Hale Kula Elementary School OCTOBER 2012 Parent Bulletin

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Office: 622-6380 www.HaleKula.k12.hi.us Waianae & Ayres Aves on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 96786

Aloha, Parents! Welcome back! We hope that all of you had a safe and relaxing Fall Intersession. If you are new to Hale Kula, wed like to share a warm Aloha! with you. We welcome and invite you to join our `ohana (family). You will have many opportunities to participate in activities or to volunteer at our school throughout the year. We hope to see you! Our vision is: Hale Kula Elementary School Working, learning, and succeeding together. We are committed to providing a quality education for your children - our students -- and we need your assistance. Parents are so important, and there are different ways in which you can get involved at our school. You can support your children's schooling by attending school functions and activities such as PTO meetings and parent workshops. You can provide encouragement to your children to do their best at school; you can monitor homework, or read aloud to your children at home. Parents can volunteer to help out with school activities or work in the classroom. Or you can take an active role in the governance and decision-making to develop an Academic and Financial Plan which focuses on improving student achievement. We thank all parents who have been active, involved participants in our school. Nearly 100 parents attended the Common Core State Standard Workshops in September. We also had a great turnout for the Book Fair Family Night and the Cross Country Invitational. We are concerned and will be problem-solving issues with attendance absences and tardies. According to the State, last year, 19.7% of our students were absent more than 15 school days during SY2011-2012. We are also tracking students who are chronically tardy. We will be discussing these issues and seeking input from parents about possible solutions. Thank you for your continued support of Hale Kula! We look forward to seeing you around our school! Mahalo!, Jan Iwase, Principal

Federal Survey cards Please turn Federal Survey Cards in as soon as possible. The office has to call and follow up on every card. Every child in the state was given a card and they must all be turned in. Leaving Hale Kula If you find out that you are leaving Hale Kula, let the office know immediately. It takes time to process your exit paperwork.

Nene Reading Discussions

4th & 5th graders are invited to participate in the Nene Lunch Reading Discussions. Students can borrow these books from the Hale Kula Library or ask their teacher for a copy. (Book Fair profits and a generous grant from the PTO has made copies available to all 4th & 5th grade classrooms.) Students need to read the book and respond to a question on the Nene Blog: http://halekulalibrary.weebly.com/nene-blog.html and will then receive a pass to come to the library with their lunch. The schedule is as follows: October 17 Ghost Dog Secrets October 31 The Book of Elsewhere: The Shadows Nov. 1 The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Taking care of library books

Mrs. Colte, librarian One important part of our library lessons is teaching the children to take care of their library books. By taking care of books, more students will be able to borrow and enjoy the books, but it also saves parents money. Students who damage books will be assessed fees. Today, ten library books were returned with writing, water damage, food stains and torn pages. Please help your child take care of his/her library books by following these rules at home: Turn pages at the top Keep water & food away from books Keep books away from younger siblings & pets Wash hands before reading books Do not draw or write inside books Water bottles go outside the backpack & library books inside Thank you for your help!

School Bus Riders

The office is accepting payment for Quarter 2. The quarterly fees remain at: $72.00 round trip; $36 one way. Checks should be addressed to: Department of Education. For current riders who pay by the quarter, bring in your bus pass to be punched. Coupons are available at $12.50/sheet of 10 (cash only). For questions about the bus, please call the school's office.

Health room
Health Room is accepting donations of rubber flip flops (or slippers) in all sizes. Students are asked to return the ones they borrowed

Physical Education Matters

Jerry Bevacqua & Ted Enoki Our annual complex cross country event was September 26 and the runners were wonderful despite the rain. Hale Kula won the team trophy and its proudly on display in the office. They did it with excellent team running. For example, The 3rd Grade boys had three runners in the top 10, plus an 11th and 13th place. The best group of all was the Third Grade girls. These girls not only put ALL FIVE SCORING RUNNERS IN THE TOP 10, they even put their sixth runner in the top 10!!! Their score of 21 points was the best of any team for the whole meet!!! Individual Hale Kula medalists are: Ariana Rankin, 3rd Grade Girls 1st place, Kalea Blevens, 3rd Grade Girls, 2nd place, Pierre Summers, 4th Grade Boys 1st place, Sean Smith, 4th Grade Boys 2nd place, Kira Garcia, 5th Grade Girls, 3rd place, Brandon Fox, 5th Grade Boy's 1st place Special thanks go out to Mr. Enoki, Mrs. Petry, and Mrs. Iwase. Also, a huge mahalo to all the volunteers, parents and soldiers that helped with this event. .

Transition Center
Connie Blevens, Transition Coordinator Hale Kula Transition Centers mission is to assist new students and families in their transition to our school. We offer daily tours and informational sessions about our campus. Tours are available Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons at 12:00pm or 11:30am on Wednesdays. We also offer a morning orientation and tour every Tuesday at 9:00am. We would like to welcome the following students to our ohana who arrived in September: Alizabeth Blankenship, Bradley Brammer, Cody & Trevor Buck, Brianna Cosalter, Conner & Noah Dawson, Dakota & Summer Denton, Hailey Frondorf, Nia Gallegos, Sophia Geniuk, Dalilah, Dolores, & Raven Gonzales, Madison Hamor, Derek Hiszem, Angelo, JaDyn & Zion Johnson, Julian Jones, JT & Rson Kinere, David Knight, Hunter Laven, Lilliana Mahoe, Antonio McInnis, Darrien Melton, Lillyan Morris, Evin Morrow-Green, Dylan Moseley, Joshua Myers, Madison Nakamoto, Adriel & Sincere Nikolao, Trenton Peterson, India Rice, Loren Robbins, Georden Rogers, Daniel Rouse, Aaron Sabado, Diego Saucedo, Maggie, Jonah, & Joshua Smith, Jonathan Sweezer, Kamei White, and Angelica Yoshida.

