PARENT NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2018

94-1170 Waipahu St, Waipahu, HI 96797

http://www.augustahrens.org

AUGUST AHRENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Phone: (808) 307-7200 Fax: (808) 675-0216

Message from the Administration

Noted: ________

ADMINISTRATION

Hanh Nguyen, Principal

Maribeth Thompson, VP (1, 5, SpED)

Leonard Padayhag, VP (2, 3, 6)

Denise Canon (TA), VP (K, 3, 4)

Counselors

Erin Baxa, PreK –2

Junn Ramirez, 3 & 4

Melissa Maluo, 5 & 6

Dari Jao, SpED (SSC)

The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) and its schools do not dis-criminate on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, religion, or disa-

bility in its programs and activities. Please direct inquires regarding HIDOE nondiscrimination policies as follows:

ADA/Section 504 inquires: Krysti Sukita, ADA/504 Specialist;

Title VI, Title IX, and other inquires: Anne Marie Puglisi, Director,

Civil Rights Compliance Office, Hawaii State Department of Education,

P.O. Box 2360 Honolulu, HI 96804, (808) 586-3322 or relay, crco@notes.k12.hi.us

Continuous Notice of Non– Discrimination

School-wide Events

August 24

September 14

October 24-26

October 31

PTO Movie Night

PTO Bingo/ STRIVE HI

PTO Fall Treat Orders

Pass out Fall Treats (PTO)

Meeting

School Community Council Meeting

Sept. 20th @ 2:30pm in the Library

Dear AAES Ohana,

Welcome back to another exciting, learning-filled

school year! The goal for this school year is to ensure that our

“School Design” effort continues to afford all students with

opportunities to grow academically, socially and emotionally.

Our mission at August Ahrens Elementary School

(AAES) is to design learning opportunities for your child that

is engaging, enriching and rigorous. Recognizing that

student engagement has a tremendous impact on learning, we

have begun exploring ways to incorporate "student voice" in

our school design process. In other words, they share with us

what they would like to learn and why.

At AAES, we strive to maintain a learning

environment that is safe, caring and nurturing. Furthermore,

we want AAES to be a place that fosters special-friendship

making and memorable experiences that build with each

successive year.

Everyone at AAES is committed and dedicated to the

mission of helping each child reach his/her full potential as a

person. We have only a finite amount of time to be partners in

educating and preparing every child for an ever-changing and

challenging world. We appreciate your efforts in getting your

child to school daily and ready to learn. Let’s continue to work

together to ensure every child is equipped with the necessary

knowledge and skills to progress towards becoming college

and career ready.

Thank you very much for your continued support

with our educational mission! Together we Aspire, Adapt, Excel

and Serve to make a difference by striving to change each child’s

life trajectory with education.

Hanh Nguyen

Principal

Hello Parents! Please be on the look out

for our fundraising opportunities

throughout the year. We will be raising

funds towards installing air conditioning

units into our classrooms.

Mahalo for your support!

Interested in Volunteering?

https://goo.gl/3rkRTP

Need to APPLY?

Free/Reduce Meal App

Download and Register

EZ School Pay

For School Meal Apps

August Ahrens is honored to be

selected as CFES School of

Distinction based on its

performance during the 2017-2018

School Year.

Awesome Job!

We will be collecting Box Tops for Education to

earn cash four Our School!

Look for this label on specially marked products.

Each CLIPPED BoxTop is 10 cent.

Send the BoxTops to school in a Ziploc bag and

turn in to Ms. Smith

in the Library.

You can also earn

money for the school

through their BONUS

APP.

Thank you to everyone that participated with Coin Collection

and purchasing from our Garage Sale. It was a huge success. All

proceeds will go towards funding activities for AAEs students!

-Ms. Smith

Updates fROM THE LIBRARY

“Students who regularly meet with

mentors are 52% less likely than their

peers to skip a day of school, 37% less

likely than their

peers to skip a

class period, and

are 36% more

likely to aspire to

enroll in and

graduate from

college.”

– Mobius Mentors

Attendance is Important Aloha AAES Ohana,

Welcome to another school year! This is the second year of the AAES PTO

and we hit the ground running. With events like Movie night and the Treat-

Grams last year that we received so much positive feedback on, we are

bringing it back this year and making it even better! With our first Movie

Night on Friday, August 24th from 5-8pm, we hope you all come out and

start this school year with a bang! We are also introducing our first AAES

Keiki Fun Run in March so look out for that! It’s a fundraising event that is

fun for the students as well as parents. I wouldn’t be able to accomplish

these events without volunteers. Let’s all help pitch in and be examples for

our children to look up to and volunteer for the AAES PTO events. With your

kokua, we can make this school year a memorable one for every child at

AAES.

Mahalo,

Grace Beltran

President, AAES PTO

PTO Corner Upcoming events are listed on front page

Student Corner

Chad: Why do magicians do

so well in school?

Josh: I don’t know. Why?

Chad: They’re good at trick

questions.

Joke of the Day

Ingredients

8 slices of bread

1/2 cup Nutella

2 6-oz of banana, rasp-

berries, or strawberries

Easy Recipe for Kids

How to make it

Step 1: Spread 4 slices of bread with Nutella.

Step 2: Top with your fruit of choice and

sandwich with the remaining slices of bread.

