Parent Connection: Oct. 18, 2012

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Art Day - All Day Tomorrow!

Meeting for Senior Parents

Our first, 2012-13 all-school event will be held tomorrow. All students are expected to attend this wonderful day of workshops offered by some of the top artists of the island.

You are all encouraged to come to the Art Walk, beginning at 1:00, in the Center Courtyard, to view the hundreds of pieces produced by our creative students.

Online Art Auction

In celebration of Art Day, Island School will host an online Art Auction featuring a select collection of previously donated artwork and collectible items, including pieces by Carol Bennett, Anne Schneider, and Kim Starr. The Online Auction will open tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. and will run through 5:00 p.m. on October 31st. Proceeds will benefit the tuition aid program. The auction is open to the general public, so be sure to tell your family and friends! Visit us at http://www.biddingforgood.com/ ischoolartday to see the variety of items up for bid.

Flu Clinic

Dept. of Health’s Flu Vaccination Clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, October 24, in the Weinberg Gymnasium. The clinic is only for students and faculty who returned their consent forms in September.

Click HERE for important dates

Senior parents should plan on meeting next Tuesday evening, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Frear Center. The agenda includes college counseling and senior project updates and planning for graduation.

Car Wash Nov. 4

Fifth graders are selling car wash tickets to raise money for their Big Island trip.

Tickets are $10 & $12 (for cars and SUVS, trucks and vans). The car wash is at Kukui Grove on November 4, from 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m.

SCUBA Club Meeting

For certified divers only. The Island School Marine Voyagers program would like all certified student divers to meet in Room 7 on Wednesday October 24, after school, to help plan this year’s dive experiences and educational opportunities.Bring your ideas, share stories, and watch dive movies. Pizza and snacks provided. Contact Joe Corbo for more information.

Three Qualify for State CC Championships

Congratulations to our Voyager Cross Country Team and Coach Eric Wortmann for a great season, which ended last Saturday. It was a hot, hot race, hosted by Island School, happily with no major medical issues.

Out of a very competitive roster of athletes, three Voyagers qualified for the States. Congratulations to senior, Joy Claypoole, who came in first, with a time of 20:01.00. Freshman, Eric Potter raced into fourth place with 18:59.60, and junior, Kellan Wortmann, at 7th place, 19:17.30.

These three will compete in the state championship next week at Hawai‘i

Preparatory Academy on Hawai‘i Island.

Each year, Kalapaki Joe’s awards a scholarship to a senior student athlete.

Joy is more than deserving of this award as she has been the KIF cross country champ for three years and undefeated for two years. Please visit http://www.kalapakijoes.com/athleteof-the-month/. When filling out the nomination form, there are some glitches, but you can explain in the comment field.

Golf Tournament

The Booster Club is holding their 2nd Annual Golf Tournament “Fun Raiser” on Sunday, Nov. 4. Help is needed afterward at the banquet at Island School. If you can help for a couple hours please call/text Kymry Perez at 635-1490, or email Kymry@Kymry.com.

“Skinflints & Scoundrels: Moliére’s Miser” - Nov. 2, 3, 4 Save the date - our talented high school students perform the classic French comedy. Tickets are $6/each or $15/ family pass - from the cast or Office.

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

I.S. Chronicles on the playground. Finally, we went back to school, excited [to go] to PE.

7th grade Spanish students pose for their Spanish Fashion Show.

SPANISH – Sra. Crowe’s 7th grade and Spanish 1 students put on a fashion show in class. They worked in small groups, created outfits, then described what they were wearing, using the Spanish vocabulary they have been learning. They did an excellent job and were certainly stylish!

FOURTH GRADE – On Tuesday, 4th grade students went to Lydgate with Kumu Kauka for a release of Shearwater fledglings. (See photo above.)

SECOND GRADE – The class had a great field trip last Thursday, as described below by Paige Sanacora.

My class went on a field trip. We went on a hike up Kuilau Trail. We had a scavenger hunt. We had to find seeds, seedlings, fern, fiddlehead, spore, fruit, [and] flowers. The fruits that we found were raspberries and guavas. There were signs that showed you [had hiked] 25% of the trail. We walked one mile and a half. It was a nature hike. There was a small table at the top of the hill. We hiked down the hill and Julia showed me the nest she found. After that Mrs. Connie let us go to her house to see her dog Keaho. Her dog is very cute.

