Apri l 2019 Newslet ter

Message from Administration Aloha CKMS Ohana:

With a little under 7 weeks of school remaining, our year together is rap-

idly coming to an end! The older we get, the faster time seems to fly! Take a mo-

ment as we enter this last quarter of the 2018/19 school year to take a long look at

your child, do you see the growth he/she has made this year? We see our students

have matured physically, socially and academically. We are proud of their ac-

complishments and look forward to watching them continue to blossom.

This month our newsletter celebrates our CKTV/Media students who re-

cently returned from Seattle with honors from the Student Television Network

competition. Mr. Matsunaga’s students continue to earn many awards for their

outstanding work. We are also looking forward to our Spring Concerts and the

opportunity to enjoy and appreciate the growth of our students in the Music De-

partment led by Ms. Tochiki and Mr. Gonzales. The wide variety of interest-

based electives CKMS students have to explore are part of what makes the Mid-

dle School experience special. For the first time, students have a choice of which

classes to take. They also begin to exercise autonomy while exploring personal

interests and possible career choices. Our teachers and students are living exam-

ples of our May Day theme this year “He e'epa ke aloha, he kula'ilua (Love goes

two ways- to love and to be loved.) Please join us on Wednesday, May 29th from

9am –10:30am to celebrate May Day.

Third quarter progress reports have been sent home. Your child must

earn passing grades in his/her four core subjects (English, Math, Social Studies &

Science) to be promoted to the next grade. Please contact your child’s teacher(s)

to discuss any concerns you may have about your child’s academic progress.

Our eighth graders began the second round of the Smarter Balanced As-

sessment (SBA) in Science the week of April 1st. Mathematics and reading will

follow in the coming weeks. The test measures your child’s proficiency on the

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in Reading and Math and on the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards

(HCPS III) in Science. By working together we can ensure your child’s test experience is positive and successful. Here

are some ways you can help your child succeed:

· Make sure your child gets a good night’s rest

· Ensure your child eats a healthy breakfast at home or in the cafeteria at school

· Make sure your child arrives at school on time

· Gently encourage your child to do his or her best

Please join us on April 25th for our School Community Council community meeting at 5:30pm in the CKMS

Cafeteria.

We care about each and every child, and celebrate their growth as Middle School students!

Ms. Morris, Mr. Carvalho, Ms. Stein, and Mrs. Badua

Issue 9

CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI M IDDLE SCHOOL Inside this Issue:

4431 Nuhou Street

Lihue, HI 96766

Phone: (808) 241-3200

www.ckms.k12.hi.us

Fee Payments 2019-20 SY 2

Parent Night-SCC Community

Meeting & Summer Programs 2

Mayor’s Track Meet 2

May Day 2

Color Run 3

Super Scientist

Chorus Concert & Fundraiser

Domino’s Fundraiser for PBIS

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CKMS Media Victory

CKMS Media

CKMS Office News

2019-20 Welcome Letter

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April Menus 8

Principal’s List 9

Honor Roll 10-11

Cafeteria News & Healthy Diet

Summer Program Links

8th Grade Banquet

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Calendar of Events

Contact Information

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Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Page 2

Please join us for our

Parent Night

to review and participate in the

SCC Community Meeting &

Summer Programs (links on p.10) on Thursday, April 25, 2019 in the

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Cafeteria

Meeting from 5:30—6:30pm.

May Day & Practice Please mark your calendars to join us on Wednesday, May 29th from 9am –10:30am for the CKMS

May Day Celebration in the Kilohana Playcourt.

The May Day theme this year “He e'epa ke aloha, he kula'ilua (Love goes two ways- to love and to

be loved.)

The May Day court have been practicing their Dance. Girl’s May Day dance practice will be on

Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch in F-203. Boy’s practice is (M-F, except W) in the Library during

reading, if excused, and Lunch.

Early Bird Fee Payment Early Fee collection - April 15-May 31, 2019

No payments will be accepted after May 31st

Fee collection Day - July 18, 2019 from 8:00am -

12noon - afternoon session: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

School lunch and bus payments will be accepted on

that day.

Mayor’s Track Meet Congratulations to all the competitors at the Mayor’s Track meet on April 7th. CKMS students placed THIRD

overall on that beautiful, sunny afternoon. CKMS received many awards, including a tie for the Most Oustanding

Boy award this year going to 8th grader- Hekili Dizol.

