September 26, 2013

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Voyager Booster Club Annual Golf TournamentSunday November 3, 2013 at Kaua‘i Lagoons

• We are looking for a Title Sponsor, only $1,000, and you can name the tournament with your company’s name!

• We also need Hole Sponsors- only $100 per hole.

• We need donations of drinks and food (pupus) for the reception afterwards.

For more information call Kymry Perez at 635-1490 or email at Kymry@Kymry.com. Sign-up form is on page 5. (Really, this time!)

North Shore Bus ScheduleThe bus drivers and business office have been addressing the problem of the late arrival of the Princeville to Island School bus. Originally, it was thought to be the result of traffic and the pick-up time was moved up as a solution. Unfortunately, the bus continues to arrive late to school and the possible cause has been determined to be delays in waiting for late-comers to the bus stop. Parents are asked to please make sure your children

arrive at the bus stop at least five minutes prior to departure time. Even short delays can have a big effect on the timeliness of this route.

Fall Clearance Sale at the Logo StoreSale prices are limited to in stock items only. No special orders.Short Sleeve T-Shirts $8Long Sleeve T-Shirts- $12Jackets & Hoodies - $18Come in and shop. Logo Store is located right inside the main Office.Sales prices good until October 19, 2013. Shop Early for Holiday giving!

Fall Round-Up Photos On ShutterflyThere are two new albums on our Shutterfly site: one of Fall R-U pics, the other from the ISAA Photo Booth Saloon. Go to www.islandschool.shutterfly.com to see them, share them, order prints. Membership is not required to view these photos. Password = islandschool.

Annual Giving 2013-2014 UnderwayYou should have received in the mail a packet containing our 2012-2013 Annual Report. This yearly publication is an overview of Island School’s financial footprint for the fiscal year. As always, the mailing launches our Annual Giving Campaign. Please take a moment to find the giving envelope in the packet and consider making a donation. As most of you know, tuition does

not cover 100% of our operating costs. Making this tax-deductible contribution helps every single student at Island School. Last year, we are proud to say, 100% of both our Board of Directors and our Faculty and Staff gave to Annual Giving. Reaching that lofty goal is a huge accomplishment! Let’s see if our parents can do the same! Absolutely any amount is gratefully accepted. Any! When we can show charitable foundations that we have this kind of support at our base, they are far more likely to make grants to our school. Donations may also be made online at http://diamondmindinc.com/island.html We can do this, ohana!

Gift Wrap Packets OverduePlease check to make sure your child’s gift wrap packets have been turned into his/her homeroom teacher. Mahalo for your support for this year’s Gift Wrap sale! Orders may be placed online all year at http://www.gaschoolstore.com/.

Shop & Score at TimesNow through October 15, let your cashier at Big Save & Times know you want your purchase to sponsor Island School athletics. Our school code is 368 (some stores don’t have our code). Help us earn points toward new athletic equipment.

October Lunch Menu on Page 6

After School Pick-UpParents - please pick your children up promptly at 2:40 (for grades PK-5). There is no supervision for students from 2:40-3:00 p.m. Your kokua is appreciated. We want to make sure your children are safe.

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CHORUS – Selections for this year’s Island School Singers have been finalized. The music department welcomes seniors Margo Latif and Alex Macklin, juniors Allison Culliney, Shawna Dinnan, Stephen Foster, Khayman Hamilton, sophomores A.J. Ort and Ariana Wilson, and freshman Carolyn Price. This year’s Island School Singers represents the largest ensemble since the group’s inception in 2008. Membership in Island School Singers is a year-long choral class and performing ensemble for high school students and is determined by audition. Island School Singers rehearses each Thursday from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Music Room. Their first public performance will be at the Christmas chorus concert at KCC on Wednesday, December 11.

KINDERGARTEN/THIRD – These students met their “buddies” for this

year (pictured below). Throughout the year, they will buddy up on field trips and special activities. Their first trip will be to the YMCA pool for a swim. In December, they will sing holiday songs for the residents of the Regency at Puakea.

