Parent Connection: Jan. 17, 2013

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January 17, 2013

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Got Photos to Share?

We’ve created a new email address that makes it easy for you to share your favorite Island School photos with the yearbook, Parent Connection and all of us at Island School. Simply email them to this address and we’ll take it from there: photos@ ischool.org.

Jogathon Packets Distributed Today

PK-5 students will be taking home Jogathon 2013 collection packets today. The Jogathon will be held on Fri., Feb. 15, at Po‘ipu Beach Park. Please read over the collection guidelines with your child and note that Online Fund Raising is available at http://diamondmindinc.com/island. html. Jogathon proceeds help fund our sports programs and playground equipment. Contact Mr. Evslin, Ms. Shantelle or Ms. Mariko if you have any questions.

for this exciting age. Refreshments will be served. Invite a friend if you’d like.

Wood Floors Installed in Weinberg Over Break

Our team of Daniel Bicciche, Brennan Wortmann, Julian Fernandez, Sandy Johnson and Ellsworth Kaleiohi (pictured below from l-r) installed raised wooden floors in both the Weinberg Gym and the music room. The floors were from the Kaua‘i Athletic Club, a donation which was organized by Jared Watumull and Jim Mayfield. Many thanks to Rodney Ochoa and Sandy Johnson who spearheaded the installation. We will get years of use from these floors.

Meeting for Incoming Middle School Students

Do you have questions about what middle school is like at Island School? The MS faculty and administration invite you to a MS Parent Orientation meeting next Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in the Noni classroom. There you will get a sense of how middle school is different from elementary and high school levels and how our program is designed especially

yogurt, fruit, granola, juice and a chance to win a romantic dinner for two at the Red Salt Restaurant in Po‘ipu. Dress up in the Valentine’s Day theme in red or pink and you might win a prize for the best dressed “Cupid.” Tickets available in our Office, at all ZUMBA® Fitness classes or by calling 635-7377. Proceeds benefit our all-Kaua‘i high school robotics team, Kaua‘ibots.

Alaka‘i Chorus Leaves For O‘ahu Tomorrow

The 56 high school students participating in the 2013 Ho‘olokahi Choral Festival on O‘ahu are reminded to be dropped off at the airport promptly at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, January 18.

Reenrollment Coming Up

Jan. 28 - Feb. 8. Watch this space for more information.

KIF Wrestling This Weekend

Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Island School is hosting the second KIF Wrestling Match of the season. We are excited to be part of this new KIF sport. Come and support our guys: senior - Philipp Zaviryukha; juniors - Austin Cook, Makali‘i Pratt, Ryland Santos; sophomores - Zach Beydoun, David Caminos and Adam Sclafani.

Click HERE for important dates

Volunteers Needed For KIF Swim Meet Jan. 26

Family Workday Coming Up in February

Sat. February16, 8:30-noon. Mark your calendars and bring your family to help us keep our campus beautiful. There will be a variety of projects for all ages: weeding, cleaning, planting, painting, minor repairs.

ZUMBA® for Robotics on Feb. 9

Join the fun and have a great workout, with Troy Lazaro and the Rockstars.

In the Wilcox Gymnasium from 9:0010:30 a.m. $10 includes 90 minutes of a ZUMBA, plus a continental breakfast of

Volunteers needed to time for the KIF Swim Championship meet on Saturday January 26th at the YMCA. Volunteers to be there by 1:30; the meet begins at 2:00 and lasts for approximately two hours.

Please contact Jen Pomroy if you can help: jenp@ischool.org.

Make A Scene At Island School - Feb. 16

Students who love to act are invited to perform at the 2nd annual Make A Scene at Island School, a showcase of short scenes by high school students. Students from all over the island have been invited to this event, including our own English and drama students. The show starts at 7:00 p.m.; admission is free. Contact Peggy or Mr. Bray for information.

To contact the publisher of Island School’s Parent Connection, email peggy@ischool.org

I.S. Chronicles

Congratulations to Andy Anderton, (above on the left) winner of last week’s Geography Bee. Andy will represent Island School at the State Bee in April.

SCIENCE – Students in grades 3-8 and 9-12 will compete with students from other Kaua‘i schools on Monday at the regional Science Olympiad at KCC. They have been preparing for events in engineering, astronomy, electricity, meteorology, biology and mathematics.

Our middle/elementary team includes: Zeke Gamby, Brianna Ryan, Rachel Dressler, Quinn Catlin, Andres Gonzalez-Ramos, Aliana Ho, Pierce Bivens, Anne Cushnie, Alison Summerhays and Julia RandolphFlagg. High school participants are: Daniel Wu, Christy Williams, Lansen Eto, Kirsten Malapit, Kelly Kay, Kellan Wortmann, Ivana Wu, Bronson Griep, Braden Beck, Quinn Hannah-White, Ava Zebzda, Philipp Zaviryukha, Steele Bird, Christian Potter, Cy Whitlock. These young scientists have been guided and assisted by their teachers, Joe Corbo and Jeff Kozak and parent volunteers, Sandy Catlin, Laura Ryan, Laura Cushnie and Chris Gamby.