Awards for our 8th Graders: Hekili Dizol won the Standing Broad Jump, the 100M, and the 50M run. Cade Myers

took 3rd place in both the 800M and the 200M races. Kamaira Silva took 4th place in the 800M and 4th place in

the 400M races. She also placed 4th in the 400M relay, partnered with 7th graders Alexis Ogihara, Mielle-Keiko

Guya & Marina Jovanovic. Matthew Gabriel placed 5th in the Softball throw and 6th place in the 50 M run.

For our 7th Graders: Elias Pereira took first place in the 50M and second place

in the 100M. Aaliyah Nero placed 2nd in the 200M run, 3rd in the 50M race,

and 4th place in the 800M. Also, for the 400M Relay, Aaliyah Nero, Marina

Jovanovic, Alexis Ogihara, & Mielle-Keiko Guya took 6th place.

6th graders Ahanu Truong placed 5th in the Standing Broad Jump and Karlee-

Rose Keale placed 3rd in the Softball throw.

Ribbons and Medals distribution to be announced.

Other competitors were Hiilawe Banasihan, Syler Nero, Elisha Kelley, and

Mikaelah Ragus-Valmoja. Great Effort from All Student Participants!

Issue 9 Page 3

Recently on March 30th, 2019, our CKMS Team Unify class organized, planned out,

and hosted a color run. The color run was created in order to bring people of our com-

munity together in a fun and unique activity. Our CKMS Team Unify class was able to

raise about six thousand dollars. The money will fund our Special Olympics athletes to

travel to the state games on Oahu Memorial Day weekend. This color run exceeded our

expectations. More people attended than expected and we were very happy to see our

Kauai community coming together to celebrate acceptance and inclusion. We had about

two hundred donors and participants. We hope to continue to spread acceptance and

inclusion throughout our community with more activities like this one. We would like

to thank everyone who participated, donated and supported our cause. We would not be

able to accomplish this without the help of our community.

Team Unify Color Run

Advisory

Class with

the most

tickets sold

wins a

Pizza

Party!

Ms. Wallis’s

Class is in

the Lead!

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PBIS Fundraiser Tickets Available Please Pre-purchase DoughRaiser Tickets for a 2 topping Medium Pizza.

Only $10 each. ( over $15.50 value)

Great for gifts and quick dinners!

Help support Positive Behavior in CKMS.

Be Prompt *Be Polite *Be Productive *Be Prepared

For purchase, please place envelope with Check to CKMS and student

name

in Mrs. Hreljac’s Box in the office.

The student will receive the receipt and tickets by the next day.

Jennifer Hreljac (808)635-9754 Jennifer_Hreljac@eckms.k12.hi.us

Super Scientist

Congratulations again to Priscilla Matthews, who won Third Place in the

Hawaii State Science & Engineering Fair - Junior Division - Physics & Astronomy

She also won the Office of Naval Research Medallion

and was nominated to participate in Broadcom Masters National Competition for her

project on Celestial Observations using the

Ancient Polynesian Navigation Method!

CKMS Chorus Concert

Please join us for the year end Chorus Concert on Thursday, May 16th at 6:30pm in the Kauai

Community College Auditorium.

Also, please help out the CKMS Chorus Fundraiser by purchasing Sudz Car Wash tickets for

$13 from Mr. Gonzales. These tickets never expire!

www.Dominos.com

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Students in the Advanced Media Productions Club (CKTV Media) recently returned

from a trip to Seattle, Washington, to attend the 2019 Student Television Network

National Convention held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Students competed against

their peers in a number of video competitions in which they had 2-8 hours to com-

plete a video on a given prompt. The Movie Trailer team, consisting of 8th grader

Evan Batalucco and 7th graders Via Javinar, Colton Mills, and Clara South-Carapetyan took home the 3rd place

award. In the Crazy 8s competition where students had just 8 hours to complete a news magazine show, our

CKTV students won the 1st place award and repeated as the national champs after winning last year's 1st place

award as well. The team consisted of 8th graders Kate Nakamura, Haiey Arakaki, Shayne Shibuya, and 7th

graders Colton Mills, Stella Blanchard, Natalee Zyskowski, Jeanine Longboy, Aaliyah Nero, Via Javinar, Khris-

tine Pasion, and Clara South-Carapetyan. In addition to the competition, students participated in breakout ses-

sions led by industry professionals, they toured college campuses at Seattle University and the University of

Washington, and got a chance to go tubing in the snow! The entire class wants to thank our CKMS staff, teach-

ers, students, and families for their support throughout the year in the many fundraisers that they held to help get

them to Seattle.

CKTV Media Victory

CKMS Band Concert

Please join us for the year end Band Concert on Thursday, May 8th at 7:00pm in the Convention

Hall.

