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Lahaina Intermediate School871 Lahainaluna Road, Lahaina, Hawaii 96761

Phone: (808)662-3965 Fax (808)662-3968lis.schoolwires.net

LIS April 2017 Newsletter

What’s Inside:-VP’s on Contraband Weapons

-RenaissanceAwards

-Maui County Water Dept. Poster Winners

-Seed KeeperAward

-Craft Club

-Compliment Wall

-LIS Food Drive

-Teacher Appreciation Week

-Tara Brown Handouts

Mission Statement:To Challenge and Support

Studentsas They Realize Their Full

Potential

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Upcoming Events

May 8-12Teacher

Appreciation Week

May 15TTM Drama

Performance

May 23Choir/Band Concert

May 246th Grd Parent

Night

May 26Last Day of School!

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Character Value for

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Creativity“You can't

use up creativity.

The more you use, the more

you have.” ― Maya Angelou

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A couple of weeks ago we had a very special visitor, Tara Brown, The Connection Coach, come to the school for a parent engagement. If you were here that evening, thank you for joining us! I hope you took with you some helpful tools for supporting your continuously growing and changing teenager. For those of you who were not able to attend, I’d like to pass on some of her knowledge and teachings.

Tara Brown is an educator, author, and speaker who’s been training both educators and students for the past 30 years. Her focus is on the power of connection to build positive relationships, equipping adults with the right tools to connect with our youth.

On April 13 we asked Tara, along with Dru Tomlin (Director of Middle Level Services Associations for Middle Level Education), to do a workshop with our teaching staff during our complex waiver day with no students. Tara then met with parents in the evening for an hour to discuss how delayed brain development truly affects the decision making processes in our teenagers’ brain.

Did you know that the brain isn’t fully developed until the mid to late 20’s? And the part of the brain to develop very last is the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for “reasoning, emotional control, sound judgements, determining right from wrong, cause and effect relationships, impulse inhibition, planning and organization of multiple tasks, and goal and priority setting.” This list I’ve taken directly from a flyer provided by Tara that will be attached to the end of this newsletter and will also be posted on our website. Please take a look at both handouts from Tara - they contain excellent tidbits of information and reminders.

So, if our middle school students are operating with an underdeveloped brain, then they literally do not have the ability to get it right all the time. The list covers quite a few qualities and skillsets that are important to being a positive contributor in society. And our students just don’t have them mastered yet. They think differently, and their brain processes information differently, than most adults do.

Tara also spoke about keeping the lines of communication open with our teenagers. If we as parents can be nonjudgmental and patient, regularly showing them our unconditional love, they may be able to trust us more with their most private challenges. Their private lives are very important to them, so if/when they open up try to listen and not overreact. Do more listening than lecturing. Choose your battles and empower them by allowing them to make the decisions you are willing to compromise on.

Another fantastic piece of advice from Tara – don’t lose your sense of humor! Don’t panic if your child behaves sometimes out of character, or even out of their minds. They can’t help it! Our middle schoolers might be maturing at a rate we can barely keep up with, but they won’t actually be fully grown for another 10-15 years. They are still learning how to be responsible adults, they don’t already know how.

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A Safety Reminder from our Vice Principals:

Free and Reduced Meal Applications can now be found online at:

hionlineapps.primeroedge.com

(EZMealApp has been turned off for Hawaii district.)

In light of recently confiscated dangerous contraband items, we’d like to remind all within our LIS community that bringing a weapon of any kind to school is strictly forbidden and may result in severe disciplinary actions. Disciplinary actions may include exclusion from school for one year and criminal charges. The safety of our students is our highest priority and having dangerous contraband, such as weapons, creates extremely hazardous situations. We have many safety procedures and precautions in place to keep our students and staff members safe, but we still need your help.

While it may seem obvious to some that certain items are off limits, the administration at Lahaina Intermediate School is humbly urging all of our parents to have a discussion with their children about the dangers of bringing weapons of any kind to school. In addition, please encourage your child to report anyone with any type of weapon or dangerous instrument immediately. Please contact Vice Principal Jay Petrakis or Vice Principal Katina Soares with any questions or concerns.

We appreciate your assistance and offer more information on weapons-related items in our School Rules and Discipline Plan on our website at lis.schoolwires.net.

Chapter 19: CLASS A OFFENSES:Assault; Burglary; Dangerous instruments/ or weapons (possession or use of); Extortion; Fighting, Firearms (possession/use of); Illicit drugs/substances (possession/use/sale of), Property damage/Vandalism; Robbery; Sexual offenses; Terroristic threatening.

Pictured above are some examples of confiscated dangerous contraband items.

