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December 1, 2011
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Zumba Fund Raiser
The Alaka‘i Chorus is raising money for their trip to the Ho‘olokahi Choral Festival on O‘ahu in January and invite you to two hours of ZUMBA by exciting instructors, Deslynn Jaquias, Cheryl Perriera, Joanie Morita, Brandon Allianic and Chandelle Rego Koerte. The date is Saturday, Dec. 3, from 3-5 p.m. in the Wilcox Gymnasium. Cost is $15 at the door, with $2 childcare available.
Christmas Old & New
All four of Island School’s choruses team together on Tuesday, Dec. 13, to present “Christmas Old and New,” their fourth annual Christmas choral concert. Our singers have been preparing since August to present this evening of holiday music, which features students on violin, electric bass, guitar, percussion instruments, and, of course, ukulele. The concert revives some of the chorus’ most popular songs from years past as well as new pieces. Additionally, it explores both old traditional Christmas classics and new contemporary holiday melodies. This year’s chorus is the largest in Island School history with over 100 students in grades 4-12 participating. The concert is at KCC Performing Arts Center, at 7:00 p.m. Adults are $10, students grades 4-12 are $5, Children grade 3 and under are free. Tickets are available in the Office and at the KCC box office as space permits.
Now Available - Thunder Chicken Gourmet Coffee
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The Kaua‘ibots FRC robotics team, in partnership with Lappert’s, is now offering gourmet, private-label coffee for your enjoyment and gift-giving. Thunder Chicken, like the big robot it’s named after, is robust and elegant, roasted and blended with aloha to Lappert’s high standards , and thoroughly tested - we think it’s a real winner. Thunder Chicken is available in a City Blend and French Roast, as whole beans or ground. A 10-oz bag is $10, or get 4 for only $8 a bag. We can also pack and ship for you! Thunder Chicken coffee is now available at the Island School front desk, or order by emailing kauaibots@gmail.com. Look for it soon at Lappert’s (now you have a great excuse to go there and get some ice cream or pastry!) and other local shops and restaurants. Mahalo nui!
conference, sign-up sheets for PK-5 are posted outside teachers’ doors. Middle and high school parents may sign up by calling the Office 246-0233.
Conferences Next Week
Slipper Tree
Parent/Student/Teacher conferences are formally scheduled twice a year, once after trimester 1; and again after trimester 2. On Thursday, Dec. 8, school will be dismissed at 11:20 for grades 6-12, and at 11:30 for elementary. The buses will leave campus at 11:40 a.m. Lunch will not be served on Thursday. On Friday, conferences begin at 8:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. There are no scheduled classes on Friday. If you have not yet scheduled your
Santa’s Workshop
Our high school Student Government is organizing their annual Santa’s Workshop, during Thursday’s afternoon conferences, for grades PK-5. Beginning at 11:30, your children will enjoy lunch, holiday crafts, giftmaking, movies and snacks. Tickets will be sold in the Office and outside the elementary classrooms for $15 for one child, and $30 for families. Pick up is at 3:00 p.m., or children may be transferred to the Do Drop Inn until 5:15. Contact Liz for more information - liz@ischool.org.
Lost & Found
Come claim your child’s books, water bottles, shoes, clothing, etc. before they are donated to charity tomorrow. Bring in your new slippers to decorate our annual Slipper Tree in the courtyard. All donations will be given to Hale Ho‘omalu for distribution to needy families.
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I.S. Chronicles Pono Health Services had a contest for a condom wrapper design. Imara submitted a photograph of the mandala she made in Kerith Edward’s Art Day workshop and won the $100 prize!
Lettuces from the PK garden added to Monday’s salad bar.
SECOND GRADE – The class took a field trip to the Coast Guard station and the students got to climb all over two boats. Afterward, they went to Kaiola Canoe Club in Niumalu and paddled two double canoes out into the bay in Nawilwili. FIRST GRADE – The children are reading The Gingerbread Man this week. They are also writing their own gingerbread stories and making gingerbread story jackets. Look for them hanging on their classroom clothesline.
COMMUNITY SERVICE – HS Student Government announced that over 250 cans of food and 15 big bags of rice were delivered to Thanksgiving was celebrated before break by the 3rd Nana’s House in Waimea. grade class and by all elementary grades. They would like to thank all students and families who plastic balls and barrel shapes and contributed to their food drive. The put them into cylindrical goals, classes that contributed the most are: some 36” tall. They compete with Kindergarten for elementary, 6th a randomly-assigned ally against grade for middle, and 9th grade for a randomly-assigned pair, and the high school. action is fast and sometimes rough.
