MidWeek Central - Feb 15, 2023

FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15, 2023
‘CHEER’FUL CHAMPS
A Mililani High team brings home two national titles.
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TOP ACHIEVER
A Helemano Elementary counselor is honored in Washington, D.C. SEE PAGE 6
Schofield Educator Earns Milken Award
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(From left) Daniel K. Inouye Elementary School principal Kristin Walje; senior vice president of the Milken Educator Awards Jane Foley; Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke; assistant principal and Milken Educator Award recipient Esther Kwon; state Department of Education superintendent Keith Hayashi; and Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua complex area superintendent Robert Davis celebrate Kwon’s $25,000 cash prize. PHOTO COURTESY MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION
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uring a school assembly in front of cheering students, teachers and staff members, Esther Kwon —
assistant principal at Daniel K. Inouye El- ementary School on Schofield Barracks in Wahiawā — became the latest recipient of the esteemed Milken Educator Award on Jan. 31.
Regarded as the “Oscar Award of Teach- ing,” it honors outstanding excellence in education and comes with an unrestricted $25,000 cash prize. The Milken Educator Awards program was launched by the Milk- en Family Foundation in 1987.
A shocked Kwon was presented the sur- prise award by Jane Foley, senior vice-pres- ident of the Milken Family Foundation, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and state Department of Education superintendent Keith Hayashi. Kwon is the sole Milken Educator Award winner from Hawai‘i this year.
“I just love our school, and I came to our school, I came to Hawai‘i, when I was 22. I have taught, and learned and grew at this
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