"The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s STACY Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes a teacher who demonstrates leadership, dedication and passion in the areas of scholarship, teaching, advocacy, community and youth. It is one of the highest honors bestowed by the union.
This year’s recipient is Lauren Pokipala, an English language arts curriculum coach in the reading intervention program at Castle High School. She was honored in a special awards ceremony at the Honolulu Country Club on May 16.
Pokipala has spent her entire 19-year teaching career at Castle, where she is an alumna, teaching social studies, science and language arts before stepping into her current role supporting students across grade levels."
To read more about Lauren and the award, go to this link. https://www.hsta.org/news/recent-stories/castle-high-teacher-lauren-pokipala-wins-2026-hsta-stacy-award-for-teaching-excellence/
To watch the video, please follow this link. https://youtu.be/R-m-KZZwjfs?si=OO3gmpE5Wpae8fpi