Ho‘okele Faculty and Staff Blog

Information for Faculty and Staff No School 3/26 (Kuhio Day) Students and Staff return on 3/27. No School 3/30 (Good Friday) Welcome Back! We hope you had a relaxing Spring Break and are ready for a fast-paced quarter 4! In case you missed it… A few special announcements: 1.  WELCOME BACK to Rena Sah in Kindergarten!  She is returning for quarter 4. 2.  BIG MAHALO to Karen Nakama for subbing for her this last quarter and for agreeing to work in grade 5 for quarter 4! 3.  Karen will be subbing for Melissa Stockwell for quarter 4 as Melissa goes on her leave.  Best wishes to Melissa and family! 4.  CONGRATULATIONS to the Ho'okele Dance Team for their 1st place win at the Ilima Dance Competition!  MAHALO to coaches Melissa Stockwell, Crystal Alejandro and Laura (and Melissa) Brown! They were AWESOME! Looking ahead, April is Month of the Military Child April 16, 2018-Purple Up Day (April 15, 2018)-Show your suppor...

Information for Faculty and Staff This Week: SPRING BREAK:  3/19-3/23. No School 3/26 (Kuhio Day) Students return on 3/27. No School 3/30 (Good Friday) 3/21:  Use of facility SOS Meeting 9:00 (E. Crowell) Upcoming Weeks No Resources or PLCs this week! Monday 3/26 *NO SCHOOL-Prince Kuhio Day Tuesday 3/27 *Grade 2 Planning day *STUDENTS and 10 month staff RETURN Wednesday 3/28 *Grade K Parent Activity 9-10:30 am in Cafeteria *Faculty Forum 1:10-3:35 pm (AVID, Academic Plan, Focus Groups) Thursday 3/29 *Grade 2 Planning Day *JVEF Transition Center Conference (M. Pamatigan, J. Cuajunco and C. Asencios) *Graphic Design Club (12:10 and 2:05 in Library Tech Center) *Kapolei Complex Family Night 4:00-8:00 pm Kapolei Middle School *PTA Pizza Fundraiser Friday 3/30 *NO SCHOOL:  Good Friday Congratulations to the Ho’okele Dance team who took 1st place at the Ilima Intermediate Dance Competition!  Great jo...

Information for Faculty and Staff We’ve made it to the end of Quarter 3!  Congratulations on all of your hard work and focus. The Jungle Book Kids performances wrapped up this weekend.  What a great success for all involved! Under the leadership of Ms. Brown, the annual musical truly makes Ho’okele special. Thank you to all of the faculty and staff for your contributions to the performances and production-it is such a huge team effort from the make-up, to the set, to the lighting and sound, costuming, potlucks, choreography, snack stands...  The list is endless! Forgive me for not trying to name everyone who contributed-there are so many I didn’t want to leave anyone out! A sincere THANK YOU to all of you. I am looking for a Hawaiian Studies PTT (lower) and a music PTT (upper) to start after Spring Break. Please let me know if you have anyone in mind. In the likely event we do not fill the positions, we will be looking at ways to provide meaningful activities ...

Information for Faculty and Staff Congratulations to Ashley Shinn, our MARCH Hihimanu Hero of the month!  Ashley was nominated by her peers for her positive attitude and willingness to help out in every way she can!  Ms. Shinn goes above and beyond!  Thank you Ashley for all that you do-your colleagues appreciate it! We look forward to reading your nominations each month-your comments about each other are quite uplifting and powerful.  We have several very close runners-up, so if your hero has not been selected, be sure to nominate them again the next month! BIG Mahalo to Ms. Laura Brown and all of the staff who have helped to bring us our 3rd annual musical performance.  We are very excited to see the Jungle Book Kids performance this week! Thank you to Jared and Elizabeth for planning the career week activities and Career Day this Wednesday!  What a great way to inspire our students! Career Day 2018 Schedule Have a great week!  It...