As a parent, you may be wondering what all the fuss over this International Baccalaureate (IB) program is. The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) First, from the IBO website: The IB offers an education for students from age 3 to 19, comprising of four programmes that focus on teaching students to think critically and independently, […]
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One of the many things I love about Hawaii is its sense of community, including free flu vaccines for all school children whose schools have participated in the past Department of Health program. Sadly, however, we were just informed by Niu Valley Middle School that the annual shots are on […]
Enrollment counts for 2016-2017 were just released at Hawaii DOE: NET CHANGE, ANNUAL, OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT COUNT SY 16-17 Regular Education Special Education Grand Pre-K School Total Total Total Sped RegEd 100 AINA HAINA -16 5 -11 -5 0 108 HAHAIONE -19 -1 -20 3 0 114 KAHALA -5 1 […]
Your presence is requested. Reminder reposted here: ESSA TOWN HALL MEETING – August 10 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm @ KALANI HIGH SCHOOL Please register at the link below. Here is your opportunity to have an impact on YOUR public school system. Through the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), feedback and attendance is […]
August 4, 2016 – The Honolulu City Council unanimously approved a special management area use permit for expanding the former Kaiser Estate in East Oahu’s Portlock neighborhood on Wednesday. [Star Advertiser (paywall) – EBSCO link forthcoming] August 3, 2016 – The H-1 freeway near the Koko Head overpass closed briefly, […]
ESSA TOWN HALL MEETING – August 10 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm @ KALANI HIGH SCHOOL Please register at the link below. Here is your opportunity to have an impact on YOUR public school system. Through the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), feedback and attendance is essential. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/every-student-succeeds-act-essa-town-hall-meeting-tickets-26597822804 ESSA FAQS – Hawaii […]
July 15, 2016 In addition to earlier announcements decoupling teacher performance from student scores, Hawai‘i’s public education accountability system, the Strive HI Performance System, will not include Index Scores or Classifications. [Hawaii Dept. of Education] July 15, 2016 The Hawaii Dept. of Education has updated its heat abatement program (Air Conditioning, etc. […]
AYSO Hawaii Region 48 (Kaimuki through Hawaii Kai) is currently accepting mail-in registrations for its Fall 2015 season. Registration will continue until teams are filled. More information can be found [here]
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 […]
