Updates for Week of September 14, 2015

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Hi Everyone,
We would like to let you know that we have hired a permanent School Food Services Manager for the cafeteria.  Lyle Hasegawa, SFSM from Kapolei High School, will be officially joining our Ho‘okele family on October 1.  We are so grateful to our TA SFSM Denise Huth for the past several weeks of service to our school.  Denise had the unique challenge of getting the kitchen opened and ready to go by the first day of a brand new school.  She did an amazing job with this daunting task and we are very grateful for her service.  Denise will be starting a new TA SFSM position at the High School.  Please take some time in the next few weeks to say thank you to Denise.  Her last day at Ho‘okele is September 30.
A great way to say thank you to the cafe is by purchasing lunch on Monday and Tuesday-the last 2 days that are calculated into our lunch counts for staffing purposes.  Please help us keep our current staffing!  
Low balance notices are dropped in teacher's boxes on Thursday morning, please make sure students receive notices on Friday.  We have been having a lot of complaints that parents are not receiving them.
Please utilize the South and West Parking Lots, leaving our front parking areas as open as possible for training attendees this week and next week.
Next week, we will need to have indoor recess from 9/23-25.  We will have workers on campus replacing the mulch with lovely astroturf which will make it a much more kid friendly place.  Due to the space needed for the workers and equipment, we feel it would be best to keep the entire area free of children.   Feel free to plan some activities during that time in your hubs or classrooms and let us know if we can participate in anyway to relieve you as needed.  We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause and thank you for your understanding.

Please turn in your schedules to the office ASAP!  This is a big help for the office to find students!
Have a great week!

This Week:
9/14:  DE Science techbook training
         Gotcha Winners announced in Cafeteria
9/15:  Roster Verification begins (Grades 3-5 and SPED)
         Principal’s Meeting (L. Dunn)
OG Training in Room D204
9/16:  HOME GROUP MEETINGS
OG Training in Room D204
         Data Teams Training 5-8pm (M. Pamatigan and L. Dunn)
9/17:  CPI Training (Haku Conference Room)
9/18:  CPI Training (Haku Conference Room)
         Principal’s Meeting at Ho‘okele (Lawa’i PD Center-D204)
Next Week:
9/21:  Last day for roster verification
         Vision Screening, Grades 1 and 2
9/22:  VP Meeting (M. Pamatigan off campus)
9/23:  Faculty Forum 1:00-3:25 pm (Extended hour)
         Indoor recess
9/24:  ELL Training on campus
Indoor recess
9/25:  ELL Training on campus
PRO Meeting on campus
Indoor recess
9/26:  Saturday work on playground area (FYI)


Student Announcements (Please read to your students)
Aloha Students!  
Please show respect by not wearing hats, caps or hoods inside classrooms, buildings or the cafeteria.  You may wear a hat outdoors at recess only.
Menu Change:  Lunch Monday, Sept 14, 2015  will be a Breaded Pork Patty Sandwich, fries, lettuce, tomato and orange wedge
Lunch Wed. Sept 16, 2015 will be Breaded Chicken patty w/ mashed potato, apple wedge, edamame and corn, roll.
Because Ho‘okele CARES!
Have a great week,
Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Pamatigan


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