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Page 6

CKMS Front Office News

Please welcome Tulsea “Loke” Ellamar and

Kanani Okala Makekau to our Office Staff.

CKMS Media Shines in

‘Olelo Youth XChange Video Competition

CKTV had a record of 6 videos that were selected as the

top three finalists in the state in the 2019 ‘Olelo Youth XChange

Video Competition. 13 students will be traveling to Oahu to at-

tend the awards (paid for by the CKTV Media Class) to see if

they've won later this month. The students are 8th graders Haley

Arakaki, Natalie Lett, Kate Nakamura, Shayne Shibuya, and

Keith Villanueva, and 7th graders Stella Blanchard, Via Javinar, Jeanine Longboy,

Colton Mills, Aaliyah Nero, Khristine Pasion, Clara South-Carapetyan, and Natalee Zy-

skowski. http://olelo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/19YXC-Finalists-by-Category_REV-copy.pdf

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Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School April Menus

Page 8

Kalo/Poi Yogurt Par-

fait with Granola and

pineapple Kalo & Poi provided

by Aloha Aina Poi

Company

Issue 9 Page 9

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School is proud to recognize its Quarter 3 Principal’s List for School Year 2018-

2019. These students have demonstrated excellence in applying concepts and skills towards producing high quality

work. Their effort to attain grade point averages of 4.0 for the Principal’s List distinction is worthy of commendation.

3rd Quarter Principal’s List

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

Amalia Abigania

Tyler Aguano

Adeline Bechard

Keira Caoagas

Jenesis Carvalho

Gareson Carveiro

Jazlyn Corpuz

Jessica Erorita

Bella Esposito

Matthew Estrada

Luke Gandeza

Lauryn Hashimoto

Kai Haughey

Shyan Hughes

Erin Hunt

Shanelle Juliano

Kuuanu Kaneko

Heiley Kikuchi

Mikylah Labanon

Hailey Martinez

Tristan McDaniel

Noah Moises

Leia Mokiao-Higashi

Miguel Munoz

Jaevyn Navarro

Kealohilani Pau

Ryana Puni

Lea Ramos

Venice Tadena

Angeli Tolosa

Paul Nigel Agcaoili

Chenelle Mae Andres

Myscha Leigh Anuada

Aukai Arruda

Liliana Baldera-Erichsen

Ceanne Baliaris

Keira Bartholomew

Aubrey Bechard

Olivia Blackmer

Stella Blanchard

Destiny Grace Braceros

Jasmine Calano

Elias Casillas

Daniel Castle

Rachel Chidester

Mahina Dameron

Nyla Davis

Cole Diamond

Elijah Guirao

Mari Hinazumi

Savannah Hubbard

Makayla Karimi

Talen Koerte

Jeanine Longboy

Aveda Maligro

Roselie Anne Marquez

Sophie Matsuda

Priscilla Marie Matthews

Canyon Niccore

Venisa Nitta

Mackenzye Palalay-Mariano

Kaimana Poulton

Khelcie Rosa

Adrianne James Ruz

Sofia Saunders

Willsendane Soriano

Sophia Stein

Aliyah Taba

Kaiea Trask

Abigail Udarbe

Natalee Zyskowski

Joei Acob

Hunter Akita

Naia Boudreau

Charles Brown III

Emma Burgess

Kylee Camungao

Jeresen Dikilato

Angelica Duyanen

Malia Ebueng

Matthew Fontaine

Fiona Godsill

Blake Hironaka

Kenneth Hironaka

Jase Hoff

Leigh Idica

Kaiao Meyer

Waipuna Olores

Charles ONeill

Jaclyn Oshiro

Kadee Parubrub

Jaymie-Lee Peralta

Anika Reiss-Landreau

Jadelyn Reynolds

Jacob Rich

Shayne Shibuya

Janna Tadena

Emma Terheggen-Hayes

Ciaralan Tolentino

Logan Tugade

Laurent Keith Villanueva

Molly Wallace

Elise Yukimura

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School is proud to recognize its Quarter 3 Honor Roll

students for School Year 2018-2019. These students have demonstrated excellence in applying concepts

and skills towards producing high quality work. Their effort to attain grade point averages of 3.5 to 3.99 for the Honor

Roll is worthy of commendation.

