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April 17, 2025

2025-26 Good Idea Grant application deadline

June 2, 2025

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Good Idea Grant: Waipahu High School Students Express Culture and Creativity with a Peaceful Japanese Garden

Waipahu High School students in the Japanese language program built a traditional Zen rock garden to honor their sister school in Japan.

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Good Idea Grant: Farrington High School Math Students Excel with New Computer-Blended Learning

By implementing computer-blended learning, students at Farrington High School experienced incredible growth in their math skills.  Each student utilizes access to personalized computer programs.

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Good Idea Grant: Mystery Boxes with a Mission Motivate Student Learning

A handful of schools in Hawaiʻi have adopted Super Powers Academy, which provides classrooms with mystery boxes containing missions related to a superpower.

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The Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation (PSHF) understands educators may need someone to believe in them and their ideas. That's why we started the “Good Idea Grant” program to support Hawaii's public school teachers. Since 1990, we have provided over $5,000,000 of grants to public elementary, middle, and high school teachers statewide. Please partner with us to turn good ideas into opportunities for public school teachers.

About PSHF

The Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation is a community-based non-profit organization founded in 1986 and dedicated to strengthening the quality of public education in Hawaii by advancing innovation from within. Our programs and initiatives are designed to encourage those in public education to continually challenge themselves in pursuit of educational excellence. In addition, we help to equip students with the skills necessary to take on the challenges of an uncertain future.

Good Idea Grant Program

Applications for the 2025-2026 school year are now being accepted. Deadline: June 2, 2025. Awardees will be notified by July 14, 2025. The Foundation’s showcase for innovation, creativity, and educational excellence is the “Good Idea Grants” Program. The Good Idea Grants Program is designed to enhance innovation in the classroom and empower teachers to bring their good ideas to life. Mini-grants of up to $3,000 provide public school teachers with the needed financial resources not available through usual government channels.

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General Eric K. and Patricia Shinseki Scholarship

The General Eric K. and Patricia Shinseki Scholarship fund administered by PSHF offers scholarships to graduates of public high schools on Kauai

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Genome Science

The Aina-Informatics Network is an initiative designed to bring genome science into local high school classrooms.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Aloha AI Network is a collaborative infrastructure/service for students to use as they learn the fundamentals of AI machine learning, deep learning neural networks, and computer vision.

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