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October 17, 2013
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Breaking News You Look Hungry!
Click HERE for important dates We Really Need Volunteers! Please Help On Oct. 19 & Oct. 25 • •
7:45- 11:00 a.m. Lots of jobs experience helpful, but not necessary. Saturday, Oct. 19 is great preparation for the State Meet on Friday, Oct. 25. This is the third time we have hosted the state meet on our beautiful campus. Island School will be hosting up to 1000 athletes, their coaches and families, from around the state! Hosting this event is a huge deal for Island School. We want to do an excellent job and show off the Voyager Aloha Spirit! Please email Jen Pomroy at jenp@ischool.org if you can help.
Daniel Ho Benefit Concert Friday, Nov. 8
We are fortunate to have six-time Grammy award winning ukulele and slack key guitarist, Daniel Ho, perform on Art Day at our Art Walk. That evening, he will perform at Island School in the Wilcox Gymnasium in concert. Tickets are available in the Office for $20; $30 at the door. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Island School.
Pep Rally Tomorrow
Student Government will recognize our Fall Athletes at our pep rally, beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the Wilcox Gymnasium. Middle & HS students may dress up in aloha wear: traditional or tourist tacky. Dress code rules apply.
Thanks to “Ironwoman” Mary Castelanelli and her beau Matt Ernsdorf, the Bistro in Kilauea is once again supporting the chorus in its fundraising efforts. Eat lunch or dinner at the Bistro on November 8, 9, or 10, and they’ll donate 30% of your tab to the chorus. All you have to do is show the flyer on page 5 (print it out or show on your phone) to your server and they’ll do the rest. Freely share the FREE flyer with friends.
Art Day Artists & Helpers Needed
Scheduled later than usual this year, Art Day will be on Friday, November 8. Artists are being lined up to teach workshops to children in all grades and a few spots remain to be filled. Please spread the word to your artist friends. You can let them know how fun it is and that they will be treated to a special Artist’s Luncheon. Speaking of that, coordinators for the luncheon are also needed. Contact Penny at penny@ischool. org if you know of an artist or want to volunteer as a helper.
An Unintended Omission
Hamura Saimin was left off the list of Auction donors in our 2012-13 Annual Report. The Development Office is truly sorry for this error, and extends warm appreciation to Hamura Saimin for their support. We do our best to acknowledge gifts made to the school in our Annual Report. If we omitted your name, spelled it incorrectly, or otherwise failed to recognize your contribution, please inform us. We want to be sure that everyone is accurately acknowledged.
Want Your Turkey Cooked?
Once again, the Kaua‘ibots robotics team is offering to cook your Thanksgiving turkey in our imu for only $25! Our limit is 100 birds, and the past 2 years have sold out well in advance. To reserve a space, Contact: kauaibots2465@gmail.com or call 808 635-7377 or kate.mink@ischool. org or call 808 652-7996.
Voyager Booster Club Annual Golf Tournament
Voyagers
Booster Club
Sunday November 3, 2013 at Kaua‘i Lagoons • We are looking for a Title Sponsor, only $1,000, and you can name the tournament with your company’s name! • We also need Hole Sponsors- only $100 per hole. • We need donations of drinks and food (pupus) for the reception afterwards. For more information call Kymry Perez at 635-1490 or email at Kymry@Kymry. com.
School Picture Make-Up and Retakes Nov. 6
Student portraits have arrived on campus! Portrait packages have been distributed to students via their Homeroom Teachers. If you have any questions about your student’s portrait packet please contact Lifetouch directly at 1-800-359-9126 or go to www.lifetouch.com. Make-ups and retakes are scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, between 8:00 and 11:00 a.m. in the Weinberg Gym. Any student wanting to have their school portrait retaken, must return ALL of the contents from their original portrait package. New students, students who were absent on Picture Day, or those who want to order additional packages may also have their pictures taken on Nov. 6.
