CONGRATULATIONS!!

Congratulations to the 11 Health Occupations Student Association (HOSA) students who qualified for the Nationals that will be held in Nashville this coming June!  They include:

·         Julia Hirano, Hope Coyaso, and BreeAnn Cayaban who came in 1^st in the state for Biomedical Debate

·         Rachel Semblante, Kelsy Shimatsu, and Tiffany Minia who came in 2^nd in the state for Community Awareness

·         Leah Carr and Kina Hensley who came in 2^nd in the state for Public Health

·         Tiffany Ishibashi and Samantha Nichols for Forensics who came in 2^nd for Forensics

·         Kira Nobriga who came in 3^rd in the state for Physical Therapy

Students will be fundraising furiously to help defray travel expenses… please kokua if they come knocking at your door!

It was a busy weekend with the JROTC Menehune Challenge on campus with visiting teams from Mililani, Punahou, Baldwin and the Walter Souza Baseball Tournament and Waimea Invitational Softball Tournament… hope you had a chance to catch our students in action.  We welcome back our soccer boys who represented us at the D2 state championships this week at Waipio; they lost two very close games but gained valuable experience that will help them improve for next year.  Also, the volleyball boys are returning from a good showing at the Longy Okamoto preseason tournament at McKinley High School.

We have an early release on Monday – B Day schedule to even out the rest of the week.  Tuesday is a special bell schedule day due to ACT testing for all 9, 10, and 11^th graders; seniors will be up at Kokee for their class picnic.  Please get your son or daughter to bed early on Tuesday and be sure they eat a good breakfast before coming to school that day.  All students’ phones will be collected that morning before testing and will be returned at the end of the day when everyone is done.  We need to do this to ensure that there’s no testing violations that would invalidate students’ scores. 

Have a great week everyone!

Mrs. Anguay  J

  

Announcements:

I’m out Monday & Tuesday for RTI training on Oahu and Friday for EES training.  Marilyn is out Thursday for EES training.

Monday 2/29 is a B Day schedule – release students at 1:37 pm.  Tuesday is special bell schedule for testing… Wednesday and Friday is A Day schedule, Thursday is a B Day.

Tuesday is ACT testing for grades 9-11 and Senior Picnic up at Kokee.  Please refer to the special schedule sent out earlier by Marilyn/Craig and the picnic schedule/chaperones sent out by Liko.

Tuesday faculty meeting time – please walk your test materials down to the LRC and turn them in/check in with Craig.  After that, please use remaining time to call/email parents of failures or potential failures for quarter 3. Teachers involved with the Academy 21 (Billi Smith, Karen Aka) performance task assessments --- please meet at 1:45 pm in the LRC small conference room.

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Monday 2/29/16	1 pm	LRC	CORE meeting	CORE team members
Tuesday 3/1/16	1:45 – 2:45 pm	LRC	Performance Task – Lo’I teachers meet with Billi Smith and Karen Aka	Harding, Moises, Muraoka, Dickinson, Erdmann, Phillips, Camara
Tuesday 3/1/16	1:45 – 2:45 pm	LRC	Turn in test materials to Baker in LRC Use remaining time to call/email parents of failures, potential failures	ALL teachers
Thursday 3/3/16	1:50 -2:25 pm	On own	Department meetings	All teachers

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Feb 29, March 1	March 2, 3, 4
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

EARLY RELEASE -- Monday, February 29th

Parents and guardians....... we have an early release time for students for next Monday, February 29th at 1:37 pm.  We've adjusted our bell schedule for the week since Tuesday March 1st is our school-wide testing day, which means we're losing one of our B days.  Re-purposing Monday's schedule from a 'skinny Monday' where students go to all 7 periods to a B Day where they see periods 5, 6,and 7 teachers, allows us to not lose an instructional B day.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

Working with WCMS teachers, working on our plans....