3rd Quarter Honor Roll Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Page 10

Grade 6 Grade 6 Grade 7

Teighlor Abreu

Ezra Akamine

Michaela Alcaraz

Hiilawe Banasihan

Wayson Brede

Trishelle-Joy Calzada

Emily Chism

Jason Cope

Mio Gonzales

Kaylyn Gray

Kaya Hughes

Bryant Keep

Tai Mana Kjeldsen

Neva Leung

Crislen Padilla

Raiden Ragasa

Alayna Simpson

Rose Titus Garner

Mia Carano

Alii Andres

Emerik Asuncion

Althea Ballesteros

Aysha Berry

Xu Rong Chen

Chaz Corona

Dynielle Decker

Carly Dela Cruz

Rylie Donahoe

Natalie Etrata

Violeta Finch

Turner Harr

Curran Ibbs

Clara Lau

Katelyn Lopes

Princess Monje

Andriana Perreira

Anela Quintero

Andrew Sadamitsu

Kulia Soares

Nainoa Hirokane

Karlee-Rose Keale

Khryziane Benas

Kalvin Cadiz

Kelise Kaaihue

Madden Labrador-Hardesty

Kamalei Manibog

Daniel Morales

Hailee Omi

Keanu Perreira-Inouye

Taira Samiano-Oliveira

Andres Sanchez

Rocco Sand

Jai Santa Maria

Coral Turner

Christian Vito

Victoria Capuy-Gray

Kulea Kauwe

Maya Sahut-Henry

Kasen Goias-Abrigo

Preston Cadiente

Dylan Finch

Brandon Hadley Jr.

Vincent Lizzio

Mikayla Lumabao

Elena Madeira

Brayden Mira

Julius Naanep

Eryn-Mei Nakaahiki

Perrin Owens

Kaedyn Santiago

Abygail Simao

Ahanu Truong

Kimiko Tsukamoto

Elijah Adams

Kawehi O' Kekai Alayvilla

Riley Carl

Isabel Fontaine

Gabriel Go

Maddison Hubbard

Via Javinar

Kaori Koerte

Kamryn Matsuyama

Colton Mills

Luis Munoz

Alexis Ogihara

Joshua Rego

Rilee Servantes

Xaedan Valdez

Mailani Yamamoto

Dane Yamauchi

Michael Yoshioka

Keala Banasihan

Allison Agpaoa

Makanani Aki

Jayden Alfiler

Blaze Arzadon

Alexa Chong Tim-Balagat

Hunter Corpuz

Espn Dela Cruz-Acob

Erika Gandia

Delaila Ikeda

Marina Jovanovic

Manoa McLoughlin

Khristine Pasion

Tematahira Perreira

Makana Silva

Tennacie Simao

Clara South-Carapetyan

Emalie Stephens

Lia Vidinha

Taylor Visaya

Christie Yago

Kaidyn Yago

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School is proud to recognize its Quarter 3 Honor Roll

students for School Year 2018-2019. These students have demonstrated excellence in applying concepts

and skills towards producing high quality work. Their effort to attain grade point averages of 3.5 to 3.99 for the Honor

Roll is worthy of commendation.

3rd Quarter Honor Roll Page 11 Issue 9

Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 8

Elijah Adams

Kawehi O' Kekai Alayvilla

Riley Carl

Isabel Fontaine

Gabriel Go

Maddison Hubbard

Via Javinar

Kaori Koerte

Kamryn Matsuyama

Colton Mills

Luis Munoz

Alexis Ogihara

Joshua Rego

Rilee Servantes

Xaedan Valdez

Mailani Yamamoto

Dane Yamauchi

Michael Yoshioka

Keala Banasihan

Allison Agpaoa

Makanani Aki

Jayden Alfiler

Blaze Arzadon

Alexa Chong Tim-Balagat

Hunter Corpuz

Espn Dela Cruz-Acob

Erika Gandia

Delaila Ikeda

Marina Jovanovic

Manoa McLoughlin

Khristine Pasion

Tematahira Perreira

Makana Silva

Tennacie Simao

Clara South-Carapetyan

Emalie Stephens

Lia Vidinha

Taylor Visaya

Christie Yago

Kaidyn Yago

Christopher-Rey Dela Cruz Jr.