To contact the publisher of Island School’s Parent Connection, email peggy@ischool.org
I.S. Chronicles
8th graders, Sierra Jonas, Risa Whetzel and Aliana Ho earned their SCUBA certification over break from instructors, H. Peter King (left) and Joe Corbo. SCUBA – Three 8th grade girls spent a loooong day with their SCUBA instructors last week. They made five pool dives and four open water dives between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. But it was all worth it, as they received their PADI SCUBA certification and are now looking forward to being certified up to 60’! They agreed that it is “really cool breathing under water and being with the fish,” as opposed to floating above them. The classroom portion of the course was challenging, but definitely useful when they got in the water. MUSIC – Filipino Jazz star singer Charmaine Clamor made a special visit to our first grade music class. They sang a few Halloween songs for her, then she sang a traditional Tagalog lullaby that her mother used to sing to her. She told the students she started singing in the back of the bus in the Philippines when she was three years old, and hasn’t stopped since. The students showered her with hugs and love before she left. (See photo below.)
HULA – Our halau performed to the delight of the big gathering in Koke‘e last weekend at the Eo e Emalani Alaka‘i
Festival. Those representing Island School included: Shawna Dinnan, Moeko Fukada, Mabel Kha, Gabri LaFratta, Kirsten Malapit, Alaya Mallas, Salisa Pegeder, Pualei Pratt, Jessica Raitz, Ajia Sclafani, Rebecca Stevens, Layne Taylor, Maureen Valdez, Christy Williams, Ally Worley and Lia Yamasato. (See photo at right.) ROBOTICS – Congratulations to our middle school robotics team, eighth graders Summer Mead, Julia Massaro, and Emily Sullivan, for winning first place at last week’s North Shore VEX Middle School Tournament at Waialua Intermediate and High School on O‘ahu. Eighteen teams from all over the state competed in the North Shore tournament, with Island School being the only Kaua‘i team participating. “It was a crazy day of qualifying,” said team adviser and Island School science teacher, Traci Sullivan. “We won lots of matches and we lost a few, too. Our girls had a great defensive [ro]bot with an especially good autonomous mode and our ally was good at scoring.” (For those new to robotics, an autonomous robot is able to carry out functions with little or no human intervention and to collect information from its environment it can use to accomplish tasks.) The team is grateful to mentors, Steve Massaro and James Massaro, for sharing their time and expertise. Island School and its alliance won six straight matches in the finals and in the end, won the tournament in the last round with a score of 44 to 48! The girls have officially qualified for the State Tournament that will be held in December on O‘ahu! STAFF ACHIEVEMENT – Congratulations to Sierra Hampton-Eng, who was married to Justin Kollar earlier this month! More congrats to our very own “Ironman,” Mary Castelanelli, who completed her very first Ironman last weekend in Kona! Mary swam, biked and ran for over 11 hours!
CHEMISTRY – Students are performing an earth science lab about the behavior of water with different temperatures and thus different densities. By mixing colored water with different temperatures, students learn how cool surface water, which forms in the polar regions, and which has a greater density than warm surface water, sinks and moves toward the tropics. This causes ocean currents and consequently the weather around the world.
Leila Breen & Michaela Fitzgerald mix different temperatures of water in a chemistry lab. SENIOR UPDATE – Angelique Silvestre was accepted at Northern Arizona University. Congratulations!
Mary Castelanelli crosses the finish line at the Kona Ironman
Parent Page
Parent Association Art Day November 8
Two volunteers from each class are needed to assist the art teachers. Please contact your Room Parent if you’re available. (Plus, you get invitited to the Artists’ Luncheon!)
Next PA Meeting
Tuesday, November 5, at 1:00 in the Teachers’ Workroom Enhancement Award Island school Chorus was awarded the PA Enhancement Award. The award will assist in their fundraising efforts for their Oahu trip. PA Dues PA dues are welcome at any time and help to support the many events, awards, activities, and other items supported by the PA. Voluntary dues are $25 per family. Go to www.ischool.org, select “GIVING,” and indicate $25 for PA. Mahalo for your support.
