Parent Connection: Feb. 28, 2013

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February 28, 2013

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I.S. Video Chosen

By PBS Hawai‘i

PBS Hawai‘i chooses six studentproduced segments out of sixty submissions to feature on a special program, Best of Hiki Nō. You might recall Gabe Figueroa’s story on Luke Evslin, which was aired last January on Hiki Nō. Gabe’s video was selected for the “Best of” program, and will be aired on Thursday at 7:30 on Hiki Nō, channel 11. Tech teacher, Nathaniel Evslin, was flown to the studio on O‘ahu to be interviewed, and taken out to dinner afterward. Island School will be hosting Hiki Nō on May 9, giving our students the opportunity to introduce each segment on that episode and to prepare short clips highlighting Island School.

Do Drop Inn Open during Work Days & Conferences

Do Drop Inn will be offered on the following days when school is not in session: *Thursday, March 7th 7:30-5:15 *Friday, March 8th 7:30-5:15 *Thursday, March 21st 11:15-5:15 *Friday, March 22nd 7:30-5:15 Full day/$35 and half day/$20.

Register Now for Jr. Golf

The Kaua‘i Junior Golf Association (KJGA) will accept new and returning membership applications. Visit www.

KJGA.org to submit your application before March 13 to guarantee lessons.

KJGA membership is open to male and female junior golfers who are between the ages of 7 to 18 by July 19, 2013, have not reached their 19th birthday, and have not entered college.

The annual membership fee is $95 for first member of the family and $65 for

each additional sibling. For additional information, please contact Lauren Yama, Director of Communications & Special Events for the Hawai‘i State Junior Golf Association at hsjgaoffice@gmail.com.

5th Grade On Stage This Weekend

Bring your friends and family for a delightful evening of children’s theatre. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of pirates and mutiny, Treasure Island, opens tomorrow, Friday, March 1, and runs until Saturday, March 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the Island School “Theatre.” Tickets are $4 in advance and $15 for your entire family. Available from cast members or the Office. $5 and $18 at the door.

Volunteers Needed for Griffin’s & Friends Art Show

The exhibit, which is part of Griffin Lord’s senior project, will be held at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists Gallery at Kukui Grove Shopping Center for two weeks, Sat., March 9 - Sat., March 23, 12:30 to 5:30 Sat. - Thurs. and 12:30 to 8:00 on Fri. Volunteers are needed to keep the space open during school hours, especially for the 12:30 to 3:00 weekday slots. Email Griffin at glord13@ischool.org or contact Penny Nichols at penny@ischool.org or 6351316 to sign up for a specific time and receive the show sitters’ instructions.

And remember to save the date for the opening reception for Griffin & Friend at the KSA Gallery on Friday night, March 8, from 5 - 8 p.m. The exhibit will include a variety of twodimensional and three-dimensional

Click HERE for important dates artwork by Griffin Lord, as well as paintings, drawings, photographs, handmade prints, and ceramic sculptures by over twenty Island School high school students.

Avast, Me Buccos - More Pirate Bootie Up for Bid

For the food and wine enthusiasts: • A private wine tasting party for 12 • Texas BBQ and Homemade Beer • Fill Your Wine Cellar with 40 bottles of premium wines • A Year of Beef from A’akukui Ranch • A wine country tour • A Cajun dinner for 8 • Gift certificates for dining from many island restaurants For the traveler: • 5 nights in NYC + tickets to a new musical “Motown” including back stage passes • 6 nights in the Cayman Islands including a sail on a pirate ship and dinner at “Rum Point” • 3 nights in San Francisco including tickets to the San Francisco Giants • 1 week in Whistler • 2 nights in a suite at Sheraton Waikiki including dinner and $200 shopping spree at Ala Moana • 2 nights in a suite at the RitzCarlton Kapalua including Atlantis submarine and Ula Lena theatre • 3 nights at the St. Regis Princeville including dining at Mediterranean Gourmet and Zipline adventure • 7 nights in Cabo San Lucas • 6 nights in Big Bear • 2 nights at the Marriott Waikoloa including golf in Waikoloa and Body Glove Cruise – and much more!

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

I.S. Chronicles at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, and received the University Founders Award. Griffin Lord has been accepted at Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, NY.

