News & Updates

Congratulations to Ms. Robin Meleana Cone-Murakami Barros, the 2025 Hawai‘i Charter School Teacher of the Year. Ms. Robin is an arts and sustainability teacher at SEEQS: the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability.

The following Hawaiʻi Island charter schools are closed today, August 26, 2024: Connections, Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts & Science, Nā Wai Ola, and Volcano.

Charter school leaders from across the state gathered to celebrate the charter movement, collaborate, network and co-construct initiatives.

Students and staff at Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha on Kauai have written and published more than 400 books in the Niihau dialect of the Hawaiian language. This effort aims to perpetuate the language and provide students with literature in...

Mālama Honua Public Charter School celebrates the achievements of its 5th graders with a series of milestone events, highlighting their journey and growth through the portfolio defense, as well as sailing training, and a Kīhei ceremony.

Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha celebrates its birthday by honoring their founders in song and dance. The Kauai school is the only Hawaiian Language-Niihau Dialect Immersion school in the state.

Hawaiʻi Charter School Early Learning Teams gathered to share their successes and as their peers listened and provided feedforward, their stories grew in meaning and strength.

A new national report finds Hawaiʻi is one of only five states in the country to meet 10 of 10 research-based quality benchmarks for pre-kindergarten programs.

Hawaiʻi State Public Charter School Commission and Kistner Eddy Executive Services(KEES) are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ed H. Noh as the next executive director.

Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal and education leaders visit Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo, Ka Waihona o ka Naʻauao and Ke Kula o Samuel M. Kamakau to observe how the schools have integrated culture and language into their curriculum. They also spent time...