egret talk story may 20, 2010 - mililani uka elementary school
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Egret Talk StoryMay 20, 2010
Mililani Uka Elementary School Phone: 627-7303 Fax: 627-7387
Attendance Line 627-7303 ext 400Website: www.mililaniuka.com
Principal’s Corner
Dear Parents and Friends:
In spite of our furloughs, our students have had many wonderful learning experiences this year. Our teachers have worked very hard to provide the best educational experiences for your children. However, we could not do it without your help and support. We appreciate your participation in our Kid Biz and Raise A Reader challenges by helping your children at home. Your attendance at our school events, like our parent evenings, Curriculum Fair, and Spring into Reading has been tremendous. Your help with volunteering for field trips and classroom events made these events possible. Thank you to everyone who ordered from our fall and spring fundraisers, and contributed to all of our recycling projects.
We want to extend a very special thank you to our community partners: * Mililani Lions Club, Mililani Sunrise Rotary, Papa John’s Pizza, Mc Donald’s of Mililani and the 84th Engineers for the time and resources for specific programs in the school. *To Representative Ryan Yamane who is helping us find funds for our kindergarten playground equipment and to renovate our stage.
I want to especially thank our outgoing SCC Council and Hui ‘O Mililani Uka Board members for all their hard work this past year.
Current students in grades 2-5 students can continue their learning by using Kid Biz and students in grade 3-5 may continue to use the Math Whizz program over the summer. In addition, they can use a new program called SOAR to help them with reading and math skills. Let’s all keep on learning this summer.
We wish a very fond aloha to our families and staff that will be leaving us. We hope that your experiences here at Mililani Uka have been positive ones and you will take with you great memories of our school.
Working together we make Mililani Uka a special place of learning! Have a wonderuful summer!
Much Aloha,
Heather Wilhelm, Principal
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April Recognition Assembly Honorees
Teacher Ha’aheo(Best effort in all areas)
Na Hoku(Most improved in one area)
Baker Ethan YonemuraTao Travis Kalua Logan GuzonK-Kaminaga Skye Navarro & Kyan Okamura Nahe Esteron & Kaydenn Fukumoto
Uyemura Romeo Lem & Dominic Arquette Katie Dennison & Kincade Morimoto
Fujino Jai Foote & Isaiah Allen
Le Keira Higgins & Tytus Tanaka Keira Higgins & Tytus Tanaka
Roybal Gianna VanBlyenburg Kallie Curtis
Nolan Ortega & John Silva-Leuma
Fairbanks/Ono Micah Rapes-Esclito & Rain Loo Jayde Radona-YamamotoMalachi Tupa’i
1-Kishimoto Avril Diaz & Ethan Excobido Hayden Abregano & Maximus Martin
Fukada Emma Price & Arienne Dinh Kiera McDowell & Kahone Lum
Ishii Brandon Flores &Katelyn McAniff Camren Taniguchi & Ethan Campany
Urabe Kaylee Simmons & David Lopes Bryan Ahu & Emma Duncan
Watanabe Zion Vaoifi & Jacey Jicha Misha Cuello & Shawn Araki
2-Makimoto Chloe Mahiai & Kieran Lulker Sierra Dale Kiyota & Damien Pa
Kawachi Jayden Morimoto & Qiera Tyrell Jenna Higa & Benny Villaflor
Tanaka Preston Sumile & Kalea Kiyan Mark Pasternak
Sunahara Ellie Loo & Roy Davenport Chanston Kea & Cameron Gomes
Hirota Kaipoka’i Arita & Hope Morihara Dylan Nakashima & ZaediAnn Tam
3-Palompo Faith Calma & Christian DeJesus Keola Lanias & Sean Cullen
Ihu Elizabeth Shklov &Leila Reilley Jacy Oshiro & Jazzmine Garza
Shiosaki LaZelle Hayes & Mikayla Rinera Jaiden Gordon Duncan Baltero-Eslava
Mills Lexis Au & Bryan McAniff Dayvon Appleby & Reece Nuding
4-Iwasaki Trey Camello & Kody Okumura Ariah Beaudoin & Jaycee Desaki
Saruwatari Jessica Abanes Damien Santiago
Arianna Ortega & Michael Chang
Low Joy Campos & Micaiah Esteron Schaylen Medeiros & Dashaye Pa
Gamiao Kylie Kaulia & Aaron Ariola Sean Anguay & Jonelle Visitacion
5- Nishikawa Kaitlyn Pang & Sydney Jefferson Kobi Badillo & Gabriel Goya
Ibonia Jace Akagi-Okuma Jessica Barnett
Jayson Chow & Tess Hiles
Ikuma Alyssa Fukumoto Thomas Manago
Troy Osada & Andriana Oshiro
Tsurumaki Kiralyn Kawachi-Ranion Kaylie Ann Melancon
Brandon Rothe &Evan Martin
McGeady Daniel Kokualani
School Reminders:
Summer Office Hours: Main Office will be open 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Phone Numbers: 627-7303 Fax: 627-7387School Renovations will continue throughout the summer break.
