Pahoa Elementary Principal Among Leadership Award Nominees
Pahoa Elementary School. Google Street View photo.
A Big Island principal will be recognized by Island Insurance Company on Saturday as one of 14 nominees state-wide for the 2016 Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award.
Pahoa Elementary School principal Michelle Payne-Arakaki is in the running for the award, named after the late Masayuki Tokioka, founder of Island Insurance Company, Ltd.
Each of the nominees will earn a plaque and $1,000 in personal cash.
On April 21, a winner and semifinalists will be announced at the Public School of Hawai’i Foundation Dinner. The winner of the overall award will receive a total of $25,000, including $10,000 in personal cash and $15,000 to be used towards a school project. Two semi-finalists will each receive a $2,000 personal cash award.
2016 award finalists include:
- Mahina Anguay, Waimea High School, Kauai
- Chris Bachaus, Kula Elementary School, Maui
- Jamie Dela Cruz, Kaelepulu Elementary School, Oahu
- Steve Franz, King Kamehameha III Elementary School, Maui
- Christine Kinau Gardner, Kahala Elementary School, Oahu
- Alison Higa, Fort Shafter Elementary School, Oahu
- Jan Iwase, Hale Kula Elementary School, Oahu
- Bruce Naguwa, Kapolei Middle School, Oahu
- Michael Nakasato, Pearl City Highlands Elementary School, Oahu
- Michelle Payne-Arakaki, Pahoa Elementary School, Big Island
- Alma Souki, Heeia Elementary School, Oahu
- Lenn Uyeda, Maemae Elementary School, Oahu
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