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February 16, 2012
Connection
Breaking News
Order Your Long-Sleeved I.S. T-Shirts Now
The Logo Shop is taking prepaid orders for this long-sleeved tee (100% Cotton); available in Youth Sizes to Adult Sizes. No extra shirts will be available. Orders are due February 23, 2012 for delivery in mid-March. $15 each ($18 size 2X) The order form is attached to today’s PC.
Jogathon 2012 Tomorrow Grades K-5 Parents - please remember your children must be picked up at 1:45 p.m. at Po‘ipu Beach Park. The following students will be transported back to Island School: • Students who are not picked up on time (they will be taken back to Island School and signed in to the Do Drop Inn); • Students who are already signed up for Do Drop Inn (please confirm with Mr. Dean); and • North Shore and Wailua bus riders Thank you for your attention to this.
Training for County & Hershey Track Meets
Eric Wortmann has generously offered to help any 7th and 8th graders who are interested in
preparing for the county track meet, scheduled for April 28 and April 29, and the Hershey meet scheduled for May 26. Interested students are invited to join the high school track team for workouts starting Tuesday, Feb. 21. In addition, 8th graders who are considering running cross country and/or playing soccer as freshman next year are encouraged to come to HS practices. The track team meets M-F in front of the Wilcox Gym at 3 p.m. There are usually no practices on Thursdays because those are the days of the KIF track meets. Practice usually ends by 4:30. Runners must have appropriate running shoes, shorts and top. They should also have an inexpensive running watch and bring water or a sports drink.
Make a Scene at Island School
WHO?
From Island School …
The cast of “It’s About Time,” Quinn HannahWhite, Jasmine Libert, Griffin Lord, Kim McDonough, Eric Potter, Teddy Rose and Christy Jo Williams – Stars of the O‘ahu Fringe Festival, 2011
plus
Matthew Cowden, Garrett Beyer and Mike Tabieh, performing “Put it Over There”
plus From KPAC …
Keri Silva, Rowan McGrath, Skye Aoki, Angela Dunsmoor-Connor, performing a scene from “The Children’s Hour
WHAT? An evening of high school entertainment
WHERE? Island School Theatre
WHEN? Friday - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Feb. 17th Admission is FREE!
Click on the Calendar tab on our website. For more information, email Dr. Wortmann at ewwmd@yahoo.com.
Preview Auction Items Online! Deadlines Tomorrow for Rooms, Child Care & Table Discounts!
Need a room and/or child care? The deadline to reserve these is TOMORROW! So is the deadline to purchase an auction table with the $100 discount! To preview auction items, visit http://ischool. maestroweb.com. Items are being added daily.
Congratulations to Our Voyager Swim Team!
Last weekend, four of our high school athletes competed in the State Swim Championships. Congratulations to Tyler Keith, ‘14, James Papa ‘15, Makali‘i Pratt ‘14, and Quinn HannahWhite ‘14. They took 15th in the state in the 200 free relay and 14th in the 400 free relay! Quinn placed 20th in the 500 free! Way to go! Click Here to ‘like’ our Island School Voyagers Facebook Page (you don’t have to be a FB member) http://www.facebook.com/ IslandSchoolVoyagersKauai
Presidents’ Day Monday Monday is a school holiday. Enjoy your three day weekend!