Release/Transfer from SchoolPlease inform the office if your child (ren) will not be returning to Mililani Uka for the 2010-11 school year. Notify the office at least seven days prior to pick up of your child’s release documents by completing the “Request for Student’s Permanent Release Form.”
Meal Account balances:Meal account balances at the end of the school year will be carried over to the 2010-11 school year for students now enrolled in Pre- K through Fourth Grade. Fifth grade stu-dents with a balance as of May 26 may transfer funds to another Uka student, donate the balance to the school, or request a refund. Refunds will be available for pick up in the school office as of June 1, 2010. All refunds unclaimed by October 2010 will be do-nated to Mililani Uka Elementary School.
Before or After School YMCA Registration for 2010-11Registration for after school care at Mililani Uka will be available at the Mililani YMCA office. Payment must accompany A+ registration forms. Applications may be picked up from the Mililani YMCA office or contact 625-1040 for more information.
Items Unclaimed At The End of the School YearReport cards and other school documents will be retained in the office for parents to pick up. Any personal items left behind after June 1, 2010 will be discarded or donated to charitable organizations. If you know that your child will not be in school during the last days of school, please make prior arrangements with the teacher to take home your student’s belongings.
Thank you to Local Supporters of Mililani Uka Elementary School
Mililani Lions Club Kumon Army 84th Engineers Hope Central Papa Johns Pizza McDonald’s of Mililani Safeway Escrip Sunrise Rotary Club Jamba Juice Wet & Wild Water Park
Mililani High School Interact and FCCLA Clubs Parent, grandparent, friends and student volunteers!
SOAR ProgramSOAR is an innovative program that makes it easy for parents to play an active role in their children’s education. SOAR was designed for military families but is now open to civilians, and is easily accessible worldwide.Students take an assessment aligned to state standards, and SOAR directs them to individualized tutorials to improve skills where needed.To register and learn more log onto: www.soarathome.org
Make A Splash at Mililani Public Library
Mililani Public Library Summer 2010 Reading Program
Registration begins Monday, June 7, 2010Program dates: June 14- July 17
Find a good book at the public library!
Spring into Reading
Night
A Raise A Reader
ChallengeEvent
Mahalo to the Hui O Mililani Uka and our community partners and parents for their support of reading! The 84th Engineers with assistance from the Mililani High School Interact members read to students by grade level. Miss Hawaii 2009, Raeceen Woolford helped open the evening with reading questions and prizes and was a group reader for our students. Parents were read to and heard the impor-tance of reading aloud by the President of Read to Me International, Mrs. Lynn Waihee.
Where do we stand with our reading challenge? As of press time, 262 Mililani Uka students are logging their reading minutes and have accumulated 152295 minutes of reading. We have exceeded our goal of 100,000 minutes but the challenge continues until 5:59 Hawaii time on May 31st. We hope you will continue to read and log minutes up until the final day of the challenge! Let’s see if we can double our minutes! Mahalo to all the families who support their students reading efforts!
April Food DriveMahalo to Uka families and staff for the support of the Hawaii Foodbank food drive held April 16. Uka ohana contributed over a pound per student or 767 pounds of food and $85.00 to the Hawaii Foodbank.
Pictured at left: The 5th Grade Student Council members with the sorted and boxed food.
