You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Echo</strong><br />
Parent Newsletter of <strong>Hickam</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Manzelman Circle • HAFB • Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 • Phone (808) 421-4148<br />
November 1, 2007<br />
Vol. 43, Number 4<br />
Thu, 1<br />
November’s Events<br />
Dept. of Health Flu Vaccination<br />
Kindergarten & Gr. 1 Field Trip, Kaimuki HS<br />
Fri, 9<br />
PTO Fall Fest, 5:00-8:00 pm<br />
Mon, 12<br />
Veterans’ Day Holiday<br />
Mon, 19<br />
SCC Meeting, 2:30 pm, library<br />
Nov. 23-24<br />
Thanksgiving Holiday<br />
Fri, 30<br />
Free Dress/Spirit Day: Culture Day<br />
JPO Movie Day, Pearlridge <strong>The</strong>ater<br />
Freedom Tower Lighting Ceremony<br />
December’s Events<br />
Dec. 3-14<br />
PCNC Toys for Tots Drive<br />
Mon, 10<br />
SCC Meeting, 2:30 pm, library<br />
PCNC Hawaiian Holiday Night, 5:30 pm,<br />
Dec. 11-13<br />
Parent Appreciation BOGO Book Fair, library<br />
Tue, 18<br />
Dept. of Health Flu Vaccination<br />
Thu, 20<br />
Free Dress/Spirit Day: Toys for Tots<br />
Cell Phone Advisement<br />
During school hours students must<br />
turn off their cell phones. Cell<br />
phone usage is limited to before<br />
and after school hours only.<br />
When a student is found using his/<br />
her cell phone during the school day, the cell<br />
phone will be confiscated. After school the<br />
student must report to the Office to reclaim<br />
his/her cell phone.<br />
Weekly Professional Learning<br />
Community Time for Teachers<br />
Each Wednesday from 12:35 - 1:35 p.m., the<br />
HES faculty is committed to participate in the<br />
school-wide Professional Learning Community<br />
(PLC) Time. PLC Time is<br />
scheduled to provide the<br />
teachers time to work on<br />
standards-based instruction.<br />
Parents are not to schedule<br />
any meetings with their<br />
children's teachers on<br />
Wednesday afternoons. PLC<br />
Time is an essential component of our<br />
school's commitment to continuous<br />
improvement. PLC Time cannot be<br />
compromised for the sake of our students.<br />
Field Trip Chaperone Parking<br />
Freedom Tower parking lot is reserved for HES faculty/staff.<br />
<strong>The</strong> five (5) "VISITOR" parking stalls are reserved for use<br />
by parents who are conducting business in the Office. Field<br />
Trip Chaperones are not allowed to park in the Freedom<br />
Tower parking lot. Chaperones are kindly asked to park on the right<br />
side on 8th Street or 9th Street. Everyone's cooperation is<br />
appreciated.<br />
http://www.hickam.k12.hi.us<br />
Page 1
2007 Freedom Tower Lighting<br />
<strong>Hickam</strong> Air Force Base advised that the<br />
annual Freedom Tower Lighting Ceremony will<br />
be held on Friday, November 30th.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Freedom Tower parking lot will be closed<br />
for a period of time during the month of<br />
November to enable the electrical crew to<br />
install the strings of holiday lights onto the<br />
tower. During this time the HES faculty, staff<br />
and parents are to park on the right side of 8th<br />
Street and 9th Street. <strong>The</strong> student DROP<br />
OFF/PICK UP will continue to be made on<br />
Manzelman Circle by the designated five (5)<br />
traffic cones which will allow 5 vehicles to<br />
unload/load student passengers. In addition,<br />
the bus area will not be affected by this event.<br />
NOTE: While the Freedom Tower parking lot<br />
is closed, the Special Education bus will<br />
unload/load student passengers in the<br />
LOADING ZONE FOR COMMERCIAL<br />
VEHICLES on Manzelman Circle. Thank you<br />