We went to Lydgate Park to eat lunch, celebrate Kilinoe’s birthday and to play

VIDEO PRODUCTION – A studentproduced film airs tonight on the PBS show, Hiki Nō at 7:30 p.m. The film is about learning to surf, and was filmed by Kezia Kawaihalau, ‘13, and Kawena Kawaihalau, ‘14. It features Natalia Smith, ‘14, as the beginning surfer.

Kezia, Steele Bird, ‘13, and Philipp Zaviryukha, ‘13 edited the film. Tune in.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION – Students in grades 3-7 finished up their unit on soccer with a “World Cup” tournament.

Flag football comes up next. K-2 is rotating through various skill-building stations: the traversing wall, jumping stations, tuck & roll stations, balance stations and ball handling stations.

ART – Island School swept the awards for the KIUC Calendar of Student Art 2013! Of the 1700 entrees from schools island wide, our students won six of the monthly prizes. Griffin Lord, ‘13, won the coveted “Artist of the Year’ award for the fourth time!

In addition to Griffin’s Grand Prize, below are Monthly Art Awards for the 2013 KIUC Calendar of Student Art. March: 3rd grade – Ema-Lani Ebesu oil pastel drawing; June: 6th grade – Akira Williams landscape painting; July: 7th grade – Aliana Ho photograph; August: 8th grade – Eli Smart photograph; September: 9th grade – Josh Miller linoleum block print, self portrait; November: 11th grade – Alyssa Medd -

Griffin Lord, ‘13, won the Grand Prize in the KIUC student art contest for her self portrait.

Sept. 28 was Apple Day in Kindergarten!

Students learned all about apples in celebration of Johnny Appleseed’s birthday.

linoleum block print.

Honorable Mentions: 3rd grade – Eve Conant, Joshua Dobashi; 9th grade – Makenna Olson; 10th grade – Madison Moore, Adam Sclafani; 12 grade – Griffin Lord.

Congratulations to our hard-working artists.

SOCIAL STUDIES –Do we do what’s right even when we know nobody’s watching? Do we commit wrong acts when we think we can get away with them? The 7th grade Western Civilization students are examining the concept of Justice through the lense of Plato’s parable “The Ring Of Gyges.”

CONCEPTUAL CHEMISTRY – Students performed an experiment that demonstrated conservation of mass.

This means that in a completely isolated system, although matter will change its form or shape, there will be no detectable change in mass after a reaction has taken place. The picture below shows Ian Cowden and Ryan Feather measuring the mass of their closed system after a chemical reaction took place. One of the products of the reaction was carbon dioxide, which was captured by the red balloon causing it to inflate, as evident in the picture.

Parent Page

Parent Association Teacher Appreciation Breakfast Thursday, October 25, 7:30-10:30 a.m.

Check your emails for messages from your Room Parents about how you can contribute.

Next PA Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 6 1:00 p.m.

Teachers’ Workroom

Classified Ads ON STAGE: WIT presents: An Evening with Tennessee Williams. Opens Friday, October 19, ends Sunday October 28. Two weekends only. In a collection of scenes from Williams’ astounding body of work that is introduced by the author himself, Arnold Meister will “channel” the incredible playwright whose works are the most performed of all plays written in English other than those of Shakespeare. at WIT’s End - An intimate 50 seat theatre Coconut Marketplace, Fri. & Sat. 7pm, Sun. 5pm. Visit www.womenintheatre.org for online reservations.

CHORUS FUND RAISER: On Saturday October 20 and Saturday October 27, the Lighthouse Bistro in Kilauea is supporting the Island School Alaka’i Chorus in their efforts to raise funds for their January trip to O‘ahu. Lighthouse Bistro is donating 30% of proceeds from patrons’ dinner tabs to the chorus on both nights when diners present the attached flyer.

It’s a very generous offer from Lighthouse Bistro. Lighthouse Bistro recommends reservations for Bistro Night. Please call 828-0480.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT: “Christmas Gifts,a Serenade

by String Students of Helen Sina,” featuring: Ethereal Harmony • Magic Violins • Amoroso with guest performances from Ballet Kaua‘i, directed by Daniel Nelson. With Island School senior, Kimberly McDonough. Monday, December 10, 6:00 pm. Kaua‘i Community College Per-

Mahalo to

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♥ ♥ ♥ Cindy Wortmann and Corina Potter for organizing and managing the Concert Nosh benefitting the Island School Alaka’i Chorus. ♥ ♥ ♥ Gaye Miller for her work on costumes for the

high school play, Richard Porto for his assistance, Denese Alcott and Laurel Petterson for their help with sets.

