From Midweek: U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz has announced his choice of 15 Hawaii teens for his 2015 Seniors Internship Program, based out of his Honolulu office. The list includes Kaiser High senior Sharissa Miyasato, the only public school intern from the Honolulu District, and Niu Valley resident Aina Katsikas of […]
Year: 2014
I did a little data mining to find the educational attainment level in the State of Hawaii, in the City and County of Honolulu and in Hawaii Kai. As it turns out, 30.1 percent of Hawaii residents 25 years and older have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Amazingly however, 9.6 […]
By now, Oahu residents have received their real property valuations. Hawaii real property valuations are calculated based on 100% of the home’s value as of October 1. Assessments are sent out on December 15. That is, the information sent for the 2014-2015 year is based on October 1, 2014 and […]
Honolulu Ekiden Relay Race will be held May 31, 2015. The course runs through Hawaii Kai on Kalanianaole Hwy.
It’s not the kind of headline you’d expect to hear. Undoubtedly, many still cling to the notion that Hawaii’s public schools are subpar. For those looking for a national comparison, check out http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/ . According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Hawaii — the state that in the 1990’s lagged […]
Hahaione Elementary School will be bidding Aloha to Ms. Cindy GIorgis at the end of the 2014 Calendar Year. The Hawaii Department of Education has announced her replacement, Mr. Shannon Goo, current principal at Lincoln Elementary School. He begins his new job at Hahaione on January 9, 2015. Welcome, […]
East Honolulu Girls Softball (EHGS) is taking applications for interested players. Especially needed are girls for the 14 and under team (players born between Jan 1, 2000 and Dec 31, 2001), A waitlist is available for younger keiki. Contact ehg.softball@gmail.com
What is the optimal rate of math or English proficiency for any public school? Public school proficiency arguably shouldn’t be 100 percent. The problem with 100 percent proficiency is the price of collecting those last percentage points. It is, after all a public school, a democratic right and one in […]
Sometimes you find really great tools just by accident. Today was one of those days. Check out Zillow’s amazing analysis tool for Oahu real estate. This chart is interactive and you’ll find it right below the first graphic on the page. Type Hawaii Kai in the right lower box, […]
Sometimes I think transparency in Hawaii is literal: you can’t see it. These data come from the Hawaii Department of Education website out of a link that I only seem to be able to access by using special filters in the Google search engine to unearth. It does not seem […]
