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December 5, 2013
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Pizza Night at Bobby V’s
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Sign Up Now for eScrip!
Help the Parent Association raise funds to continue providing special events such as Fall Round-Up, educational seminars, teacher appreciation events, PA Enhancement Awards and more. It’s easy to enroll. Visit www.escrip.com. With your Safeway card, you can help earn money for our students. Look for the group - Island School Parent Association, ID 7282482.
S/P/T Conferences Next Thursday and Friday
Student/Parent/Teacher conferences begin next Thursday, Dec. 12, at 12:30 p.m. and continue on Friday from 8:00 - 3:30 p.m. If you have not yet signed up, here’s how: • Grades PK-5: sign up with your child’s homeroom teacher. Signup sheets are located outside each classroom • Middle & High School: sign-up forms were emailed to you before Thanksgiving Break. Please contact the Office if you have any questions. Classes are dismissed before lunch on Thursday, Dec. 12 Dismissal for all students is 11:15. Buses depart at 11:25. Late bus leaves at 5:15. Santa’s Workshop from 11:153:00. Do Drop until 5:15. There will be no classes on Friday, Dec. 13.
Help the Island School chorus raise funds for their trip to O‘ahu for the Ho‘olokahi All-State High School Choral Festival. Tonight, Dec. 5, Bobby V’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria in Kapa‘a will donate 25% of patrons’ lunch or dinner tabs to the fundraising efforts of the Island School Chorus. Located on Kuhio Highway across from the Foodland plaza, Bobby V’s serves reasonably priced, authentic Italian meals prepared with the freshest locally available ingredients. Stop by on your way home from school or work and pick up dinner! Diners must turn in a flyer (see page 5) in order for the chorus to receive the donation.
Slipper Tree Needs Slippers
Each year, the Island School ohana donates new slippers to decorate our Norfolk pine in the elementary courtyard. This idea came to Joan Shaw from a friend back east whose school collected mittens in a similar way. Slippers can be of any size or color and will be donated to Hale Ho‘omalu for distribution to needy families. Slippers may be dropped off in the front Office.
The Mānoa Experience
You are invited to attend an informational meeting about the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) on the island of Kaua‘i. Learn about academic programs, campus life, and the many opportunities UHM
has to offer. Saturday, December 7, at the Kaua‘i Beach Resort from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. and heavy pupus will be provided. Prospective students need to register for the reception and can register directly online at manoaexperience-kauai.eventbrite.com.
Santa’s Workshop for PK-5
Student Government is organizing lunch and a festive holiday afternoon for children in PK-5. Registration deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 11 by 3:30 p.m. in the Office or at the table in the elementary courtyard. Online registration is also available at http:// diamondmindinc.com/island.html by midnight on Dec. 11. Just fill out the information on the top, scroll down to “Other” in the payment section, and specify “SANTA.” For more information, see the flyer on page 7.
Tomorrow Last Day for Book Fair
Open until 3:30 p.m. Get your holiday gifts and support the 5th graders’ trip to the Big Island.
“Gimme a Beat!” Choral Concert Dec. 11
“Gimme a Beat! Christmas 2013” showcases over 120 students from grades 4 through 12. Tickets are available at the Island School Office and at the KCC box office December 11, if space permits.
Tri 1 Report Cards Emailed Friday, Dec. 6
PK-12 parents and 6-12 students. Check your inboxes tomorrow afternoon.
To contact the publisher of Island School’s Parent Connection, email peggy@ischool.org