Life lessons.....

"Always do your best.  What you plant now, you will harvest later"....... Og Mandino

As teachers we are in an unique position, able to motivate and encourage students through difficult times from a different perspective and point of reference than their parent.  For many students, and especially our student athletes, this first quarter has been challenging.  We all like to win or come out on top of the competition but if and when we don't win, it's okay because the final score does not define or dictate who we are.  We learn from our mistakes, pick ourselves up, hold our heads high, and get out and try again.  My favorite Japanese proverb is "Fall seven times; get up eight."  As long as we keep getting up we will win because we're building life skills of persistence, resiliency, and tenacity. These are the real gifts, this is the real learning we want for all of our students at Waimea High School.

Here's the weekly bulletin..... remember it's the last week of the quarter so please tell your student(s) to finish strong, get in all assignments, and STUDY HARD for any tests or quizzes.

Mrs. Anguay 

Staff Bulletin for week of September 29, 2014

Monday September 29, 2014

·         8:30 am – Anguay, Asahi, Rita, Duarte meet with Gail Nakaahiki in LRC

Tuesday September 30, 2014

·         eSIS opens for quarter 1 grades

·         pd. 7 – ART/DH meeting in LRC

·         1:45 – 2:45 pm – faculty meeting time returned to staff: use this time to complete your SLO, work on grades, call/contact parents of failures/potential failures

·         6 – 8:30 pm – LRC open for students and credit recovery; math tutor available

Wednesday October 1, 2014

·         7:45 am – STAR math RTI training in Ms. Russell’s room: Anguay, Asahi, Rita, Ayudan, Keamoai, Balisacan, Toma

·         3 pm Air Riflery v. Island School @ Island School

·         6 pm – make up session of MANDATORY SENIOR PARENT MEETING to be held in the LRC

Thursday October 2, 2014

·         8:30 – 11 am Anguay off campus at WCMS for meeting

·         Advisory period -- KCC visit to Nishihira’s class 

·         1:45 pm – SAFETY committee meeting in LRC

·         5:30 pm KIF bowling at Lihue Lanes

·         6 – 8:30 pm – LRC open for students and credit recovery; math tutor available

Friday October 3, 2014 – END OF QUARTER 1 J

·         Teachers – deadline for SLO to be uploaded into PDE3

·         As FYI, Waimea Canyon MS will be doing their off-campus evacuation to our field from 1:30 – 1:45 pm

Saturday October 4, 2014

·         8:30 am KIF cross country meet @ Island School

Monday October 6 – Friday October 10 --- FALL BREAK; students return to school on October 13 (short week with Teacher Institute Day on Friday October 17^th)                                                                                                     

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 1	Team 1	Team 2	Team 2
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Sept 29, 30	Uyehara Camara	Oct 1, 2, 3	Super Russell
·         library		Saligumba		Barber
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Naumu		Broyles
·         S/T/U courtyard		Bush Rose		O’Day
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Matsumura		Freitag

 

Welcome followers!

Aloha parents and guardians,

I'm not sure how many of you realize that there's a  blog with a calendar of school events that is sent out each week?  I've added your email addresses so you can keep up with what's going on at Waimea HS.  You can go all the way back to the first entry in July and catch up with all of the posts.  If you have any questions, you can email me at mahina_anguay@notes.k12.hi.us.

Thank you!

Mrs. Anguay

Homecoming week is here!

Aloha everyone…

Mr. Pereira and his leadership students have planned an exciting week of fun activities for students and staff, starting with the annual bonfire at the Lucy Wright Park and culminating with the game on Saturday afternoon at Hanapepe Stadium.  Every day students can earn spirit points for their class if they dress according to the theme for the day and participate in the noon time rallies.  We’re all looking forward to an exciting week leading up to the football game against Kauai HS; please come out and support our JV and varsity teams.

