Closing down the year.....

It's the last week of school …. let’s finish strong.   If your student needs to attend summer school for credit recovery, please have him/her see a counselor as soon as possible as space is limited.  

Have a great week everyone.

Mrs. Anguay  J

Announcements:

This week’s schedule: n  Monday – A DAY schedule ( no skinny Monday….) n  Tuesday – last faculty meeting/year end party and farewell to departing staff members n  Thursday – no department meetings; last day for students n  Friday – last day for teachers.  Please be sure to complete your check out forms and get appropriate signatures before leaving for summer

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Tuesday 5/17	1:45 to 2:45 pm	LRC	Final faculty meeting; farewell to retirees, those leaving WHS	ALL

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	May 23, 24	May 25, 26
Assigned campus area	Team 5	Team 6
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Nishihira Rose	Moises Muraoka
●     library	K. Souza	Evens
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Sagawa-Pananganan	Matsuyama
●     S/T/U courtyard	Phillips	Kellogg
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Freitag	Erdmann

2 more weeks to go.....

Thank you for talking to your students about the After School app.  We've had numerous calls at the office for more information; am posting another link below to a story that was posted by KHON yesterday.

KHON2 story on After School, Friday May 13, 2016

This is the last week of school for our seniors….. a bittersweet time of stress, tears, and joy.  Please encourage your students to finish strong as we’re still testing and working til the end of the school year!

Graduation begins at 6:30 pm on the front lawn this Friday…. come early if you do not have a reserved ticket.  Our guests that evening will be Board of Education member Maggie Cox, Assistant Superintendent Clyde Sonobe, and UH Hilo Academic Dean, Randy Hirokawa who is a Waimea HS graduate.  We’re asking that the public stay away from the old grandstand area on the baseball field; it’s going to be fenced off as it will either be undergoing extensive renovation or eventually will be demolished.  Either way, it’s an off-limits area for everyone so I’m going to ask that everyone please steer clear from the area.

Have a great week everyone.

Mrs. Anguay  J

Announcements:

This week’s schedule: n  Monday – 1 pm, CORE team meeting n  Monday – begin EOC exam for Algebra 2 n  Monday – May Day Assembly; special schedule.  Students responsible for all work missed n  Tuesday – letter to parents of seniors who failed a course must go out by this date, signed by student n  Tuesday – 1:45 – 3:45 pm, extended faculty meeting (9th grade team agreements/WASC) n  Tuesday – 6 pm, Ho’ike at Waimea Theatre n  Wednesday – deadline for seniors to clear financial obligations in order to participate in graduation n  Thursday – Senior Assembly; afternoon assembly schedule n  Friday – Seniors new tradition – wave signs in the ballpark followed by seniors practice on front lawn beginning at 7:45 am; students must be in schoolwear all day.  12 noon deadline for all work to be completed in order to participate in commencement n  Friday – by 5:30 pm, seniors report to LRC to check in; graduation begins on front lawn at 6:30 pm.  Project Grad to immediately follow students receiving leis on the baseball field

IMPORTANT: Letters to parents/guardians of seniors who have failed a course/courses need to go out by Tuesday, May 17th.  Seniors need to sign the letter and a copy needs to be submitted to Anguay.  Seniors must also clear all financial obligations by Wednesday, May 18th in order to participate in graduation.  I will allow students to continue working to fulfill graduation requirements/class requirements up to 12 noon on Friday, May 20th, 2016.  If they clear their deficient work with you, they will be allowed to participate in the commencement exercises that evening.

Next week’s scheduled activities/meetings/events: ·         Tuesday – last faculty meeting/year end party and farewell to departing staff members ·         Thursday – no department meetings; last day for students ·         Friday – last day for teachers.  Please be sure to complete your check out forms and get appropriate signatures before leaving for summer

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Monday 5/16	1 pm	CORE meeting	LRC small conference room	All CORE members
Tuesday 5/17	1:45 to 3:45 pm	EXTENDED faculty meeting	LRC	ALL STAFF – teachers, classified
Thursday 5/19	2:00 pm	On own	Department meetings	All teachers; DH submit attendance and agenda items/discussion to Baker and upload to matrix

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	May 16	May 17, 18, 19	May 20
Assigned campus area	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Acoba Messer	Shigematsu Pereira	Nishihira Rose
●     library	Klein	Dickinson Daligcon	K. Souza
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Uyehara	Altomare	Sagawa-Pananganan
●     S/T/U courtyard	Davalos	Kajiwara	Phillips
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Mitsis	Stengel	Freitag

Parents and Guardians -- heads up about After School, a new app....

