March 28, 2013

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5 Days of Flying Fun Over Spring BreakYour keiki are invited to spend Spring Break with Mr. Dean from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Plans include making all kinds of flying machines. Prices are: $125/5 days; $70/5 half days (a.m. or p.m.); $30/per day; $20/per half day. Food is not included; children should bring their own water, snack and lunch, as appropriate. Call the Office to sign up - 246-0233.

“Our Favorite Things: A Five Year Anniversary Celebration”Island School Alaka’i Chorus, Island School ‘Opio Chorus, Island School Keiki Chorus and Island School Singers present their spring concert featuring favorite selections from their previous four spring concerts plus a few surprises. This is the fifth full-scale concert performed by the chorus under the direction of Philip Steinbacher and is accompanied by Rose Alfiler. The ensemble, comprised of 145 students in grades 4-12, is the largest yet. Tickets are available at the Island School Office and at the KCC box office on April 17 as space permits.

Junior/Senior PromMay 25The event, “A Night Among the Gods,” will be held at the Grand Hyatt Resort & Spa, from 5:30-10:30 p.m. This is a formal event and includes a sit-down dinner, followed by dancing. Girls should wear long formals and boys tuxedos or collared button-down shirts, coats & ties and dress slacks. The Prom Contract is attached to this week’s PC. and contains detailed information regarding attire, guests, check-in, security and safety, types of dancing permitted and behavioral expectations. This information is provided with the goal of having a succssful and memorable

prom. Parents are asked to read this form carefully, initial and sign it. Tickets are $60 before April 12, and increase in price each week until the deadline on May 3, when they will be $75. Please contact Liz Hubbard if you have any questions at liz@ischool.org.

Make Your Mark in the 2012-13 YearbookStudent recognition ads and business ads are great ways to congratulate your favorite student and support the yearbook at the same time. Deadlines are approaching, so order yours now.Student Recognition Ads - for any grade level - Deadline, April 1Business Ads - reaching Island School students and their families - Deadline, May 1.Ad Prices:$200 for full page$125 for 1/2 page$75 for 1/4 page$50 for 1/8 page (business card size)To order ads, go to www.jostens.com, click on Yearbooks/Yearbook ads and follow the directions. Be sure you designate that the ad is for Island

School on Kaua‘i. If you have any questions, please contact the yearbook staff business manager, Zeb Wichert at zwichert16@ischool.org or call Zeb at (808) 652-5413. To order your yearbook, visit www.jostens.com and click on Yearbooks/Buy Your Yearbook.

Mock Trial Team Comes in Second in the State!Congratulations to our Mock Trial team and coaches Lauren Calhoun and Michael Ratcliffe. They represented Island School well and, according to Ms. Calhoun, were “amazing!” Pictured below are team members from l-r: Alyssa Medd, ‘14, Autumn Warnock,‘15, Brianna Griep, ‘16, Leila Breen, ‘16, April Oo ‘13, (co-captain), Jade Murphy, ‘16, Makenna Olson, ‘16, Kira Catlin, ‘15, Joy Claypoole ‘13, (co-captain), and Kalena Wong, ‘14.Kira and Joy received Best Witness awards and Joy and April received Best Attorney awards. Our second place win followed Moanalua High School, who came in first.

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SENIOR UPDATE – April Oo has been accepted at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR, and at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Christian Potter was accepted at University of California at Irvine, University of Colorado at Boulder, and at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA. Joy Claypoole was accepted at Santa Clara Univeristy in Santa Clara, CA, and at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. Ava Zebzda was accepted at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA, and at Boston University in Boston, MA. Kimberly McDonough was accepted at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. Matthew Cowden and Gabe Figueroa were both accepted at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR.

STUDENT COUNCIL – Middle School students are having a dance on April 12, The Spring Fling. Admission is $10, and the dance is from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Permission forms are due to Liz Hubbard on April 11.

K-3 – Third graders hid Easter eggs for K-2 students to find today in the Keiki Playground.

FIRST GRADE – The Rainbows reading group has been reading, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judith & Ron Barrett. As a project, they are making menus of what they would like to have fall from the sky for breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner. The Butterflies group

is reading Big City Port, by Betsy Maestro. They are making a book about the different kinds of boats one might find at a seaport.