ENGLISH – 9th graders wrote and performed spoken word poems last week. Here are a few excerpts: Ages, by Jaden Hamid:Infant and toddlerCrawler and climberBabble and blatherGiggles and laughterCrying and tearsDiscovery and fearsParents raise and prepareA child who cares. . . Here’s to Waking Up! by Lia YamasatoWhen you wake up every day,What is it for?Is it for a loved one?A friend?To browse the internet,Play video gamesOr go to school?What do I wake up for?I wake up for the future. . . . The Last Stand by Tai MitchellI lunged at the ball viciously defending my goal.But not everything goes as plannedIt wasn’t enough, and I failed,passed like an insignificant pebble on the interstate.My spirit faded and my confidence grew weary.The bitter taste of dirt and defeat only served as a reminderto me of what was to come.

SENIOR UPDATE – Tyler Schump has been accepted at University of Northern Colorado, in Greeley, Colorado. Congratulations!

FOURTH GRADE – In honor of Shel Silverstein’s birthday, the class had a “Shel-abration” yesterday. Students performed their favorite Shel Silverstein poems and original poems of their own. They enjoyed “Giving Tree” corn bread cupcakes, above, made by Valerie Rivera.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT GOVERNMENT – The high school students voted to show the movie, “Napoleon Dynamite,” rated PG, at their Movie Night, tomorrow evening, Sept. 27, at 6:45 in the grassy area in front of the Weinberg Enrichment Center. High school students are invited and should bring beach chairs, blankets. Free popcorn, pizza and lemonade - while supplies last.

COLLEGE COUNSELING – Juniors and interested seniors will hear from representatives from Willamette & Southern Oregon University tomorrow and from University of San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University on Monday.

SENIOR CLASS – The senior class submitted their proposal for senior class privileges. It was accepted by the faculty and can be viewed on page 7.

I.S. Chronicles

Fourth graders at their Shel-abration.

These paintings emphasize

line and shape to create

interesting designs of

isolated areas of a Harley Davidson

motorcycle. Artists from

top to bottom: Leila Breen ‘16,

Erica Gibson ‘14, Austin Cook ‘14.

Mahalo For Making Fall Round-Up Such A Success!!!

Next PA meeting Tuesday, October 1 @ 1:30 in Teachers’ Workroom

Staff Appreciation BreakfastThursday Oct. 3rd

From: 7:15 a.m. -9:45 a.m.

AUDITIONS: The Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids invites you to participate in our fall/win-ter production of “Little Red Riding Hood.” We bring our shows to pre-schools and libraries. The Cast of Characters: Mother, Red Riding Hood, Wolf, Grandma, Hunter. We also bring our mobile “Puppet Hale” to outdoor family events around the island. If you would like to audition for ‘Red Riding Hood” and/or work with our wonderful puppets, please contact Richard Porto at kauai-waves@hotmail.com, or call at 826 7552. Rehears-als start soon. The play is only 20 minutes long, perfect for the young audience.

KAUA‘I CHORALE: Golden Anniversary “One En-chanted Evening.” October 19, 2013 at Joe’s on the Green! Tickets on sale now. Kaua’i Chorale celebrates 50 consecutive years of choral music performances on the Garden Island with a Grand Gala at Joe’s on the Green, Po’ipu, Kaua’i. This is the crowning event of our 50th season! Live entertainment throughout the evening by members of the Kaua’i Chorale as a whole, soloists and small groups, as well as additional local profes-

sional entertainers and personalities. Special appearance by the Kaua‘i High School music club and a few surprises through the night. Silent auction, and a fun live auction with auctioneer extraordinaire, Kaua‘i Chorale’s own Wes Cronk! For tickets, call 808-337-1882 or 808-822-5633, or at outlets around Kaua‘i.

RENTAL WANTED: Young couple desperately seek-ing a place to rent that will allow their 2 tiny, well-behaved dogs. Prefer Lihu‘e/South/West sides but will consider anything up as far as Princeville. Price range $1500/mo plus utili-ties. Are happy to meet (with dogs), put down a big security deposit, etc. Please email kate.mink@ischool.org.

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♥ ♥ ♥ third grade room parents, Krystal Bedwell and Robin Pratt, for planning and implementing the meal third grade served at Fall Round-Up. Also, to all the 3rd grade parents who worked in the 3rd grade Round-Up Express, donating, pre-paring and serving food and cleaning up afterward. Their effort was outstanding and made a nice profit for the O‘ahu field trip.

♥ ♥ ♥ this week’s helpers on the 5th grade play: Kori King, Re-nato DeSouza, Ross Asuncion, Sharon Inanod, Naomi Carlsson, Deyana Mielke and Richard Porto.

