Hawaii’s top teachers
get free use of cars
for a year
Hawaii's top teachers received cash and the free use of cars for a year as part of an annual teachers of the year awards program held Thursday during a Board of Education meeting at Kailua Intermediate School.
The cars were provided by various automobile dealers, manufacturers and associations. District teacher winners also received $500 in cash from the Polynesian Cultural Center, while the state teacher of the year received a $1,000 award.
Shown (below) with car keys, from left, are Pamela McMillan, Kauai High School, Kauai District, receiving a Honda from the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association; Shari M. Kaneshiro, Hokulani Elementary School, Honolulu District, receiving a Toyota from Servco/Toyota Hawaii; Dewey Gottlieb III, Pearl City High School, Leeward District, receiving a Mitsubishi from Hawaii Mitsubishi; Donna Therrien, Lanikai Public Charter School, Windward District, receiving a Nissan from Nissan of Hawaii and King Windward Nissan; Robert Hu, Mililani High School, state Teacher of the Year, receiving a Volkswagen from the Volkswagen Dealers of Hawaii; Betty Brask, Kihei Elementary School, Maui District, receiving a Subaru from Subaru of Hawaii and its Hawaii Subaru Dealers; and Merle Okabe, Keaau High School, Hawaii District, receiving a Mazda from Hilo-Kona Mazda.
COURTESY OF LOU HARRINGTON
Hawaii teachers of the year show off the symbolic keys they received from various automobile dealers, manufacturers and associations that entitle them to the free use of a car for a year.