in advance for your patience and<br />
understanding. Happy Holidays!<br />
Wellness Guidelines<br />
<strong>The</strong> Department of Education (DOE)<br />
recognizes that there are links among nutrition<br />
education, the food served in schools, and the<br />
amount of physical activity. Student wellness<br />
is affected by all of these. <strong>The</strong> DOE also<br />
recognizes that when students’ wellness<br />
needs are met, they attain higher achievement<br />
levels.<br />
Please help by having your children make<br />
healthy snack choices, by bringing to school<br />
foods such as:<br />
Fruits<br />
Veggie sticks<br />
Trail mix<br />
Baked tortilla chips<br />
Applesauce, fruit cups<br />
Pretzels<br />
Yogurt<br />
Low-fat popcorn<br />
100% fruit juice instead of soda<br />
Test Your Nutrition I.Q.<br />
All good intentions aside, you know how easy it is to miss a meal, grab a fast-food lunch, or down a big<br />
portion. How much thought do you put into eating well?<br />
1. Do you eat breakfast every day? Yes No<br />
2. Do you eat three meals a day? Yes No<br />
3. Do you think about serving sizes? Yes No<br />
4. Do you eat late at night? Yes No<br />
ANSWERS:<br />
1. Breakfast provides energy and aids thinking. People who eat breakfast also tend to eat healthier<br />
foods -- with less fat and more minerals and vitamins -- throughout the day. Choose fruits, whole<br />
grains and low fat dairy products to start your day well.<br />
2. Eating three meals a day is a healthy approach, but people who eat four or five small meals<br />
throughout the day, instead of a lower number of large meals, may stay slimmer and more energized<br />
by better managing their appetites.<br />
3. Knowing standard serving sizes helps you judge how much you are eating. For example: A<br />
standard serving of cheese is the size of four dice. Severe dieting -- eating fewer than 800 calories<br />
per day -- can cause potentially fatal heart-rhythm problems.<br />
4. It is a myth that eating after 8 p.m. will make you fat. Your weight is determined by your total caloric<br />
intake and physical activity for the day -- no matter what time you eat. Losing too much weight<br />
(more than 3 pounds a week) can raise your risk of gallstones. If you are trying to shed some<br />
pounds, aim for a healthy weight loss of 1/2 to 2 pounds a week.<br />
Page 2
PCNC News<br />
I would like to thank all who participated in<br />
the PCNC sponsored Original Works Art<br />
Fundraiser. Art Night was a big<br />
hit and everyone had a great<br />
time. Students and parents<br />
had fun learning how to<br />
make watercolor flowers and<br />
Craypas (oil pastels) tropical scenes. A<br />
special thanks to the guest artists Ms. Ann<br />
Uyehara and Ms. Tracie Higashi for all their<br />
hard work and preparation time especially<br />
during parent-teacher conferences. I also<br />
appreciate all the teachers who completed<br />
art projects in their classroom for this special<br />
art fundraiser. <strong>The</strong> fundraiser was very<br />
successful, thanks to all our wonderful<br />
parents, and the money raised will be used<br />
for upcoming JPO events, chorus<br />
productions and the PCNC volunteer<br />
appreciation breakfast.<br />
On November 9th, the <strong>Hickam</strong> PTO will be<br />
sponsoring the Annual Fall Festival and the<br />
PCNC will have the Yearbook Buddy Photos<br />
again. <strong>The</strong> cost will be a $1.00 a person and<br />
the funds raised will help lower the cost of<br />
the full-colored yearbook. Don’t miss out on<br />
the fun!<br />
Kristy Ortega<br />
Parent Facilitator/Transition Coordinator<br />
<strong>School</strong> Community Council<br />
