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September 12, 2013
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Join the Voyager Booster Club
Boosters support athletic program both monetarily Booster Club and emotionally. Boosters cheer on the Island School athletes and work the ticket booth at games. Boosters also participate in Booster events like the Annual Booster Club Golf Tournament on November 3, at Kaua‘i Lagoons. It’s easy to become a booster. Check out page 5. If you have questions, contact Kymry 808-635-1490 or email Kymry@ Kymry.com.
Voyagers
Kapa‘a/Wailua Bus Schedule Moved Up This bus has been arriving late most mornings to school. In order to fix this problem, as of Monday, Sept. 16, we are moving forward the pickup times at each stop by ten minutes as follows: Kapa‘a skate rink - 6:50 a.m. Olohena/Kamalu - 6:58 a.m. Koali Street - 7:03 a.m. Students should be waiting at each stop at least five minutes before the new pickup times. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your support.
Shop & Score at Times
Now through October 15, let your cashier at Big Save & Times know you want your purchase to sponsor Island
Alumni T-Shirts
Orders are now being taken for children and adult sizes. $12 each. Email peggy@ischool. org for ordering instructions.
Gift Wrap Sale Now Through September 24th
Students in elementary and middle school have begun their fall fund raising effort to help fund class activities. Packets have been Heather & Ryan distributed Biedermann hand out with catalogs monkey prizes to motivate loaded with gift wrap sales. tempting gift items from Great American Opportunities. You can even order online by going to http://www.gaschoolstore.com/. Our School code is 2198281. Choose from magazines as well as over 1,400 different gift items! Tell your neighbors and relatives. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, September 24.
Asbestos Protection
On October 30, 1984, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promulgated regulations pursuant to the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Act, which
requires schools throughout the nation to conduct training, write building management plans and perform inspections necessary to identify and manage asbestos containing materials found in school buildings. Island School’s Asbestos Management Plan is located in the Business Office and is available for public view.
Bus Driver Training
Staff and faculty members who plan on driving students on any of our buses participated in a special training session last Saturday. Changes in federal, state, and county rules regarding school bus operations made this class mandatory for all Island School drivers. Bus evacuation drills
are being conducted with students during the month of September.
School Picture Day
The staff of Lifetouch Studios will, once again, take our student, staff & faculty portraits. This year, Picture Day is on Wednesday, September 18. Photos will be taken of every student for use in our yearbook and for student ID cards. Class photos will NOT be taken at this time. Picture Day will be a Free Dress day, which means students do not need to wear Island School logo shirts. Students choosing to not wear their logo shirts must still abide by Island school’s dress code. Students may remain in their free dress for the remainder of the school day. Families are not obligated to purchase school pictures. Students who don’t purchase a portrait package will still get a complimentary student ID card. Ordering information was distributed this week. For more information about dress code, please see page 6.
To contact the publisher of Island School’s Parent Connection, email peggy@ischool.org
I.S. Chronicles show you their Edmodo page and see all of the Spanish they are using! HAWAIIAN STUDIES – Our Hawaiian Studies and History students were fortunate enough to visit the Hokule’a Polynesian voyaging canoe in Nawiliwili Harbor. Freshmen, Salisa Pegeder and Irie Driscoll in biology lab
SOCIAL STUDIES – 6th graders in Mr. Devlin’s classes are studying geography. They are making collages and demonstrating their understanding of the five geographic themes: location, place, region, movement and interaction. They are also learning about political and physical geography. 7th graders have been looking at current events in Syria and other Mediterranean countries in preparation for their study of Greek, Roman and Byzantine history and culture. SPANISH – Students in Spanish 1 and 2 have set up their own Edmodo accounts, which is similar to Facebook, but for educational purposes. For homework, students respond to posts that Ms. Crowe have created and comment on each others’ posts, all in Spanish. The students are having a lot of fun using Spanish in a more realistic setting. Ask your son or daughter to
Our Voyager girls Cross Country team with Coach Wortmann: Rebecca Stevens, Carolyn Price, Makenna Olson, Jade Murphy, Madison Moore, Ally Pascual & Chan Hsu.
