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Educator Connection Q3 Newsletter Now Available
The latest issue of our quarterly newsletter, Educator Connection, is here! This issue includes our 2025-26 scholarship recipients and find out about applying for TAAC grants and much more. Look out for your copy in the mail, arriving this week!
Kanoe Haneberg: Following in Her Family’s Educator Footsteps
Kanoe Haneberg
Following in Her Family's Educator Footsteps
Providing scholarships to graduating high school students who show great promise is HEA’s way of helping to create a steady pipeline of educators for Hawaii. Kanoe Haneberg, who is this year’s recipient of a $2,000 high school student scholarship, is proud that she comes from a family of teachers, starting with her ...

A Message from the President: Greetings from the School Zone!
As this new school year approaches, I find that my rest infused enthusiasm has been overshadowed by news headlines that include “...gutting of the Federal Department of Education”, “...state DOE loss of $33 million in Federal Funding”, “...devastating cuts to Medicaid & SNAP benefits” and the list goes on.
HEA Awards Grants to 13 Aspiring Teachers in Statewide UH Licensure Programs
HEA has proudly awarded $1,000 awards to 13 teacher candidates enrolled in University of Hawaii’s educator preparation programs that lead to state licensure. The HEA Scholarship Committee had the difficult task of selecting the recipients from among more than 30 applicants.HEA supports students who are pursuing teaching careers by participating in state-approved preparation programs in ...
Genel Sepada: Mililani High Grad On Her Way to a Teaching Career
Genel Sepada
Mililani High Grad On Her Way to a Teaching Career
All it takes is one caring teacher to change the life of a student. Genel Sepada, who graduated from Mililani High School this past May, remembers how one teacher made such a lasting mpression on her that by the time she entered high school, she already had her mind set on becoming a teacher so that she could also ...
Preparing the Next Generation of Educators
Preparing the Next Generation of Educators
Student Teacher Scholarships, sponsored by the Helen MacKay Memorial
Each year, HEA awards $2,000 scholarships to student teachers who are attending a stateapproved or nationally accredited institution of higher learning who plan to teach in a Hawaii Department of Education school after they graduate. These scholarships are awarded to ...
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Educator Connection Q3 Newsletter Now Available
The latest issue of our quarterly newsletter, Educator Connection, is here! This issue includes our 2025-26 scholarship recipients and find out about applying for TAAC grants and much more. Look out for your copy in the mail, arriving this week!
Kanoe Haneberg: Following in Her Family’s Educator Footsteps
Kanoe Haneberg
Following in Her Family's Educator Footsteps
Providing scholarships to graduating high school students who show great promise is HEA’s way of helping to create a steady pipeline of educators for Hawaii. Kanoe Haneberg, who is this year’s recipient of a $2,000 high school student scholarship, is proud that she comes from a family of teachers, starting with her ...

A Message from the President: Greetings from the School Zone!
As this new school year approaches, I find that my rest infused enthusiasm has been overshadowed by news headlines that include “...gutting of the Federal Department of Education”, “...state DOE loss of $33 million in Federal Funding”, “...devastating cuts to Medicaid & SNAP benefits” and the list goes on.
HEA Awards Grants to 13 Aspiring Teachers in Statewide UH Licensure Programs
HEA has proudly awarded $1,000 awards to 13 teacher candidates enrolled in University of Hawaii’s educator preparation programs that lead to state licensure. The HEA Scholarship Committee had the difficult task of selecting the recipients from among more than 30 applicants.HEA supports students who are pursuing teaching careers by participating in state-approved preparation programs in ...
Genel Sepada: Mililani High Grad On Her Way to a Teaching Career
Genel Sepada
Mililani High Grad On Her Way to a Teaching Career
All it takes is one caring teacher to change the life of a student. Genel Sepada, who graduated from Mililani High School this past May, remembers how one teacher made such a lasting mpression on her that by the time she entered high school, she already had her mind set on becoming a teacher so that she could also ...
Preparing the Next Generation of Educators
Preparing the Next Generation of Educators
Student Teacher Scholarships, sponsored by the Helen MacKay Memorial
Each year, HEA awards $2,000 scholarships to student teachers who are attending a stateapproved or nationally accredited institution of higher learning who plan to teach in a Hawaii Department of Education school after they graduate. These scholarships are awarded to ...
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