Updates for the Week of August 4, 2025

Aloha! Thank you all for your participation in last week’s Professional Development and Administrative Day Sessions to help prepare us for this week’s opening of the school year!  We enjoyed getting to know our new staff and reacquaint ourselves with those of you whom we have not seen over the summer.  We hope you enjoyed teaming up with others beyond your grade level and found some value in the engaging activities presented. As a recap of last Friday’s big news regarding enrollment, Principal Rankie shared that given our surplus and enrollment over projection, we created an additional classroom for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, bringing all grade levels to six classes. Although the timing of this decision isn't ideal, and it has implications, such as updating families before Monday's Meet and Greet, setting up classrooms, and hiring four highly qualified teachers, we  believe this will help prevent future disruptions to classrooms and student learning as enrollment is anticipated to continue to climb. Monday and Tuesday will be very busy as we prepare for Wednesday, especially given this new excitement, so again, we thank you for helping us along the way.  A very big MAHALO to those of you who came in over the weekend to get your own classrooms ready and helped prepare the new classrooms on your grade levels! Operationally, the Emergency Action plan and maps have been digitally updated.  The handbooks will be given out later once they can be updated.  Yard duty, cafeteria seating, lining up areas and other items will be updated shortly.  Here is our VP Slide Presentation for Links to documents you may need.  We are excited to announce the Substitute teachers who will help us in opening up the classrooms for this school year: Kindergarten:  Ms. Shyla Alcos (F109) Grade 1: Ms. Sharon Yanagihara (E102) Grade 2:  Ms. Michell Shue (D101) Grade 3:  Ms. Marsi Castillo (D206) All of the teachers filling in have subbed for us in the past and we are excited to have them join us.  We are confident that with your support  that they will provide a welcoming and supportive learning environment for their classroom of students. While there is still a lot of information coming out and we do not want to overwhelm you during this crucial week of you engaging and building relationships with your families and students, I will keep this short.   Please note that the Safety Week drills have been set: Monday 9/22:  Earthquake Drill Tuesday 9/23:  Shelter in Place/Lockdown Drill Wednesday 9/24:  Fire and School Evacuation 8:15-10:00 am Also, we ask that you complete your OSYP documents by August 11, 2025.

Opening of the School Year Packet for SY25-26  Oʻahu LDO - OSYP Site SY25-26 Digital OSYP Acknowledgment Form General Confidentiality Form (Completed Annually) - General Confidentiality 25-26 The FERPA 101: For Local Education Agencies training certificate (Completed every 5 years) -  https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/training/ferpa-101-local-education-agencies. **Employees MUST register their DOE Email information for the FERPA training** Mandatory State Ethics Training (Completed every 4 years): https://sites.google.com/hidoeohr.k12.hi.us/otm-tds-etd/department-training/ethics-training You may check with VP Pamatigan to see when you last completed the above training if you are unsure; however, please allow me some time to verify the records for you.      You may also opt to do a hard copy of the form linked here:        SY25-26 Hard Copy OSYP Acknowledgment Form

Have an amazing Meet and Greet on Monday. As a reminder, The Admin Time on Monday has been returned to your grade levels at the discretion of your HGLs.  The remaining time Monday and Tuesday are Teacher Work Days to prep for WEDNESDAY, our first Day with students.  We know there are still many operational items to work out, so again, we thank you for your patience as we get there one step at a time. Tuesday is our QBS refresher for those who need the 1 day refresher.  It will be in the office conference room starting at 8:15 am. Here is some more information for this week.  Enjoy every day!

Monday, August 4, 2025	Grade Level Time Teacher Work Day 8:30 am  Support Team Meeting 9:00 am  PreK Playground Inspection 3:00-6:00 pm Meet and Greet (Grades PreK-5) Suggested Times  -3:00-4:30 pm  Last Names A-L -4:30-6:00 pm  Last Names M-Z
Tuesday, August 5, 2025	8:15-2:15 pm QBS Refresher Training (Office Conference Room) Teacher Work Day 8:00-2:00 pm  Student Council Leadership Training (Library)
Wednesday,  August 6, 2025	Student’s First Day of School Grade K Orientation Day Group A 8:30-11:45 am 1:15-2:30 pm  Faculty Meeting (Teachers and EAs)
Thursday, August 7, 2025	Grade K Orientation Day Group B 8:30-11:45 am 5:30-8:30 pm Use of Facility:  AYSO Cafeteria
Friday, August 8, 2025	Grade K Orientation Day Groups A and B 8:30-11:45 am 8:00-12:00 pm Grade K and NEW Student Picture Taking for IDs (Cafeteria) 1:15 pm Welcome Back Assembly (Cafeteria)
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Sunday, August 10, 2025	8:15-12:45 pm Use of Facility:  New Hope Church (Cafeteria)

Happy Birthday!  Jayleen Barino 8/4 Laura Brown 8/5 Janae Cole 8/7 Julia Porter 8/10 Natalie Hepting 8/10