Employment Opportunities:● Substitute Teaching Positions (apply

online)● Educational Assistance (apply online)● Substitute Security Attendant

(applications in school office)● Substitute Classroom Cleaner

(applications in school office)● Substitute Custodian (applications in

school office)

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Congratulations to the following students nominated for their Bravery and Courageousness!Shaina Ambida, Paloma Banto, Florence Castaneto, Kyle Delos Santos, Ale’a Chandler, Leo Vehikite, Oscar Williams, Avery Dagupion, Mikala Basques, Fayannie Rosario, Taj Labore, Anetello Flores, Margie Sana, Inoke Taufa, Kaime Guadarrama-Nunez, Barrett Sagar, Michael Crisafulli, Megan Miller, Kai Burden, Brandon Quintero, Leilani Baltazar-Rodriguez, Eala Kukahiko, Gevin Ganoot, Faith Luna, Dominic Pitts, Mohamed Jobran, Alexa Mupas, Dylan Ruidas, Mae Kyla Castillo,

Renaissance Awards

I Up’d my grades and behavior...Up Yours!”Congratulations to the following students who were nominated for improving their grades and behavior!

Congratulations to our March Student and Staff of the Month!

March “Up Yours” Awards

6th grade nominees: Manuel Ochoa Prado, Barrett Sagar, Leland Hayase, Tiana-Rose Naki, Kealii Tateyama Magana, and Kahanu Snyder-Opunui.

6th Grade Up Yours Award Goes To… Leland Hayase!

8th grade nominees: Shawn Abut, Nalani Corona-Cardenas, Ardelene Rivera, Fayannie Rosario, Zena Garcia, Tre Rickard, Florence Castaneto, and Keven Murillo.

8th Grade Up Yours Award Goes To…Tre Rickard!

7th grade nominees: Dylan Ruidas, Imelda Quijano, Ivan Pacheco, Logan Rickard, Kalen Kasprzycki, Dylan Takahashi-Sagapolute, and Leila Tialavea.

7th Grade Up Yours Award Goes To… Dylan Takahasi-Sagapolute

IMUA AWARDSThe value of the month for

March:Courage

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” ― Mark Twain

“Courage is grace under pressure.” ― Ernest Hemingway

Staff chosen by

the Students:KrystleDunn

Staff chosen by

Staff & Colleagues:

Lori Koyama

6th Grade:Mohamed

Jobran&

Travis Koyama

7th Grade: Tepua Ho

&Daniela Rico

8th Grade: Ashley

Akamine&

Hoku Godoy

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Courtney Costantino, Nalani Kirkman, Cody Sauer, Maile Cacal, Jasmyne Imamoto, Zaeden Luis, Shanelle Pasalo, Leo Elias, Meliame Taufa, Yasutaka Araya, Cecelia Theobald, Anthony John Viloria, Keli’i Snyder-Opunui, Jalin Naha, Justin Palacio,Marisa Lisk, Joseph Munoz, Jake Rafael Buemio, Meign Laborte, and Kaiemi Benedick.

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We’ve been awarded The Seed Keeper Home

Farmer from The Seed Keeper Project!

Every year The Seed Keeper Company awards their Home Farmer to a school in every state in recognition of their school gardening efforts. The Home Farmer will enable us to store our seeds safely and keep them organized.

What a wonderful job our students have done under the direction of Jake Rodrique, our garden coordinator from Grow Some Good.

Congratulations LIS!

March’s Craft Club was kite making using a pattern from Big Wind Kite Factory on Molokai.

Craft Club with

Ms. Van Noord

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C-4’s Compliment WallCreative Idea by Lena Kama

April is creativity month at Lahaina Intermediate School. There are endless ways to show your creativity! Creativity was celebrated in Haley Van Noord’s class with an idea drummed up by Lena Kama - a Compliment Wall. Each student decorated an envelope with their name and they are encouraged to put weekly appreciations and compliments in their peers’ envelopes on the wall. Not only creative, but a considerate and thoughtful idea as well. Way to go, Lena!

In April they made “Boo Boo Bunnies”

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Food DriveWe would like to invite our students, parents and the Lahaina community to join our staff members in our statewide Department Of Education’s annual Food Drive.

Please drop off any donations in our LIS office at any time during school hours.

Mahalo for your Kokua!

Lahaina Intermediate School will be celebrating our teachers and staff during the week of May 8th in honor of National PTA Teacher Appreciation Week. We encourage our students and parents to use this week to celebrate your teachers also. A small gesture from a grateful place is all that is needed to show your teachers how much they are appreciated for all they do for our keike.

Teacher Appreciation WeekMay 8 - May 12

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