ENGLISH – Douglas Kohn, Ph.D., a creative writing professor at the Berkelee School of Music, taught a creative writing seminar in Mr. Reynolds’ poetry class this week. Students were guided through a musical memory with a focus on specific images and detail. After creating these prose memory stories, the students created “black-out” poems by crossing out words, adding line breaks, and adding punctuation to their prose descriptions. The pieces were added to each student’s portfolio. Dr. Kohn also shared his thoughts on narrative nonfiction and how he writes stories.

MOCK TRIAL – Mock Trial has their first trial next Tuesday, January, 22,

against the team from Kapa‘a High School.

This year’s case is (eerily) about a school shooting. It is a civil case filed against an imaginary school district. The team is learning about negligence and the law, i.e. what makes a party liable in a case of negligence. Our team includes: seniors - Joy Claypoole and April Oo; junior Kalena Wong; sophomore - Kira Catlin; and freshmen - Leila Breen, Brianna Griep, Jade Murphy, Makenna Olson and Raina Silver. Their advisor is Lauren Calhoun. They will have another trial on Feb. 5, against Kaua‘i High.

GEOLOGY – Island School alumnus Noah Randolph-Flagg, ‘07, now a graduate student in geology at UC Berkeley, gave a most entertaining presentation on volcanoes to Ms. Mink’s Geology class last week. He pointed out how much there is still to be learned about the earth’s most basic processes and how volcanoes relate to, and may be responsible for global temperature and mass extinctions. The highlight of the class was a dynamic demonstration of how calderas form when pressure from below is relaxed and the surface collapses downward to form a bowl.

Noah Randolph-Flagg, ‘07, teaches about volcanoes to high school geology students.

ROBOTICS – Our Lego Masters after school program began this week. Twentyfour students are participating. They organized the Lego® parts and started to build their robots. There are two to three children per robot. They meet every other Tuesday. Contact Ms. Sue or Mr. Evslin for more information.

SENIOR UPDATE – Griffin Lord has been awarded a SAIC Incentive Merit Scholarship as part of her acceptance to School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Voyager Swim Team Kim McDonough’s three acceptances all included generous merit awards: from Willamette University, the Academic Leadership Award; from UH Manoa, a Centennial Scholarship, and from Hawai‘i Pacific University, a President’s Scholarship. Cy Whitlock has been accepted at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.

BIOLOGY – Ms. Mink’s biology classes started the new year by making collections of biological specimens, repeating on a small scale the kinds of activities that led to the creation of modern museums. Each collection had to include 12 diverse items, attractively displayed and labeled with where and when they were collected. Above, Bella Voorhies, ‘14, presents her collection.

ART – Kindergartners and first graders used model magic clay in Ms. Diane’s art class. Kindergartners made things that would be found in a town – everything from cars to people to piggies – and then drew roads, ponds, etc. to place them on.

First graders made finger puppets and came up with little plays about them. Their stage was a large piece of paper that they drew on and taped between two chairs.

Athena Errico poses with her drawing of a park that displays her clay butterfly and snail.

Parent Page Mahalo to Parent Association

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♥ ♥ ♥ the Jonas family for their donation to the LRC.

Computer Safety & Awareness Seminar

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Join us for a hands-on experience!

Visit some of the latest websites students are using.

View social networks and learns the pros and cons.

Learn how to secure computers and track history.

Find out the tech trends here on campus.

Instructor: Nathaniel Evslin, Technology Dept. Head

Tuesday, January 22 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Koa Room RSVP to reserve a computer.

Child care provided upon request. Contact Leah Edwards, PA President at edwardsohana@hawaiiantell.net

♥ ♥ ♥ the following recent donors to Annual Giving: Mary Lou Barela, Marau & Hobey Beck, David & Carla Bissell, Lisa & David Breen, Diana Dahl, Hobey Goodale, Jim Guerber at Signature Systems, Hale Kaua’i, the Hannah-Whites, the Harding Educational & Charitable Foundation, Lindsay & Greg Kamm, Wade & Kim Lord, John Plews, Sam & Robin Pratt, Donald J. Renn, Kathy & Wayne Richardson III, Rex Riddle, Cheryl Ringler, Leslie & Howard Schirmer, Philip Steinbacher & Jason Blake, Martha Stevens, Rosemary Stevens & Jack Barchas and Rick & Kristin Whitworth. ♥ ♥ ♥ our team of volunteers that mailed out the auction invitations: Laura Cushnie, Tailene Griep, Tamara Inman, Lisa Kahn, Alan & Monica King, Kori King, Morgan Miike, Jane Sanacora, Adeline Sears, Joan Shaw, and Claudia Trask, Lulu Schilleci, Naomi Carlson and Naomi Matias. ♥ ♥ ♥ Valerie Rivera for bringing in several props to use in the 5th grade play, Treasure Island. Also to Lauren Hunt, Robin Pratt and Ita Rubio for their help this week.