Parents..... I am asking for your help. There is a new app called After School that our students have been using over the past 48 hours that has caused nothing but grief as it is enables students to anonymously cyber bully each other. I'm posting a link to a story by the Washington Post that explains more. On our side, we're shutting down access via the DOE network, however students can still access the internet on their phones via their personal data plans. Please speak to your son or daughter today, ask them to show you the app and then delete it. Thank you.

The Washington Post article re: After School

Summer!

Just a reminder that we're accepting applications for a few summer programs that we're going to be running at Waimea HS.

First, students who need to recover a credit should see their counselor immediately for a summer school application.  Classes will be delivered through e2020 but we will have staff members to help tutor students through.  These classes are $160 for a full credit, $80 for a half credit.

Second, incoming 9th graders should apply for our Summer Bridge program that begins June 9th and goes for 10 days in June.  This is a free program, funded by our Tokioka award, that will focus on preparing students for math and science.  Applications are available at WCMS and St. Theresa school offices and should be submitted to the high school as soon as possible as space is limited.

Third, we will be hosting a free one credit KCC class on aquaponics on three Saturdays in June.  Again, space is limited and students need to see me soon as space is very limited.

Finally, we will be hosting an English 'boot camp' to help transition our graduating seniors who will be entering KCC this fall.  This is a free class as well, taught by KCC instructor Mary Alexander on our campus.  Please see me if interested.

Summer offerings on campus and through KCC.....

We’re in the last few weeks of school.  Summer school applications for students who need to recover a lost credit are being accepted from now until May 27^th; please see your grade level counselor for an application if your student needs to make up a class he/she failed earlier.  We will also be running a free Summer Bridge program for incoming 9^th graders to help them transition successfully to high school.  Applications are at the middle school and at St. Theresa; please refer your family and friends to this program. 

Also, we will be offering a free 1-credit class on aquaponics during the month of June – three Saturdays.  Classes will be held on our campus and on KCC’s.  If your student is interested, please have him/her come sign up with me; we will take the first 20 students who commit to the time frame. 

Another KCC opportunity for our WHS graduates will be a KCC English 100 ‘boot camp’ class that will be held on our campus on August 4, 5, 8, and 9.  Also free, this will be an intensive introduction to the rigors of English at the college level and will be taught by KCC instructor Mary Alexander.  Any student who will be entering KCC this fall is eligible to attend this class.  If your son/daughter is interested, please have them sign up with me.  Again, we will take the first 20 students who commit to attending the class.

Have a great week everyone.

Mrs. Anguay  J

  

Announcements:

This week’s schedule: n  Monday – CORE meeting @ 1 pm n  Monday – 2:45 pm, graduation meeting at LRC n  Tuesday – Ho’okipa group to Oahu (8 students, Shigematsu, Nakaahiki) n  Tuesday – 1:45 pm faculty meeting n  Tuesday – 3:00 – 5:00 pm, Senior Project presentations n  Tuesday/Wednesday – Lizzy on campus (Comprend.io) n  Wednesday – pd. 4 BASF presentations with Mr. Messer’s class n  Thursday evening – joint band concert with WCMS on front lawn n  Thursday/Friday – Ms. Daligcon’s classes doing performance task n  Friday – Mr. Stengel’s classes doing performance task (debate topic) n  Friday – list of Senior failure due to Anguay by 2:45 pm

IMPORTANT: list of possible/definite senior failures due to Anguay by 2:45 pm this Friday, May 13th.  Letters to parents/guardians of seniors who have failed a course/courses need to go out by next Tuesday, May 17th.  Seniors need to sign the letter and a copy needs to be submitted to Anguay.  Seniors must also clear all financial obligations by Wednesday, May 18th in order to participate in graduation.  I will allow students to continue working to fulfill graduation requirements/class requirements up to 12 noon on Friday, May 20th, 2016.  If they clear their deficient work with you, they will be allowed to participate in the commencement exercises that evening.