Here’s the weekly schedule of meetings and other activities:

Staff Bulletin for week of September 22, 2014

Meetings/Activities this week: follow Homecoming schedule sent out by Mr. Pereira

Monday September 22, 2014

·         Mr. Kobayashi on Oahu for meeting

·         10 am – counselors, SSC, registrar, admin meeting with McKinley School for Adults @ LRC

Tuesday September 23, 2014

·         Anguay out for Principal meeting

·         Extended faculty meeting 1:45 – 3:45 pm in LRC. 

·         Girls’ VB v. Kauai HS @ Kauai HS.  JV at 5 pm, Varsity at 6:30 pm

Wednesday September 24, 2014

·         3 pm Air Riflery v. Kapaa HS at Kaumakani Gym

Thursday September 25, 2014

·         Anguay on Oahu for training, Asahi out at VP meeting.  Kobayashi in charge

·         KCC visit to Matsuyama’s Advisory

·         5:30 pm KIF bowling at Lihue Lanes

Friday September 26, 2014

·         Girls’ VB v. Island School @ Island School gym.  JV at 5 pm, Varsity at 6:30 pm

Saturday September 20, 2014

·         8:30 am KIF cross country meet @ Kapaa

·         Homecoming FB game at Hanapepe Stadium.  JV at 12 noon, varsity at 2 pm      

Campus Supervision:

Assigned campus area	Team 5	Team 5	Team 6	Team 6	Team 1	Team 1
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Sept 22	Nishihira	Sept 23, 24, 25	Moises	Sept 26	Uyehara Camara
·         library		Souza		Evens		Saligumba
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Baker		Matsuyama		Naumu
·         S/T/U courtyard		Sagawa		Kellogg		Bush Rose
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Parongao		Bush		Matsumura

Shop and Score!

Please help support Waimea HS athletics by shopping at Times or Big Save from now until October 14, 2014.  Every time you check out, be sure to give the cashier our school's code -- 371 -- so we can earn points.  We're trying to earn a share of $250,000 worth of Adidas equipment and uniforms that will be given out to Hawaii high schools.  Last year, Waimea HS finished second overall in the state.... so please continue to help the Big Blue!

Thank you very much!

Mrs. Anguay

Formative assessments and GLO grades

This week I received a list of all of our students’ mid-quarter progress reports which showed me their grades, their GLO marks, as well as their teacher comments.  I was particularly interested in reviewing the names of students who received three or more “U” marks for GLO #1, Self-Directed Learner or GLO #2, Community Contributor, because Ms. Asahi and I are following up with each of those students and their parents.  These are students that we want to catch now before the official quarter 1 grade are posted because if they don’t turn it around, these students will go on behavior probation and have to clear grades and GLOs if they want to participate in any extra-curricular activities in quarter 2.  

However, I was struck by the number of students earning A and B grades who were also receiving “U” grades, mostly in GLO #2 Community Contributor.  This concerns me…. In conversations with these students, I’m reminding them that their job is to be a student and it’s their responsibility to make sure they’re doing all of their own work, turning it in on time, studying for tests and quizzes….. but at the same time being respectful of others around them – students and teachers.  School is much more than a grade on a report card.  By holding our students accountable for their GLO behavior, we’re teaching them to be self-reliant, responsible global citizens who are respectful, and cooperate and contribute to the greater good of our community.  These are life skills that they will take with them and use daily, long after they leave us at Waimea HS.  This is truly an example of “he wa’a, he moku; he moku, he wa’a” which is the philosophy we want all of our students to embrace.

Here are the announcements for this coming week:

Meetings/Activities this week:

Monday September 15, 2014

·         Before lunch – Ms. Asahi/Mrs. Anguay continue to call in students with 3+ U GLO grades. 

Tuesday September 16, 2014

·         DEADLINE FOR SLO IN TO ANGUAY OR ASAHI – EITHER HARDCOPY OR ELECTRONIC

·         ADVISORY – Anguay to meet with (31) 10^th grade RTI students in the café.  Teachers, please be sure to send students with call slips

·         1:45 pm – Faculty meeting in the LRC

·         Girls’ VB v. Island School.  Game at WHS gym with JV at 5 pm, varsity to follow 6:30 pm

Wednesday September 17, 2014

·         Anguay/Asahi in LRC doing SLO reviews  from 8 am until finished

·         3 pm, KIF Air riflery vs. Kauai HS, at Hanapepe Armory

Thursday September 18, 2014

·         KCC advisory visit with EVENS in G71. 

