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professional learning pro- grams, educators — nation- ally and around the world — develop their education- al practice and bring global knowledge, skills and per- spectives to their schools. Shepherd-Jones will be traveling to Columbia in July with 16 other teachers ... On Feb. 15, Gov. Josh
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clude the funding statement above. Entries need to be emailed to kcfc@pactha- waii.org, and posted to a public Instagram account, mentioning @cwc_96744 and using #cwc96744art- contest in their Instagram post by April 7. Visit CWC’s Instagram page or contact Celia Taka- hashi at kcfc@pacthawaii. org or 808-235-7747 for details ... STEAM teacher Blade Shepherd-Jones of Waimānalo Elementary and Intermediate School was selected for the 2023 Ful- bright Teacher Exchange. Fulbright Teacher Ex- changes are United States Department of State pro- grams, funded by the U.S. Congress. Through these
Green signed his first proc- lamation in ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i recognizing ‘Aha Pūnana Leo for its efforts to revi- talize and normalize Ha- waiian as one of the state of Hawai‘i’s official languag- es. Pūnana Leo o Koʻolau Poko is located at 45-233 Kulauli St. No. C-5 and C-6 in Kāne‘ohe. For more information, call 808-236- 0297 ... As part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2023 Readiness and Envi- ronmental Protection Inte- gration Challenge, Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i has partnered with the state De- partment of Land and Natu- ral Resources and other key partners to support an $8.7 million project to manage invasive species and per- petuate the water resourc-
es of O‘ahu by protecting and enhancing native eco- systems. Currently, coral reefs located in Kāne‘ohe and Kailua bays help to protect MCBH from the effects of large surf, strong currents and storm surges. For more information, vis- it repi.mil/Buffer-Projects/ REPI-Challenge. In other news, MCBH is adjusting
a large portion of the Ma- rine Corps Training Area Bellows perimeter fence project after incorporat- ing feedback from local leaders, partners and com- munity members. Approx- imately 1.05 miles of the fence’s planned route has been removed from the rid- geline bordering MCTAB between Bellows and ar-
eas of Kailua, Lanikai and Keolu Hills. Furthermore, 900 feet of the project that has already been construct- ed will be relocated off the ridgeline and toward MCTAB to facilitate the new overall fence location and to further minimize its visibility to the surround- ing community ... drob- bins@midweek.com
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