GEOGRAPHY – Eighth grader, Andy Anderton will travel to O‘ahu on April 5, to compete in the Hawai‘i National Geographic Geography Bee. Bees were held in schools throughout the state in grades 4-8 to determine each school’s winner. Andy won our Bee last January. He then took and passed a qualifying exam. The state winner will receive $100 and a DVD of The Complete National Geographic,” and a trip to Washington D.C., where s/he will represent Hawai‘i in the national finals in May. We wish Andy good luck and good spelling!

AYSO SOCCER – Congratulations to the West Kaua‘i under-12 boys that “brought home the hardware” from the Kirk Banks soccer tournament on O‘ahu this past weekend. Four Island School students were on the winning team, The Young Madrids (pictured below fron l-r): Douglas Sears, Conor Hunt, Andrew King and Ben Griep. Their team went undefeated over the 4 day tournament with 5 wins and a 0-0 tie. Rainy and wet conditions made for a muddy championship game with a final score of 10-1 over Hilo.

KIF TENNIS – Our Voyagers played Kaua‘i High last week. Our girls won three out of five matches, while our boys won one of five. Manix Wolan, ‘16, won his singles

matches, 6-3, 6-3. Ashley Larkin, ‘15, & Whitney Summerhays, ‘15, won their doubles matches, 6-2, 6-3. Alex Obert, ‘16, & Katy Davidson, ‘15, beat their opponents, 6-2, 6-3. Madison Moore, ‘15, & Joy Claypoole, ‘13, won 6-1, 6-2. Also playing great girls tennis were April Oo, ‘13, Michaela Fitzgerald. In addition to Manix, our boys team includes: Quentin Allen, ‘16, Zeb Wichert, ‘16, Sam Goldberg, ‘16, Philipp Zaviryukha, ‘13, and Davis Huffman ‘15.

CLASS OF 2014 – The juniors will be selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts from 9:00-12:00, Saturday in front of Walmart. If you’re in the area, stop by and support the Junior Class.

CALCULUS – Dr. Kozak’s honors calculus students are preparing for the AP Calculus exam, scheduled for the first week in May. Students who pass this exam are eligible for college credit in the subject at most major colleges and universities. Juniors with passing scores on the AP exam will find this helpful when applying for college, as these exams are highly regarded.

FIFTH GRADE – When students return from Spring Break, they will begin their study of the Age of Exploration. Each student will choose an explorer on which to do a project. Recently they have been working on parts of speech. Ask your 5th grader to name 3 articles, 3 prepositions and 4 pronouns!

SPELLING BEE – Students in grades 3-5 will compete in Island School’s Annual Spelling Bee on April 11, in the Main Hall at 1:00 p.m.

SENIOR PROJECTS – Seniors are signing up for slots to make their senior project presentions on April 11 & 12, from 5 - 8 p.m. A schedule of presentations will be emailed to senior parents when school resumes after Spring Break.

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SPRING BREAK PROGRAM AT TEN THOUSAND HANDS: Now accepting registration for children 5 1/2 to 11 years old. April 1 - 5, 2013. 8:00am to 4:00pm – Mon. Fri. Enrollment is limited to 10 -12 students. All day program featuring a variety of art projects! This week’s focuswill be learning about Lomi lomi & making our own Lomi stick! We have been invited by Storybook Theater to have an art exhibit during the annual Hanapepe Orchid & Art Festival on April 6th with the exhibit running through April which we will also focus on. Other projects include painting, recycled art, beadwork and much more! A fun & imaginative creative process, small group specializing in individualized learning experience in a safe environment! Please bring own nutritious snacks, lunch, juice/water! When weather permits, we will all walk to Baby Beach for fun & exercise. Bring swimwear & towel. Price includes all art materials. $125 per child. Call Mary Nakamura at 652-2260 or send an email to: marysnakamura@yahoo.com for more information. Registration form is attached.