Potter, ‘13, Christy Williams, ‘14 Cy Whitlock, ‘13, Daniel Wu, ‘16, Ivana Wu, ‘14 Joy Claypoole, ‘13, Kellan Wortmann, ‘14 Kelly Kay, ‘14, Kira Catlin, ‘14, Kirsten Malapit,‘14, Lansen Eto, ‘14, and Quinn Hannah-White, ‘14.

SEVENTH GRADE – Students enjoyed their retreat at Camp Naue last week. A highlight was all the ono food provided 3rd graders visited the Grove Farm sugar cane tunnel by the Beydoun family, whose Mediterranean THIRD GRADE – The class took Gourmet restaurant served a a trip on Monday to the Grove Farm dinner of delicious stir fried sugar cane tunnel. Dwight Apao veggies, chicken and rice and wrote the following story about their dessert, and Kenny Ishii, adventure: whose Ono Family Restaurant Today my classmates and I went ROBOTICS – Last weekend the provided and cooked breakfast on a field trip to a tunnel in a middle school robotics team, Creative of bacon, eggs, banana pancakes mountain. This tunnel was made Destruction, along with their advisors, and OJ. Students participated in a when the sugar plantation was still variety of team-building and bonding Chris Sweitzer and Kate Mink, in use on Kaua‘i. It was made for competed in the Vex Pan Pacific activities including a tug-o-war and a shortcut to get to the sugar mill. tournament in Honolulu. Quinn an evening campfire.

When we got to the beginning Catlin, Bronson Wong, Bryant of the tunnel, we could only Wu, Akira Williams, Cambria see a small circle. We also took Ort, Layne Taylor and Maureen pictures in the beginning. After Valdez (pictured l-r above) worked that, we got back into the vans. hard and maintained their cool The tunnel was almost one through the heat of competition mile long. It was very gloomy, and several hardware and dusty, and ominous, but the software emergencies. They placed most horrifying part was when respectably and learned a lot about we saw a white dress. Then, maintenance, troubleshooting, when we reached the end, my strategy, scouting allies and classmate Cody’s grandpa told 7th graders had a tug-o-war at Camp Naue last week. opponents, and general teamwork us about the tunnel. When we and communication. Now they went back into the tunnel, we SCIENCE – Our Science Olympiad have a two month break in which to stopped at the dress. The dress ended teams travel to O‘ahu this Friday reflect on the experience and clean up up to be just some props. My teacher to compete in the State Science the shop before next year’s game is helper, Ms. Roger, took a picture of Olympiad. Those on our middle/ released. me next to the props. After that we elementary team include: 8th went back to school. graders - Pierce Bivens and MS STUDENT COUNCIL – Julia Randolph-Flagg; 7th MS Student Council is organizing a SENIOR UPDATE – Joy grade - Matthew Tamanaha; dance in the Main Hall on March 8, Claypoole, Mike Kilcoyne and 6th grade - Quinn Catlin and from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Middle School Christian Potter were all accepted Andres Gonvalez-Ramos; 5th students may invite up to three at University of San Diego in San grade - Brianna Ryan and Rachel guests. Permission forms must be Diego, CA. Gabriel Figueroa Dressler; 3rd grade - Zeke Gamby. turned in by March 7. $10 admission has been accepted at University of On our high school team are: Ava may be paid at the door. Dress code Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, and Zebzda, ‘13, Braden Beck, ‘13, rules apply. Contact Liz Hubbard for Joy Claypoole has been accepted Bronson Griep, ‘13, Christian more information at liz@ischool.org.

Parent Page Mahalo to Parent Association

♥♥♥

♥ ♥ ♥ the following 7th grade parents who helped to

Next PA Meeting Tuesday, March 5, 2013 1:00 p.m.

Teachers’ Workroom

Classified Ads

NICE LITTLE TRUCK FOR SALE. 2003 Toyota Frontier, 63,440 mls., Black, 4 Dr. Extended cab seats 5, short bed, bed extender included, 2WD automatic transmission. $5500. Call Shaye at 634-2274.

ACTORS NEEDED FOR PSHTFK: The Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids is looking for four adult actors to perform roles in their 2013 season premiere of Little Red Riding Hood. Parts include, Red, the Wolf, Grandma, the Huntsman and Red’s mother.

Rehearsals begin in March for three weeks; ten performances will be scheduled on Saturdays and Monday and Friday mornings through June. Contact Richard Porto, Program Director, to schedule an audition or for more information. 826-7552 or purple.honu@hotmail.com.