Last week Friday our math teachers and our special education teachers had opportunities to work with our Waimea Canyon MS partners, looking for opportunities to align our programs and curriculum/instruction better to ensure that all of our students are successful.  The math teachers worked with consultant Wes Yuu to shore up the Algebra 1 essential skills while our special education departments shared information about the Hookipa and Department of Vocational Rehabilitation programs.

Teachers are also working hard on our Spring 2017 WASC report while simultaneously preparing our Academic Plan for next year.  This week, the second Focus group presentation takes place at Tuesday’s extended faculty meeting; teachers will have a chance to review and add to the work of their peers.  Department heads will meet on Thursday and will work with Ms. Asahi to be sure we’re staying on track for achieving this year’s benchmarks.  

Softball and baseball teams are hosting their tournaments this week beginning Thursday; come out and watch some great games.  Also, good luck to the boys’ soccer team as they leave for states this week!

Have a great week everyone!

Mrs. Anguay  J

  

Announcements:

I’m out Monday – Thursday for an accreditation visit to Kalaheo HS.  I won’t be able to check my phone/email until after 4 pm each day; I’ll respond as quickly as I can.  Meetings this week: CORE on Monday, extended faculty on Tuesday, and DH and department meetings on Thursday.

1.        Baseball and softball tournaments this week.  Varsity players have early release on Thursday and Friday; list was sent out previously by Ms. Asahi/Mr. Altomare.  Players are responsible for all work missed.

2.       Boys soccer team on Oahu for States this week – excuse list also sent out previously; students responsible for all work missed.

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Monday 2/22/16	1 pm	LRC	CORE meeting	CORE team members
Tuesday 2/23/16	1:45 – 2:45 pm	LRC	Faculty Meeting – reviewing student work (see above)	All teachers
Thursday 2/25/16	12:20 pm	LRC	DH meeting with Marilyn	DH, Baker, Asahi, Taira, Russell
Thursday 2/25/16	1:50 -2:25 pm	On own	Department meetings	All teachers

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Feb 22	Feb 23, 24, 25	Feb 26
Assigned campus area	Team 4	Team 5	Team 6
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Shigematsu Pereira	Nishihira Rose	Moises Muraoka
●     library	Dickinson Daligcon	K. Souza	Evens
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Altomare	Sagawa-Pananganan	Matsuyama
●     S/T/U courtyard	Kajiwara	Phillips	Kellogg
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Stengel	Freitag	Erdmann

Short week but lots going on.....

The next few weeks are super busy with athletes traveling off island for preseason and state tournaments for wrestling and soccer, hosting our own tournaments for baseball and softball, and participating in the Waimea Town Celebration going on til next weekend.  Please remind your student to continue to keep his or her grades up during this hectic time of fun and activities as we wind down towards the end of quarter 3.

I’m repeating this message from last week’s blog as it’s very important for all to know:

• ·         We’re are finalizing teachers’ and students’ schedules for next year and will be looking very closely at assessment data, student grades, and teacher recommendations to determine which students will be placed in reading/writing or math workshop courses.  These classes will provide intensive academic support to help students to ‘catch up’ with some core skills and to be more successful in school.  We are also looking at running summer credit recovery classes again, beginning immediately after the regular school year ends where students will have an opportunity to make up a failed class via e2020 online.  Tuition will be $170 to cover the cost of teachers and the additional e2020 licenses we have to purchase for summer credit recovery.  Students will have class for 5 weeks and will be tutored by WHS teachers hired for the summer.  Counselors will be contacting identified students and parents soon re: workshop classes and/or summer credit recovery program.  If you have any questions or would like to know if your son or daughter could be placed in one of these classes, please contact counselors Mr. Nitta and Mrs. Guillet at 338-6800.

Have a great week everyone!

Mrs. Anguay  J 

Announcements:

Short week of school…. Regular faculty meeting time on Tuesday, department time on Thursday.

