Saturday, May 23, 2015

Countdown to graduation, looking forward to next year.....

Hello everyone,

Four more days of school for our seniors; their big day, May 29th, is coming up fast!  If you are planning to attend graduation, we start at 6:30 pm on the front lawn.  Reserved seating is by ticket only…. Please plan to arrive early to avoid traffic issues and to find a good spot to hang out with family and friends.

We will continue with End of Course exams in Biology, Algebra 2, and US History.  Students need to study and prepare for these exams as they count for 15% of their final grades.  Please push your student to finish the year strong, complete all assignments, and to study hard for final exams.

In planning for next year, we have created a one-credit, reading and writing support course.  Students were selected for this class based upon their test scores, reading Lexile scores, and teacher recommendation; this class will help students to succeed in all classes with the reading and writing skills that will be taught.

We will also continue to push for deeper learning at Waimea High School.  This will be leveraged through the use of technology and data to inform all of our decision for students, staff, and our school.  We are planning to place more mobile labs out in classrooms next year, especially in our core classes.  We will also be issuing brand new Chromebooks to our incoming 9th graders; this is super exciting for all of us as we believe moving Waimea HS to a 1:1 device school will open up worlds of possibilities for our students and teachers.  We are finalizing the parent and student handbook, policies, and agreements that will come with the roll out of our Chromebooks and will share them with parents when we begin school in July.

Here’s your announcements; have a good week everyone.


Mrs. Anguay J

Staff Bulletin for week of May 25, 2015

Monday May 25, 2015 – Memorial Day, no school

Tuesday May 26, 2015
·          continue EOC exams—Barber, pd. 6 in S-103; Baker, pd. 7 in T-205; Nishihira, pd. 7 in S-103;
O’Day, pd. 5, 6 in T205
·         Advisory – Senior song practice
·         1:45 pm Faculty meeting time given back to teachers/departments.  Please be sure to notify parents of failures; have students sign failure letters/make 2 copies(parents and Anguay)
·         6 – 8:30 pm – LRC open for students and credit recovery; math tutor available
·         6 pm, WHS Ukulele and Hawaiian Dance Hoike at Historic Waimea Theatre

Wednesday May 27, 2015 – failure letters due to counselors and Anguay by 2:45 pm
·         EOC exams – Nishihira, pd. 1, 3 in S-103; Baker, pd. 2,3,4 in LRC; O’Day, pd. 1,3, 4 in T205;                           Harding, pd. 1 in LRC
·         Advisory – Senior song practice

Thursday May 28, 2015 -- eSIS opens for Q4/semester/year grades
·         EOC exams – O’Day, pd. 5,6 in T205
·         Advisory – Senior Assembly in gym; schedule to follow
·         6 – 8:30 pm – LRC open for students and credit recovery; math tutor available

Friday May 29, 2015
·         Senior graduation practice.  Be on time, in schoolwear
·         EOC exams – O’Day, pd. 1,3,4 in T205
·         6:30 pm, Graduation on front lawn

Campus Supervision
Assigned campus area
Team 4
Team 4
Team 5
Team 5
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)
May 26, 27
Shigematsu
Pereira
May 28, 29
Nishihira
·         library

Dickinson

Souza
·         front lawn/outside cafe

Altomare

Baker
·         S/T/U courtyard

Davalos

Sagawa-Pananganan
·         AR room (ELA teachers)

Stengel

Parongao