Teacher learners, student learners....

Aloha everyone!

This week we will be focusing on staff professional development which in turn leads to increased student learning.  On Monday, Ms. Asahi and I will be attending the Hawaii Academies meeting at Kapaa HS.  Waimea HS is part of a consortium of 16 high schools across the state that is focusing on preparing all students to be college and career ready by graduation; we meet bi-monthly to share training and resources to achieve that goal.  This month’s meeting will be about community and business partners and how schools leverage their support…. ironic because on Wednesday our science and math teachers will be working with staff from  the University of Hawaii, DLNR, PMRF, Learning Coalition, and Developing Critical Thinkers, Inc. from Oahu.  We will be learning how to use vocabulary maps that will stretch students to think critically and deeply about the topic at hand.  Our guiding question for Wednesday’s staff training will be, “why is the Waimea River dying?”  The exciting thing about this training is that the framework is applicable across all content areas and grade levels.  In fact, we will be working to train not only our Waimea HS teachers, but our feeder school teachers as well in this framework next school year.  Pretty exciting stuff!

Have a good week everyone; hope you all have a great Easter weekend with your friends and family.

Here’s your announcements!

Mrs. Anguay J

Staff Bulletin for week of March 30, 2015

Spirit Week!!  Each day is a dress up day; students need to follow the criteria/modified dress code or they will be asked to change.

Monday March 30, 2015—Matching Monday

·         Anguay and Asahi off campus at Hawaii Academies meeting at Kapaa HS

Tuesday March 31, 2015—Transformation Tuesday

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 7:45, 9:00, 10:30, 11:30, 11:00, pd. 7, 3:00

·         Explorations in Education students to KCC for the day (Camara, Santella, Taala)

·         Advisory – Kauai HS Project Unify students to visit and present to our NHS students (LRC)

·         12:20 pm, (p. 7) ART meeting

·         1:45 – 3:45 PM  Extended meeting time.  ½ of staff will have Duplo training at one time in K-bldg (1:45 – 2:15 and 2:30 – 3:00 pm); rest of time will be department time (agenda to DH from Anguay)

·         5:00 pm, Boys’  VB v. Island School at Waimea gym, varsity to follow, no earlier than 6:30 pm

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

Wednesday April 1, 2015 – Workout Wednesday

·         Science and math teacher training w/ Learning Coalition staff (all day)—Anguay out

·         5:30 pm, Girls’ Softball v. Kauai HS at Waimea

Thursday April 2, 2015 – TMZ Thursday

·         KCC Advisory visit to O’Day’s class… Joining from Mr. Moises’s class is Breanne Brun

·         4:30 pm, KIF track at Vidinha Stadium

·         5:30 pm, Girls’ JV softball v. Kauai HS at Isenberg Park

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

Friday April 3, 2015 – NO SCHOOL, GOOD FRIDAY

·         5:00 pm, Boys’ VB v. Kapaa at Kapaa, varsity to follow, no earlier than 6:30 pm

Saturday April 4, 2015

·         10 am, KIF baseball v. Kapaa @ Kapaa HS.  2^nd game after 30 minute break

·         10 am, KIF Tennis, WHS v. Kapaa @ Kapaa HS courts

·         12 pm, KIF golf match #5 at Poipu Bay

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 3	Team 3	Team 4	Team 4
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	March 30, 31	Acoba Messer	April 1, 2	Shigematsu Pereira
·         library		Muraoka		Dickinson
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Harding		Altomare
·         S/T/U courtyard		Kajiwara		Davalos
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Mitsis		Stengel

Quarter 4 begins....

Aloha everyone!

Welcome back to school; hope everyone had a fun and restful spring break.  In three weeks we will begin our Smarter Balanced Assessments with the junior class.  Teachers have been preparing students for these high stakes tests by reviewing content and exposing them to the different format they’ll see on the actual tests— questions that will have more than one correct  answer, short and extended essays, and embedded technology like videos and audio clips that they’ll have to incorporate into their answers.  The test is a computer adaptive test which means that student questions will be given based on how well/not so well the student answers the previous question(s).  All in all, the Smarter Balanced Assessment is extremely different and much longer (8 hours total) than any test our students have taken before.  Even if you don’t have a junior student, please take some time to go on to this link and look around at some of the test questions your son or daughter will be asked to answer.

