Tracy Jardine — Office Manager
Tracy worked in the LHES Finance and Student Services office for eight years, and has worked as Office Manager at LCPCS since 2012. She has been a resident of Laupahoehoe for more than 30 years, and was named the Hawaii Tribune Herald's "Mother of the Year" in 1999.
CPA — Jolene Wike
Jill Doying — Administrative Support Specialist
Jill grew up in Canada, and first came to Hawaiʻi to attend BYU in Lāʻie, Oahu. There, she fell in love with Hawaiʻi, and took classes in Hawaiian arts, culture and history. Jill came to LCPCS in January of 2017 after a diverse career on the mainland, with skills in banking, grant proposal writing, and crisis intervention. She loves this coast because it feels like old Hawaiʻi; "It feels like itʻs supposed to feel," she says.
Keli'i Noda — Technology Coordinator (IT)
Travis Mihara — Technology Assistant
Gabriel Navalta — Website and Social Media Coordinator
Loida Navalta — Lead Office Assistant
Rochelle Evangelista — Health Aide/Office Assistant
Winnie Vindinha — Office Assistant/Cafeteria Helper
Wallace Wong — Athletics Coordinator
Denise AhChoy —
Denise comes from a large family, many of whom have ties to the school in Laupāhoehoe. She herself graduated from LHES in 1997, and her son currently attends the school. She worked at LHES before the conversion, and then spent roughly four years teaching pre-school before returning to LCPCS in 2012. When not at school, she says, she loves to read and take her son to the beach.
Jenny Bach — Farm to School Program Coordinator
Born and raised in Hawaiʻi, Jenny graduated from the first charter school in the state. She credits West Hawaiʻi Explorations Academy, with its hands-on, project-based curriculum for opening up new worlds to her. In college, she worked on an organic farm in Puna, and found her passion in the art of growing food. About 15 years ago she adopted her first bee hives, and soon after created Bee Love Hawaiʻi and the Honeybee Education Program. With grant funding from various sources, Jenny put together an educational program, and traveled from school to school. In this process, she found LCPCS. Jenny now manages the Farm to School program, and teaches in both the school garden and the school kitchen.
Donna Mitts — Farm to School Assistant
Woodshop - Peter Ziroli
Contract Intervention Specialists:
Heather Rivera, Elementary
Roger Espejo, Secondary
Pua Wong, Science & Career/College Counselor
Para Professional Tutors:
Melvina Santos, Elementary
Nancy Campbell, Elementary
Melissa Chong, Elementary and High School
Educational Assistants:
Margarita Roginski
Juanita (Lovey) Johansen
Jerbelyn Navalta
Kalena Joaquin
Chauvin Barrientos
Jesse Navalta
Donabel Dias
Tiffany Parel
Nancy Campbell
Melissa Chong
Evangeline Gutierrez
Stacy Blake
Haley Jardine
Juliet Higgins — Food Service Manager
Josefina Navalta — School Cook
Rona Wilbur — Custodian
Rona Wilbur moved to Laupāhoehoe in the second grade, and graduated from LHES in 1992. She worked as a pharmacy technician in Honoka`a and Waimea for many years, but the commute was difficult, so she began transitioning into a custodial position at the school in October of 2011. She says she loves her work, and pau hana she continues it, helping several elderly neighbors maintain their yards.
Lyndelle Cardoza — Custodian II
Stacy Becker — Custodian II
Roger Aguilar — Custodian II
Classroom Cleaners: Melvina Santos, Kaytlen Requelman-Ancheta
Randal Jardine — Bus Driver