Next week’s scheduled activities/meetings/events: ·         Monday – 1 pm, CORE team meeting ·         Monday – begin EOC exam for Algebra 2 ·         Monday – May Day; special schedule ·         Tuesday – letter to parents of seniors who failed a course must go out by this date ·         Tuesday – 1:45 – 3:45 pm, extended faculty meeting ·         Tuesday – 6 pm, Hoike at Waimea Theatre ·         Wednesday – deadline for seniors to clear financial obligations in order to participate in graduation ·         Thursday – Senior Assembly ·         Friday – seniors practice on front lawn beginning at 7:45 am; must be in schoolwear all day.  12 noon deadline for all work to be completed in order to participate in commencement ·         Friday – by 5:30 pm, seniors report to LRC to check in; graduation begins on front lawn at 6:30 pm.  Project Grad to immediately follow students receiving leis on the baseball field

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Monday 5/9	1 pm	CORE meeting	LRC small conference room	All CORE members
Tuesday 5/10	1:45 to 2:45 pm	faculty meeting	LRC	ALL STAFF – teachers, classified Sharing – Jojo Acoba
Thursday 5/12	2:00 pm	On own	Department meetings	All teachers; DH submit attendance and agenda items/discussion to Baker and upload to matrix

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	May 9, 10, 11	May 12, 13
Assigned campus area	Team 2	Team 3
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Harding Herbig	Acoba Messer
●     library	Barber	Klein
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Rita	Uyehara
●     S/T/U courtyard	O’Day	Davalos
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	B. Souza	Mitsis

LOTS of testing going on.... AP, EOC, and SBA this week!

Advanced Placement (AP) and End of Course (EOC) exams begin this week for students; we’re also continuing to test juniors on the Smarter Balanced test.  Please be sure your child gets a good night’s sleep and eats breakfast before coming to school on testing days.

We’re in the last few weeks of school.  Summer school applications for students who need to recover a lost credit are being accepted from now until May 27^th; please see your grade level counselor for an application if your student needs to make up a class  he/she failed earlier.  We will also be running a free Summer Bridge program for incoming 9^th graders to help them transition successfully to high school.  Applications are at the middle school; please refer your family and friends to this program.  Also, since we are in the last few weeks of school please be sure to talk to your child about finishing the year strong – academically and by making right choices.

Have a great week everyone.

Mrs. Anguay  J

  

Announcements:

This week’s schedule: n  Sunday (tonight) – WAFF scholarship dinner, 6 pm at Waimea Neighborhood Center n  Monday – 2:45 pm, graduation committee meeting after school in LRC n  Tuesday – 1:45 pm, EXTENDED faculty meeting; come hungry to the meeting n  Thursday – all day ART team meeting in the LRC n  Friday – visit by Island Scholar representative n  Friday – 8:30am, KCC registrar and counselor on campus n  Friday – ELL year end dinner 5 – 9 pm n  Friday – May Day Program, 6:30 pm n  Saturday – HSTE Slam! at Kapaa High School

IMPORTANT: Achieve3000 – students will be prompted to take the level set test the next time they log on to their account beginning May 2.  Please advise students to take this seriously as we’re still looking at scores to complete rosters for reading/writing workshop classes for next fall; we’re looking at overall growth for this school year.  Also, we’d like our school average Lexile score to hit 1000 – we’re just under 900 right now.  According to Achieve3000 staff, our school average score hasn’t adjusted much the past few months because we need more students doing more articles each month.  Our score won’t go down; it’ll only go up after the level set.

Next week’s scheduled activities/meetings/events: ·         Monday – CORE meeting ·         Tuesday – Hookipa group to Oahu ·         Tuesday – 1:45 pm faculty meeting ·         Tuesday – 3:00 – 5:00 pm, Senior Project presentations ·         Tuesday/Wednesday – Lizzy on campus (Comprend.io) ·         Wednesday – pd. 4 BASF presentations with Mr. Messer’s class ·         Thursday evening – joint band concert with WCMS on front lawn ·         Thursday/Friday – Ms. Daligcon’s classes doing performance task

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Monday 5/2	1 pm	CORE meeting	LRC small conference room	All CORE members
Tuesday 5/3	1:45 to 3:45 pm	EXTENDED faculty meeting	LRC	ALL STAFF – teachers, classified
Thursday 5/5	2:00 pm	On own	Department meetings	All teachers; DH submit attendance and agenda items/discussion to Baker and upload to matrix
Thursday 5/5	All day	LRC	ART final meeting	All ART members

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	May 2, 3	May 4, 5,6
Assigned campus area	Team 6	Team 1
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Moises Muraoka	Camara Super
●     library	Evens	Saligumba
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Matsuyama	Naumu
●     S/T/U courtyard	Kellogg	Broyles
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Erdmann	Ibara