Hui ‘O Mililani Uka News…
The Hui ‘O Mililani Uka would like to thank every-one who sent in their budget and fundraiser surveys and came out to the Spring into Reading Event. Your comments and questions are appreciated.The Hui Board Officers for 2010-11 are: Melody Hayase – President Carylynd Cintron-Ala – Treasurer Michelle Fehr – Recording Secretary Shelly Sumile- Corresponding SecretaryOffice of Vice President is currently open to anyone who is interested. Monthly treasurer’s reports, along with the minutes from board meetings are posted to the Mililani Uka website for your information. All Hui board meetings are open to the public, so please considerstopping by to learn more about what the Hui is doing to support our children.Please join us a the next Hui Meeting schedule for August 12, 2010 or contact the PCNC office at 808-637-7303.
Staff Appreciation
Mililani Uka teachers and staff extend their thanks for the wonderful luncheon provided by the Hui and generous parent donations. The meal was catered by Xotic Eats (an Uka parent) with dessert, set up and clean up provided my willing parent volunteers. Five staff members won fresh flower bouquets by guessing the closest number of crayons in a jar and every staff member was given a $10 gift card provided by funds collected for the event! Mahalo for all your support!
Pursuing Victory with Honor
CHARACTER COUNTS! AT THE Mililani Complex Track Meet
The 5 Mililani Complex Elementary Schools (Mililani Uka, Mililani Ike, Mililani Mauka, Mililani Waena and Kipapa Elementary) and invited schools (Hale Kula, Wheeler) participated in the annual CHARACTER COUNTS! Mililani Complex Invitational Track Meet on May 19, 2010 at Mililani High School’s stadium.
The day included individual and team relays and special speakers and exhibition from the MHS Track team sharing what it takes to be a student athlete. Over 250 student athletes were cheered on by over a thousand students and parent spectators as they pursed victory with honor.
May is Military Appreciation MonthHelp us honor our soldiers!
We are so fortunate to be partnered with the Schofield 84th Engineers. Since their return to Hawaii they have assisted with reading in the classrooms, reading at Spring Into Reading and they will be assisting at the May 21 Get Fit event. Additionally, they have helped to box all the library books in preparation for the summer renovation.
MAHALO to our soldiers for their time, talents and support of Uka students!
Sight is Beautiful Honorees
At the April Recognition Assembly the Mililani Lion’s Club recognized Mililani Uka students for their artwork in the Sight is Beautiful Poster Contest. Congratulations to our artistically talented students.Kindergarten: Pictured above1st Place: Kelci Ancheta 2nd Place: Kian Kido 3rd Place: Cuauhtemoc Marcelino Tovar
First Grade: Pictured above top1st Place: Emma Hirota2nd Place: Lorna De La Cruz3rd Place: Josue Loera
Second Grade: Pictured above1st Place: Alana Nicely2nd Place Tabitha Myers3rd Place: Mark Pasternak
Third Grade: Photo above1st Place: Caitlin Barbour 2nd Place Kalei Gsutavus3rd Place: Kalena GibsonFifth Grade: Photo on right1st Place: Tyler Yoshioka2nd Place Lauren Miguel3rd Place: Elijah Armbruster
Mahalo Mr. Richard Crislip and Mrs. Kathy Kam & Mililani Lions for sponsoring art for our students!
May is National Foster Care Month! There are many ways you can get involved…
Do you have something that a family could use, such as a crib, a bunk bed, baby items, a twin bed, or a dresser? You have a great opportunity to help children in foster care by sharing your gently used items with families who have opened their home to children through fostering, adoption, or guardianship. Are you interested in improving the lives of children in foster care? There are many different volunteer opportunities for you to contribute your time and talent to help children and families in need.
For more information, call Family Program Hawai ‘i Warm Line: 545-1130
E-mail: [email protected]
10 Tips to Healthy Living
10 Tips to healthy eating and physical activity from the President’s Council on fitness and sports. http://www.fitness.gov/10tips.htm1. Start your day with breakfast.2. Get Moving!3. Snack smart.4. Work up a sweat.5. Balance your food choices - don’t eat too much of any one thing.6. Get fit with friends or family.7. Eat more grains, fruits and vegetables.8. Join in physical activities in the community9. Foods aren’t good or bad.10. Make healthy eating and physical activities fun!
