HIDOE awarded $3.25 million in DoDEA grants to support military-connected students

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HONOLULU - The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) has received two grants from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) partnership that will fund initiatives to enhance world language learning at schools in the ʻAiea-Moanalua-Radford and Kailua-Kalāheo Complex Areas.

DoDEA provides quality educational services to military dependents around the globe and works closely with the HIDOE to expand opportunities at Hawaiʻi public schools with significant populations of military-dependent students whose parents serve in the various branches of the U.S. military. Since 2008 DoDEA has invested approximately $32.5 million in grant-funded initiatives at Hawaiʻi public schools to improve student outcomes.

"We are tremendously grateful for DoDEA's continuing support and our students are looking forward to new learning opportunities in world languages," said John Erickson, ʻAiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex Area Superintendent. "The funding will help to hire new language teachers, integrate new technology with real-world learning and provide students with a deeper, more robust, language curriculum throughout our K-12 pipeline."

The ʻAiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex Area received a $2 million grant over five years to create a K-12 world language pathway that establishes world language offerings at the elementary and middle levels and promotes high school students to enroll in higher level language courses. The grant will serve Aliamanu Elementary, Aliamanu Middle, ʻAiea Intermediate and Radford High.

The Kailua-Kalāheo Complex Area received a $1.25 million grant to provide more K-6 military-connected students access to world language instruction in Spanish and Japanese and provide students in the K-12 world language pipeline access to world language programs through out-of-school-time learning experiences. The grant will serve ʻAikahi, Kainalu, Keolu, Maunawili and Mōkapu elementaries.

For more information on DoDEA and its work supporting military dependent students around the world, visit www.dodea.edu.

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