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WANTED TO RENT: Room or small studio for one woman; responsible, no pets, good references, KCC student. Can move immediately, $200- $300 per month. Email Karen at karen. matsumoto@ymail.com. CORN MAZE: Friday - Sunday, October 18 - 20 Friday - Sunday, October 25 - 27 at Kaua‘i Christian Fellowship [the big church on the bypass road]: Donation of $1 1-6pm NO Monsters 7-10pm Monsters OK MAYHEM IN THE MANSIONS: Last weekend at WIT’s End in the Coconut Marketplace. Directed by Dallas McCurley, the show features two one-act farces: a 14th century Japanese Kyogen and a 16th century Italian
Mahalo to
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♥ ♥ ♥ Josie Green for helping to pull the weeds from
around the Voyagers sign.
♥ ♥ ♥ Travis Parker for creating a spectacular
Tollbooth for the 5th grade play, and to our other helpers: Carolyn Yavinsky, Renato & Marjorie DeSouza, Sharon Inanod, Kylie Wilson and Deyanna Mielke. ♥ ♥ ♥ Laurie Aguayo of Hair Razors for her dona-
tion of hair color to the drama department.
♥ ♥ ♥ our new Booster Club members: Sam & Robin
Pratt, David & Carol Pratt, Kathy Richardson, Alan & Monica King and Glenn & Jane Sanacora. ♥ ♥ ♥ the
Wong family for a donation to the LRC.
♥ ♥ ♥ Brigitte
& Dino D’Annibale for providing the movie screen and projector and to North Shore Grinds for providing pizza at last month’s Student Government movie night. ♥ ♥ ♥ Chris
Sweitzer for taking some lovely photos of our halau at the Emalani Festival last weekend. (You can see them on islandschool.shutterfly. com.
commedia dell’arte. Funny, slapstick, witty, costumed in period costumes physical theatre Miss Rachelle’s Cheer Camp at its best! Fri/ students performed for Sat at 7 pm - Sunday parents over break. at 5 pm October 1820. Don’t miss the great performance by our own Christy Jo Williams ‘14 (Oliver Twist, It’s About Time, Skinflints & Scoundrels). East meets West in an evening of fun for the whole family. Tickets - call 635-3727 or online at www.WomenInTheatre.org. STREET BUSKERS WANTED: Do you know anyone who juggles, does acrobatics, clowns around, dances, drums? We’d love to invite them to perform at the Art Walk on Art Day. Please contact Lynda Liesse with contact information - lynda@ischool.org.
Heads Up for Halloween Get ready for some fun!
Plans are still being made for Island School’s Halloween celebrations, but here’s what we have so far:
Middle School Dance • • • • •
Sponsored by Spanish Club Friday, Oct. 25 6:30-9:00 p.m. Permission slips are forthcoming Contact: Lorena Wong - lorena@ischool.org
Halloween Day - Thursday, Oct. 31
• Elementary students should bring their costumes to school for the Annual Halloween Parade and Room Parties, beginning at 1:15 p.m. • Middle & High School students may wear Halloween costumes to school. (They must conform to the modesty guidelines in the Handbook.) I.S. t-shirts are required if not in costume. Masks and props are not allowed in class. • HS costume contest at lunch organized by Student Government • MS festivities during Homeroom organized by Room Parents. • Contact: Your Room Parent and Liz Hubbard - liz@ischool.org
High School Dance • • • • •
Sponsored by Student Government Friday, Nov. 1 7 - 10 p.m. Permission slips are forthcoming Contact: Liz Hubbard - liz@ischool.org
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October 17, 2013 A weekly publication We’re on the web at www.ischool.org
The Bistro has been serving great food and presenting live entertainment on the North Shore of Kaua'i in an open air Hawaiian plantation garden setting since 1999.
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In January 2014, sixtyeight members of the Island School Alaka'i Chorus & Island School 'Opio Chorus will travel to O'ahu for the all-state choral festival and a chance to see the national touring company of “The Lion King.”
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