HSTA recent news
Terri Inefuku2024-05-29T14:17:18-10:00October 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: business, Hawaii Foundation for Educators, Stacy Nishina, teacher externship|
Approximately 10 participants will have the opportunity to work with Oʻahu-based business partners in a variety of industries, such as automotive, health care, banking, hospitality, and agriculture.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-23T15:13:44-10:00October 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, associate justice, Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii State Senate, Hawaii State Supreme Court, Jr., Judicial Selection Committee, Keani Alapa, lawyer, litigator, Osa Tui, Vladimir Devens|
Gov. Josh Green Monday nominated respected attorney Vladimir P. Devens, who for seven years has served the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association as its labor lawyer, to an associate justice position at the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court.
kkerr@hsta.org2023-10-20T16:19:40-10:00October 20, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: bill, e-cigarettes, flavored tobacco products, Honolulu City Council, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, law, Matt Weyer, vaping|
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi Friday signed a bill into law aimed at banning flavored tobacco products in a bid to reduce the number of youth who vape.
Terri Inefuku2023-10-20T13:28:36-10:00October 17, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: editorial, flavored tobacco products, Laverne Moore, Legislation, vaping|
“As a Hawaii public school educator for 55 years, I fully support legislation that protects the health and future of our keiki by banning flavored tobacco products. For too long, tobacco companies have been preying on our youth by masking harmful, addictive products in enticing fruit and candy flavors.”
Terri Inefuku2023-10-12T21:57:14-10:00October 12, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: backpacks, donations, Kamehameha Schools, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary|
Hundreds of Lahaina families picked up free backpacks filled with school supplies Thursday as their keiki prepare to return to West Maui campuses next week.
Terri Inefuku2023-10-11T13:26:22-10:00October 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Algrenon Tremain Nelson, author, instructional cycles, proactive schools, speaker series|
Learn how summative and formative assessment data can be used to inform your instructional decisions, and explore different collaboration methods and engagement tools to help you implement changes that support student performance.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-05T12:47:52-10:00October 5, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii State Teacher of the Year, HIDOE, Jackie Freitas, Keith Hayashi, Leilehua High School, Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex, natural resources teacher, Teacher of the Year, Washington Place|
Jackie Freitas received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Tuesday.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-04T14:06:24-10:00October 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, education, Hawaii DOE, HSTA, HSTA contract, HSTA Convention, HSTA executive director, HSTA staff, Joan Husted, Joan Kamila Lewis, June Motokawa, Osa Tui Jr, Roger Takabayashi, teacher, Wilbert Holck|
Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers, died Monday. She was 85 years old and passed away peacefully at her Makiki home under hospice care, her family said.
Evan Kumasaki2023-10-17T12:10:19-10:00October 2, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: acceptance, committee, equality, equity, festival, HSTA, human and civil rights, LGBTQ, lgbtqia, pride, pride parade|
HSTA’s Human and Civil Rights Committee is virtually celebrating the contributions of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) community and the cultural diversity of our island home with an interactive Pride virtual classroom.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-29T10:44:36-10:00September 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: evacuation plan, Hawaii State House of Representatives, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High School, maui wildfires, mental health, testimony|
Families in Lahaina voiced their concerns Thursday over inadequate evacuation plans and inaccessible mental health services as three of four Hawaiʻi State Department of Education schools in West Maui prepare to reopen to students next month in the wake of devastating wildfires.
