On this page, you can find an archive of our past newsletters for Hawai'i History Day.
May 2021
Aloha Hawaiʻi History Day Family and Friends,
Congratulations to all of our students, teachers, and judges for participating and competing in this year’s 2021 Hawaiʻi History Day Program, District Fairs, and State Fair. We did it!!! To see all of the results, our project showcase, and district videos, please visit our Hawaiʻi History Day website at https://hihumanities.org/what-we-do/hi-history-day/.
April 2021
Aloha Hawaiʻi History Day Family and Friends,
As we are in the midst of the 2021 Hawaiʻi History Day State Fair and our amazing and hardworking volunteer judges are busy judging projects, we would like to share with you two exciting upcoming events. These two events are the culmination of this year’s Hawaiʻi History Day experience. We acknowledge that it has been a tough year. However, we would like to highlight and celebrate what we have accomplished together as a community.
March 2021
Aloha Hawaiʻi History Day Family and Friends,
Congratulations to all the students, teachers, and judges who participated in this year’s Hawaiʻi History Day District Virtual Fairs. This district fair season tested our resilience, commitment, and care for one another, our communities, and our histories. We are ecstatic to share with you the 2021 results and the projects that our Hawaiʻi History Day students and teachers worked incredibly hard to complete. For the countless community members who served as judges that spent hours evaluating and providing valuable feedback. We are extremely grateful and inspired by the collective effort and work the Hawaiʻi History Day community has accomplished so far.
February 2021
Aloha Hawai’i History Day Family and Friends,
In this new year, with new transitions we are creating, experiencing, and at times being swept up in, we hope you are finding time to care for yourself, your family, and those in your community. With this year’s 2021 Hawai’i History Day district fairs upon us, we are deeply grateful for those who will be joining us this year, and we look forward to those who will be joining us in the future.
January 2021
Aloha Hawai’i History Day Family and Friends,
Happy New Year! We hope you had a restful and restorative winter break, spending time reconnecting with yourself, loved ones, nature, and things that bring you joy and happiness. In 2021, we invite you to join us in our upcoming virtual Hawai’i History Day District & State Fairs as we continue to Mālama our History and Mālama each other. If you know a special person in your community (district) that exemplifies caring for our history or caring for each other, nominate them to be recognized by clicking on this link. We also invite you to give of your time and expertise by signing up to be a judge to interact with student projects at one of our eight virtual district fairs or our virtual state fair. If you are interested, sign up here.
December 2020
Aloha to our Teachers, Students, and Families,
As 2020 comes to an end, we reflect upon this past year of struggle, confusion, and at times despair not knowing how we could move forward (in person or virtually) to care for and teach our students, while also keeping our families and ourselves safe. Although the struggle continues, there are beautiful silver linings that remind us what is truly important. We are getting back to basics such as: slowing down and sharing a home-cooked meal with our family, having a conversation over the phone with a friend, getting some fresh air by taking a walk, going to the beach or just standing in the sun. We hope you are able to find your silver linings as we end this year together. Our Hawai’i History Day team is deeply grateful and appreciative for each and every one of you who, despite a turbulent and unprecedented year, have participated in our various workshops, events, and the Hawai’i History Day program.
November 2020
Aloha to our Teachers, Students, and Families,
As we start heading into the end of the fall semester and look to the holidays, we wish you all good health, energy, and strength to end this year on a positive note. In this newsletter we have put together a host of exciting events, amazing resources, and highlights that will inform, inspire, and help you and your students delve deeper into our history and humanities. We invite you to explore and learn with us as we find meaning and connection with the past, to be present, and contribute to our futures.
September 2020
Aloha to our Teachers, Students, and Families,
We send so much love, patience, and energy to you. We are all becoming educators these days, and we will keep finding new ways of helping each other get through this challenging time. In this newsletter, we have come together with our local and national community to put together a number of opportunities to make screen time more rich and exciting for you. We look forward to seeing you soon.
