Education

The theme for the 2025 conference — slated for Sept. 12-13 in Kailua-Kona — focuses on practical tools and thoughtful reflections to support the kindergarten entry assessment domains.

Concerned Hilo parents are voicing safety concerns as Ground Transport Inc. alters a longstanding school bus route, requiring children to walk miles uphill from Wainaku Gym instead of being dropped closer to their homes on Kaiwiki Road.

Hawaiʻi Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke’s Ready Keiki Initiative has led to more funding to grow the number of public school prekindergarten classrooms from 54 to 88 statewide since 2022.

Program launching gives law enforcement throughout the state opportunity to earn bachelor of arts degree in administration of justice through the College of Arts and Sciences at the Hilo campus, entirely online, so officers can continue to serve their communities while advancing their education.

Essays or letters should be no more than 1,000 words and include a constructive proposal for how to maintain or improve their relationships with their parents. Submissions will be judged on bravery, reflection and their proposals.

With a statewide regional kitchen master plan now in motion, the Hawai‘i Department of Education is turning its attention to transforming school menus to feature more locally grown and produced foods.

Nearly 230 student-athletes representing all 12 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo sports teams posted a combined record-high grade-point average of 3.32, topping last year’s previous combined record-high grade-point average of 3.28.

Hayden Niles will join experts on a research vessel and will utilize advanced mapping systems to explore uncharted ocean habitats surrounding the Marshall Islands for 21 days beginning on Sunday.

While the situation has improved statewide compared with before the 2024-25 school year, 4 of the 9 school bus routes throughout the state still suspended are on the Big Island. Fortunately, offiicials report new drivers are being trained.

This is a week when each of the top 10 things to do on the Big Island has a vibe — a personality — all its own. A unique signature, if you will, the others don’t necessarily share or emulate. Check them out now to see for yourself!

Annual event gives students the tools they need to engage their communities on issues around civil liberties and civil rights plus firsthand experience lobbying members of Congress to advocate for their First Amendment rights.

Nonprofit dedicated to supporting Hawai‘i’s homeless children, serving more than 1,600 keiki each year on O‘ahu, Maui and the Big Island, will use the funds for its college dorm residency program for homeless young women.

Silicone elastomers are used in items such as artificial muscles and medical implants and need to bend, stretch, and move with the human body without deteriorating over time.

The Neighbor Island Medical Scholars Program aims to alleviate physician shortages in rural areas by giving high school students hands-on education and real clinical experience.

There’s a ton of stuff happening this weekend and heading into the end of the month. We wanted to make sure we brought you some of the best, in our opinion. So take a look and check out what we came up with for this week’s top 10!

Shania Tamagyongfal, who earned her undergraduate degree in anthropology and master’s in heritage management at University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, said the support she received through the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program helped connect her cultural identity to her scientific research, giving her the confidence to lead, collaborate and pursue work that matters to her community.

More than 500 fifth- and sixth-grade students from Konawaena Middle, Waikōloa Elementary, Waimea Elementary, Kanu o ka ‘Āina Elementary School as well as Kohala Elementary and Intermediate schools celebrated with carnival games, interactive displays from several community organizations and more.

Waiākea High School’s Abigail Gomez and Lillian Tao won first place for their research and website they created on the Thalidomide tragedy that took place from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for the National History Day competition in Maryland.

Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi beginning in August will fund trained facilitators to lead troops in close geographic regions throughout the state, each serving about 10 troops and 150 girls. The approach expands on a successful model already in place at 25 Title I schools.

The Big Island has you covered in abundance when it comes to festivities in observance of the patriotic holiday, from annual rodeo and horse races in Waimea to the main events — ‘rocket’s red glare’ and ‘bombs bursting in air’ during professional fireworks shows over Hilo Bay and Kailua Bay. Check out this week’s top 10 for all the details.