♥ ♥ ♥ Cale Akuna, Heather Biedermann, Kristi Buchan-an, Rochette Dahler, Corey Dobashi, Diane Ferry, Kori King, Monica King, Lei Kurz, Cheryl Stiglmeier and De-nise Tripoli for helping to mail out over 1,000 annual reports; Alice Pajela for helping to prepare coffee and refreshments for the volunteers; and Mike Goto for helping to deliver all of the reports to the post office.

♥ ♥ ♥ David & Carol Pratt for a gift to support long-range capital planning for the school.

♥ ♥ ♥ Jim & Dede Bray, Mary Castelanelli, Eric Devlin, Ed Eaton & Jessica Silver, Daryl & Ryan Edwards, Nathaniel & Marissa Evslin, Sierra Hampton-Eng, Roxanne Haverkort-Yeh, Sabra Kauka & Kai‘opua Fyfe, Jeff Kozak, Sue Macklin, Katie & Sean Magoun, Susie & James Massaro, Kate Mink, Penny Nichols, Jen Pomroy, Memory S. Robinson, Joan & Rick Shaw, Edwin & Cynthia Sorenson, Emily Thomas, Lorena & Stacey Wong, Judy Byce, Joe Corbo and Kat Rogers for donations to the 2013-14 Annual Giving Campaign;

♥ ♥ ♥ Jonavon Herr, Carolyn Hayes, Kathleen Jones, Margaret Akana, Cathy Cowern, Lisa Rulong, Laura Valhuerdi, lasie Eto, Joan Shaw, Roberta Marowitz, Monica Evslin, Jason Blake, Philip Steinbacher, James Barton, Nathaniel & Marissa Evslin, Sharon McDonough, Thomas Potter and David & Susan Zimmerman for gifts to the Island School Chorus.

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3nd Annual Booster Golf Tournament

Kauai Lagoons - Waikahe Golf CourseSunday, November 3, 2013 ~ 2:00pm

FORMAT: 3-person SCRAMBLE (9 holes). All players hit; the team then chooses the best ball to play their next shot from and everyone plays from this spot. Repeat the process until the ball is in the hole and record your score. The team must use each player’s drive at least once during the 9 holes.

HANDICAP: Team handicaps will be determined by Peoria System on the day of play

ENTRY FEE:$75 per player for ($225 per 3-person team) or $100 per player (this includes 3 mulligans and automatic entry into “Closest to the Hole,” as well as green fees cart and driving range token)

MULLIGAN: Mulligans may be purchased for an additional $10 and will allow a player to play a shot over during the round (no more than 3 per person).

Please join us for this “FUN” raiser event to support the Booster Club!! “Experienced” golf balls will be available for those who are “infrequent” golfers. After the completion of play, we will gather for refreshments, pupus, and various prizes at Island School. Prizes will be awarded for playing achievements as well as other fun categories!

PLAYER 1: ___________________________________________ PHONE: _______________________

EMAIL: _______________________________________________

PLAYER 2: ___________________________________________ PHONE: _______________________

EMAIL: _______________________________________________

PLAYER 3: ___________________________________________ PHONE: _______________________

EMAIL: _______________________________________________

* I would like to SPONSOR A HOLE ($100).

SPONSOR NAME: _____________________________________________________________

**I have enclosed a check, or will make a prize or refreshment donation for the event.

DONATION: __________________________________________________________________

All checks can be made payable to: ISLAND SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB.

For more information please contact Sean Magoun (246-0233, sean@ischool.org); or Sam Pratt (651-4226, sam@samuelwpratt.com). ENTRY DEADLINE is Wednesday, October 31st, 2013.

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OCTOBER 2013 LUNCH MENU A Beverage Choice of: Citrus Herbal Tea, 2% White Milk or Water

is offered with every lunch.

30 Tuna or Egg Salad

Sandwiches with Corn Chowder

Salad Bar*

1 Chicken or Cheese

Enchiladas with Mexican Rice

Salad Bar*

2 Hamburger or

Veggie Burger w/ Cheese and

Baked Potato Fries

Salad Bar*

3 Chicken or Vegetable

Stir-Fry w/ Brown Rice

Salad Bar*

4 Cheese

or Pepperoni Pizza

Salad Bar*

Pizza Provided By:

