| HIDOE awarded $5M in DoDEA grants to support military-connected students | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/DoDEA-grants.aspx | HIDOE awarded $5M in DoDEA grants to support military-connected students | HIDOE has received three grants from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) partnership that will focus on enhancing college and career skills in the Campbell, Kapolei and Radford complexes and world language learning opportunities in the Kalāheo complex for military-dependent students at select schools over the next five years. | | |
| HIDOE receives $1 million grant for STEM education at eight West Oahu schools | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/2018-DODEA-Grant.aspx | HIDOE receives $1 million grant for STEM education at eight West Oahu schools | HIDOE has received a $1 million grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Partnership for STEM education for K-8 students at eight military-impacted schools in the Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area over five years. | | |
| Inaugural Campbell-Kapolei Student Career Expo opens 1,200 freshmen to future job opportunities | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/2018-Campbell-Kapolei-Student-Career-Expo.aspx | Inaugural Campbell-Kapolei Student Career Expo opens 1,200 freshmen to future job opportunities | The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) held its inaugural Campbell-Kapolei Student Career Expo on Friday, Oct. 26, at Kapolei High School for 1,200 freshmen from Campbell and Kapolei high schools. | | |
| Bullying is not acceptable in Hawai‘i's public school system | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/Organization/Offices/Pages/Supt-Kishimoto-091918.aspx | Bullying is not acceptable in Hawai‘i's public school system | From Supt. Christina M. Kishimoto: It should go without saying that bullying is not tolerated in an organization or in communities dedicated to educating healthy and joyful lifelong learners who contribute meaningfully to our communities. But to be explicitly clear: Bullying of any kind is not acceptable in Hawai‘i public schools. This piece ran on Sept. 19, 2018 in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. | | |
| East Kapolei Middle School breaks ground for its first phase | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/East-Kapolei-Middle-School-breaks-ground.aspx | East Kapolei Middle School breaks ground for its first phase | The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) broke ground on May 10 for the first phase of its new East Kapolei Middle School located on Maunakapu Street across from The Salvation Army Kroc Center Hawaii. The $59 million first phase for West Oahu’s new middle school includes an administration building, library, cafeteria, classrooms, covered and open play courts, and a music building. | | |
| Challenger Center Hawaii celebrates 25 years of helping students reach for the stars | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/Challenger-Center-Hawaii-celebrates-25-years.aspx | Challenger Center Hawaii celebrates 25 years of helping students reach for the stars | The Challenger Center Hawaii celebrated its 25th anniversary today with special guests Claude Onizuka and June Scobee Rodgers, founding director of the Challenger Center and widow of Challenger Shuttle Commander Dick Scobee. | | |
| Campbell High kicks off construction of multi-classroom project | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/2018-Campbell-High-new-classroom-building.aspx | Campbell High kicks off construction of multi-classroom project | James Campbell High School (JCHS) kicks off the start of construction on its new 27-classroom building today with a dedication ceremony. The project includes science labs, culinary arts lab, Hawaiian studies classroom, faculty centers, an outdoor performing space, herb garden and more. | | |
| Building a bridge between two readiness initiatives | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/SuccessStories/Partners/Pages/CK-HA-Day.aspx | Building a bridge between two readiness initiatives | Sixteen regional school-community teams are hosting HĀ Community Days. The goal is to bring schools and communities together to contextualize and actualize HIDOE’s HĀ policy to strengthen outcomes in the system that reflect Hawai‘i’s unique context and honor Hawaiian culture. Here, we profile the work of the Campbell-Kapolei team. | | |
| Award-winning program teaches students how to thrive under pressure | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/SuccessStories/Schools/Pages/Campbell-AVID-program.aspx | Award-winning program teaches students how to thrive under pressure | In 2004, James Campbell High School was the first public school in Hawaii to launch an AVID program. Since then, the school's program has expanded and was recently given the honor of being named an AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction putting it in the top one percent of AVID schools nationwide. | | |
| Grants will help students prepare for success | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/SuccessStories/Partners/Pages/Grants-will-help-students.aspx | Grants will help students prepare for success | Heidi Armstrong, complex area superintendent for Campbell and Kapolei, wrote the following piece that was published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. "I have firsthand experience with exemplary educational opportunities made possible through grant funding and community partnerships. One program in particular — Project Lead The Way (PLTW) — has breathed new life into our complex area schools." | | |
| HIDOE receives $1.5 million grant for STEM education at eight West Oahu schools | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/DODEA-Grant.aspx | HIDOE receives $1.5 million grant for STEM education at eight West Oahu schools | HIDOE has received a $1.5 million grant to provide Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning opportunities to K-8 students at eight military-impacted schools in West Oahu over the next five years. | | |
| Temporary fix for space issues at Campbell, Kealakehe high schools found | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/CampbellKealakehePortables.aspx | Temporary fix for space issues at Campbell, Kealakehe high schools found | The portable classrooms used to set up the emergency "Keonepoko North" campus during the Puna lava flow last year will be used to offset classroom overcrowding at two high schools. | | |
| Mahalo! James Campbell Company donates $250,000 to Kapolei, West Oahu schools | https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/SuccessStories/Partners/Pages/JCC2014.aspx | Mahalo! James Campbell Company donates $250,000 to Kapolei, West Oahu schools | Principals from nine Kapolei and West Oahu were presented checks from $15,000 to $45,000 to fund critical areas for student achievement. | | |
