Ho‘okele Faculty and Staff Blog

Information for Faculty                                          Time is sure flying by us!  Can’t believe we head into February this week!   We have many trainings on campus in the next 2 weeks-please be aware of this as it will impact parking. Upper grades PLC and resource times return to their regular times this week, now that interim testing has been completed. Have a wonderful and productive week! This Week: 1/30:  RTI Cycle 2 begins          Fire Drill (Tent. 9:15 am)          SPED PLC 12-2 pm 1/31:  VP Meeting (M. Pamatigan off campus)          Positive Parent Training Workshop 8:15-8:45 in...

          Information for Faculty                                          Please pay for your lunch in the office if you ordered for Monday by 9:00 am! Ms. Janae Kremer will begin working with grade 3 and assisting special ed.  She will be transitioning into the position next week.  Filling her makerspace position on resource days will be Mr. Kurt Ginoza (our music teacher from last year).  Once cleared, Mr. Ginoza will teach ukulele to grade 5 and music to grade 1, working with Ms. Craft. Please bring your laptops to our faculty forum on Wednesday.  Our special ed teachers will be providing training on standards based IEPs and hands on practice with GoalBook. Have a great week! This Week: ...

Information for Faculty                                          Hope your new year is going smoothly and you enjoy a restful 3 day weekend! During interim testing, the resource schedule for grades 3-5 has been adjusted for your grade level’s resource day.  Please see the changes HERE .  Check Jared’s email (from Friday) for information regarding the interim testing schedule.  For lower grades, please be aware of the schedule for testing to provide an ideal testing environment for upper grade students. Please read the student section below for changes to recess.  Please remember to roam your areas during yard duty and if students are playing more in another area, please adjust your supervision accordingly.  Adults should not be stationary in one location wh...

Information for Faculty Thanks again to Lyle and staff for the delicious breakfast on Friday!   We hope you all enjoyed your vacation and were able to ease back into things with your work day!  I’m sure the kids are excited to see you and tell you all about their vacations! There is no RTI or PLCs this week, however, there are resources starting again on Tuesday.  Teachers will follow students to resource classes this week.   In preparation for interim SBA testing, Testwiseness for grades 3, 4 and 5 only will take place this week.  On your resource day, your testwiseness will end in time to start resource classes at the regular time.   All other days, testwiseness will be from 8:15-10:00.  Please do not disrupt the upper grade classes during that time to help prepare them for an ideal testing environment.  We are currently working out the details for the resource day schedule on interim testing days and for the actual testing day...