Virtual Interview: Kathleen Dimino, Baldwin-Kekaulike-Maui Complex Area Superintendent, Hawai‘i Department of Education How did you lead through the transition and create a system that allowed students to continue learning? Listening carefully and understanding how health guidelines impact our school communities…
Virtual Interview: Sean Tajima, Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area Superintendent, Hawai‘i Department of Education How did you lead through the transition and create a system that allowed students to continue learning? Our schools have had to look for ways to be innovative…
Virtual Interview: Suzanne Rowland, Managing Director, Queen Emma Ballet What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Queen Emma Ballet’s big pivot was going from classes at our studio locations to totally online live stream instruction. Our latest pivot…
The closing of schools across the Hawaiian Islands affected all students, parents and teachers, but seniors felt it the most. Everything they had built toward during their school years had been ruined by a virus: prom, spring sports seasons, senior…
Virtual Interview: Ruth Fletcher, Head of School, St. Andrew’s Schools What changes did you make to finish this school year, and have you made plans for summer school? Like many schools in Hawaiʻi we quickly transitioned our K-12 face-to-face class…
The spring of 2020 was supposed to be a time of celebration for high school seniors but has become a season of disappointment. To learn more, we interviewed five of my Maui classmates at Hawaii Technology Academy, a public charter…
Virtual interview with: Marjie Carroll, Head of School, Montessori Community School What changes did you make to finish this school year, and have you made plans for summer school? Since March 30, teachers at Montessori Community School (MCS) have been…
Virtual Interview: Dr. Lynn Babington, President, Chaminade University What changes did you make to finish this school year, and have you made plans for summer school? Chaminade University made a number of significant adjustments to the final five weeks of…
Virtual Interview: Maenette K.P. Ah Nee-Benham, Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu What changes did you make to finish this school year, and have you made plans for summer school? All 10 campuses in the University of Hawaiʻi System went fully…
