3 more weeks til the end of semester 1!

 Hope you all had a fun, food and family-filled weekend and are ready for the beginning of the holiday rush and end of quarter 2 or semester one!   There are just three more weeks left in this quarter/semester…has your student:

·         Completed AR reading for English? 

·         Done all Achieve articles assigned? 

·         Completed all papers/essays/research for each class? 

·         Studied for all tests and quizzes?

Please encourage your student to finish strong this month.  Recently, we have had a number of students plagiarize and or copy entire sections off of the internet or off another students’ work and turn it in as their own.  While the immediate consequence for academic dishonesty is a suspension and re-doing the required work, the long-term consequence is students don’t learn the content or class material and that will come back to haunt him or her later on a test as teachers spiral student learning – in other words, each week they continuously build upon what was taught in previous weeks.  Please help us to remind students that it doesn’t pay to take a short cut or easy way out and turn in work that is copied word for word or cut and pasted from someone else’s assignment.

Have a good week everyone.

Mrs. Anguay  J

Announcements:

1.        Asahi out all day at training 12/1; Anguay out at training 12/2 (morning only) and out all day 12/4

2.       Extended faculty meeting on Tuesday – Differentiated Instruction training with KDO staff

3.       Thursday – KCC visit to MURAOKA class during advisory.  Please hold your students in that day.

4.       Thursday -- DH meeting during period 7; department meetings after school.  DH to set place/turn in meeting template to Baker

5.       Thursday evening – “Most Likely to Succeed” movie shown at Waimea Theatre, 6 pm.  Free admission…. Invite friends, family, community members to attend.

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Mon. 11/30	1 pm	Baker’s room	CORE team	SSC, counselors, SRO, registrar, admin, Hina Mauka, Mokihana
Tuesday 12/1	1:45 – 3:45 pm	LRC	EXTENDED faculty mts.	All teachers, counselors, registrar, SSC
Thursday 12/3	12:20 pm	LRC	Department Heads	All DH, registrar, SSC, Baker, Asahi, Anguay
Thursday 12/3	1:45 pm	On own	Department Meetings	DH to set place

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 2	December 3, 4
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

Student Reviews, a short week, and some upcoming events....

My sincere apologies everyone…..it’s my fault for not double checking that the notices for early release and Student Review for this week did not go out earlier in the month. 

This a short, 3 day week and students will be released at 11:30 am on Tuesday and Wednesday.  On Tuesday, parents can come on campus to meet with teachers from 1-4 pm or 5-8 pm in their classrooms.  Please check in at the main office for information, a map, and a copy of your student’s schedule. 

A couple of upcoming events:

·         On Wednesday, approximately 20 CTE students will travel to Waimea Canyon Middle School to do their presentation on the five different career pathways at WHS to their 8^th grade students and teachers.

·         On Thursday, December 3 at 6 pm, the documentary movie, “Most Likely to Succeed” will be shown for free at the Waimea Theatre.  Hosted by WCMS and the Education Institute of Hawaii, this feature length film examines the history of education and looks at the growing shortcomings of our existing school model in today’s innovative world.  A leading independent film review says that “this film should be a required course for all parents and educators.”   If you’re interested in attending,click on the following link to register:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/eihfilmdec3

If you have any questions, please contact EIH Executive Director, Darrel Galera at darrel.galera@gmail.com or at (808) 778-6378. 

Click here to watch a short trailer of the movie:      Most Likely to Succeed movie trailer

Happy Thanksgiving everyone; enjoy the long weekend (safely!!) with family and friends

Mrs. Anguay  J

Announcements:

1.        This is a short 3 day week with early release at 11:30 am on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Tuesday is Student Review, scheduled from 1-4 pm and 5-8 pm.  Parents are welcome to come to campus to meet with teachers in their classrooms; please check in at the main office for information, maps, and schedules.  Wednesday is our off campus evacuation drill to Lucy Wright Park and early release again at 11:30 am

2.        Wednesday morning, approximately 20 CTE students will be traveling to Waimea Canyon MS to do a presentation on the five different pathways offered at WHS.  Students will check in directly with either Mr. Altomare or Ms. Russell at WCMS and will return to campus at 9:30 am

3.        No faculty/data/department meetings this week

4.       No KCC visit this week

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Mon. 11/23	1 pm	Baker’s room	CORE team	SSC, counselors, SRO, registrar, admin, Hina Mauka, Mokihana
Wed. 11/25	7:45 am	WCMS cafe	8th grade CTE Introduction	WCMS 8th graders and teachers

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Nov. 23, 24, 25
Assigned campus area	Team 1
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Camara Super
●     library	Saligumba
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Naumu
●     S/T/U courtyard	Broyles
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Ibara

'Discover Waimea' on YouTube.....

Last Friday, we took 23 WHS students to Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School to do our ‘Discover Waimea’ presentation about the wide range of career path options and programs available to our students.  It was a great opportunity for our students to practice their public speaking and persuasive techniques …. It was also a fun learning experience for the CKMS students who saw student-created videos, a JROTC drill team presentation, got their blood pressure checked, and just talked story with high schoolers.  Click on the link below to see the YouTube video created for the event by senior Alyssa Pigao. 