1.       THURSDAY, FRIDAY - Wes Yuu on campus for Math teacher PD ; vertical articulation with WCMS math teachers on campus Friday, 2/19

2.       THURSDAY - KCC advisory visit – Kajiwara.  Please keep your students in that day

3.       FRIDAY – 2:15 pm.  Sped teachers vertical articulation with WCMS teachers at their school, room D101

Anguay out Tuesday morning for West Complex principal meeting, 8 – 12 pm.  Also out Thursday from 9 am (funeral on Big Island); return Friday morning by 10 am. Next week Monday - Thursday, Anguay out for WASC accreditation visit to Kalaheo HS on Oahu; return to school on Friday morning.

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Tuesday 2/16/16	1:45 – 2:45 pm	LRC	Faculty Meeting – reviewing student work (see above)	All teachers
Thursday 2/18/16	1:50 -2:25 pm	On own	Department meetings	All teachers
Thursday, Friday 2/18, 2/19	All day	On own	Math articulation with Wes Yuu; articulation with WCMS math teachers	Math teachers
Friday 2/19	2:15 pm	WCMS, room D101	SPED articulation meeting with WCMS teachers	SPED teachers if able to attend

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Feb 16, 17	Feb 18, 19
Assigned campus area	Team 3	Team 4
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Acoba Messer	Shigematsu Pereira
●     library	Klein	Dickinson Daligcon
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Uyehara	Altomare
●     S/T/U courtyard	Davalos	Kajiwara
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Mitsis	Stengel

Halfway through quarter 3.....

Wow, we are more than ½ way through quarter 3…. Teachers are working on progress reports right now; be sure to keep in touch with your students’ teachers, especially if you have questions about assignments and grades.  We’re are going to finalize teachers’ and students’ schedules for next year very soon and will be looking very closely at assessment data, student grades, and teacher recommendations to determine which students will be placed in reading/writing or math workshop courses.  These classes will provide intensive academic support to help students to ‘catch up’ with some core skills and to be more successful in school.  We are also looking at running summer credit recovery classes again, beginning immediately after the regular school year ends where students will have an opportunity to make up a failed class via e2020 online.  Tuition will be $170 to cover the cost of teachers and the additional e2020 licenses we have to purchase for summer credit recovery.  Students will have class for 5 weeks and will be tutored by WHS teachers hired for the summer.  Counselors will be contacting identified students and parents soon re: workshop classes and/or summer credit recovery program.

Have a great week everyone!

Mrs. Anguay  J

  

Announcements:

1.        MODIFIED SCHEDULE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THIS WEEK.  Wednesday is a noon time rally – “Stop if you love me campaign” – and Thursday is the Talent Show.  Please refer to the schedule sent out by Mr. Pereira last week.

2.       TUESDAY/THURSDAY -- Extended faculty meeting on Tuesday and Thursday this week – please plan accordingly.  Before the meeting, please finish reading chapter 1 and 2 of Teaching with Poverty in Mind, which your DH gave you on Thursday.  Also be sure to bring your laptop/device with you to the meeitng

3.       TUESDAY – 5:30 pm, PTSA meeting

4.       THURSDAY - KCC advisory visit – MOISES.  Please keep your students in that day

5.       SATURDAY – Military Ball at Marriott, 6 pm

Scheduled Meetings:

Date	Time	Location	What meeting?	Who attends?
Monday 2/8/16	12:20 (per. 7)	LRC small conference room	CORE team meeting	CORE team members
Tuesday 2/9/16	1:45 – 3:45 pm	LRC	EXTENDED Faculty Meeting – reviewing student work (see above)	All teachers
Thursday 2/4/16	1:45 – 3:45 pm	LRC	EXTENDED Faculty Meeting – reviewing student work (see above)	All teachers

Campus Supervision:

Assigned Date of Supervision	Feb 8	Feb 9, 10, 11	Feb 12
Assigned campus area	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3
●     Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Camara Super	Harding Herbig	Acoba Messer
●     library	Saligumba	Barber	Klein
●     front lawn/outside cafe	Naumu	Rita	Uyehara
●     S/T/U courtyard	Broyles	O’Day	Davalos
●     AR room (ELA teachers)	Ibara	B. Souza	Mitsis