The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-10-10
Schools of Maui
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than an acre or w was exceptional.
But in these days of large enrolment
as well as larger school activities, in
GLIDING supervised play and system
attic gardening, from five to ten acres
are not considered too much. This
year the Hawaiian Commercial e
Sugar Company, volunteered ten
acres of their best cane land for the
new Puunene school site.
In this connection let us remember
the splendid athletic parks donated
and maintained by this and other cor
porations at Spreckelsville, Puunene,
Waihee, Paia, Keahua, Hamakuapoko,
and Haiku. Most of these are easily
accessible to school children either
during or outside of school hours.
Playground apparatus has also been
installed and maintained by most of
the plantation schools.
All this is in keeping with the broad
er vision that corporations are now
adopting toward the physical well be-
ing and happiness of their employees
and their children.
School Buildings
Notable school buildings of the bet
ter type are the stone building at
Wailuku, built in 1905, at a cost of
$3.50 600, the concrete building at Paia,
erected in 1909 at a cost of $22, 900,
the new building at Lahaina, erected
in 1918 at a cost of 100000, the
splendid new High School building
at Hamakuapoko, built last year at
a cost of $4,000, and the new 20
room concrete building at Puunene,
to cost approximately 100000. Maui
is now definitely committed to the
policy of erecting, permanent concrete
structures to care for her over in
creasing school population. A new
concrete High School building at
Lahaina only waits for the land to be
determined upon, while a concrete
building at Waikiki and one addi-
tional concrete building at Paia are
already practically decided upon as
the next move in the building pro-
gram. AS these permanent structures
replace the temporary wooden struc-
lures so expensive to maintain, the
latter can be removed here and there
to fill in the gaps at the smaller,
though constantly increasing schools.
Teachers Cottages
Notable indeed has been the in
crease in the number and excellence
of the teachers cottages erected dur
ing this period, some 35 in number.
Many of these have been imperative
for housing the rapidly increasing
number of assistants in the larger
centers, while the country teacher
has not been neglected in this gener
Gus building program of the county
fathers. The new principals cottage
at Kealahou and the comfortable lit
tie cottage at Kaupo are examples of
this policy. Here and there is still
need of a new teachers cottage but
on the whole Maui has cause to be
proud of the manner in which her
teachers are being Housed
Cottage Furniture
The equipment Of school cottages
is a comparatively new feature of our
school policy. Beds, stoves, tables,
chairs, dressers, rockers and other
articles of furniture are furnished
the teachers free of cost, thus help
ing to make more attractive the life
of the rural teacher as compared
with those who live in larger centers.
One result of this policy is shown in
the fact, referred to above, that Maui
has not n uncertificated teacher
this year in the remote districts of
Molokai and Hama.
improvement In Grading
The improvement in the teaching
force is reflected most clearly in bet
ter promotion and a decided building
up of grades of grammar and High
School standing.
Notable Advances In Education
In many regards the Maui schools
have kept pace with the schools of
other parts of the Territory in new
adventures in education. This is par
ticularly true of industrial education,
Shops
Seventeen years ago a school shop
was an almost unheard of innovation.
A little work in wood was attempted
in one or two schools at that time,
but a full time shop and garden man
had not yet been heard of, Now we
have four schools where such a man
is employed, while five other schools
get the beneft of a travelling shop
and garden man. Industrial educa-
ton is now recognized as of equal
value with other forms of education,
and a foundation is laid in the hand