To contact the publisher of Island School’s Parent Connection, email peggy@ischool.org
I.S. Chronicles
PreK students enjoyed a visit to the home of Victoria & Jeremy Harris in Anahola. Highlights included his salt water aquarium and a reef walk. SENIOR UPDATE – Serena Wong has been accepted at Capernwray Bible School in Lancashire, England. Sierra McEvoy has been accepted at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Lexa Mink-Flacco, Class of 2011, was accepted at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. Sarah James has been accepted at University of Redlands in Redlands, California, where she has been offered both an Achievement Award and a Presidential Scholarship. ART – The Kaua‘i Museum’s Art Festival for kindergarten through fifth grade is on display through the 25th of the month. The museum gives First Place, Second Place, and Third Place ribbons, and a Director’s Choice Award, in three categories: two-dimensional art, three-
Art work by (cw from top left: Paige Sanacora, Thatcher Magoun, Paulina Do, Soleil Ericco, Brandon Nguyen, Graham Estelle
dimensional art and photography. The Director’s Choice Awards are given by Museum Director, Auntie Jane Gray. Congratulations to the following students, who won ribbons: for two-dimensional artwork: Paige Sanacora (first grade) – First Place, for her collage print; Arman Juma (kindergarten) – Third Place, for his mixed media painting; Thatcher Magoun (first grade) – Director’s Choice Award, for his tempera painting; for three-dimensional artwork Paulina Do (third grade) – First Place, Dog the Bounty Hunter (Jesse Simpfor her ceramic coil pot; son), Wiz Khalifa (Damien Lynch) and Callie Yavinsky (third grade) – Second Kim Jong Il (April Oo) made guest apPlace, for her ceramic coil pot; pearances at Tuesday’s high school mornKahana Heen (third grade) – Third ing meeting Dating Game event. Place, for her ceramic animal sculpture; Graham Estelle (third grade) – are learning all about the Kukui trees that Director’s Choice Award,for his ceramic grow on campus. Kukui nuts and leaves coil pot; are used to make different styles of lei. for photography The sap is used as a medicine to treat Soleil Errico (fifth grade) – First Place, thrush. And the bark is used to make a for her pinhole camera photograph; dye for kapa. Mahalo to Mr. Dean for Brandon Nguyen (fifth grade) – roasting the kukui nuts so students can Second Place & Director’s Award, for make kukui hele po, or candles. his pinhole camera photograph; Andrew King (fifth grade) – Third MS STUDENT COUNCIL – Spirit Place, for his pinhole camera Week will begin next Tuesday as follows: photograph. Tuesday, 2/21 – Pajama Day The Kaua‘i Museum is located in Wednesday, 2/22 -- Disney Day Lihu‘e, on Rice Street, across from First Thursday, 2/23 -- Black & White Day Hawaiian Bank. It is open from 10:00 Friday, 2/24 -- Teacher Day until 5:00 Monday through Saturday. The Students are not required to take part in children’s artwork is on display in the these dress days, nor will they experience main room downstairs. any pressure to do so. If your MS child chooses to take part in the spirit week ENGLISH – 8th graders are currently please know that the normal student writing letters to the editor of The hand-book rules of appropriate apparel Garden Island newspaper. Students still apply. If a student chooses not to have been reading and reviewing articles participate in themes, he/she must be in and letters in current editions of the regular school wear. newspaper to find topics and issues that interest them. They will then compose BIOLOGY – Last week the Advanced letters responding to the articles or Biology class did genetic engineering, letters, sharing their opinions on current adding a gene that originally came from concerns and events in our community. jellyfish to bacteria. This created bacteria The project, part of their Nonfiction that glowed under ultraviolet light! Writing unit, offers students the opportunity to develop opinion writing skills while responding to topics of genuine personal interest. Once written, letters will be submitted to the newspaper in hopes of publication. HAWAIIAN STUDIES – The Island School halau, along with K-5 students,
Parent Page Mahalo to Parent Association
♥♥♥
♥ ♥ ♥ the following Student Government moms for their
help with Valentine’s Day festivities: Mama Caminos, Mama Steuri and Mama Punua.
Auction Volunteers Needed
Be a part of this parent-driven event of the year. We need your help to ensure another successful auction. Please call Charlene Steuri, 635-7377 and get signed up today.
Areas of coverage still needed include: Moving Team (3/9/12) 2 persons 8:00-10:00 am Set-Up Team (3/10/12) 8:30 - 12:00 noon
♥ ♥ ♥ our Parent As-
sociation moms for preparing delicious chocolate-dipped strawberries for Teacher & Staff Valentines. ♥ ♥ ♥ Krystal
Bedwell for her donation of avocados to the kitchen this week.
♥ ♥ ♥ Jeremy & Victoria Harris for hosting the PK
Security Team (3/10/12) 5:00 - 9:30 pm
in their home for breakfast and lunch, a slide show about marine life on the reef and a guided reef walk.
