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November 2010 Volume 4 Issue 3

K e o n e u l ae o n e u l a E l e m e n t a r yl e m e n t a r yS c h o o lc h o o l P a r e n t N e w s l e t t e ra r e n t N e w s l e t t e r A Message from the Principal:I went shopping at the Pearlridge Shopping Center this past weekend and saw thebeginnings of Winter Holiday decors! My gosh, and at this writing, we havent even

celebrated the Annual Costume Parade yet and the stores are putting out holiday seasonwarnings.

This tells me the school year continues to move along and the first school quarter hasended! While we have just begun Quarter II for this school year, we have also begun the firstyear of the online Hawaii State Assessment. The students have three opportunities to meetthe criteria for achieving proficiency; were pleased to have that. The pace for this onlineassessment is slow at this time, but I anticipate the students will be more comfortable withthe process and procedures by their third effort.

Our October calendar is absolutely full! Were hosting the Board of Education DinnerMeeting, theres Kids Voting, the Annual Canned Food Drive, the complex area elementaryschool basketball tournament, the annual Flu Vaccine Clinic, and the Annual CostumeParade. We also, once again, were honored with the Kapolei Rotarians Dictionary Projectwhere each 3rd grade student received a dictionary to keep.

Looking at the month of November, the Hoakalei Cultural Foundation is holding their 4thAnnual Arbor Day Project on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at our school cafeteria. This

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Keoneula Elementary School*91-970 Kaileolea Drive*689-1380Visit our School Blog at www.keoneula.blogspot.com 2

PrincipalsMessage

Page 1 & 2

PCNC Corner

Page 3

CounselorsCorner

Page 4

VP Corner

Page 5

3rd Grade

Page 6

6th Grade

Page 7-8

Appreciation &Acknowledgements

Page 9

Calendar of

Events

Page 10

Storm Drain

Info

Page 11-12

Parent Letter

Page 13

Family Fun Fair

Page 14-22

Looking at the month of November, the Hoakalei Cultural Foundation is holding their 4thAnnual Arbor Day Project on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at our school cafeteria. This

year they are holding an hour-long mini workshop so that you may receive a free kit of threeNative Hawaiian plants, the Akia, the Kulu`i and the Na`u gardenia tree. Go to the websiteto register for the mini-workshop: [email protected] remember our schools first Fun Fair scheduled for Friday, November 12, 2010 from4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Well have games, food, entertainment and FUN!! Whats the clich,Be there or be square! There is an upcoming Parent Coffee Hour scheduled for Tuesday,November 16, 2010, 8:15 am in the school cafeteria. Hope to see many of you there!

Please notice as you pass the Administration Buildings front door, an AcademicAchievement Award banner we are proud to display! We earned this banner for havingmet Adequate Yearly Progress for the Spring 2010 Hawaii State Assessment. The teacherscontinue to work diligently with your child and look towards meeting the criteria once again!

Until the next newsletter!

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Help our school win $20,000 today. Go to

www.care2.com/schoolcontest/ and vote forKeoneula Elementary School. Voting beginson September 20 and ends on November 12.

Tell our famil and friends to vote too!

Campbells Labels for Education

Help us earn money for the school. Weare still collecting Campbell labels. VisitCampbells website atwww.labelsforeducation.com for a list ofproducts that qualify for the program.Students should submit labels to thefront office.

Box Tops for Education

Heres another opportunity to help usearn money for the school. Simply clip the

Box Top logo stamp. For more

information visit

http://www.boxtops4education.com. A

collection bin is available in the front

office.

Our first Family Fair is coming up soon and some of our grade levels need some help with their

booths. Please check out the list of items that our teachers need to complete their game booths

and check at home if you may have some of these things that you may be able to donate:

Gr. 1:

brand new 2-liter soda bottles

Gr. 3:

large and small buckets (coffee cans or narrow bottles to make things challenging)

pennies

blindfolds (or cloth to cover eyes)

poster boards

Gr. 5:

ping pong balls

glass cups

Gr. 6:

pingpong balls

balloons

colored plastic cups (Red, blue, etc.)

Please turn in any of these donations to the front desk inD building. Please label the items withthe gradelevel you are donating.

Vote

Toda

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Helping your child succeed on tests

Throughout the school year, students in grades 3 through 6 will have multiple opportunities to take the

Hawaii State Assessment. This assessment is just one of the many ways for our school to measureacademic growth. The Hawaii State Assessment is also used by the state to measure a schools

adequate yearly progress. Listed below are ways you, as parents, can help your child prepare for not

only the Hawaii State Assessment, but with all school-based tests in general:

How can you help your child prepare?

Teachers tell us that successful test-takers tend to be students with good attendance, homework, andstudy habits; therefore, your daily assistance with homework and attitude toward school have the

biggest impact on your child's performance. However, there are key ways you can develop test-taking

ability:

Optimize brain power.

Teachers say the students who struggle the most on testing days are the ones who didn't have enough

sleep or a good breakfast the day of the test. Also, students who are physically or mentally unpreparedoften encounter problems. Make sure she has every tool she needs pencils, an eraser, paper, acalculator, etc. laid out the night before, as well as any preliminary paperwork filled out, if possible. If

she isn't feeling well on the test day, it's better to keep her home and let her make up the test later

rather than risk poor performance.

