April 2018: Table of Contents
Features
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Nearly 27,000 students missed 15 or more days of school last year. Find out how communities are combatting chronic absenteeism on page 48.Student: Julian Bercedoni. Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino. |
Grading the Public Schools
We’ve ranked Hawai‘i’s public schools from the best performing to the worst, using official state Department of Education data. How does your school measure up?
Roll Call
Showing up to school is vital to success. But Hawai‘i’s public and charter schools are in trouble—nearly 27,000 students were chronically absent last school year. Here’s what some communities are doing to change that.
by jayna omaye
Making the Grade
After heading two very different school systems that each faced controversy, the DOE’s new superintendent Christina Kishimoto sees reason to believe Hawai‘i’s much-maligned public schools can adopt innovative reforms that help students succeed.
by robbie dingeman
Scent
We’ve long used dogs in police work for drug detection and in disasters to find people trapped in rubble. In Hawai‘i, their great sniffing ability is being used in a wider array of fields—from finding bed bugs to conservation.
by kim steutermann rogers
Guided By Voices
Starting with a student’s idea (“Let’s ask Disney!”), the saga of a Hawaiian-language translation of Moana soars into a showcase of the University of Hawai‘i’s systemwide resources in translation, ‘ōlelo and recording—with Auli‘i Cravalho back in her starring role. We take a look behind the curtain.
by don wallace
Calabash
Aloha Built
A plantation-style village built to house once-homeless families has sprung up in a Sand Island field last used to play paintball.
BY HONOLULU MAGAZINE STAFF
April Picks
Celebrate Hawai‘i’s heritage (and our love for Spam), take a ride up north, get educated on climate change and more, all in one month.
BY Marisa Heung
How to Explain a Missing Mother
A new book by a successful banker who abandoned her family for drugs could prove useful to young children who’ve been left behind, whatever the reason.
By Don Wallace
Da Meter
Gauging what’s hot and what’s not in Honolulu.
BY HONOLULU MAGAZINE STAFF
Innovative Meets Old-School
This plantation-style village helps once-homeless families.
By Robbie Dingeman
Advocate for Animals
Quote Unquote: Lisa Fowler
interview by Catherine Toth Fox
Field Notes: French Kismet
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: Alliance Française Hawai‘i.
By Don Wallace
Style
Isn’t It Iconic
Owners Nate and Shie Clark give us a tour of We Are Iconic’s new digs.
by brie thalmann
Spaces
Home Sweet Home
Cool hues for kids’ rooms, fruit plants you can grow on your lānai and more.
by stacey makiya and savannah l. murray
Opinion
PUBLISHER’S PAGE: The Stories of Our City
How HONOLULU and HPR share a common mission.
by alyson helwagen
Editor’s Page: The Voices of HONOLULU
After two decades of journalism comes a daunting—but inspiring—responsibility.
By CHRISTI YOUNG
Afterthoughts: Wingin’ It
He’s ruffled my feathers and put a song in my heart.
by katrina valcourt
From Our Files
HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific—chronicling the Islands since 1888.
by savannah l. murray