The students have really outdone ROBOTICS – Thirty-one robotics themselves in designing, building, students and several adult mentors testing, and continually improving and chaperones are heading to the their robots. The high school team Pan-Pacific VEX tournament, which built two robots, so a challenge match is being held this Thursday through was held to determine which one Saturday at the Convention Center would compete. The honor went to ART –Congratulations to ninth in Honolulu. Fifteen members of the one designed and built by Lansen grade student, Imara Joroff, who high school team and 16 members Eto, ‘14, and Daniel Miller, ‘12. In recently won the Malama Pono of the middle school team are the spirit of gracious professionalism, “Kaua‘i Condom” art contest. Malama representing the runner-up, by Cy Whitlock, ‘12, Island will be lent to the Waimea team so School, each they can compete despite technical with their difficulties in finishing their own own robot. robot. Watch this space next week for Our group a report on the tournament! is traveling with teams from Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i and Waimea high schools, to join a total of 104 teams competing. This year’s game is very challenging; the robots Lansen Eto and Daniel Miller pose with the race to 2nd graders enjoyed a visit to the Coast Guard robot they built for the VEX tournament. pick up
Parent Page Mahalo to Parent Association Join us for an informative evening with
The Kaua‘i Police Department. Officers from the DARE program will be on hand to talk about ways to keep our kids safe and out of trouble.
• Curfews • Drug Use • Underage Drinking Thursday Jan. 12, 6 p.m. Childcare available.
Classified Ads ICE CREAM – Tropical Dreams Hawaiian Gourmet Ice Cream, operated by IS parents, Dan & Dorothy Miller, opens Saturday, December 3, at the Kaua‘i Village Shopping Center, next to Panda Express, near Safeway. Please help us spread the word! Hope to see our Island School ‘ohana stop by. ART CAFÉ HEMINGWAY: Located in an historic building in Kapa‘a, the former “Small Town Coffee,” we are offering real Italian espresso, small snacks, pretty things, comfortable surroundings and a gallery in the 2nd floor. Opening hours Tue - Sun 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. “An institution for the fine life.” Operated by IS parents, Marcus & Jana Boemer. KAUA‘I SINGS - CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK: Malama Pono’s Christmas bebefit concert, featuring some of the island’s best singers. Cash bar and food for purchase. For more info call Malama Pono at 808-246-9577. Tables are selling fast. MOVIE TICKETS: Mike Goto is helping Kaua‘i Boy Scouts with a fund raiser. Contact him to purchase
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♥ ♥ ♥ to the people who helped with the Kaua‘ibots Robotics imu fund raiser: Joey Caminos, Jim Cox, Sue Macklin, Lon Malapit, Susie Massaro, Kate Mink, Lexa MinkFlacco, Bridgette Orsatelli, Mary Pratt, Valerie Rivera, Mike Shimatsu, Marianne Silver, David Smith, Wayne Zebdza, and especially Charlene Steuri and Kelvin & Kathleen Ho. Also to the people who put on, advertised and helped with the Robotic’s swap meet sale: Daniel & Dorothy Miller, Theresa Duarte, Lon Malapit, Kirsten Malapit, Ivana Wu and Charlene Steuri. ♥ ♥ ♥ the cheerful and hard-working volunteers who participated at Island School’s November 19th Family Work Day: Kori King, Debra DeBusca, Gina Pearson, Sue Macklin, Luci Mendoza, Marjorie DeSouza, Donna King, Judy Byce, Peggy Ellenburg, Brad Suizu, Debra Blachowiak, Mike, Liz, Tanner, Madison & Savannah Hubbard, Keoni Kahn Macko, Lisa Kahn Macko, McIntoshes & Arnett, Adie Siebring, the Summerhays Family, Tim Bradley, Wes Cronk, Tom Shigemoto, Valerie Rivera, Alice Pajela, Joan Shaw, Fred, Caydice & Ally Pascual, Ross, Logan & Micah Asuncion, Bubba Chuckas, Katie & Thatcher Magoun, Christy Jo Williams, Kim McDonough, Daryl Edwards and Lulu Schilleci. And to Kaua‘i Nursery & Landscape for donating and delivering mulch and rock. ♥ ♥ ♥ Jayden Callahan for re-painting and re-freshing the keiki bathrooms. Come by and see her touched up original artwork! ♥ ♥ ♥ Alice Pajela for coordinating fittings, acquisition, and distribution of high school chorus wardrobe. ♥ ♥ ♥ Jason Blake for the donation of a color printer to the music department. ♥ ♥ ♥ Eugemar Manibog for supplying us with this year’s Slipper Tree!
tickets to Kukui Grove Cinema, good for all movies through the end of January. For every $8 ticket, $3 benefits Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow. Contact Mike at mike@ischool.org, or stop by his office. MUSIC RECITAL: First Annual Recital of the Hanalei School of Music. Performances by Tone II, OC/ DC, Violet Asuncion and more, followed by Elijah Lenhart, Jeff Caldwell, Kirk Smart and Paul Foti. Christmas Bazaar, refreshments and awards. Adults are $20 recommended donation; Keiki are free. Church of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 4, 4:30 p.m. Come and support music education on Kaua‘i. Call 652-7226 for more information.
Logo Store Holiday Sale
Scholastic Book Fair - This week 3-5pm
and Saturday 10am-3pm
Island School 3-1875 Kaumuali`i Hwy Lihu`e, Kaua`i, Hawai`i, 96766
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