Abegail Pascual

Mikayla Alonzo

Jessa Balauro-Constantino

Roshena Bolusan

Bryan Brown

Kaelyn Canavan

Linkin Claytor

Kayla Alissa Fernandez

John Paul Galise

Sabina Gomez

Dante Moniz

Luke Morales

Edyn-Raquel Nakaahiki

Mikayla Pacheco-Villanueva

BJ Tristan Bersamira

Isabella Coffey

Colby Kiyono

Isaiah Lacambra

Kristen Ortiz

Skyla Anderson

Adam Bueno

Bruce Campbell

Kaliah Corpuz

Sarah Ford

Sequoia Pama

Angelina Pinnock

Kaumakakaihuia Sanchez

Lexie Shinn

Evelyn Stuerke

Ayzia Aceret-Coloma

Haley Arakaki

Tristin Asuncion

Brea Lee Bautista

Robin Correa III

Liliana De Souza

Matthew Gabriel

Emerson Harr

Tanner Hubbard

Jonathan Lau

Jayden Matsunaga

Marissa Matsushige

Jubilee Mexia

Emiely Motilla

Kate Nakamura

Jacob Reese

Austin Renaud

Tory Simon

Kaytin Taba

Christian Thompson

Haley Zina

Keyan Fort

Kelsey Kai

Victoria Perreira

Grace Aguilera

Hans Burkman

Karylle Cabacungan

Aaliyah Cadiente-Numazawa

Brennen Corregedore

Sierra Cun-Lara

Joshua Erorita

Qiare Furuta

Angelu Ganotisi

Lyla GaNun

Khiani Garcia

Dawson Hatton

Ty Kajihara

Logan Lagazo

Kailee Lapitan

Natalie Lett

Tagen Maligro

Tehillah Matsusaka

Aidan Medeiros

Jaley Medeiros

Lukas Myers

Angeline Nizo

Lilia Ramos

Karl Raquinio

Janine Salud

Jacqueline Sanchez-Mendoza

Joleina Cumlat

Gabrielle Dailey

Kailene Efhan

Toyoko Merep

Vilbert Oligo

Reyson Goias-Abrigo

Kamaira Silva

Evan Batalucco

Arianna Bukoski

Violet Bunce

Brayden Cadiz

Jeremiah Garcia

Joshua Ibaan

Shania Kelley

Kyler Konishi

Kayley-mae Michael

Trenton Morgan

Cade Myers

Kyrie Nuivo

Jasmine Saguid

Kaimi Silva

Kenzie Stambaugh

Chris Udarbe

Brent Ballesteros

Liana Ganotisi

Jalena Haas

Saijeah Kashiwabara

Laesha Kolo

Kyle Rapozo

Makoa Berton-Villaflor

Jessie Goo

Boston Gregory

Terah Kerwin

Mary Marney

Ian Rapozo

Franzine Santiago

Kyllie Sasaki

Tiare Siliado-Pereza

Hasim Tarik

Japheth Titus Garner

Sophia Tobler

Halea Ventura

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School

Questions or Comments? Please

contact Jennifer Hreljac at 241-3200 or send

an e-mail to:

Calendar of Events April

19 No School (Good Friday)

25 School Community Council & Summer Pro

grams Parent Night 5:30pm

May

7 Teacher Appreciation Day

8 Band Concert at Convention Hall 7:00pm

16 Chorus Concert at KCC 6:30pm

27 No School (Memorial Day)

31 Last day of School

August

5 First day of School (2019-2020

school year for 7th & 8th Graders

only)

6 First day of School (2019-2020

school year for 6th Graders only)

7 All Grades attend school (Wednesday

class ends at 1:15pm)

8th Grade Banquet 8th Grade Banquet is May 31st. Paperwork has

been given to all 8th grade students. Tickets

are $28/person.

It would be wonderful if all eligible 8th Grade

Students were able to attend.

If you are able to help others, please

call Ms. Brittaney Imade at 241-3205 ext. 307

to let her know!

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Summer Program Links Please attend the April 25th Parent Night/SCC Com-

munity Meeting to learn of local Summer Programs.

Also, feel free to contact the various options in Kauai

Family Magazine

https://kauaifamilymagazine.com/kauai-summer-fun-guide/

KCC Kids College is offering excellent programs

also

https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/office-of-continuing-

education/onsite-courses/college-for-kids

CAFETERIA NEWS

Please check your Student’s lunch balances - all bal-

ances should be cleared before the end of the school

year.

WHAT IS A HEALTHY DIET?

Eating a healthy diet doesn’t have to be overly com-plicated. While some specific foods or nutrients have been shown to have a beneficial effect on mood, it’s your overall dietary pattern that is most important. The cornerstone of a healthy diet pattern should be to replace processed food with real food whenever possible. Eating food that is as close as possible to the way nature made it can make a huge difference to the way you think, look, and feel. Our CKMS Cafeteria provides healthy breakfast and lunch for our students. Our students will be able to enjoy our Local Harvest of the Month

Breakfast on April 17th. This will consist of:

Kalo/Poi Yogurt Parfait. Vanilla yogurt layered with fresh diced Kalo, topped with Pineap-

ple, fresh Poi & sprinkled with Granola The Kalo & Poi is being

provided by our Kauai owned Local company "Aloha Aina Poi

Company"