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News and Announcements
HIDOE Safety Guidance
There have been important changes recently announced regarding state and county COVID-19 mandates. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to work closely with the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) on updating our Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidance.
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Outdoor Masking Update
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) will be updating its COVID-19 safety protocols to make outdoor masking at public school campuses and HIDOE facilities optional for students, faculty and staff, effective March 9. Indoor masking will continue to be required.
The Department has required masking both indoors and outdoors as an added protection since the start of the school year. The updated guidance takes into consideration the latest recommendations from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It’s encouraging to see our indicators trending in the right direction to allow us to make this change. We’re seeing COVID case counts at our public schools continue to decline for the seventh-straight week and weekly rates are down 98 percent from January’s omicron surge peak,” Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi said.
“I want to thank our students, staff and families for being diligent with mask-wearing throughout this pandemic. That diligence helped get us to this point where we can start to ease restrictions in a safe manner,” Hayashi added. “While outdoor masking will be optional, indoor masking will continue to be required.”
The CDC’s latest guidance for K-12 schools recommends outdoor masking not be required when community levels are low to moderate. All counties in Hawaii are currently designated as “low." The CDC looks at a combination of three metrics to determine the COVID-19 community level: new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past seven days.
The HIDOE's health and safety guidance for schools is being revised to reflect the updated masking guidance. Updates will continue to be made based on the latest data and information from national and local health authorities.
The Department has required masking both indoors and outdoors as an added protection since the start of the school year. The updated guidance takes into consideration the latest recommendations from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It’s encouraging to see our indicators trending in the right direction to allow us to make this change. We’re seeing COVID case counts at our public schools continue to decline for the seventh-straight week and weekly rates are down 98 percent from January’s omicron surge peak,” Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi said.
“I want to thank our students, staff and families for being diligent with mask-wearing throughout this pandemic. That diligence helped get us to this point where we can start to ease restrictions in a safe manner,” Hayashi added. “While outdoor masking will be optional, indoor masking will continue to be required.”
The CDC’s latest guidance for K-12 schools recommends outdoor masking not be required when community levels are low to moderate. All counties in Hawaii are currently designated as “low." The CDC looks at a combination of three metrics to determine the COVID-19 community level: new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past seven days.
The HIDOE's health and safety guidance for schools is being revised to reflect the updated masking guidance. Updates will continue to be made based on the latest data and information from national and local health authorities.
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Hawaii Keiki School Health Program (Parent Consent Form)
A letter from our new complex nurse was sent home recently. If you would like to complete the form online, please click on the link below. If you have already submitted the paper version, you do not need to submit it online.
Steps: Click the link. Submit your email address at the link and a direct link will be emailed to you to complete the form. Click submit.
Steps: Click the link. Submit your email address at the link and a direct link will be emailed to you to complete the form. Click submit.
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Updated COVID-19 Protocols
Please click the link to the PDF to access the updated COVID-19 protocols. An updated Health and Safety Handbook is forthcoming.
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Family Walking Challenge
Waiakeawaena would like to promote the health and well-being of families through exercise and simple activities that can be done together. Exercise can take shape in any form of movement; walking, jogging, swimming, biking, etc.
Waiakeawaena families, consisting of one parent and one Menehune, will record their total number of steps from April 4-8 on a walking log, which will be provided.
If participating in the Family Walking Challenge, please complete by Friday March 11, 2022.
Waiakeawaena families, consisting of one parent and one Menehune, will record their total number of steps from April 4-8 on a walking log, which will be provided.
If participating in the Family Walking Challenge, please complete by Friday March 11, 2022.
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Spring Math Camp
For students in grades 1-3, attending HIDOE public schools. Camp is March 16 -18 from 8:30-10 am or 10:30-Noon. Camp is free but enrollment is limited (first come, first serve). Register online at bit.ly/hidoe-spring-math-camp
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