Closing Team (3/10/12) 9:00 - 11:00 pm
♥ ♥ ♥ Matson Navigation Company for their dona-
Classified Ads EMPTY WIPES CONTAINERS WANTED: If you’d like to recycle your empty plastic wipes containers, please bring them to the Art Room. Mahalo. WANTED TO BORROW: Small, toy battery-operated piano or keyboard. Doesn’t have to sound good, but must play. Two or three octaves. Contact Peggy at peggy@ischool.org or 246-0233, ex. 262. SYLVIA IS COMING TO TOWN! Brought to you by WomenIn Theatre, Directed by SANDI O’SHAUGHNESSY, at WIT’S END in Coconut Marketplace. This is Women In Theatre’s first full production at WIT’S END, with professional lighting and sound and comfortable, raised seating for sixty. We are located on the highway side of the marketplace; enter through the middle passageway and the theatre is the third space on the right. “Sylvia” by A.R. Gurney, will be showing Feb. 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26. Fridays and Saturdays at 7 pm and Sundays at 5 pm. On March 2 & 3, at KCC Performing Arts Center with performances at 7 pm. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com/event/222220, which can be accessed through WIT’s website: www.WomenInTheatre.org. Or by reservation - call the hotline 635-3727, or see you at the door.(Adult language)
tion of two 40’ storage containers. One will be used for the Robotics program and the other for maintenance/ furniture storage.
♥ ♥ ♥ Kaelen Suzuki-Kaohi and family for their
donation to the LRC.
CAROL CULVER DANCE ACADEMY: Announcing new Kapa‘a classes. Thursdays at Kapa‘a Neighborhoood Center. Tot Ballet (ages 3-8) 3:15-3:55pm; Jazz/Hip Hop (ages 6-12) 4-4:40pm; Tap (ages 6 & up) 4:45-5:25pm. Special priced classes - $42 for 6 weeks. Other classes available in Lihu‘e. Call now to register - 245-3150 and dancekauai. com. Learn from a Broadway, TV & film dancer/choreographer. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT PLAYS: March 2 & 3, 7:00 p.m. Island School’s 5th graders present on stage a delightful collection of stories from around the world. Tickets $4 in advance $15 family pass; slightly more at the door. Available from cast members and the Office starting next week. PONO PLAYERS AUDITIONS: Casting males & females in grade 6 - age 20. Saturday. Feb. 18, 2pm, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 5pm at Island School’s Noni Room. Actors will create their own anti-bullying show, directed by Ed Eaton. Contact Jessica Silver for more information at sailonsilvergirl90@gmail.com. FOR SALE: Cable Nelson piano -- $500. Contact Joyce Flagg at randolflagg@gmail.com or call 332-5667.
Accrediation Visit - A Positive Experience Visiting Committee presented their report to the staff, faculty and board yesterday after school.
Accreditation is a process whereby the programs and activities of an educational institution are evaluated by qualified outside agencies. In Island School’s case, these agencies are the Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The purpose is to validate the degree to which the institution is providing the services for which it exists. The longest term of accreditation is six years, though it may be shorter if there are areas needing significant improvement. This is the fifth time that Island School has been accredited. Each time it has received a six-year term. Steve Repsher, head of school for Sacramento Country Day School, led the five-person visiting team that spent the past 3½ days at Island School. Also on the committee were: Amy Kimura, Ass’t Principal, Kamehameha Schools’ Kapalama campus; Sarah Schoenfeld, Curriculum Coordinator, Kanuikapono Learning Center; Leslie Witten, Educational Technology Support Specialist, Island Pacific Academy; and Pieper Toyama, WASC Member and Headmaster, Pacific Buddhist Academy.
Their report consisted of commendations and recommendations for each section in the self study. Mr. Repsher began the presentation by congratulating everyone for their passion toward education and their love of children. Commendations emphasized the conscious integration of our efforts, from the Board of Directors to administration, faculty, and staff, to students and their families. As pointed out by the team, these efforts are aligned with the school’s mission that “students become life-long learners and contributing members of society.”
Before arriving at Island School, the team read our 124 page “Self Study.” This was written and compiled by our teachers and administrators. Island School teachers Jeff Kozak and Cristy Peeren coordinated this effort that included a discussion about our philosophy and governance, various school programs and activities, and information about the community of the school and its facilities. Once on campus, the team compared what was in the Self Study with observations. Its conclusions were presented to Island School board members, administrators, faculty and staff on Wednesday afternoon.
Among the recommendations that will be considered in the months ahead are: strengthening our efforts at fundraising while maintining a clear focus on our mission and the need for adequate resources; keeping pace with advances in technology and developing ways these can be applied to education; providing an even more robust staff development program; and exploring ways to introduce foreign language into the elementary grades. Based on the visiting team’s findings, a final term of accreditation of up to six years will be determined by HAIS and WASC, and will be issued later this spring.
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