'Discover Waimea' YouTube video

Have a good week everyone.

Mrs. Anguay  ☺

Announcements:

1.        Anguay out Tuesday for Principal meeting; Asahi out Tuesday for VP meeting

2.       EXTENDED faculty meetings on both Tuesday and Thursday this week – please plan accordingly

3.        Lizzy from Comprend.io will be here on campus Thursday and Friday to work with teachers/classes individually…. Please refer to email forwarded from her last week or contact me if you’re interested in scheduling a session with her.

4.        KCC visit this Thursday --- PHILLIPS; please keep your advisory students in Thursday

5.        COLLEGE NIGHT will be held this Thursday at the Band Room…. Come and hear Debbie Ching’s presentation to parents how to make college affordable for all

6.        Evening meetings this week --- Monday at 6 pm is SCC meeting in LRC; Tuesday at 5:30 pm is PTSA meeting

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Mon. 11/16	1 pm	Baker’s room	CORE team	SSC, counselors, SRO, registrar, admin, Hina Mauka, Mokihana
Mon 11/16	6 pm	LRC	School Community Council Meeting	Public invited
Tuesday 11/17	1:45- 3:45 pm	LRC	EXTENDED FACULTY	All staff
Tuesday 11/17	5:30 – 7:30 pm	Band room	PTSA meeting	Public invited
Thursday 11/19	1:45- 3:45 pm	LRC	EXTENDED FACULTY	All staff

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Nov. 16, 17	Nov. 18, 19, 20
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

Veteran's Day holiday, recap SOTF and VB Conferences....

This is a short week with Veteran’s Day right in the middle…. Please take a few moments to thank a veteran or someone currently in the military for their service.

Last week’s Schools of the Future Conference was an awesome experience for the 10 Waimea HS staff members who attended.  We had an opportunity to learn about some of the latest technology available to help increase student achievement – from cool (and free) mobile apps that can be downloaded to our devices on campus to wearable technology that truly extends classroom walls.  Our department heads/leadership team will be working together to see how we can apply what we’ve just learned in our classrooms here….. pretty exciting stuff!

Our three staff members who attended the Victoria Bernhardt data training had an opportunity to begin writing our school’s Comprehensive Needs Analysis, which looks at our four types of data – demographic, perception, programs/processes, and student achievement.  This is going to help us to write our Academic Plan for next year and to prepare for our WASC visit in Spring 2017.

This week Friday we will be sending a team of students and staff to Chiefess Kamakahelei MS to do our ‘Discover Waimea’ presentation to their 8^th graders who live in Kalaheo…. With the ultimate goal of encouraging them to come west for high school.  Although we had a small turnout at our Kalaheo School night event last Thursday, it was good opportunity for our students to practice their public speaking skills as the audience went through their various exhibits.

Have a good week everyone.

Mrs. Anguay  ☺

Announcements:

1.        Please join me in wishing our Hina Mauka counselor, Stephani Lowe, best wishes in all of her future endeavors….. Her last day with us at WHS will be Monday, November 9th.  Her supervisor will be covering Steph’s students and groups until a permanent replacement can be found.

2.        TRIPOD SURVEY will be done Monday and Tuesday – please be sure to double check your materials beforehand and know who you will be switching off with during surveys.  If you have any questions, be sure to see Mr. Baker asap

3.       NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY – Veteran’s Day

4.       KCC visit on Thursday – MITSIS Advisory group

5.       On Thursday during lunch period, ice cream treats will be given out to all students who made Honor Roll during Quarter 1.  Students should report to the tables outside the admin building if they qualified

6.       This Friday, I will be taking CTE/leadership students and Ms. Asahi with me to Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School for a ‘Discover Waimea’ presentation to their 8th graders who live in Kalaheo.  I will send out a list of students on Thursday to everyone; these students are responsible for all work missed – we’ll be back on campus around 10 am.

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Mon. 11/9	8:15 a	LRC small conference room	Financial Plan Meeting	Anguay, Asahi, Balisacan, Duarte
Mon. 11/9	1 pm	Baker’s room	CORE team	SSC, counselors, SRO, registrar, admin, Hina Mauka, Mokihana
Tuesday 11/10	1:45 pm	On own	Department Meetings	All staff DH to set location; I will send some agenda items, the rest of time is for department business
Thursday 11/12	12:30 pm	LRC small conference room	DH Meeting	All DH Asahi, Taira, Russell, Baker
Thursday 11/5	1:55 pm	On own	Department/Data time	All staff DH to set location and send in attendance/minutes to Baker

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Nov. 9, 10, 12	Nov. 13
Assigned campus area	Team 4	Team 5
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Shigematsu Pereira	Nishihira Rose
●     library	Dickinson Daligcon	K. Souza
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Altomare	Sagawa-Pananganan
●     S/T/U courtyard	Kajiwara	Phillips
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Stengel	Freitag