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/       Click on ‘take the practice test’ and see what the grade 11 math and English questions look like.

We are in the middle of spring sports – boys’ volleyball, baseball, girls’ softball, and boys/girls tennis, golf, and track.  Please see the calendar below for dates and times that our students will be competing this week and come support our student-athletes!

Have a good week everyone; here’s your announcements!

Mrs. Anguay J

Staff Bulletin for week of March 23, 2015

Monday March 23, 2015

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 8 am, 11:30-12:30 pm

·         Mrs. Barber’s class to NTBG for the day

Tuesday March 24, 2015

·         Anguay off campus at Principal’s meeting

·         1:45 – 3:45 pm EXTENDED FACULTY MEETING TIME --department meetings – DH to set location; Anguay to send out agenda to each DH.  Math teachers meeting with Gigi Drent from KCC at 1:45 pm

·         5 pm, Boys VB v. Kapaa @ WHS gym.  Varsity starts no earlier than 6:30 pm

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

Wednesday March 25, 2015

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 8 am (IEP Freitag), 9:30 – 12pm, 12-12:30, 1:00

Thursday March 26, 2015 – NO SCHOOL, KUHIO DAY!!

·         4:30 pm, Track qualifying meet #3 @ Vidinha Stadium

Friday March 27, 2015 – eSIS closes for quarter 3 grades

·         Asahi, Kobayashi off campus at VP/AD meeting in Lihue

·         Begin Menehune Adventure Challenge (JROTC) on campus for the entire weekend

·         5 pm, Boys VB v. Kauai HS @ Kauai HS gym.  Varsity starts no earlier than 6:30 pm

Saturday March 28, 2015

·         Continue with Menehune Adventure Challenge

·         10 am, KIF baseball v. Kapaa @ Kapaa HS.  2^nd game after 30 minute break

·         10 am, KIF Tennis, WHS v. Island School @ Waimea HS courts

·         12 pm, KIF golf match #4 @ Wailua GC

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 2	Team 2	Team 3	Team 3
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	March 23, 24, 25	Super Russell	March 27	Acoba Messer
·         library		Barber		Muraoka
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Broyles		Harding
·         S/T/U courtyard		O’Day		Kajiwara
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Freitag		Mitsis

End of Quarter 3, beginning of spring sports....

Aloha everyone!

Last week of quarter 3 is finally here!  Students will be busy taking exams, turning in assignments and missing work to bring up their grades before going out on Spring Break.  Please encourage them to do their best work, with their best effort.

Spring sports are in full swing now – track, baseball, softball, tennis, and golf.  Please go and support your favorite student athletes over the next few weeks as they compete against the other HS on Kauai.  Speaking of supporting, if you still want to purchase a package of smoke meat from our mural fundraiser, we have a few more that are available.  Please call the office for more information.

Have a good week everyone; here’s your announcements!

Mrs. Anguay J

Staff Bulletin for week of March 9, 2015

Monday March 9, 2015--- HSAA Alternate Testing Window Opens, K Bldg mural continues

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 8:46 am, 1:00, 1:30, 2:45

Tuesday March 10, 2015 – RTI testing, K Bldg mural continues

·         Anguay conferences/meeting – 9 am – 1:00 pm, 2:45 (504)

·         Advisory – Muraoka meeting with Mrs. G (check progress of PTP, keep them)

·         1:45 – 2:45 pm department meetings – DH to set location/agendas

·         5:30 pm – PTSA meeting at R-101

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

Wednesday March 11, 2015 – RTI testing, K Bldg mural wraps up!  eSIS opens for Q3 grades

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 9 am (504), 10, 10:30 – 12, 12:00

·         Advisory – Davalos meeting with Mrs. G (check progress of PTP, keep them)