August 2020
The Hawai’i History Day team is excited to announce our next series of teacher and student workshops in September! Join us, as our series will offer new resources and tips
July 2020
Aloha Hawaiʻi History Day Community,
During these uncertain times, we hope you are finding creative ways to enjoy your summer, such as spending time with loved ones, cooking, swimming, biking (with masks and social distancing of course), or even if it is through zoom, face-time, or with a simple phone call. As we head into this new school year, we would like to you to know that your health and well-being is our utmost priority here at Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities. With that said, we have decided that this 2020-2021 school year, all of our events will be virtual.
May 2020
Aloha Hawai’i History Day Community,
We would like to celebrate our amazing students and teachers as we have completed one of the most challenging and unexpected school years to date. In the midst of a global pandemic we were able to conduct five in person district fairs (Windward, Maui, Hawaiʻi, Central, & Honolulu), three virtual fairs (Leeward, Molokaʻi, and Kauaʻi), and our first state virtual fair. This year we had over 800 students, 106 teachers, 55 schools and 219 judges participate in our district & state fairs.
April 2020
Aloha Hawai’i History Day Community,
We hope you are staying safe and taking care of each other. We are thinking about you and putting as much care as we can to make our 1st ever state virtual fair exciting and meaningful.
March 2020
Aloha Hawai’i History Day Teachers,
Like all of you, we have been experiencing a volatile week with COVID-19 and the programmatic and daily life changes we will have to make to best take care of our community’s health.
To avoid large public gatherings and travel during the next few months, and in consultation with National Contest and our venue partners, we have decided to run our State Fair on April 11th as a virtual contest.
February 2020
Dear Hawai’i History Day family,
Hope you are doing safe and well! As we move into our district fairs, we would like to thank everyone for their hard work. We are looking forward to seeing the variety and creativity of student projects this year, and we hope that you will join us in our fun and meaningful history day fairs. We wish everyone the best of luck. See you soon!
January 2020
Happy New Year! Online registration for our virtual district fairs is open now! Please see the links below for more details.
December 2019
Happy Holidays Hawai’i History Day Community,
We know that winter is a busy time for everyone, especially educators. As 2019 comes to a close, the Hawaiʻi History Day team is looking forward to a new year of exciting and meaningful connections with our dedicated community of students, teachers, alumni, parents, judges, historian consultants, community partners, and board members. We are busily preparing for the coming year, and hope to provide fun and engaging teacher workshops, events, and fairs.
November 2019
Aloha Hawai’i History Day Community,
As November is well underway and the Thanksgiving holiday right around the corner, we reflect on things we are thankful for. In the midst of preparation for the upcoming fairs, we are reminded of all the people and communities involved in this process, all the connections and effort that are needed to bring these History Day events to fruition. From teachers, to students, to parents, to judges, to consultants, to staff, and many others, we rely on so many people in order to ensure that History Day students and teachers are supported and cared for, and we are truly grateful to all of you.
October 2019
Aloha Hawaiʻi History Day Teachers, Educators, and Friends,
With the school year well underway, we would like to share with you exciting and engaging events, teacher workshops, and important information for you and your students. Also, check out our website for useful information on all things History Day & K-12 Humanities programs. We look forward to seeing you at our events, teacher workshops, and visiting your schools.
August 2019
Aloha Hawai’i History Day Teachers, Educators, and Community Leaders,
Welcome back to a new school year 2019-2020! We hope you had a wonderful summer. At Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities we have been busy planning a host of educational, meaningful, and engaging events around the idea of E Mālama I Nā Moʻolelo – Let Us Care for History. We hope you and your students will join us as we strive and challenge ourselves to grow and learn what it means to truly care for our history.
July 2019
Congratulations to the 2019 Hawai’i Delegation for representing Hawai’i with amazing grace and passion at the University of Maryland College Park for National History Day. All of your exhibit boards, websites, documentaries, papers, performances and interviews were awe inspiring and your aloha spirit shined through with the judges and students from across the nation and different parts of the world. Mahalo for dedication and hard work!!!