Parent
June 2, 2011
Connection
Breaking News
June 9th - Change for Middle School students
Please refer to last week’s schedule of events for the last two days of school. There has been one change: on Thursday, June 9, students in grades 6 & 7 will be dismissed from school at 12:20. Those waiting for the bus or a carpool will have lunch at school, then report to their homeroom class for an activity. Eighth Grade Transition will take place as scheduled.
Schedule Modifications Next Week for Finals
Please be aware that next week, for students in middle and high school, the regular block schedule will be modified on Tuesday through Friday. The complete finals schedule is on page 4 of today’s PC.
Got Wine Bottles?
Kumu Kauka’s Hawaiian Studies students will be dropping messages-in-bottles as part of their study of ocean currents. If you have any (empty!) wine bottles they can use for this project, please drop them off in the Frear Center as soon as possible. Mahalo.
Got Foliage?
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We’re looking for tropical foliage and sturdy flowers for graduation. monstera leaves, ti, laua‘e fern, haleconia, ginger, etc Please bring them to the Wilcox Gym Friday, June 10, or on Saturday, June 11, by 9:00 a.m.
Order Your I.S. Logowear Now!
The last day to turn in your School Logo wear order for next year is Friday, June 10, 2011. Only a limited number of shirts will be available at the beginning of the school year, so please order now. Also, PE uniform orders for middle & high school students are also due on Friday, June 10, 2011. No exceptions.
Summer Beach Blast-Off Friday, June 10th
A message was sent to all students in PK-8 about our last day of school - the Beach Blast-Off - on Friday, June 10th. Students should report to school at the regular time with their beach gear: swim suit, towel, hat, sunscreen. The buses will leave campus at 8:15 for Lydgate Beach Park for a morning of swimming, games, lunch and gearing up for summer vacation. Parents who wish to drop their children off at Lydgate, should do so at 8:45 a.m. (There will be no supervision prior to that.) Please pick your children up PROMPTLY at the Lydgate Pavilion at 12:30. Students must sign out with their homeroom teachers before they leave. The only students who will be bused back to school are those who attend Do Drop Inn. Regular bus riders will be picked up at Lydgate at 12:45. Please be sure you return the Parent Consent form that you received yesterday by tomorrow. Mahalo for helping us make the last day of school enjoyable and memorable.
Island School Summer 2011
Writing Class With Lee Cataluna
Calendar This Weekend Friday 6/3-B
7pm Dracula opening night @ Main Hall
Saturday 6/4 8am SAT
10am Headmaster’s Senior Brunch @ 22 North 7pm Dracula closing night @ Main Hall
Monday - Thursday 6/6 - 6/9 Book Buy-Back through MBS Direct
Tuesday - Thursday 6/7 - 6/9
Final Exams for MS & HS (final exam schedule will be followed)
Wednesday 6/8-A
8:15am Elementary Talent Show
Thursday 6/9-B
Last day final exams 12:20pm Senior Send-Off; MS dismissed
Open to middle and high school students. June 20- July 29, 2011, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.; Tuition: $600. Includes play-writing, fiction, and reporting with award-winning playwright, Lee Cataluna, who is the metro columnist for The Honolulu Star Advertiser, and former NBC news anchor and lead reporter. Sign up at the Island School Office or call 246-0233.
1pm Eighth Grade Transition @ Lihu‘e Bowling Center
Student School Supply Lists on RenWeb.
Saturday 6/11
Sign-in on RenWeb and click on Resource Documents. Click on your child’s grade for next fall.
Friday 6/10
Summer Beach Blast-Off Grades PK-8 Lydgate Beach Park 8:45am Graduation Rehearsal
Next Weekend 8am ACT
5pm Graduation @ Wilcox Gymnasium 6:45 Alumni Faculty Mixer
To contact the publisher of Island School’s Parent Connection, email peggy@ischool.org