ACTORS NEEDED FOR KCP: Kaua‘i Community Players announces auditions for the musical Working, to be directed by Ross Martineau with musical direction by Arnold Meister. Tuesday, March 5, 5:30 to 7:30pm and Saturday, March 9, 10:30am to 1:00pm at the Puhi Theatrical Warehouse.

Auditioners should prepare a pop-rock or folk song or similar genre show tune that shows off their range. Auditioners will also be asked to read from the script. Working, will open May 3 and run for three or four weekends. Adult actor/singers of all ages and voice types are needed to deliver strong, touching monologues and songs about working in America. Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews

make their retreat a success: Kat Ho, Laura Evans, Dana Temme, Rick Leibow and Paul Jonas; and especially to Bill & Samantha Suttel, the 7th grade room parents, for their excellent coordination of parent communication and collection of provisions!

♥ ♥ ♥ Norma and the staff of Famous Footwear

at Kukui Grove Center for saving 75 shoe boxes to used next trimester when Middle School Art will build their own pinhole cameras with Dean Wakamoto.

♥ ♥ ♥ Philipp Zaviryukha, ‘13, for modifying 23 por-

trait photographs on Photoshop® to be used in making linoleum block prints.

♥ ♥ ♥ Keana Oliveira, Michelle Dressler, Lauren

Hunt, Robin Pratt, Leah Edwards, Tanya Gamby, Laura Ryan, Kathy Conery, Jeri Cook, Lisa Splittstoesser, Richard Porto, Ava Zebzda for helping our 5th grade players get ready for their opening performance of Treasure Island this week.

Also to Kyle Riddle, ‘15, for putting in extra time setting the lights

♥ ♥ ♥ Duane Shimogawa for taking the 3rd grade

class through the Kipu Tunnel on Monday.

♥ ♥ ♥ everyone who contributed to the School

Supplies 4 Africa fund raiser.

♥ ♥ ♥ Barbie Taylor and Stacey Wong for

chaperoning Creative Destruction at the Pan Pacific VEX Tournament.

with American Workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the mill worker, the mason, and the housewife, just to name a few. Check these links for information on the show, and links at the end of the email for performances of some of the songs: http://www. workingthemusical.com/ (Play the video) http:// mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000349.

NANA’S HOUSE FUND RAISER: Celebrate the “Golden Fund,” Honoring the “original Nana,” Nancy Golden. Friday, March 1, 3-5 p.m. at Nana’s House in Waimea. Contribute to the fund and/ or bring an item to help stock the food pantry at Nana’s House. Call 543-8448 for more information.

We Need YOU to Volunteer for the Auction There’s something for everyone! Support Island School’s Biggest Fund Raising Event of the Year The Auction is primarily a Parent-run fund raising event, supported by the entire Island School staff and faculty. It’s a “Party With a Purpose,” created to keep tuition costs as low as possible and making Island School feasible for a diverse economic group of families. Every single student benefits from the success of this event.

We know you’re busy!

by Maddie Conery, grade 5

There is a huge range of flexibility among I.S. families when it comes to having time to volunteer at your child’s school. Many of you have little time outside of your busy working schedules.

BUT, if everyone spares an hour or two to help out with the auction - the load is less for everyone.

Here’s how you can help!

Friday, March 15 The Early Bird Special: 6:00 a.m. - Meet for an hour at the Marriott to set up display tables in the Grand Ballroom Transport to Marriott: 8:00 a.m. - Meet at school to take things over to the Marriott (drivers & lifters needed) Display Set-Up: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Come to the Marriott’s Grand Ballroom to help set things up. Come for an hour or all day! Any help is welcome.

Centerpiece Crew: 1:00 - Cover tables & chairs & put out centerpieces

Saturday, March 16 Finalize Displays: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Come to the Auction: 5:00 p.m. - get your tickets now!

Night Owl Special 10:00 p.m. -12:00 a.m.: Clean-up after the big event. (lifters and loaders needed) Sunday, March 17 Post-Auction Clean-up: 9:00 a.m. Everything must be removed from the ballroom.

(Loaders, drivers, any kine helpers needed.)

Monday, March 18- Friday, March 22 Phone-Callers: Help remind people who have not picked up their auction winings to come and get them.

Guaranteed - you’ll feel great, knowing you’ve made a big difference in the success of the auction. So check your calendars and where you can best fit in.

Email Bridgette Orsatelli to volunteer at bridgette@ischool.org.

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