Octobernew.2014

Holualoa Elementary School Newsletter
October 6th, 2 016
Principal
Glenn Gray
Holualoa School News
Upcoming
Events
Oct. 7- End of
first quarter
Oct. 10-14 Fall
Break
Oct.31-Nov. 7:
Parent Teacher
Conferences
(School releases
at 1:08 on these
days)
November 4
Fund Run
November 8:
Election Day
November 11:
Veterans Day
FUND RUN
Thank you for
continuing to
assist your child
in collecting
funds for
Holualoa School!
We appreciate
your support!
Happy October Holualoa Family! The school year is off to a great start!
Teachers and students :
There are many exciting happenings to share such as:
Holualoa School is continuing in the second year of
implementing the Success For All reading program.
Holualoa School continues to learn and teach the National
Common Core Standards of Math using “GO! Math” as the
chosen curriculum.
Holualoa School continues to offer a number of enrichment
resources to their students. These resources include Gardening,
Hawaiian Studies, Library, Computer classes, and Physical
Education.
Students are continuing the “Rock the walk” initiative as the
school has made a concentrated effort to make sure that all
students “safely” walk as they go to recess, lunch and back to
classes.
Student Drop Off Reminder
Holualoa staff continues to value the safety of our
students as a top priority. Please drop your child
off for school at the south end of Holualoa School
by the cafeteria after 7 am. Please do not drop
children off in the parking lots at the north end of
the school. This is so that our students can have
supervision during the hazardous morning traffic.
As always, thank you for driving with Aloha,
patience, and consideration for all of all the
children and adults here in the Holualoa Ohana.

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Holualoa Elementary
Holualoa School Mission and Vision
Holualoa School is excited to announce that we have agreed to adopt an updated
“Vision and Mission Statement.” This statement reflects the goal of teachers and
students at Holualoa School.
Holualoa Vision Statement: Kulia E Ka Nu’u {Strive for the Summit)
Holualoa Mission Statement:
Striving for excellence through:
Rigorous standards-based instruction
Education of the whole child
Preparing global citizens who exemplify empathy tenacity and resilience
Inspiring a lifelong love of learning
Parent Teacher Conferences
Please don’t forget to return your parent teacher conference forms
to your child’s teacher. This is so that your child’s teacher can schedule
a parent teacher conference for you. Parent teacher conferences will
be scheduled after school from October 31 through November 9 th .
School will end at 1:08 on those days. Your child’s teacher may discuss
your child’s progress with you, as well as goals for the year. Mahalo!
Fund Run
Our students are excited that our annual “FUND RUN” is coming up on
November 4. Please continue to monitor your child as they collect funds for
Holualoa School books, supplies, materials, and field trips. More
information is forthcoming. If you would like to help, we would appreciate
it!
To help with the fund run or other PTO activities, please email our
awesome Parent Teacher Organization at holualoaschoolpto@gmail.com.
Thank you!

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Continuous School Improvement Plan (WASC)
Holualoa School is busy working on a report for accreditation from the Western Association of Schools
and Colleges (WASC). The accreditation process is an ongoing, perpetual cycle. This cycle includes
assessment, planning, implementing, monitoring, and reassessment. The WASC accreditation process is
guided and assisted by self-study, visits, and follow-ups.
Our self-study is done in Home Groups, or grade level and Focus Groups. These groups were made by
teachers and staff who had interest in one of the 5 topics: Mission, Vision, and Leadership; Instruction;
Curriculum; Data and Assessment; and School Culture.
Our visit from the WASC administrators will take place in March. A team of 5 people will examine the
Holualoa School self-study. They will also look at our school to help us reflect further on where we are as a
school, where we want to be, and how we are going to get there. The follow-up piece is the school’s plan to
institute or alter existing programs and processes.
Families of Holualoa Elementary are encouraged to take part in this process. When a survey comes
home, please take the time to fill it out and return it. We are going to try something new this year and open
the computer lab during the Parent-Teacher Conferences. This is so that a new online survey can be
accessed. Thank you for supporting our school improvement plan in this way!
If you would like to get more involved in some of the discussions, please contact Linda Boranian,
Self-Study Coordinator by e-mailing her at linda_boranian@holualoa.k12.hi.us. Mahalo!
Heartfelt Mahalos from the Teachers and Staff
Ms. Kaho Aiona – Mahalo fifth grade `ohana for your continued support of your child’s learning. For more frequent
updates about our learning journey, join our Class Dojo!
Mrs. Lee Loy – Mrs. Lee Loy's class would like to thank the Coupe Ohana, Hui Hui Ohana and the Lau/Lindsey
Ohana for classroom supplies. We would like to thank the Bierman Ohana for donating two water tables for the
Kindergarten Grade Level. We would like to thank the Keiser Ohana for support in the classroom.
Miss Cook- Miss Cook's class would like to say a HUGE mahalo to the Craven and Furtado families for their
donations to the classroom. Also, thank you to everyone who has brought in birthday treats! So far we've had a great
year. ;.)
Mrs. Prinslow – Thank you to all of the family members who have been helping their child with their homework so
they can learn that together we will all help them succeed.
Mr. Rossman - Thank you to Karen Loudon for donating the hard-cover A.R. books to our classroom library. We
appreciate it!
Mrs. Rossman - Thank you: Congratulations to Healani Donager and Parker Felte for the Student of the Month awards
for Community Contributor. Congratulations also to those students who are reading AR books, writing reading
responses, and memorizing basic addition, subtraction multiplication and division facts. Thanks again for your
support. Don’t hesitate to email regarding questions or concerns.mariarossman@yahoo.com
Wishlist
Miss Cook- Miss Cook's class would love more Amazon, Costco, and Target gift cards for science supplies, pencil
sharpeners, and class prizes.
Mrs. Prinslow- Gift cards to buy science and art supplies.
Ms. Aiona- If you have any second hand or gently used books, we would greatly appreciate them, as we are trying to
build our classroom library. For our upcoming Mystery Science unit, we could use the following: 1 box of colored
sidewalk chalk, string (medium thickness), 6-12 two-inch styrofoam balls (from the crafting/floral section).
Ms. Lee Loy- We are still in need of 6x9 storage envelopes and cotton balls. We could use a bag of bird seed for an
upcoming activity. Mahalo!
Mrs. Rossman- I am hoping for 100% participation for parent conferences. I am looking forward to the opportunity
to share ideas to best serve your child. Thank you!