School_Information_files/November 2014-15
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School_Information_files/November 2014-15
November 2014 Issue 4 Vol. 4 Cougar Chronicle PRINCIPAL: Lauren O’leary Kalaniana`ole Elementary & Intermediate School 27-330 Old Mamalahoa Hwy Papa`ikou, Hawaii 96781 Papaikou, HI 96781 Vice Principal: Kasie Kaleohano Vice Principal: http://kalanianaole.k12.hi.us Spirit of Thanksgiving Jennifer Sueoka Editor: Lorna Ganigan, PCNC From the Vice Principal by Lauren O’leary, Principal by Kasie Kaleohano As Thanksgiving and the holiAloha Cougar families. The holidays days approach, I would like to are rapidly approaching and now is the take the time to focus on some of the many things we can be thankful for time to give thanks to all who have helped in our lives. There is so much such as: make Kalaniana`ole Elementary & Intermediate School a safe, positive place for our children. In celebration of our families 1. An incredible faculty and staff that and community who help to support our bring their hearts and hands to Kalaniana'ole School each and every day, students, we will be hosting a Holiday Dinner on Thursday, November 20, 2014 in our school cafeteria. 2. Amazing students that love to learn, laugh, and work hard. Flyers will be going home shortly with information about the dinner. Please 3. Parents who nurture and care for our RSVP by November 7 by sending the flyer students in so many ways, back with the required information. We hope that all of you will be able to join us 4. A caring community that surrounds us as we celebrate the holidays, our students, with generosity and care. our school and our community. See you there! We are truly blessed as a school community to work and live in such a beautiful place and have such a wonderful school. Happy Thanksgiving to each of you and your families. I wish you a safe and happy holiday season. UPCOMING EVENTS No School (Election Day) No School (Veterans Day) HSA Science (Grade 4) Holiday Dinner Ronald McDonald Assembly (Grades K—2) Nov 27-28 No School (Thanksgiving) Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov 4 11 13-14 20 21 Nauane e Kalaniana`ole. . .“Moving Forward in the Right Direction” Page 2 From the Vice Principal too... Are You Smarter than a 3rd Grader? Jennifer Sueoka Kathy Tsugawa, Curriculum Coordinator The holidays are approaching quickly. Soon there will be the holiday hustle and bustle starting with Thanksgiving and Christmas soon to follow. Here at Kalaniana’ole, we are also having assessments in November before the Thanksgiving holiday. Please help your children prepare for their assessments by making sure that they have a good night’s sleep and a healthy breakfast to start their day. Each year students grades 3 to 8 are asked to take an end of the year assessment in English and math. Previously, students were taking the Hawaii State Assessment , or HSA. However this year, students will be taking the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test. This test is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and is administered online. The test was designed to give teachers and parents better information to help students succeed. Please have a safe and festive Thanksgiving with your families. We all have so many things to be thankful for this year. I personally am so thankful for the amazing faculty and staff, administrators and students as well as their families here at Kalani’anaole. Included in this and subsequent newsletters, you will find a sample SBAC test item. This month’s test item is from the 3rd grade math test. The information presented in the table above represents the type of question, depth of knowledge and standards addressed. Below you will find the rubric. It is clear that the SBAC test is rigorous and challenging and will require students to think deeper. Teachers and students are working hard every day to prepare for this test, but a key component of student success is parental involvement. Please continue to work with your child at home and communicate with their classroom teachers. Parents, work with your child at home to answer the attached SBAC test question and write your name, child’s name and grade. Have your child turn the sheet in to their classroom teachers or to the school office. We will draw one lucky winner each month who will win a mystery prize. Good luck and keep up the great work! “Relationship, Relevance, Rigor Succeed in Every Way with Cougar Pride” Page 3 CORE VALUE OF THE MONTH Aloha KEIS Cougars! COURAGE by Christina Wagner-Wright by Julie Taniguchi, Counselor Dear Kalanianaole Family, It's fall! The KEIS library would like to remind you not to let your student fall behind in their reading goals, and we have just the books to do it! All students and parents should be sure that all appropriate books read, are entered into reading logs to ensure credit for the reading a student is doing! This will help students to meet their reading goals for the 25 Book Campaign! October was bully prevention month. During the week of October 27-31, we made an extra emphasis on talking to our students about bullying. The theme for the week was “United to Stop Bullying.” The focus was, although we may have our differences, we can make friends and unite as one school to put a stop to bullying at Please also remind your students to return Kalaniana`ole. books to the library, once they have finished reading them. It is important to return them so Every day, there was a different activity aligned with bully prevention. On Monday, we other students can have the chance to read the started off our week with a Kick-off assembly, books as well. Many of our books are in high deorganized by Kitana Lowery, Aui Joe Madiam, mand, with lots of other students waiting, so if Mahina Kuehu and Rushell Lawrence. Tuesday you see a book