·         DH meeting during period 7

·         5:30 pm, KIF bowling at Lihue Lanes

Friday September 19, 2014

·         Anguay off campus at Lihue meeting – 11 am – 2 pm

·         Girls’ VB vs. Kapaa at Kapaa Gym.  JV game at 5 pm, varsity to follow 6:30 pm

Saturday September 20, 2014

·         8:30 am  KIF Cross Country

·         ** change in schedule: KIF football vs. Kapaa – NIGHT game at Vidinha Stadium:  JV at 5 pm, Varsity at 7:30 p  

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 4	Team 4	Team 5	Team 5
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Sept 15-17	Shigematsu Pereira	Sept 18, 19	Nishihira
·         library		Dickinson		Souza
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Altomare		Baker
·         S/T/U courtyard		Davalos		Sagawa-Pananganan
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Stengel		Parongao

Have a great week!

Mrs. Anguay  J

OOPS... change of venue for Saturday's VB game

The girls' volleyball game that was scheduled to be played at Kauai HS on Saturday Sept. 13, 2014 has been switched to the Waimea gym..... please come out and support the girls!

Thank you  :)

How busy are we?

Hello everyone!

It’s funny how each week we seem to get busier and busier…. We’re in the middle of five KIF athletic seasons: football, girls’ VB, air riflery, bowling, and cross-county.  We’re continuing staff training in student learning objectives and the new language arts curriculum; we’re training our peer mediators and 9-11^th graders on how to manage their PTP portfolios on line through their personal Google docs.  We’re preparing to launch our response to intervention math program for selected 10^th and 11^th graders which means training staff and talking to students; we have evening meetings with our school community council and PTSA….. and all of this takes place this week! 

Parents and guardians will soon receive mid-quarter progress reports that advise how their student is progressing so far this year.  Please be sure to communicate with teachers and counselors if you have any concerns about how your son or daughter is doing academically or socially.

Here's the bulletin....have a good week!

Mrs. Anguay

Staff Bulletin for week of September 8, 2014

Meetings/Activities this week:

Monday September 8, 2014

• ·         6 pm SCC meeting in LRC

Tuesday September 9, 2014

• ·         Advisories to continue working on PTP – Please be sure to report with your students to the appropriate lab/site.  Advise your other non-advisory students that you will NOT be available to help tutor during these days.
• ·         EXTENDED faculty meeting in LRC from 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm
• ·         5:30 pm PTSA meeting at R-101

Wednesday September 10, 2014

• ·         Advisories to continue working on PTP 
• ·         KCC meeting with 12^th grade advisory – Daligcon 
• ·         STAFF photos… please take your yearbook picture in Dalton’s room either Wed/Thursday. 
• ·         Air Riflery at Hanapepe Armory, 3 pm
• ·         Girls’ VB at Waimea gym – JV at 5 pm, varsity at 6:30 pm

Thursday September 11, 2014

• ·         8:45 – 11:45 am – Peer mediation training with Mrs. G. 
• ·         11^th grade RTI student meeting with Anguay at café during Advisory
• ·         STAFF photos… please take your yearbook picture in Dalton’s room either Wed/Thursday
• ·         5:30 pm KIF bowling at Lihue Lanes

Friday September 12, 2014

• ·        10^th grade RTI student meeting with Anguay at café during Advisory

Saturday September 13, 2014

• ·         8:30 am  KIF Cross Country Meet (on campus)
• ·         Girls’ VB at Kauai HS gym – JV at 5 pm, varsity at 6:30 pm                                             

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 2	Team 2	Team 2	Team 3
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Sept 8, 9	Super Russell	Sept 8, 9	Acoba Messer
·         library		Barber		Muraoka
·         front lawn/outside cafe		New SS		Harding
·         S/T/U courtyard		O’Day		Kajiwara
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Freitag		Mitsis