Classified Ads WANTED TO RENT: Josh Tjarks and Sarah Piano Tjarks (both from the IS class of 2004) and their two dogs are looking for a rental in the Kapa‘a or Wailua area. If you have any leads, please call Sarah at 808-651-1471.

KUKUI GROVE CINEMA TICKETS: This is a benefit for the Kaua‘i Boy Scouts “Order of the Arrow” (OA) unit. The OA will receive $3 for every ticket purchased. This unit is comprised of Boy Scouts from the different troops on the island. Arrowmen are known for maintaining camping traditions and spirit, promoting year-round and long term resident camping, and providing cheerful service to others (they were here last year at our workday).

The benefit tickets to the movies cost $8, which is the regular adult price at Kukui Grove cinema.

If you are planning to see a movie now through April 31, please purchase an adult ticket ($8) from Mike Goto. Contact him at mike@ischool.org.

KCP AUDITIONS: Director Jo Grande announces auditions for KCP’S next production, The Dixie Swim

Club, January 21, 22, 23, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Puhi Theatrical Warehouse. Great roles for 5 women. The characters age from their 40s to their 60s in the play. Auditions will include cold reading from the script. Call Jo for more information as needed: 808-652-8558. The Dixie Swim Club opens March 15 and will play for three or four weekends.

PLAY WRITING: The year of WIT’s fourth biennial Ten Minute Play Festival, “Kaua‘i Shorts.” Typcally, WIT produces about 16 plays during the festival. The plays are chosen by a panel of experienced judges. Plays may be submitted via email attachment at any time before April 1st to: romeycurtis@aol.com. For detailed instructions, contact Romey at the above email address.

HELP WANTED: Looking for a cheerful, patient person who’s fairly handy with tools to do small chores for an elderly lady, Wailua area, a few hours a week. Low pay but very easy work. Nice if you can drive but not necessary. Contact Kate Mink (kate.mink@ischool.org) if interested.

Why Is Monday a Holiday?

Ask the Island School Second Graders, and they’ll tell you!

“My students have been learning all sorts of things about Martin Luther King this week,” said Miss Connie. Her students have read stories, sung songs, performed a short play, listened to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech. And they have a lot of information to share about this famous American.

“He was a man who had a dream,” said Rebeka Ort. “A black person who was a teacher made less money than a white teacher,” explained Mikaela Stedman.

Congress passed the legalization making Martin Luther King day a holiday 1983, which was then signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. A compromise moving the holiday from Jan. 15, King’s birthday, which was considered too close to Christmas and New Year’s, to the third Monday in January helped overcome opposition to the law. A number of states resisted celebrating the holiday. Among the arguments against it was the extra expense involved in a paid federal holiday and that a holiday honoring a private citizen would break a longstanding tradition.

Julia Schillici said that white people got better treatment than black people. “They had to eat in different restaurants.”

Following is a time line of events leading to the establishment of this holiday: 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated; Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduces legislation for federal holiday to commemorate King “He stopped racism so everyone could go everywhere,” 1973 - Illinois is first state to adopt MLK Day as a state said Mackenna Tamanaha. holiday 1983 - Congress passes, President Reagan signs, legislation “Martin Luther King didn’t like how everything was creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day going,” said Lili DeSouza. “He knew what it was like as a child and he wanted to stop it. After he got shot, his dream 1986 - Federal MLK holiday goes into effect 1987 - Arizona governor Evan Mecham rescinds MLK Day as came true.” his first act in office, setting off a boycott of the state.

1989 - State MLK holiday adopted in 44 states “Martin Luther King wanted us to live in peace and 1991 -The NFL moves the 1993 Super Bowl site from Phoenix, harmony,” said Jayda Kurz.

Ariz., to Pasadena, Calif., because of the MLK Day boycott.

“He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his love for all the 1992 -Arizona citizens vote to enact MLK Day. The Super world,” added Paige Sanacora.

Bowl is held in Tempe, Ariz. in 1996.

1993 - For the first time, MLK Day is held in some form— Colin Bedwell explained that Dr. King had a bad sometimes under a different name, and not always as a childhood. “He wanted to change that in the future.” paid state holiday—in all fifty states.

1999 - New Hampshire becomes the last state to adopt MLK During the less than 13 years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Day as a paid state holiday, replacing its optional Civil Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Rights Day. Movement, from December, 1955 until April 4, 1968, 2000 - Utah becomes the last state to recognize MLK Day by African Americans achieved more genuine progress name, renaming its Human Rights Day state holiday. toward racial equality in America than the previous 350 years had produced. Dr. King is widely regarded as America’s pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence and one of http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day

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