KAUA‘I SINGS RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: April 12-14, Fri & Sat at 7pm; Sunday at 5pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, $15 students, or $25 at the door. A limited number of tables of 10 available for $200 each. To purchase tickets, call 246-9577 or email barbara@malama-pono.org.

HAWAI‘I CHILDREN’S THEATRE SUMMER STARS 2013 REGISTRATION: Registration for HCT’s Summer Stars program is now open. Keiki, morning and afternoon workshops begin June 10. Summer Stars will present Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. Register now to reserve your spot! Visit www.HawaiiChildrensTheatre.com or call 246-8985 for more information.

KCP PRESENTS THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB: The show, a comedy by Jessie Jones, Jamie Wooten and Nicholas Hope, will run weekends through March 31, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 4pm at the Puhi Theatrical Warehouse at 4411 Kikowaena Street, behind Harley Davidson. For a plot summary and tickets, go to www.kauaicommunityplayers.org, or call 800-838-3006. Advance tickets are $20 with discounts for KCP members, seniors and students.

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♥ ♥ ♥ Richard Porto for helping with a pup-petry class in 3rd grade drama and also for tranfering a much-loved cassette tape onto a CD for classroom use and to Dean Rogers of KKCR for his engineering assistance.

♥ ♥ ♥ Poppy Shell for facilitating the borrow-ing of costumes from KAPA for the Pirates to use at the Auction.

♥ ♥ ♥ Karen Summerhays and Katie Johnson for helping with kindergarten Easter activities.

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March 28, 2013

Integrating science into your “do” list … is a lot easier than you think. Often, the trick is simply to realize that science surrounds us. Almost every activity has a science angle, something small that your children can explore or that you

can share. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Explore OutdoorsThere is a limitless supply of fun, easy and readily available (and free!) things to do outdoors that encourage

children to compare, observe, explore and experiment. From overturning large rocks after a rainstorm to reveal wiggly earthworms to making gigantic bubbles, warm [the days] brim with science potential. Frogs, lizards, butterflies, caterpillars, nests, and ponds all invite observation of habitats and ecosystems. Set up multiple bird feeders, each with different types of seed, and see what happens. On hot days, make rainbows with a sprinkler, tumble ice cream in a coffee can, or create sun prints. In an open space, kites, frisbees, and paper airplanes all use basic principles of flight. One plane flies far, and the other doesn’t?

Explore the KitchenThe kitchen is another easily accessible place that invites all kinds of family science investigations. Baking or cooking with your children reinforces math and reading skills and encourages science questions. What happens when you mix those two ingredients together? Why do you need baking soda in those cookies? How does Jell-O stay together? Do all fruits have the same number of seeds? Food science can be fun, but not all recipes for kitchen science are to eat. Add a bit of food coloring to the water in a vase of white carnations for a colorful example of capillary action or oil, water and Alka-Seltzer for a homemade lava lamp. Mix up batches of silly putty, salt dough, or homemade chalk. Reuse empty glass jars to

grow and compare salt- and sugar-based crystals on a string. Seal a slice of bread in another jar and use a microscope to watch what grows over the next few days.

Grow SomethingIndoors or out, letting your kids grow their own flowers, herbs, or vegetables creates a long-term learning activity that encourages monitoring and observation. Plant seeds in an empty egg carton or grow a houseplant in water from a carrot, pineapple, radish, or last night’s avocado pit. Do all plants need soil?

Build SomethingWhen kids build with blocks, Legos, or tinker-style toys, they can compare structures, think about the relationship between height and stability and investigate what stands and what falls. Assemble a marble-run kit from an assortment of household items, including toilet paper holders, plastic funnels, small train track pieces, cardboard, and lots of tape. If you are at the beach, experiment with sand castle building. Do you need water? Ask why!

Enjoy the NightStay up a bit later on a clear … night and spend time looking at the stars and pointing out constellations. Locate Venus and talk to your kids about the planets.

This article can be found on http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/science/tips/summer-science-projects/. Although it was written in the context of summer vacation, the ideas seem good for spring in Hawai‘i as well! This site also has links to detailed instructions for trying out some of the above-mentioned activities.

Exploring Science Over Spring BreakIdeas for families by By Courtney Corda and Amy Cowen