Hawaii’s public schools canbe a model for the nation,according to U.S. Secretary ofEducation Arne Duncan, whovisited Oahu on March 31.Duncan, Gov. Neil Abercrombieand Supt. Kathryn Matayoshispoke with media in reflectingon the progress made via theRace to the Top federaleducation reform grant. (Seebit.ly/RTTTY3HI.)

Duncan began the day at KaWaihona o ka Naauao, a publiccharter school in Nanakuli,where he learned how to poundtaro (paiai) and participated in adiscussion about culture-basededucation with stakeholders.

Duncan then visited Waipahu

High where he participated in aDOE and teachers’ unioncommittee meeting followed bya tour of the school.

Waipahu High PrincipalKeith Hayashi, since beingappointed in 2009, has led anacademic turnaround there.Reading proficiency among10th graders rose to 69 percentin 2013 from 58 percent in2011, while math proficiencyjumped to 47 percent from 26percent. College-going rateincreased to 58 percent from 49percent during the same period.

“We are proud to share thepassion of what we do here atWaipahu with SecretaryDuncan,” Hayashi said.

Keaau Elementary students stand at theedge of Kilauea Volcano and lead a chant inhonor of the goddess Pele as they prepare tohike down the Big Island crater. Across thePacific Ocean, students from PetersonSchools in Mexico City rise in theirclassroom, reciting the same Hawaiian wordsas they watch steam billow from the crater’svents through a live video feed.

Dozens of public school students took partin a virtual field trip to Hawaii VolcanoesNational Park, the latest example of how the

DOE is using technology to innovate andexpand learning opportunities at home andabroad. Children from Nanakuli El, Hale KulaEl and University Lab School also experiencedthe sights and sounds of Kilauea, thanks toKeaau students and staff who wore GoogleGlass to broadcast their excursion online.

The DOE’s digital curriculum program,Access Learning , has allowed eight pilotschools to explore exciting lessons that gobeyond textbooks and classroom walls viadevices and teacher training.

u.S. DEpaRTMENT OF EDuCaTiON

Duncan praises Hawaii’sleadership in visit to 50th state

OpportunitiesTEaCHERS

The Hawaii Emerging LeadersProgram increases teacherimpact by leading a team offellow teachers to increasestudent achievement via data-driven instruction and adultleadership actions. Apply by May 15. Details: https://intranet.hawaiipublicschools.org/offices/leadership

Superintendent’s

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Six StrategiesFOCuS: COMMON CORE

State Teacher Fellowshipsconnect teacher and communityvoice to the implementation ofthe hawaii Common Core.Register by May 15. Details onthe intranet: https://intranet.hawaiipublicschools.org/sixstrategies/commoncore

NOTaBLE

TOP PRINCIPALS:Duwayne Abe, Salt LakeEl, was named 2014National DistinguishedPrincipal by the HawaiiElementary and MiddleSchool AdministratorsAssn. Also, EdwardOshiro, Ewa MakaiMiddle, won the MasayukiTokioka Excellence inSchool Leadership Awardand $25,000.

SENIOR SCHOLARS:Semifinalists for the U.S.Presidential ScholarsAward: Nicole Fernandez,Radford High; Trent Hori,Maui High; and ViolaMocz, Mililani High.Mocz also placed 1st,physical sciences, in theNational Junior Science &Humanities Symposium.

On our websiteMāLaMa HONua

information about educationalopportunities with theworldwide voyage of thehōkulē‘a. VisithawaiiPublicSchools.org.

TECHNOLOGY

Hawaii, Mexico students explore volcano in virtual field trip

ONLINEbit.ly/DOEvolcano

Photo: ʻoiwi tV

Culture. Leadership.Navigation. Ocean.Sustainability. Voyaging.

These are the themes ofMālama Honua, the three-yearworldwide voyage of Hōkulē‘aand Hikianalia, which will sail49,000 nautical miles, and visit28 countries and 85 ports of call.The vessels begin this audaciousjourney on May 17 (weatherpermitting), leaving Honolulu forHilo, then for Tahiti.

Voyaging has for millenniaembodied what we now call 21stcentury skills: Innovation,collaboration, problem solving,and global and environmental

literacy. This worldwide voyageestablishes a global classroomfor these lessons.

While the PolynesianVoyaging Society’s masternavigators will guide MālamaHonua, education is the core ofits mission. The Department ofEducation and other educationpartners have a significant role inensuring that students areengaged in this journey.

The DOE has createdresources for educators to learnmore about and connect toMālama Honua. They can beaccessed on the DOE’s publicwebsite (under Teaching &

Learning > StudentLearning) and the DOEIntranet (under Office of theSuperintendent). The Intranetwill include workspaces, asneeded, for teachers tocollaborate securely on projects.

Additionally, the newlylaunched Mālama HonuaLearning Center offers resourcesincluding curricula to kick offthe educational effort — visithokulea.com. The LearningCenter website also offers asimple registration area to shareyour own related lessons andprojects.

Mālama Honua is also taking

advantage ofGoogle+ to share

stories, multimedia andmore. There will be at least

one Google Hangout a monthwith the crews. Go toplus.google.com, and search forMālama Honua: WorldwideVoyage.

If you have questions abouthow to get your classroom orschool involved in MālamaHonua, please contact projectleaders Manuwai Peters andMarlene Zeug via Lotus Notes.

Education Update is a monthly newsletter by the Department of Education’s Communications and Community Affairs Office,distributed to schools, the first Board of Education meeting of the month and posted online at HawaiiPublicSchools.org. We welcome

your submissions: 1390 Miller Street, Rm 312, Honolulu, HI 96813. Phone: (808) 586-3232; E-mail: doe_info@hawaiidoe.org.

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SMaRTER BaLaNCED EXaM

SmARTER THAN A 4TH GRADER?which equation is true?

Answer at bottom of page.

‹‹‹ MaY 6

THANK A TEACHER DAYBecause you work long hours, becauseyou’re always preparing to get even betterat your jobs, because you mentor andcoach, because you believe in the abilitiesand potential of ALL students even whenothers don’t, because you inspire lifelongpassions and self-confidence — for thesereasons and a thousand more, we thankour teachers this day and every day.Mahalo! Follow #thankAteacher and#teachersMatter, and view our video athawaiiPublicSchools.org.

Answer: C

Don’t Miss This! EVENtS, DEADLiNES & FUN StUFF

MaY 27-29

REPRESENTING HAwAIIwatch Christiane Abella of KonawaenaMiddle try to outspell thecompetition at theScripps NationalSpelling Bee inwashington D.C.,broadcast onESPN 2 and 3.Good luck!

SuMMER/FaLL

POLYNESIAN VOYAGING CLASSESwindward Community College is offeringcourses (lecture and lab at sea) in thefundamentals of Polynesian voyaging

and seamanship with aninterdisciplinary approach, includinghawaiian studies, astronomy,geology, oceanography,meteorology, marine biology,ethnobotany and archaeology.Aligned with Mālama honua

(more on that, below). Details: windwardcce.org/sailing.htm

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1002

109

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C D7

1002

1027

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1072

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MaY 9

HAwAII’S DOODLE Vote for Mokulele El’s Charles Seagle (K-3 group) for his Google Doodle for "if i Could invent one thing to Make theworld a Better Place..." impressive timemachine! Go to doodle4google.com.

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