Updates for Week of February 12, 2024

 

♥️Happy Belated National School Counseling Week♥️   We are so grateful for our team of counselors who work so tirelessly with some of our most precious students.  From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU Elizabeth, Carisse, Katie, Kat (MFLC), Cam (Counseling Intern), Patrick and Tranessa (SBBH). We appreciate all that you do for our students and school! Returning Student Questionnaire: Teachers PK - 4, please share this Returning Student Questionnaire Survey for School Year 2024 - 2025  with your families. This survey helps our staff better prepare for the following school year.  Leeward District Spelling Bee: Please wish our two students, Paolo Manaois and Aubri Lee, the best of luck as they compete in the Leeward District Spelling Bee this Thursday, February 15 at Waipahu Intermediate School. If you are interested in supporting our students the competition will begin at 3:30pm in their Sakuma Cafetorium.

Broadcast Link Above is the link for the Broadcast folder. Please click on the date of the Broadcast you want to watch.  All the videos will be listed in this folder once they are completed for the week.

Aloha Teachers, Please check to see if you are keeping up with our Second STEP lessons. We are starting Unit 4: Empathy and Kindness this week. If you need assistance with catching up with your classroom SEL lessons, please reach out to your grade level counselor so that they can assist or make a plan on how to get caught up.

Unit 3: Empathy & Kindness
2/5/24	Lesson 11	We Can Be Kind	The Power of Kind Acts	What's Empathy?	Kindness and Friendship	The Same, But Different	Empathy in the Community
2/12/24	Lesson 12	Why Kindness?	Ways to Be Kind	Empathy in Action	Building a Friendship	Ask, Listen, Learn	What's the Problem?
2/19/24	Lesson 13	Showing Kindness	Offering Kind Acts	Having Empathy	My Kind of Kindness	Seeing It Differently	A Different Point of View
2/26/24	Lesson 14	Kindness at School	Practicing Kind Acts	Empathy at School	Asking Questions	Changing Your Mind	Community Solutions
3/4/24	Lesson 15	Performance Task: Demonstrating Kindness	Performance Task: Demonstrating Kind Acts	Performance Task: Empathy and Kindness	Performance Task: Do Something Kind	Performance Task: A New Point of View	Performance Task: Your Solution
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3/25/24	Prepare to teach Unit 4: read unit plan, watch Quick Start Guide, read lesson resources

See tabs on the linked document for resource calendar and schedule.

Resources 3, K, 4

Monday February 12, 2024	No School for Students Institute Day for EOs, EAs and Teachers 8:00-2:00 pm  Musical Rehearsal (Library and Cafe) Use of Facilities-SHA Training 9:30-12:30 pm (Cafeteria)
Tuesday February 13, 2024	Resources and PLC Grade 3 9:25-1:55 pm 9:00 am Admin/Coach Meeting 10:30 am Curriculum/Instruction Meeting
Wednesday February 14, 2024	Wear your Ho‘okele Gear! PreK Kid City Field Trip 8:15-11:30 am Grade 2 perfect attendance ceremony 8:00 am (Outdoor stage) 8:30 am  Admin Meeting 10:30 am  Support Team Meeting 1:15-2:30 pm  Faculty Meeting Bright Spot/Hihimanu Hero
Thursday February 15, 2024	Resources and PLC  Grade K 9:20-1:45 pm Leeward District Spelling Bee at Waipahu Intermediate School, 3:30 pm WASC Training 8:30-3:00 pm 2:30 pm General Seizure training (Office Conference Room) 3:30 pm Spelling Bee (Waipahu Intermediate)
Friday February 16 2024	Resources and PLC Grade 4 9:20-1:50 pm Grade 1 End of Week Ha Reflection (Piko) 1:55 pm 12:00 pm  Principals Meeting 2:15 pm  Musical Rehearsal in Cafeteria

Resources:  5, 2, 1

Monday February 19, 2024	President’s Day Holiday No School
Tuesday February 20, 2024	8:15 tentative Fire Drill 8:30 am  Operations Meeting Resources and PLC Grade 5 9:15-1:45 pm 2:15 pm  Musical Rehearsal in Cafeteria
Wednesday February 21, 2024	Wear your Ho‘okele Gear! CARES Awardee Names due for Q3 8:30 am  Admin Meeting 10:30 am  Support Team Meeting Musical Rehearsal in Cafeteria 1:00 pm Faculty Meeting 1:15-2:30 pm  EL for HQ and KHS Graduation
Thursday February 22, 2024	Resources and PLC Grade 2 9:10-1:35 pm Finding Nemo KIDS Show for Grades K, 1, 3 at 9:00 am in Cafeteria 2:15 pm  Musical Rehearsal in Cafeteria
Friday February 23, 2024	Resources and PLC Grade 1 9:15-1:40 pm Feb 23: Finding Nemo KIDS Show for Grades PK, 2, 4, 5 at 9:00 am in Cafeteria Grade 1 End of Week Ha Reflection (Piko) 1:55 pm 2:15 pm  Musical Rehearsal in Cafeteria School Bus Driver Appreciation Day 7:00 pm  Ho’okele Musical Performance

Saturday 2/24/2024:  2:00 pm and 7:00 pm  Ho’okele Musical Performance

OG Training Information: The Reading Workshop Teachers will be attending the O-G training with Ron Yoshimoto during the week of February 26th - March 1st. All Reading Workshop classes and grade-level support will be canceled that week so the teachers can attend the training. Please plan to keep your students with you that week. D206 will be used for the training (Monday-Thursday).   OG will be  in the library on Friday 3/1. 3rd Grade combo class will use B102 that week and 4th grade combo class will use D206 as OG will be in the library.

2/26:  Indoor recess due to use of field for Makahiki Games for 1st recess. 2/27:   KHS Library training Mar 4: CARES Awards Assembly, 8:15-9:00, Grades 3-5, Gr. 3 Performing Mar 4: CARES Awards Assembly, 9:15-10:00, Grades PK-2, Gr. 1 Performing Mar 8: Student work for Student Showcase due to Office Conference Room Mar 11-15: Student Showcase in Cafeteria Mar 28: Family Engineering Night Read Across America Week: February 26-March 1 UPDATED LINKS! Mon. 2/26 Tues. 2/27 Wed. 2/28 Thurs. 2/29 Fri. 3/01 Book Character Dress-Up Day Book Buddy Day Mystery Reader Day Gr. 5 Battle of the Books  (4th and 5th in audience) March Madness Tournament of Books Begins (Stay tuned! March 2:  Island Pacific Academy performance of Shrek Jr. Featuring former Ho‘okele Students (at IPA before it heads to LCC!) And PTA Spring Craft Fair After School Tutoring -February 27th-April 25th (9 sessions)  -Tuesdays/Thursdays -2:15 – 3:00 pm