BIOLOGY – This week in Biology and Honors Bio, students did a lab investigating the effect Voyagers visiting the Voyaging Canoe - Hokule‘a of catalysts on a chemical speeches, speeches supported and reaction. They found that enhanced by technology and props, and living tissue contains an enzyme called finally, persuasive speeches. The course catalase which greatly speeds the builds on previous experience speaking breakup of hydrogen peroxide (toxic to cells) into water and oxygen (harmless). in public and helps prepare students for the many required speaking components of Island School’s high NA HUI – Middle School students met school curriculum. with their Hui at last week’s retreat and participated in team building activities at SCUBA – Students interested in Hanapepe Salt Ponds. A huge volleyball getting their SCUBA certification are tournament resulted Mariners & Adventurers tied for 1st place, Trailblazers invited to a meeting in room 7 on Friday, Sept 20. Certification classes are 2nd, Explorers 3rd, Aviators 4th, scheduled for the week of September 23. Navigators 5th, Discovers 6th, Trekkers 7th. Lots of fun was had by all! ENGINEERING – Students in the Introduction to Engineering class have MATH – Pre-Calculus students are been exploring the variety of materials learning how to do regression lines available and their properties. On on Microsoft Excel and their graphing Friday they went to Home Depot to find calculators. out, for instance, how many different kinds of materials bolts are made of, HISTORY – Students in Mr. Lynch’s and the least-dense material available world history class had a debate last (possibly bubble wrap, but possibly the Friday. They debated the superority of shrimp chips in the vending machine, the Athenian culture vs. that of Sparta. which these students could certainly The Athenian argument won! use as a building material). Tuesday they tested a variety of materials under PUBLIC SPEAKING – Speaking tensile and bending loads, measuring alone in front of a group is a difficult how the material challenge for most people, but eighth changed shape grade students are getting regular under load, what practice at this somewhat intimidating load caused task in their first trimester English it to deform class. Fundamentals of Public Speaking permanently, and is designed to give students the what load broke it. knowledge and experience to make public speaking easier and more Makoa Pratt effective. Students start off the trimester ‘17, testing how a with simple introductory speeches cantilevered rod is and then progress to demonstration deflected under a load.
Parent Page Mahalo to Parent Association
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♥ ♥ ♥ Kenny Ishii for donating many, many egg trays
Yeeee Hawwww! It’s Fall Round-Up Time We need a team to transform the courtyard into a festive Fall Round-Up theme - Tuesday, September 17. Decorators needed at 1 p.m. on the back lanai by Joan’s office. Bring staplers, twine, and scissors. A helper is needed to assist in retrieving all Round-Up decor from shed at 12:30 that same day. Lead decorator wanted for front of school display using hay and scarecrows at 1:00 p.m. Clean-up crew wanted for Monday, September 23, after morning drop off, to take down decor, remove staples, return decor to bins, and place back into storage. Contact Leah at edwardsohana@hawaiiantel.net CORRECTION Room Parents for kindergarten are Debra DeBusca and Kori King.
Classified Ads PIANO FOR SALE: Lovely upright piano for sale. It’s been in the Island School ohana for a long time! Unfortunately, we need the space now. $500.00. Email Susie Massaro at susie@ischool. org, or call 808-635-5657. WANTED TO excellent seeking a region of 4624.