♥ ♥ ♥ Kylie & Katherine Polzin for their donation to

the LRC.

♥ ♥ ♥ Bill & Cathy Cowern, Joe & Andrea Corbo,

Jessica & Paul Crowe, Camille Davidson & Maureen Steiner, Eric Devlin, Nathaniel & Marissa Evslin, Judah Freed, Glenn & Jane Goldsmith, Erin & Jed Gushman, Douglas Kinney, Katie & Sean Magoun, Susie & James Massaro, Jim & Joan Miller, Kate Mink, Ruth & James Parker, Dr. George T. Reizner, Arthur & Dorothy Shaw, Chris Sweitzer & Kathleen Dahill, Lorena & Stacey Wong, Cindy & Eric Wortmann, Darius & Vanna Wu, and Drs. Thearath Wu & Liliane Kheng-Wu for donations to Annual Giving!

♥ ♥ ♥ Elizabeth Peck for a gift to the Jeanne Warbur-

ton Literacy Clinic.

♥ ♥ ♥ Susie Massaro, Suzy Olson and Lorna Spocak for contributions to the Alaka‘i Chorus! forming Arts Center. Enjoy a rich mixture of music, song and dance by talented young performers from Kaua‘i. $8 general admission. For more information or tickets, call 652-0706.

FINISH THE SET DAY: On Saturday, Oct. 26, all are welcome to come to the Main Hall to finish the set for “Skinflints & Scoundrels, Moliére’s Miser.” Beginning at 9:00 a.m. until we’re done. Contact Peggy at peggy@ischool.org for more information.

MOVING SALE: 7:30 a.m. 4240 Ai Rd. Kalaheo 2nd Rt. turn off Papalina - Puu Rd. 1st Rt. off Puu - Ai Rd. FREE THEATRE FOR KIDS: Saturday, Oct. 27, Princeville Neighborhood Center. 1:00 p.m.

Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids presents “Bedtime Story,”

Expect Respect Helpful information to help stem teen dating violence The following information comes from Expect Respect, a school-based program designed to promote safe, healthy relationships. The authors are Barbara Ball, PhD and Barri Rosenbluth, LCSW.

at school As such, teen dating violence affects all students whether they are victims, perpetrators, bystanders, or friends.

Most teens begin dating between 9 and 12 years of age and are vulnerable to experiencing violence beginning with their first relationships. Among those who experience dating violence, 29% first experience dating violence at age 12-13, 40% at age 14-15, and 29% at age 16-17. Violence in teenage dating relationships can escalate in frequency and intensity from early incidents of verbal/emotional abuse to increasingly severe physical and sexual violence including slapping, punching, shoving, threats, rape, and the use of weapons. The most serious and life threatening acts are often committed during or after the breakup of the relationship when the abuser experiences a loss of control over his/her partner.

As teenagers begin dating, some have difficulty differentiating abusive relationships from healthy ones. They are just beginning to explore intimate relationships, may idealize their partners, and confuse jealousy with love. “We’re just playing,” an expression often used by boys and girls, seems to define an acceptable level of being physical toward a partner, but it may cover actual physical violence.

Teens find it even more difficult to recognize controlling behaviors, jealousy, spreading of rumors, and put-downs as forms of emotional abuse. Aren’t these behaviors “minor”? Could they be signs of love?

Rates of physical violence perpetrated by girls are reported to be as high or higher than for boys, suggesting that teenage dating violence is mutual.

When asked who initiated the violence, however, girls report their dating partners started it 70% of the time, while boys report their dating partners initiated the violence only 27% of the time. Selfdefense accounts for a substantial amount of physical violence perpetrated by girls.

Teen dating violence is a pervasive problem with serious health and safety consequences for youth.

Between 20% and 45% of high school students have experienced some form of physical, emotional, or sexual violence by a dating partner, and nearly half of the worst incidents they experience occur

So what is the difference between healthy and abusive relationships? A healthy relationship is based on equality and mutual respect. The power is balanced. While there may be conflict, there is no fear, no threats, and no violence. Each partner feels accepted; has opinions, friends, and interests; and is free to pursue activities outside the relationship.

An abusive relationship is characterized by hurtful and violent behaviors, intimidation, and coercion.

One partner wants to make all the decisions and is demanding and controlling. Threats as well as physical and sexual assaults, even when they occur infrequently, keep the victim fearful of potential violence. Over time the victim loses self-confidence and supportive relationships with friends and family.

For more information, watch for an announcment for a Parent Workshop on this subject.

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