Remember: Set realistic goals - don’t try changing too much at once.
Community Corner:
Hawaii Pacific University, Community Outreach Summer Reading:Programs for students age 4 and up will be held in Pearl City, Honolulu, Kaneohe, and at HPU’s downtown campus. All classes meet once a week. Tuition and material fees vary by program level. A family discount is available upon request. Call 1-800-978-3532 to register or get more information.
Kidz Kare – Math, Science & Tech Summer AcademyKidz Kare is a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide a fun, exciting, and edu-cational experience for children while maintaining an affordable cost for parents. Kidz Kare will be held at Pearl City Elementary School starting June 14 to July 12, 2010 from 8 a.m. to noon. Registration fee of $25.00 is non-refundable. Total Cost is $225.00 Before and after school care is available at an additional cost. For more information please contact Renee Morikawa at 808-220-6485.
Flag Football & basketball for boys & girls: Register online at www.i9sports.com or call394-1100. Register before June 1 and save!Game Dates from July 24, 2010- September.
UH Rainbow Baseball Camps: Novice to ad-vanced two day or four day camps. For more information, please contact: [email protected] or visit http://hawaiiathletics.com/docu-ments/2010/4/1/BSB-camp-summer-2010.pdf?
Scholarship awards for qualified students to attend summer schools are being offered by Native Hawaiian Summer School Assistance Program funded by Kamehameha Schools / Alu Like, Inc. Application information is avail-able from Uka’s school office. Qualified sum-mer programs are listed at www.hais.org Deadline to apply is May 31.
PaDeDeux- Dance, Theatre, Voice Summer Program- Waipahu, HiDaily activities run by MHS graduate ranging from dance to musical the-ater lessons. Visit website at www.pasdedeuxhawaii.com call 671-0350, or email [email protected].
YMCA Camp ErdmanDay and Sleepover Summer Camp programs. Information and applica-tions are available online at www.camperdman.net.
Lost or Found?If you have lost an important jacket, book, or lunch box the school has a box of FOUND but not claimed items in the office and cafeteria. Stop by and see if your treasured item is there! Any un-claimed items will be donated to charity after June 1, 2010. Mahalo!
Uka CalendarMay 21 Get Moving, Get Fit 8-10:45 Kindergarten Cultural Food Day Jamba Juice Sale 2:15 24 5th Grade Banquet Library Volunteer Luncheon25 Final Recognition Assembly 8:45 a.m. Final SCC meeting-5 p.m. Library26 Aloha Assembly- 8:30a.mLast day for students – 12:30 DismissalMAY 27 – JULY 30 SUMMER RECESS- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS Kindergarten student testing July 30, August 4-6 by appointmentAugust 2010 2 First Day for students Grades 1-56 HI 5 Recycling 7:15 a.m.9 Kindergarten Parent Orientation 6 p.m.13 Welcome Back Assembly18 Uka Parent Orientation Gr 1-5 Volunteer Training and Sign Up20 No School – Statehood Day26 KidBiz Parent Night27 No School –Furlough Friday
School Community CouncilParent and community involvement is vital to our school’s success and the SCC board members are role models for citizenship and accountability. We would like to thank our School Community Council members for their commitment and support of Mililani Uka Elementary School’s standards of excellence. The SY 2009-10 members were:Community Representative: Cynthia NicholsParent Representatives:Julianne Dennison, Leonard Smith, Paul Kishaba, and Carylynd Cintron Ala Student members: Julieann Patarini and Destiny-Brooke TamayoTeachers: Daryl Fujino, Shauna Ihu, Evelyn Ibonia, Gail Urabe, Kathy Ishii, Sheryl Baker and Michelle Pascual and EA: Frances Anchelua Sampaga.
We welcome to the SY 10-11 Board Parents Ann Marie Smith and Cristina Vocalan.We continue to look for additional parents and community members to be part ot our SCC.
Anyone with items for the agenda, please contact Heather Wilhelm at 627-7303 at least 10 days prior to a scheduled meeting. SCC meetings are one night each month with minutes posted in the office and online at www.mililaniuka.com. Please email Norma Tansey at [email protected] if you are willing to join this valu-able team.