SPOTLIGHT- Teachers and Administrators
2006
| NAME | AWARD | SPONSOR | SOURCE |
| Jeanine Nakakura -- McKinley High School | 2005 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching | U.S. Dept. of Education | DOE Highlights, May 6, 2006 |
| Loren Ayresman -- King Kekaulike High School | 2005 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching | U.S. Dept. of Education | DOE Highlights, May 6, 2006 |
| Gregg Agena -- Mililani High School | National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year | American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Dance National Convention | "The Best P.E. Teacher In America," MidWeek May 10, 2006. |
| Randy Yamanuha -- Maui High School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| Gerald Suyama -- Pearl City High School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| August Suehiro -- Olomana School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| Robert Stevens -- Radford High School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| Milton Shishido -- McKinley High School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| Catherine Payne -- Farrington High School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| Norman Minehara -- Leilehua High School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| Gilmore Youn -- Kapaa High School | Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award | Island Insurance Foundation | DOE Highlights, March 18, 2006 |
| Myra Borges -- Pearl City High School | 2005-2006 Outstanding Educator Award | Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Pizza Hut | Full page advertisement in Honolulu Advertiser July 23, 2006, A-13 |
| Troy Freitas -- Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School | 2005-2006 Outstanding Educator Award | Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Pizza Hut | Full page advertisement in Honolulu Advertiser July 23, 2006, A-13 |
| Sandra Nakagawa -- Moanalua High School | 2005-2006 Outstanding Educator Award | Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Pizza Hut | Full page advertisement in Honolulu Advertiser July 23, 2006, A-13 |
| Leisha Bento -- Aiea High School | 2005-2006 Outstanding Educator Award | Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Pizza Hut | Full page advertisement in Honolulu Advertiser July 23, 2006, A-13 |
| Jeff Shitaoka -- Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High School | 2005-2006 Outstanding Educator Award | Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Pizza Hut | Full page advertisement in Honolulu Advertiser July 23, 2006, A-13 |
| Reginald Torres, Jr. -- coach, Kahuku High and Intermediate School | 2006 Employee of the Year | Hawaii Dept. of Education | "Around the Islands" Honolulu Advertiser Aug. 21, 2006 |
| James Funasaki -- counselor, Aiea High School | 2006 Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction | Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation | "Salutes," Honolulu Advertiser Aug. 7, 2006. |
| Allison Carveiro -- Kekaha Elementary | Teacher of the Year - Kauai District | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Judy Locke -- Kihei Elementary School | Teacher of the Year - Maui District | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Janice Nakagawa -- Waiakeawaena Elementary | Teacher of the Year - Hawaii District | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Brett Kewish -- Kahuku High and Intermediate School | Teacher of the Year - Windward District | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Naidah Gamurot -- Kapolei High School | Teacher of the Year - Leeward District | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Lizabeth Horii -- Mililani Ike Elementary School | Teacher of the Year - Central District | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Jami Muranaka -- Kaimuki High School | Teacher of the Year - Honolulu District | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Robert Stevens -- Radford High School | Finalist for National Principal of the Year | MetLife and the National Association of Secondary School Principals | Superintendent's Update, Sept. 21 2006 (#06-15) |
| Naui Murphy & Jade Bowman -- Waimea Middle School | ING Unsung Heroes Award | ING Financial | "Waimea teachers win ING awards," West Hawaii Today September 27, 2006. |
| Carol Ioane -- Ka Umeke Kaeo Public Charter School | 2006 Charter School Educator of the Year | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Oct. 5 2006 (#06-16) |
| Bill Woerner -- Innovations Public Charter School | 2006 Charter School Volunteer of the Year | Hawaii Dept. of Education | Superintendent's Update, Oct. 5 2006 (#06-16) |
| Phyllis Nakama-Kawamoto -- Mililani Ike Elementary School | Hawaii 2006 American Star of Teaching | U.S. Dept. of Education | DOE Highlights, August 26 to September 9, 2006 |
| Teri Ushijima | Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award | Milken Family Foundation | DOE NewsRelease, Oct. 18, 2006. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Oct. 19, 2006. |
| Dr. Ku Kahakalau - Kanu O ka Aina PCS | KSBE Order of Ke Alii Pauahi Award | Kamehameha Schools | CSAO Update Oct. 19, 2006 |
| Denise Arai, Moanalua Elementary School, Duwayne Abe, Salt Lake Elementary School | "No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School" | U.S. Dept. of Education | BOE Newsletter November 2006 |