Break

14 Black Bean & Cheese

Quesadillas w/ Chicken or Vegetables

and Salsa

Salad Bar*

15 Meatloaf or Veggie Burger

With Gravy & Brown Rice w/

Corn & Carrots

Salad Bar*

16 Macaroni & Cheese with

Ground Turkey or Vegetables

w/ Peas & Carrots

Salad Bar*

17 Teriyaki Chicken or

Oven-Roasted Vegetables w/ Stir-Fried Veggies

& Brown Rice

Salad Bar*

18 Cheese

or Pepperoni Pizza

Salad Bar*

island school

21 Spaghetti with

Ground Turkey or Vegetables (V) w/ Garlic Bread

Salad Bar*

22

Baked Chicken Strips or Steamed Vegetables

w/ Macaroni Salad

Salad Bar*

23

Tuna or Egg Salad Sandwiches

with Corn Chowder

Salad Bar*

24

Hamburger or Vegetable Steak with Gravy

Salad Bar*

25 No School Cross Country

28 Garlic Rosemary Chicken

or Grilled Veggies w/ Buttered Egg Noodles

and Peas & Carrots

Salad Bar*

29 Baked Potato w/

Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Chives, Sour Cream and

Butter

Salad Bar*

30 Teriyaki Noodles with Chicken or

Vegetables

Salad Bar*

31 Chili w/ Ground Turkey

or Vegetables w/ Corn Muffin & Brown

Rice

Salad Bar*

*Mixed Greens, Shredded Carrots, Sliced Cucumbers, Grape Tomatoes, Edamame, Purple Sweet Potato Cubes, Sliced Avocados, Chopped Hard-Boiled Eggs and 12-Grain Garlic Croutons with additional rotating selections. Choice of Dressings: Creamy Garlic Herb, Ranch or Basil

Vinaigrette

The following letter was written by the Senior Class and reviewed by the high school faculty and administration. It was accepted today and will go into effect tomorrow, Sept. 27, 2013.

Dear Island School Administration,The senior class of 2014 believes that our demonstration of strong, consistent work ethic and respect for Island School, its faculty and campus has earned the following senior privileges:

• Formal Dress Monday to Friday: This permits the senior class to choose between wearing normal Island School attire or wear collared shirts, polo’s, button down shirts, dresses, blouses and college wear as school attire. Clothing that contains or displays any vulgar imagery, inappropriate language, or clothing that violates the Island Student Handbook dress code will not be permitted to be worn at school.

• Casual Monday: This entitles the senior class to wear any clothing that is permissible under the rules of the Island School Student Handbook dress code, with the exception of the required Island School Logo.

• Signing Out: Seniors will only be allowed to sign out of a study hall or during lunch break. A student with a study hall during first period will be allowed sign in to school by the beginning of the following non-study hall period without receiving a tardy. Seniors are still required to attend all class and general meetings and any school related meetings. Seniors will be allowed to use their authorized vehicles to leave campus while they are signed out.

• The senior class secretary will request a weekly update of tardies received by the senior class from the faculty and will inform the students during the weekly class meetings who have been put on probation of their infractions and their punishments. The secretary will also talk to the faculty and report on dress code violations and punishments.

If a student …… …... Then privileges shall be/student willreceives more than three tardies for a single class, …… prohibited for one week.receives six tardies for all classes combined, …… prohibited for one week.receives another tardy during the one week probation, …… prohibited for two weeks, which shall begin at the end of the first week of probation.receives another tardy during the two week probation, …… revoked, and a meeting will be set up with the administration to discuss privileges.breaks dress code, …… receive a warning, and be asked to change.receives a second warning in the same day or same …… prohibited for one week.week as the initial warning, receive a warning during their one week probation, …… prohibited for two weeks, which shall begin at the end of the first week of probation.receives a third warning in the same day or week as …… revoked, and a meeting will be set up with the the initial warning, administration to discuss privileges.receives a warning during the two week probation, …… revoked, and a meeting will be set up with the administration to discuss privileges.has a letter grade of C- or below in any class, …… shall have the “Signing Out” privilege taken away. until the grade is brought up and confirmed by the teacher. The grades will be checked at midterms and finals and may be brought to the administration’s attention by a teacher at any time.

All seniors must continue to be respectful and behave appropriately in order to maintain their privileges. If a student is disrespectful or does not behave appropriately, it will be left to the faculty and administration to decide how the students privileges will be effected.

Pre-Privileges Tardies: The administration will decide which students will be allowed to start with no tardies counting against them and which students will need to have a meeting to discuss their tardies and decide if they deserve their privileges or not.