RENT: Quiet, responsible couple with Island School family reference is studio or one bedroom somewhere in the Hanapepe to Lawai. Call Jessica 346-
WANTED TO BORROW: Toy kiddie car - Little Tikes style. Kid-powered. Contact Peggy at peggy@ischool.org. Please ask your friends and neighbors. MODELING COMPETITION: DMD Productions announce their 8th Annual Kaua‘i Amateur Modeling Competition. *Baby Miss (ages 1-3) *Tiny Miss (ages
to our art department. Thanks to Kenny’s steady supply, the students have been using them as disposable palettes for many years. Keep cooking up those eggs at Ono Family Restaurant! ♥ ♥ ♥ Carolyn Yavinsky, Sharon Inanod, Kori
King, Renato DeSouza, Marjorie DeSouza, Ross Asuncion, Daniel Bicicche, Mike Goto and Sandy Johnson, for their help with the 5th grade play set and prop construction this week. ♥ ♥ ♥ Leah Edwards and the Island School Parent
Association for funding and assembling our Shelter In Place kits. They were distributed this week to each classroom! ♥ ♥ ♥ Kori King, Kanoe Ahuna and Enny Glick
for helping the kindergarten class print their rainbow t-shirts. 4-6) *Mini Miss (ages 7-9), *Miss (ages 10-13) *Teen Miss (ages 14-17) *Woman (ages 18-26). Entry Deadline: September 30, 2013 Competition: November 9, 2013 at Kauai Veterans Center. Contact Donovan Pegeder for information at 246-1564. BAND LESSONS: The Band Wagon teaches a variety of musical instruments and will come teach your children after school right here on campus. Visit http://bandwagonstudios.com/ for more information. DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR CONCERT: Kaua‘i Concert Association is launching its season this Sunday with two world-class pianists. One of the goals of the organization is to make music accessible to cost-conscious families, students and seniors. For students and their families who wish to come to the show, we have discounted pricing of $10 per ticket. For people who cannot even afford that, we have some complimentary tickets paid for by grants. To find out more about the concert, visit www.kauai-concert.org. To request the discounted or complimentary tickets, email info@kauai-concert.org before Sunday. OUT IN THE COUNTRY AT HANCHETT RANCH: Grades 5-8 (plus their younger siblings) are invited to spend Fall Break, October 7 - 11, horseback riding, farming, hiking and more, from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Hawaiian crafts. Sleepover Oct. 1011, with imu. $200 each. Contact keana@ischool. org to sign up. Spaces are limited.
Farm Fair Recap Island School obtained rights to operate a food booth at the 2013 Kaua’i County Farm Bureau (KCFB) Fair through the efforts of parent volunteer Pepe Trask. This is the first year Island School was invited to participate as a food vendor in the KCFB Fair. A series of planning meetings was held from July 10, 2013 up through the opening of the Fair on Thursday, August 22, 2013. All parents, faculty and staff were invited to attend these meetings and participate in the planning process. The Farm Fair was held August 22-25 at Vidinha Stadium.
259 parent, staff, and student volunteers helped to make this four-day event a great success!
Items Sold
1,540 Steak Plates $ 574 Mahi Plates $ 642 Combo Plates $ 331 Quinoa Tofu Salad Bowls $ 2,116 Beverages
Gross Revenue - $43,578 Cost of Goods Sold/Supplies -
$13,995
Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Fee @ 20% of Gross Sales - $8,716 GET Tax @ 4.166% of Gross Sales -
$1,815
Total Expenses - $24,526 Net Profit -
$19,052
Income Distribution
After all expenses have been paid 10% of the remainder will be set aside as seed money for next year’s food booth operations. The rest will be divided three ways -between the Elementary division, the Middle School, and the High School - on a per-student basis. Each division will decide how to distribute its portion of the revenue equitably within the group.
Net Profit After 10% Seed Funding for 2014 $17,146 Per-Student Allocation $ 47 PK-5 Lump Sum Allocation 6-8 Lump Sum Allocation 9-12 Lump Sum Allocation
$6,961 $4,485 $5,700
Please note: these numbers are based on current information and may change somewhat as final figures become available. Island School 3-1875 Kaumuali`i Hwy Lihu`e, Kaua`i, Hawai`i, 96766
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Dress Code Rules for Free Dress Days As mentioned on Page 1, students need not wear their logo shirts on Picture Day, which is September 18th. The following dress code rules still apply. 1. Hats, caps, or sunglasses are not to be worn indoors 2. Inappropriate attire includes displays on any clothing (shorts and pants as well as shirts and other attire) of illegal drugs (including alcohol and other intoxicants, tobacco, and hallucinogens) as well as those with sexually implicit or explicit messages or that depict violence. 3. For girls, midriffs are to be covered and low tops showing cleavage are inappropriate. The shirt should drop comfortably below the top of the waist of pants or skirts and blouses and shirts should cover the chest. 4. Short pants and skirts or tight skirts even if full are not allowed. Ultra low-rise styles are not 5. acceptable. Neither are yoga pants. The rule is that skirts should extend at least to the top of the knee; shorts must have at least a 9� inseam. 6. For boys, shorts that are knee length are required. Pants should fit and be worn about the hips – i.e., underwear should not be showing. 7. Earrings are allowed; jewelry at other parts of the body and/or other embellishments are inappropriate (e.g., body piercing other than ears) and will be taken from students. Visible tattoos are not allowed. 8. Hair should be clean and neat. Hair color should fall in the range of natural tones. 9. Shoes or other footwear must be worn.