculty, students and staff as well as community members on the selection committee that will choose the next UH system president, the UH Board of Regents opted Thursday to stick with a “committee of the whole” composed exclusively of the 11 regents. Read more
The J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku sees the computers as crucial to restoring “a semblance of normalcy,” officials said. Read more
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Ending racism, combating climate change and ensuring generations ahead can live comfortably in Hawaii can feel to some like insurmountably massive goals. Read more
A donation of $3.5 million to the University of Hawaii Music Department by the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation is the largest ever to that department and will fund its first-ever endowed chair. Read more
On the Johns Hopkins University Ready for Kindergarten assessment, 29.6% of the Hawaii kindergartners earned overall scores that classified them as “demonstrating readiness.” Read more
For the University of Hawaii at Manoa commencement ceremony on Saturday, officials are issuing a traffic advisory, and reminders against clamshell lei containers and certain types of shoes that might damage the athletic fields. Read more
When Haleiwa resident Kanani Oury first conceived the idea of the “Makana no na Keiki” holiday gift drive benefiting kids who have survived the Maui wildfires, she vowed that every one of the hundreds of children preregistered for the culminating “family fun fair” this Saturday would get at least one gift. Read more
Late February or March is the earliest that a new temporary school being built to replace the King Kamehameha III Elementary School campus lost in the Lahaina fire will be ready for students and teachers to occupy, based on an Army Corps of Engineers timeline. Read more
University of Hawaii teams are launching two research projects supported by a combined $519,000-plus in federal grants to examine the environmental effects of the Maui wildfires and develop stronger solutions. Read more
A proposal to raise the salary of state schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi by $10,000, to $250,000, was held back in a state Board of Education committee Thursday, but a separate proposal to expand the criteria used to evaluate him was amended and approved. Read more
There had been “fatal flaws” in the initial proposed plan, UH Board of Regents Chair Alapaki Nahale-a said. Read more
The proposals are on the agenda of the meeting of the board’s Human Resource Committee, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Queen Liliuokalani Building, 1390 Miller St., Room 404. Read more
Four University of Hawaii campuses will hold midyear commencement ceremonies this month, so drivers should expect heavy traffic in nearby areas before and after. Read more
The UH Board of Regents is scheduled at 9 a.m. Thursday to discuss and act on a recommended presidential search plan during a special meeting at UH-Manoa. Read more
Seventeen-year-old Michella Cabingas’ voice still catches slightly when she recalls not only how close her family came to losing their home and lives to the Lahaina fire, but also how the tightknit Lahainaluna High School music program and a wave of community support have since lifted the spirits and helped the healing process for scores of young fire survivors like her. Read more
Starting at noon Tuesday, the Kahului library will begin offering limited services and access to materials. Read more
Both Shanlyn Park and Micah Smith were among candidates recommended by U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, and a merit-based federal Judicial Selection Commission. Read more
