Updates for Week of January 6, 2020

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Information for Faculty and Staff
Happy New Year and Welcome Back!  We hope you enjoyed the holiday season and are refreshed and renewed for an exciting year to come!

Thank you to our TA Cafeteria Manager Dean and the cafeteria staff for preparing our welcome back breakfast today!  What a great way to re-energize and start off the day. Welcome back to Derek who will be our TA cook. Lyle is currently working at Holomua Elementary.

A BIG MAHALO to Ms. Christina Asencios for helping cover our 5th grade classroom for the weeks before break.  We are happy to announce our new teacher who will be starting this week in the 5th grade position, Ms. Jordyn Valdez.

Ms. Asencios will return to her prior resource role and we will be welcoming 2 new PE teachers for resource classes which resume NEXT week-Ms. Sharlene Paulino and Ms. Yoko Liriano.

There are no resource classes or PLCs this week.  Please note changes in resource schedules for the weeks of January 13 and January 20.  These changes are necessary due to the SBA interim testing. The schedule will resume to regular for the week of January 27, 2020.
Resource Schedule (See “Resource_during testing” tab for the changes).

Congratulations to Ms. Higuchi and Ms. Tonaki for having the lowest % absence rates for 1st semester!  

Friendly reminder:  Report cards go home on January 14!

HGEA Unit 3 members-please note your release time has been approved for ratification meetings.  Please notify administration which session you will be requesting to attend. The letter and information was placed in your boxes over break.

Have a great week and enjoy the start of 2020!

This Week
Monday
1/6/2020
Teacher Work Day
No Students
Tuesday
1/7/2020
First Day of 3rd Quarter-Students return
Grades 3-5 SBA practice Testing
Grade 1 Field Trip to Mission Houses (Hansen and Tamaru) 8:15-11:45 am
Wednesday
1/8/2020
Grades 3-5 SBA practice Testing
Grade 1 Field Trip to Mission Houses (Chun and Barilla) 8:15-11:45 am
Faculty Forum 1:10-3:35 pm (Tribes, PHN Training, BEISY #2)
Thursday
1/9/2020
Grades 3-5 SBA practice Testing
Friday
1/10/2020
Grades 3-5 SBA practice Testing
Grade 1 Field Trip to Mission Houses (Vanderstappen, Silva, Duldualo, Gueib) 8:15-11:45 am
UHWO presentation 10:00 am -1:00 pm (L. Brown. M. Pamatigan, selected students)


Next Week
***Note:  Schedule Changes for PLC and resources due to interim testing!
Monday
1/13/2020
Possible Fire Drill 8:15 am (Pending)
SPED PLC 12-2 (PWN training module)
Tuesday
1/14/2020
SBA Interim-Math Testing
Principals Meeting (L. Dunn)
REPORT CARDS GO HOME

***Resource Day NO PLCs 
Grade K:  8:10-10:10
Grade 3:  10:40-1:50
Wednesday
1/15/2020
SBA Interim-Math Testing
Faculty Forum 1:10-3:35 pm (SQS, CAT)
Teacher Orientation Committee Meeting (Toy) 3:30 pm
Thursday
1/16/2020
SBA Interim-Math Make-up Testing

***Resource Day NO PLCs 
Grade 2:  8:20-10:15
Grade 5:  10:25-12:10 
Friday
1/17/2020
School Visit-Global Young Leaders Camp from South Korea

***Resource Day NO PLCs 
Grade 1:  8:20-10:35
Grade 4:  11:15-1:35
No School on Monday January 20, 2020!

Information for Students
HAPPY NEW YEAR!  It’s 2020-Welcome back to a new decade!  We hope you had a great vacation and are excited to be back!

Congratulations to our students who have had perfect attendance for Semester 1!  Being at school every day is a great way to make sure you never miss out on any learning.  Special recognition goes out to Ms. Higuchi’s and Ms. Tonaki’s classes for having the least amount of absences for semester 1!  GREAT JOB! Keep coming to school!

Students in grades 3-5 will be taking an SBA practice test this week and will be taking the SBA interim assessments for the 2 weeks of January 13 and January 20.  Your resource schedules will be adjusted during these times to allow for uninterrupted testing blocks for the upper grades. Please do your best on the practice and interim assessments as the information is used by your teachers to make sure that you are getting the instruction and support that you need.

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