Parent Teacher Organization Updates

Thank you to all the families who are supporting the Hale Kula PTO. Hale Kula parents helped raise $1700 at our last Dominos Pizza Night. Thank you for your support. Our next DominosPizza Night is October 12 and we hope to raise $2000. Hale Kula PTO has joined the social media craze. You can find us on Facebook at Hale Kula Parent Teacher Organization. Like us today to see some of the wonderful things the PTO is doing. It is never too late to join the Hale Kula PTO. Membership is only $10 and you can find membership forms in the office and P14. Again thank you to those who have joined and thank you for supporting Dominos Pizza Night

Greeters Club
Connie Blevens, Greeters Club Advisor Congratulations to our Super Eagle Greeters for the 1st quarter! 3rd graders Joshua Honeycutt, Angelina Macareno, and Ella Reibsome. 4th graders Sean Carr, Haiden Jennings, and Hannah Leake. Thank you for being on time and greeting our new students with a warm smile. Your efforts did not go unnoticed and you make a difference at Hale Kula. Duty Reminders The following students are reminded of their assigned Greeter Week for October. Please make sure you arrive by 7:30 daily during your scheduled week. Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 15 Oct. 19 Jalen Crawley, Kelly Forgo, Brayden James, Manaia Moore, Taylor Quenga Mackenzie Bender, Schuyler Calhoun, Cannon Jean, Gabriel McMasters, Rylee Steele Oct. 22 Oct. 26 Bryson Adams, Andre Church, Hailie Johnson, Madelynn Key, Kennedy Pemberton Oct. 29 Nov. 2 Kalea Blevens, Sean Carr, Hana Myers, and Emma Timmins

Congratulations to our Super Eagles for the first quarter. They were honored at an assembly on September 27
5th Grade Kaleb Castillo, John Isaac Domingo, Haley Gillespie, Danielle Grimsey, Marie Hagemaster, Nicole Hernandez, Daniel Lebron, Keizha Macaranas, Peyton Pemberton, Esmeralda Ransom, Maria Revilla, Tano Tainatongo th 4 Grade Erik Aguilar, Melody Cabanellas, Keala Johnson, Chris Leon, Hana Myers, Nelson Pott, Nijah Pughsley, Mia Rodriquez, Sean Smith, Eleonore Spears, Jocelyn Stuck, Victoria Nathalia Torres, Julian Vargas rd 3 Grade Mercer Alden, Kalea Blevens, Schuyler Calhoun, Dominic DiBucci-Civil, Dylan Dormuth, Taylor Jae Idehara, Brianna Lebron, Kailer Manintin, Quintin McCorkle, Gabriel Nefe, Kennedy Pemberton, Rylee Steele, Joseph Wood nd 2 Grade Jeffrey Bowman, Lacey Campbell, Diana Duffy, Connor Elser, Jay Coll Gonzales, Ella Grace Grimsey, Alexander Johnson, Ariana Lane, Owen Murphy, Stephen Myers, Joshua Nago, Mia Shockley, Eliyah Thomas, Caitlynn Vestal 1st Grade Tyler Boggs, Presleigh Burnette, Anthony Chang, Lakeisha Cook, Ellanor Elliott, Moses Falls, Joshua Franzen, Sariah Gilmore, Sawyer Hayes, Kathryn Henderson, Arpan KC, Shyenne Leggett, Hannah Legnosky, Lana Leonard Kindergarten Zoey Brum, Kyra Clark, Kennedy Edgerton, Gwynn Elser, Tristan Glover, Adriana Hecker, Ryleigh Lund, Mia Lupia,Austin Mason, Jacob Parker, Cayleigh White Emma Vi Reisinger, Andrew Schmidt, Solomon Sparks, Kyle Tubbs, Mason Vincenty-Cole, , Samuel Wieman, Cecilia Younger Pre school Christopher Cox, Abigail Hamed

Hale Kula Highlights

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------October 1 5 All Hawaii Department of Education Schools are out for Intercession Break --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mon. Oct. 8 NO SCHOOL Columbus Day Tues. Oct. 9 Students return to school for the 2nd Quarter Wed. Oct. 10 School is out at 1:30pm every Wednesday Thurs. Oct. 11 Chaperone Training at 8:00am in P14 Copy Training at 8:30 in P14 and D4 (sorry no kids) 5th Gr. field trip Honolulu Academy of Arts Fri. Oct. 12 Dominos for Dinner Order from the Dominos on post and Hale Kula profits Sat. Oct. 13 Make A Difference Day Volunteers come to beautify the campus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mon. Oct. 15 School Community Council meeting 3:00 pm in the library Tues. Oct. 16 Chaperone Training in P14 at 10:00 am Wed. Oct. 17 Nene Book Discussion Thurs. Oct. 18 Fri. Oct. 19 School Store in P14 after school every Friday nothing over $1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mon. Oct. 22 School starts at 7:55 every day get a tardy slip from office if you are late Tues. Oct. 23 Jamba Juice & Book Swap - $2.25 for 8oz smoothie. Exchange old books Wed. Oct. 24 Report Cards distributed Thurs. Oct. 25 Fri. Oct. 26 Chaperone Training in P14 at 8:00am --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mon. Oct. 29 Tues. Oct. 30 Boxtop 4 Education & Tyson & Campbells Pick up from classrooms Wed. Oct. 31 Happy Halloween kindergarten costume parade starts at 12:45 Thurs. Nov. 1 Chaperone Training in P14 at 8:00am Fri. Nov. 2 After school for families 2:10 3:30-Eth-Noh-Tec "Kinetic story theater"

Hale Kula Events in October & November