Ho‘okele Faculty and Staff Blog

Remember when... the last week of school was about yearbook signing, class celebrations, water play activities, CARES assembly...  Although it is very different this year, we want to thank teachers and EAs for continuing with the provision of quality education during this time.  The online lessons and support you are providing to our students is exemplary and we are so proud of all of your efforts to reach our students and their families.  You have learned new platforms and new ways of teaching that we never even dreamed we would be doing when we started the school year or even at the start of 2020!  We love the new traditions that are evolving from this time as you have been so successful in navigating through-such as the virtual slideshow and promotion certificate presentation for our 5th graders-as just one example of how you are showing our students you are still here for them and how much you CARE.   In addition to their regular maintenance task...

Happy Last Monday of the school year! (Next Monday is Memorial Day).  We will keep everyone updated with the latest information given the new June 30 extension of the state “safer at home” order.  As our state eases up on some restrictions, we hope you will continue to be safe and practice social distancing.   Expect more updates this week for what this may look like for the school as we continue wrapping things up for SY 2019-2020 and plan for SY 2020-2021.   Stay safe and help keep Hawai‘i healthy.  Hang in there-Just 2 more weeks to go!  Congratulations to all of our teachers who finished up EES requirements last week!  It was great to read through your reflections and to hear about the growth that was made this school year, despite the challenges everyone has faced.  I look forward to a time when we can do more sharing together to discuss some of the strength and growth areas that we can continue to pursue. Thank you to Mike an...