<strong>The</strong> next meeting for the SCC<br />
will be held on Monday 19 th<br />
November at 2.30 p,m, in the<br />
school library. If you would<br />
like an issue to be discussed<br />
at the meeting, please fill out<br />
an “Input Form”. <strong>The</strong>se can be obtained at the<br />
front office or online at the SCC’s recently<br />
updated page at: www.hickam.k12.hi.us/scc<br />
Completed forms can be returned either to the<br />
front office or via email to the SCC Chairperson,<br />
Sharon Steggerda, at:<br />
rsteggerda@hotmail.com .<br />
Please use our website (above) or the bulletin<br />
board on the side of the cafeteria to keep up<br />
to date with meeting times, agenda’s and<br />
minutes and contact information.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> SCC’s primary role is to participate in the<br />
process that ensures that the needs of all<br />
students are specifically addressed in the overall<br />
education plan for the school.”<br />
All SCC meetings are open to the community<br />
and it is a great way to get involved in your<br />
child’s education.<br />
“Education is the most powerful weapon which<br />
you can use to change the world” (Nelson<br />
Mandela)<br />
CDC Parking Lot: Off-Limits<br />
In recent weeks the Child Development Center parents are<br />
unable to find any parking in the CDC parking lot during<br />
the morning drop-off time. In an effort to be "good<br />
neighbors", <strong>Hickam</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> parents are to park their<br />
vehicles on the right side of 8th Street and 9th Street.<br />
CDC parking lot is off-limits to the HES parents.<br />
Page 3
PTO Fall Festival<br />
Friday, November 9th, from 5:00-8:00 p.m.<br />
Come join the PTO and Faculty for a fun-filled evening. <strong>The</strong>re will be games, delicious<br />
foods, Jamba Juice, entertainment, the balloon bounce, fire train rides, and a silent<br />
auction.<br />
EARLY CHRISTMAS shopping! What a great way to beat the crowds and support your<br />
child’s classroom. Here are just some of the items/theme that will be there:<br />
• Hot Lava Glass artwork<br />
• Hawaiian household decorations<br />
• Family Fun and Learning Night (games, certificates, etc …)<br />
• Air Force<br />
• Chocolate Lovers<br />
• Fiesta Time<br />
Please remember to bring lawn chairs to enjoy the entertainment and also a<br />
nonperishable food item to ride the fire train. <strong>The</strong> donated items will be given to the<br />
Honolulu Food Bank.<br />
<strong>Hickam</strong> <strong>School</strong> has been participating in<br />
Radford Complex volleyball activities for the<br />
past 11 years. This year's team did well,<br />
finishing with a 4-3 record.<br />
HES went 3-2 at the complex tournament.<br />
Things began well w/a 30-17 win over<br />
Makalapa. <strong>The</strong> Falcons were behind 6-15,<br />
but Dillon Courtwright served out the game<br />
to make the final score 30-17. A taller, more<br />
athletic Mokulele beat HES 19-30, but<br />
<strong>Hickam</strong> recovered with a 30-16 defeat of<br />
Pearl Harbor. HES then beat PHK for the<br />
first time in 3 years 30-23, but fell to<br />
Aliamanu 30-18 in game 5. Aliamanu was<br />
the only team to successfully utilize all three<br />
hits per possession.<br />
<strong>Hickam</strong> then finished with a 2 game set at<br />
Mokulele on October 15. No score was kept,<br />
but the teams split games - whichever team<br />
had the blustery breezes at its back won.<br />
<strong>Hickam</strong> Volleyball Report<br />
Thank you to the participating students:<br />
H8: Hanna Velez, Mercedes Deets,<br />
Hannah Skendziel<br />
