Hawaii State Department of Education
Our Vision
Hawai'i's students are educated, healthy, and joyful lifelong
learners who contribute positively to our community and
global society.
Our Core Values
Hawai'i seeks for its students to meet and exceed world-class academic standards, and do so in a way that reflects our island perspective. Hawai'i's students have strengths and abilities unique to an island home, with a tradition of stewardship, community, and mutual responsibility. We will cultivate, advance, and draw from Hawai'i's rich traditions and Native Hawaiian host culture.
- COMMITMENT TO EQUITY & EXCELLENCE: We believe every child is unique and deserves an excellent education—one that develops the whole student. Students succeed when their specific needs are met and their innate gifts and abilities are nurtured.
- MEANINGFUL LEARNING: We learn from many sources and in many ways. Hawai'i provides abundant real-world learning environments relevant for success in a culturally diverse, technologically complex, and interdependent global society.
- CARING RELATIONSHIPS: Education is a responsibility shared by all and the best results come when we work together with aloha, respect, integrity, and openness.
- CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND AINA: We see students as part of an extended 'ohana, the environment, a larger community and a global society. Hawai'i students value these connections and become stewards to help make our world a better place.
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