that's collecting dust, remind was Make a Friend day when the students made your student to return it! Grades K-5 should only pledges to other students to be their friends. The have two books at one time, unless the parent/ students then tied their pledges to the fence on guardian has come in to do the borrowing, and Thursday. On Wednesday, the students decorated their classroom door around the week’s students should return ALL the books before theme. Lastly, on Halloween Friday, students they borrow new ones. Grades 6-8 has a 3 book dress up “differently.” This represented our differ- maximum, and it can be increased by student ences, and that we should have the COURAGE request in the case of special projects or hometo be who we are. When we embrace our differ- work requirements in Middle School. ences and come together, we can make Kalaniana`ole a safe and bully free school. MORE exciting news, for one and all, we have some new Nutrition books for students at Speaking about courage… the core value all levels on display, and available to borrow! for November is courage. Courage is not easy So come on in and check out our great books on and must be developed. One of the most imhealthy eating, cooking, or even gardening! Stuportant skills we must learn is to have the courage to be ourselves. Have a movie night with dents and parents can easily see them behind your child(ren). My suggestion is to watch either the reference desk and then borrow one of Mulan or Frozen. Then after the movie, have a choice. I'd ask that for the first few weeks, you discussion with your child about how the movie only borrow one at a time, of the newest items, to portrayed courage and what they learned. Mov- ensure others have a chance to read them as ies can be a great conversation starter and an well. I will also continue to place books about fall awesome way to bond with your child(ren). holidays, and volcanoes and storms out on display, as many of our kids have lots of questions or curiosity about these topics at this time, due to recent and ongoing events on our island. “Be respectful, be respectful, be safe.” Page 4 Paying Attention to Attendance It is crucial that we pay attention to attendance from time to time our children start kindergarten. We all want a better life for our children and this improve quality of life is dependent upon both a high school and college graduation. There is a clear connection between attendance to the elementary level and how well students progress and achieve to the middle, high school and college levels. We must therefore be strict and diligent about making sure our children attend school from the very beginning. Why? Because absenteeism to the early grades will negatively affect the later years. Kindergarten Changes in Act 178 Govenor Neil Abercrombie signed into law Senate Bill 2545/Act 178. It requires students to be five years old by July 31 to enter kindergarten, beginning with the 2012-2015 school year. This requirement will affect children with birth dates from August 1 through December 31, 2009. Act 178 also repeals junior kindergarten programs in the DOE at the end of the 2013-2014 school year. Visit hawaiidoe.org or earlylearning.hawaii.gov for details Title I A Health & Wellness Fact A note about sugary soft drinks (soda, sweetened tea, lemonade, and juice drinks) Children who drink more sweeten drinks consume more calories and are more lokely to be overweight than kids who drink fewer soft drinks. Soft drinks also displace healthful foods in kids’ diets like milk, which can help prevent osteoporosis, and 100% juice which can help prevent heart disease and cancer. In addition, soda pop can cause dental cavities and tooth decay. Vision Statement “Working together toward excellence” Mission Statement “Kalaniana’ole School community will work as a tem to have our students meet standards to be successful in High School and in Life” Koa...Courage Did you know... Kalaniana’ole School is a Title I school? What does that mean? We receive Federal funds to ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on the challenging State academic standards. Need a High School Type Diploma? Over 18 years old? Waipahu Community School for Adults- HILO CAMPUS (WCSAHC) has the answer. We offer a Hawaii Adult Community School Diploma. WCSAHC is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Please give us a call at 974-4100 or visit us at Waiakea High School room P27." Page 5 Middle School Science! by Charoltte Godfrey-Romo HONOLULU THEATER FOR YOUTH Presents In 6th Grade Physical Science we are learning about chemical and physical properties of matter. We did a lab learning about pH and what it means. What types of things are acids? What types of things are bases? We used special indicator paper that turned different colors depending on the pH of the liquids being tested. The standards covered in this lab were: Hawaii State Science Standard #6: Nature of Matter and Energy and benchmark SC 6.6.6- Describe and compare the chemical and physical properties of different substances. CCSS Math- 6.NS.C.6- Understand a rational Quinton Babas with the HTY cast at the Palace Theater. Quinnumber as a point on the number line. ton represented bananas flown in from Ecuador. CCSS ELA RST.6-8.7- Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of the information expressed visually (on a number line, in a data table). Just look at the results below and think; what am I wondering now? On Wednesday, October 29, the entire student body attended the Honolulu Theater for Youth presentation of Grinds, a musical romp through Hawaii's favorite subject...food. The play mixed humor, history and science to explore our community's relationship with food. Kanoe Lyman with the HTY cast. Kanoe represented fresh, locally grown produce that is nutritious for our bodies. “Wisdom—Na’auao”