H11: Brittany Greene, Zach Johnson<br />
C17: Samantha Lane, Maile Spenser,<br />
Kylee Porto, Robert Reese<br />
C18: Breayana Williams, Taylor Williams,<br />
Cassidy Gardner, Jeff Jurgensmeier,<br />
Dillon Courtwright<br />
C19: Bailee Hughes, Peyton Killen<br />
Positive attitudes/team spirit / great work<br />
ethic made coaching the team a<br />
very pleasant experience.<br />
Thank you also to Coach Tara<br />
Skendziel for assisting at every<br />
practice and for volunteer parents<br />
who helped drive the team on October 15.<br />
Mahalo plenty,<br />
John Oyakawa<br />
Page 4
Students of<br />
the 1st<br />
Quarter<br />
Students of C-12<br />
Mrs. Benton<br />
Gabrielle Hernandez<br />
Pre-Kindergarten<br />
Mrs. Lear/E6<br />
Nathan Hale<br />
Mrs. Bridges/E7<br />
Tyler Penley<br />
Claire Fedele<br />
Kindergarten<br />
Mrs Williams. /F1<br />
Emily Purington<br />
Jorid Munoz<br />
Analysse Hamlett<br />
Ms. Beaudet/F2<br />
Kendall Atkins<br />
Chase Daack<br />
Ka`eo Swartzmiller<br />
Ms. Kaholokula/F3<br />
Davis Wolf<br />
Emily Johnson<br />
Faith Aguilarleon<br />
Mrs. Maida/I4<br />
Hunter Shapiro<br />
Xavier Hendricks<br />
Grace Balda<br />
Mrs. Krueger/I5<br />
Connor Colaw<br />
Emma Flint<br />
Alyssa Selander<br />
1st Grade<br />
Ms. Hall/K1<br />
Amanda Penley<br />
Elisabeth Nylander<br />
Jackson Morrow<br />
Ms. Oyamada/K2<br />
Genevieve Bogue<br />
Alexis Walker<br />
Shyann McDonald<br />
This student recognition is based upon students’ demonstration of the<br />
3 BEs (Be Safe ... Be Respectul ...Be Responsible)<br />
and General Learner Outcomes throughout the first quarter.<br />
Mrs. Mineshima/K3<br />
Natalie Graham<br />
Lily Flint<br />
Chad Ortega<br />
Ms. Pang/K4<br />
Madison Frazier<br />
Nathali Tigas<br />
Marcus Van Hoof<br />
Mrs. Skoda/K5<br />
Ryan Dague<br />
Maggie Price<br />
Elizabeth Graham<br />
2 nd Grade<br />
Mrs. Knopp/K7<br />
Catherine Fiquett<br />
Galen Hanby<br />
Ling Shapiro<br />
Mr. Guerrera/K8<br />
Andrew Benson<br />
Mitchell Fauber<br />
Amanda Zubowicz<br />
Ms. Uyehara/K9<br />
Ariana Delgado<br />
Isabelle Ferneding<br />
Ikaika Balda<br />
Mrs. Yanagi/K10<br />
Keilani Swartzmiller<br />
Christina Schiffert<br />
Mac Smith<br />
Ms. Kawano/P8<br />
Colin Jones<br />
Gabriel Byczkowski<br />
Emily Kemp<br />
Mrs. Yamakawa/P9<br />
Kaylor Hockman<br />
Lisa Purington<br />
Dillon Martin<br />
3rd Grade<br />
Mrs. Joerger/P1<br />
Daniela Clark<br />
Brannan Cliver<br />
Lauren Lopez-Ota<br />
Mrs. Hadden/P2<br />
Kaitlyn Justo<br />
Jackson Garner<br />
Jacob Panaro<br />
Ms. Rabin/P3<br />
Devin Bugado<br />
Bryan Duffey<br />
Blaikney Frazier<br />
Mr. Hamana/P4<br />
Jacob Shapiro<br />
Kathryn Wolf<br />
Seuraya Morgan<br />
4 th Grade<br />
Ms. Staley/C14<br />
Mekayla Berringer<br />
Justyn Golobic<br />
Kristina Springer<br />
Ms. Sasaki /C15<br />
Matthew Fauber<br />
Nicolle Holgate<br />
Rachel Pierce<br />
Mrs. Haefele/C16<br />
Andrew Brewer<br />
Allison Hayes<br />
Maddie Fiquett<br />
Mrs. Anduha/P5<br />
Jenna Lee<br />
Effie Gibbs<br />
Megan Purington<br />
5 th Grade<br />
Mrs. Yoshikawa/H8<br />
Meghan Duffey<br />
Sierra Porath<br />
Logan Skinner<br />
Mrs. Tanabe-Clark/H9<br />
Amber Rossi<br />
Courtney Cauldwell<br />
Carlyann Butz<br />
Mr. Sakata /H11<br />
Carli Hluska<br />
Catherine Malone<br />
Scott Williamson<br />
6 th Grade<br />
Mr. Chatani/C17<br />
Samantha Lane<br />
Stephanie Schiffert<br />
Robert Reese<br />
Ms. Tim/C18<br />
Gabrielle Clouse<br />
Katherine Deal<br />
Ryan Ward<br />
Mrs. Gibbs/C19<br />
Hailee Barrett<br />
Peyton Killen<br />
Isabelle Fernandez<br />
KULIA I KA<br />
NU’U<br />
Strive for the<br />
highest<br />
Page 5
Change language