4 Bees Brain Teasers

Answers at bottom of page

1. Which Tire doesn’t move when a care turns right?

2. I’m not alive, but I have 5 fingers. What Am I?

3. Which word is written incorrectly in a dictionary?

4. People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?

5. Who makes moves while being seated?

6. What gets wet when drying?

Bee Honest

Bee Caring

Bee Respectful

Bee Responsible

Remember to follow your 4 Core Values

too earn BeeBucks for AWESOME prizes!

Kindergarteners are working on color

recognition. Let’s all join in and support

them by wearing the color of the day.

August 24

August 31

September 7

September 14

September 28

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Purple

Co

lo

r Fr

id

ay

s!

JPO Promotions

Captain

Lieutenant

Sergeant

Renz Colobong

Mia Valenzuela

Mykah Sandorol-Talaro

Darrin Tanoura

Justin Richardson

Azure Idica

Carol Matautia

Matt Jovera

Alyssa Ranit

Elizabeth Davin

Mikayla Gruspe

A big Congratulations to

these fine students! They

will be leading your JPO

this school year!

AWESOME WORK!

Brain Teaser ANSWERS: 1. A Spare Tire 2. A glove 3. The word “incorrectly” 4. A plate 5. A Chess player 6. A towel

Beginning of the Year Testing is currently in Progress. It started

August 13th and testing window will end on Sept. 7th.

If your child does not know their birthday, please start

teaching them now to help with the log-in process.

It will be formatted as MMDDYYYY.

MONTH

01-January

02- February

03 - March

04– April

05– May

06– June

07– July

08– August

09– September

10– October

11– November

12– December

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09

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DAY

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What’s your Birthday?

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Practice Here!

Sally Aipia

Position:

Head Custodian

Favorite Food:

Italian and

Mexican

Hobbies:

Love to cook

Special Skills: Singing and Dancing w/

my grandchildren.

Position: 5th

Grade Teacher

Favorite Food:

Steak

Hobbies:

Photography and

Jiu Jitsu

Special Skills: Photography, welding,

magic

AAES Staff/ Faculty Corner

Tyler Kreidler

Position:

3rd Grade Teacher

Favorite Food:

Korean BBQ

Hobbies: Gaming,

watching Netflix,

going to movies

Special Skills: None (I don’t think I have

any, haha)

Bronson Pausa

Position:

Account Clerk

Favorite Food:

Pizza

Hobbies: Reading

books & listening

to podcasts

Special Skills: Plays 7 different

instruments.

Junn Ramirez Skyy Malaluan

Position:

6th Grade

Teacher

Favorite Food:

Poke

Hobbies:

Reading, traveling,

cooking, dancing hula

Special Skills: I’m a novice succulent

gardener.

Position:

Counselor

Favorite Food:

Pizza

Hobbies: Playing

basketball, work-

ing out at 24hr.

Fitness, watching daughter play soccer

Special Skills: Listening, Financial

Consultant

Shirlene Ideue

Position: English

Language Arts

Curriculum

Coordinator

Favorite Food:

Ice cream

Hobbies: Reading,

sailing, camping, stand-up paddle

boarding, hiking

Special Skills: Making connections

Position: 2nd

Grade Teacher

Favorite Food:

Sushi

Hobbies:

Beach, surfing,

reading

Special Skills:

Basic Japanese Skills and softball

Cheyanne Sanchez-Colombini

Shane Ige

Position:

4th Grade Teacher

Favorite Food:

Spicy Ahi Bowl

with tempura

Hobbies: Learning

new things, traveling, watching scary

movies, and solving puzzles

Special Skills: I can play the oboe and

alto saxophone.

Walter Madamba

Position: 1st Grade Teacher

Favorite Food: Lasagna and chocolate

Hobbies: traveling to new places, taking pictures, hiking,

tennis, shopping, and going to the beach

Special Skills: teaching reading, I can make a mean sandwich

according to my husband and kids, I am artistic, and a caring mom of 2 sweet kids.

Natalie Porec Ebony Willams

Position:

Account Clerk II

Favorite Food:

Chinese

Hobbies:

Shopping at Ross

and TjMaxx

Special Skills: I have a great memory. I

remember everything.

GRADE LEVEL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Events

GRADE

K GRADE

1

GRADE

2 GRADE

3 Upcoming Field Trips

GRADE

4 McTeacher Night

GRADE

5

GRADE

6

PARENTS

Here are the upcoming events/

Activities for each Grade Level

per Grade Level Chair.

Volunteer opportunities are available per class. Please

ask your child’s teacher for more details if you are

interested. We LOVE volunteers!

Fundraiser

Month of

August

Papa John’s Aloha Carryout Card

Fundraiser for 4th grade field Trips

Waimea Valley FT (P1, P3, P7)

Waimea Valley FT (P2, P4, P5, P6)

Sept. 10

Sept. 11

Upcoming Field Trips

HTY Field Trip Sept. 4

Volunteers Needed!

Banquet Chaperone @ Wet n’ Wild Event

**Please contact your child’s homeroom teacher for

more information.**

Fundraiser

Aug. 14

Sept. 12

Papa John’s Pizza Night

Picture

Taking Sept. 12

Please Support Us!

Parent Night

AAES Library

5:00-6:30pm

Wednesday,

Sept. 26

Thurs.,

Oct. 25 Waikele McDonald’s

Come down and Please Support Us!

Upcoming Field Trip

HTY Field Trip

Sept. 18

Parent Night

Location & Time

TBD

(Please ask your

child’s teacher for

more info.)

Thursday,

Sept. 20

No Events for the month

of August