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.
Jill Meinecke2024-07-04T13:25:21-10:00September 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donations, fire relief checks, HSTA, Jr., Lahaina, maui wildfires, NEA, Osa Tui, teachers|
More than 240 people and organizations from 33 states across the country have donated in excess of $205,000 to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association to help Maui teachers who’ve lost homes and classrooms to the Aug. 8 wildfires.
Terri Inefuku2023-11-13T15:11:37-10:00August 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: board of directors, check, classroom supplies, damage, disaster relief, HSTA, maui wildfires, members, primary residence|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors late Sunday unanimously voted to allocate $150,000 to be spent on Maui disaster relief for HSTA members whose homes and classrooms have been destroyed by wildfires last week.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-13T12:20:32-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, Hawaii State Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HSTA, impact bargaining, Maui chapter, maui wildfires|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Friday sent a request to the state for impact bargaining as well as a request for information about wildfires and their impacts on schools, teachers, and students.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-13T12:21:40-10:00August 10, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: gofundme, HSTA, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, teachers|
A 27-year veteran teacher on Maui lost her childhood home to the raging wildfires on Maui, leaving her and her family displaced like other educators who’ve been affected by the fires.
Terri Inefuku2023-07-18T14:57:51-10:00July 18, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: closure, emergency school closure, HIDOE, HSTA, severe weather, tropical storm|
All Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools and offices on Hawai‘i Island will be closed to students and staff on Wednesday, July 19. The HSTA Hilo office will also be closed.
Jill Meinecke2023-06-30T15:03:32-10:00June 30, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaiʻi Fire Fighters Association, Hawaii Legislature, HSTA, Leeward Chapter, Ocean Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Public Safety & Military Affairs Committee, UH Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law, UniServ director, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to introduce Jolyn Garidan Prieto as the newest Leeward Chapter UniServ Director.
Jill Meinecke2023-06-28T12:46:53-10:00June 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Chicago, communication, communications awards, editing, HSTA, SEAComm, State Education Association, State Education Association Communicators, union, video editing, writing|
HSTA's Communications Department won three awards of excellence and two awards of distinction at the SEAComm conference last week in Chicago.
Terri Inefuku2023-04-06T10:34:55-10:00April 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: #RedForEd, Head Faculty Representative, HSTA, order, photo, submission, T-shirt|
Shirt orders are being filled on a rolling basis and more than 5,000 shirts have been ordered and sent out so far. If you haven’t heard about ordering options, please talk to your HFR to order your new HSTA shirt. The deadline to get shirts this school year has been extended to May 1.