Encourage good study habits and challenge critical-thinking skills.

Reviewing test-taking strategies is important, but monitoring overall academic progress and staying ingood communication with the teacher will help you ward off potential problems. Good reading skills

factor heavily in a timed test, so encourage reading (consider magazines, newspapers, or even comic

books if he shies away from books) as much as possible. Testing also measures critical-thinking ability,so ask him to discuss ideas or voice his opinion often to stimulate these thought processes.

Relax and remain positive.

The best test-takers are confident, committed, and at ease. Even if you are nervous about herperformance, be wary of transferring that concern to your child. You never know, some kids actually

enjoy tests! If she is likely to get nervous, practice a few relaxation techniques, such as counting fromone to ten or taking deep breaths, which can help her relieve tension during the test.

If you have any questions regarding Hawaii State testing, please feel free to contact your childs

counselor.

Taken and adapted from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1403

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Dear KES Parents & Guardians,I am truly amazed at how quickly the school year has gone by! We are already into our second quarter and the holidays areright around the corner. We will be having our first Family Fun Fair. I hope that you and your families will be able to join usfor a fun time! I just have a couple of reminders and updates for this month. Please continue to check out our school blog atwww.keoneula.blogspot.com for up-to-date information as well as to find out whats happening on our campus. Wishing youand your family a Happy Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,Ms. Obra

School Traffic

Please help us to keep our students safe. Just

a couple of reminders about our school

traffic:

Drop off in the upper parking lot We

have three lanes. The lane farthest to the

right is for drop-offs and pick-ups. The

middle lane is a passing lane. The far left

lane is also for passing lane for cars

coming out of the parking lot.

Parking in handicap stalls Please do not

park in the handicap stall unless you have a

handicap placard. We will be giving

warnings and if need be the police will be

called to assist in this matter.

Parking in an unmarked stall We ask all

families to park in an assigned parking lot

stall. Do not park in an unmarked parking

stall or the fire lane.

Thank you to everyone who has helped to

ensure the safety of our children!

Lost & Found Dont forget toclaim any lost and found items

in the front office. Please labelyour childs belongings.

Storm Drain Information In the OctoberParent Newsletter, I forgot to include thestorm drain information so Ive included it inthis months newsletter.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highestappreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -- John FitzgeraldKennedy

Picking Up Children

Afterschool We are askingfor your assistance. If you are

on campus prior to the bellringing for the end of the day,

please wait outside of thebuildings (E, F, G, & H).

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Wonderful, Welcoming, and Windy Waimea Valley!

The terrific third graders recently got the chance to visit the beautiful Waimea Valley. The

students got to discover the importance of fresh water in an Ahupuaa. While exploring a part ofKamananui Stream, students used observation skills to find and identify different species that

depend on fresh water to survive and got to participate in a fun, hands-on game that helped

them learn the importance of clean, fresh water. In addition, the third graders were given the

opportunity to help make a difference in thehealth of the fresh water in Waimea Valley by

planting a native Hawaiian plant that aids in erosion. The third graders had a blast-they didnt

want to leave!

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Can you spell onomatopoeia andEuphrates? These students can!6th Grade Quarter 1 Spelling Bee Winners!

Spelling Bee Winners - 1st

Place: Brianna Mortl, 2nd

Place: Angela Peralta, 3rd

Place: Ashlyn Kanai

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Congratulations to our 20 Finalists!

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Thank you to the Rotary Club for providing our 3rd grade students with

dictionaries!

Thank you to all our families who supported the Canned Goods Food

Drive and Make a Difference Week!

Thank you to all our families who have donated various items for ourFamily Fun Fair!

On the behalf of the students, teachers and staff, we would like to

thank the parent volunteers who have gifted our school with their time

and hard work in assembling nearly 800 student progress portfolios!

An especially BIG thank you to Mrs. May Parker, mother/parent of

Cory Parker in F-109 for going above and beyond with this time

consuming task!

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NovemberNovember 1.ProfessionalCol laboration Day No School for StudentsNovember 2Holiday ElectionDay (No school)November 1 1Holiday Veterans Day(No school)Novmber 12Fall Fun FairNovember 16.Principal s Coffee HourJapan in a Suitcase inSchool Presentation for Grade 1November 23.Kindergarten Fie ld Trip Honolulu ZooNovember 24.Mass Evacuation Dri l lNovember 25.Thanksgiv ingNovember 26.Thanksgiv ing Hol idayNovember 30..Grade 6 Fie ld Trip HTY

December/JanuaryDecember 1In-SchoolPlay for Grade 3December 17Furlough DayDecember 20-Jan. 3Winter BreakJanuary 17.Hol iday Martin Luther King Jr. (No school)January 3 1.ParentWorkshop #2February/March

February 21..Hol iday Presidents Day (No school)March 1 1..Furlough Day(No School)March 14-18.Spring BreakMarch 25..Hol iday Kuhio Day (No school)March 28..Furlough Day(No School)

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