Ho‘okele Faculty and Staff Blog

Happy Read Across America Week! Please see Mr. Rankie’s Friday afternoon email for information and announcements about Finding Nemo Kids, Anchored 4 Life, 2024 HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawaiʻi Winter Challenge Winner, School Year 2024-2025 Na Kumu Alaka‘i -Teacher Leader Academy, Math Mini-Conference on April 6th at Leilehua HS, and Japan-Hawaiʻi Connections: A Teacher Workshop in conjunction with the East-West Center Gallery exhibition. Thank you to the cast, crew and many supporters for the FABULOUS performances of Finding Nemo Kids!  This event really helps to set Ho‘okele Elementary apart from the rest and we are so proud of all of the hard work and effort that goes into it every step of the way.  It’s always awesome to see the looks on the faces of the audience as they are blown away by the performance of our students. Our Grade 4 Parent Activity is Monday!  Refer to Regina Yamamoto’s email from 2/24 with detail about this event. It’s a busy week!  Don't forget to check o...

🐝 Thank you to Angie, Laura, Jordyn and Regina for coaching and supporting our amazing Ho‘okele spellers Aubri and Paulo! They competed in the Leeward District Spelling Bee on 2/15 at Waipahu intermediate. They did a great job but unfortunately will not be moving on in the spelling bee 🐝 competition. Nonetheless, they represented our school very well and we are very proud of how far they were able to go in the competition! 🐝 Our School Musical is THIS WEEK!  Please remind your students about appropriate assembly behavior as they enjoy the school performances on Thursday or Friday.   PBIS Matrix.pdf Our behavior matrix has ways students can demonstrate behavior expectations during assemblies, per our Tribes agreements.  Please be sure your students are seated and ready for the show to begin promptly at 9:00 am. Welcome Lynzie Dicion, our sub SHA.  Lynzie will be starting Tuesday 2/20 in the health room.  Office staff, Noe and Jasmine will be helping to t...