·         3:30 pm, KIF Baseball, WHS v. Kauai HS @ Vidinha Stadium

Thursday March 12, 2015 – RTI testing

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 7:45, 10:18, 2:00 (IEP)

·         Advisory – Saligumba meeting with Mrs. G (check progress of PTP, keep them) 

·         Advisory -- KCC to Phillips class; Joining is Ms. Freitag’s class 

·         PD 7 – DH meeting

·         4 pm, KIF JV Baseball, WHS v. Kauai HS @ Hanapepe Stadium

·         4:30 pm – KIF Track Qualifying #2 @ Vidinha Stadium

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

Friday March 13, 2015 – RTI testing

·         Anguay off campus

·         Advisory – Phillips meeting with Mrs. G (check progress of PTP, keep them) 

Saturday March 14, 2015 – NO POWER ON CAMPUS from 8:30 – 11:30 am

·         Mural fundraiser pick up at Waimea Canyon Park – 10 am – 1 pm

·         10 am, KIF Tennis, WHS v. Kauai HS @ Kauai Lagoons

·         12 pm, KIF golf match #3, Puakea

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 6	Team 6	Team 1	Team 1
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	March 9, 10	Moises	March 11, 12, 13	Uyehara Camara
·         library		Evens		Saligumba
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Matsuyama		Naumu
·         S/T/U courtyard		Kellogg		Rose
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Bush		Matsumura

2 more weeks til the end of quarter 3!

Last 2 weeks of the quarter everyone… home stretch and spring break is in sight!  We have a special bell schedule (no bells) on Tuesday because of the ACT test and seniors will be off campus at Kokee.  Mrs. Guillet will begin meeting with individual 11th grade advisory groups this week and next week in the LRC to review where students are on their required Personal Transition Plans (PTP), which counts for 1/2 credit.  This week KIF baseball, track, tennis begins and golf goes to week #2.  Finally, Saturday is the pick up for our smoked meat fundraiser to help defray costs for the Not Even Once Mural Project that starts next Sunday, March 8th.  If you are interested in purchasing a ticket ($10 for one pound smoked meat), please call the office or see our PCNC, Eula Taala.

Have a great week everyone; here’s your announcements.

Mrs. Anguay :)

Staff Bulletin for week of March 2, 2015

Monday March 2, 2015—Student Body nominations taken this week

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 8:15, 8:30 (MTV3), 8:50, 10, 11-12, 1-3:30 pm

Tuesday March 3, 2015 – special bell schedule/early release due to ACT testing

·         1:45 – 3:45 pm:   Faculty meeting – please bring your laptops to read updated CNA draft

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

Wednesday March 4, 2015—off campus: Anguay, O’Day, Russell, Sagawa-Pananganan.  NO RTI

·         Advisory –  please keep your own students and complete Health Surveys with your students if you have NOT given it out yet

Thursday March 5, 2015

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 8 am, 10:18, 12:20, 1:45 IEP

·         Advisory – MITSIS to do PTP check with Mrs. G in the LRC(keep them) 

·         Advisory -- KCC to Muraoka’s class;  joining is Ms. Acoba's class

·         4:30 pm – KIF Track Qualifying #1 @ Vidinha Stadium

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

Friday March 6, 2015

·         Anguay conferences/meetings – 10 – 12, 1-4 pm

·         Advisory – O’DAY to do PTP update with Mrs. G in the LRC(keep them)

Saturday March 7, 2015

·         Mural fundraiser pick up at Waimea Canyon Park – 10 am – 1 pm

·         KIF baseball opens – v. Kapaa @ Hanapepe Stadium, 10 am.  Second game starts 30 min. after 1^st ends.

·         KIF Tennis opens – v. Kapaa @ Hanapepe Courts, 10 am

·         KIF golf match #2, Lagoons , 12 pm

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 5	Team 5	Team 6	Team 6
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	March 2, 4, 5 (no coverage during ACT)	Nishihira	March 6	Moises
·         library		Souza		Evens
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Baker		Matsuyama
·         S/T/U courtyard		Sagawa-Pananganan		Kellogg
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Parongao		Bush