This is a busy time for teachers and staff.  We’re begin to formulate our school’s  Academic and Financial Plan for next year, our teachers’ master schedule, our Title 1 Comprehensive Needs Analysis, and continue training and preparing for the upcoming SBAC tests.  We are also looking at other ways we can help to support student achievement through systemic changes at the school level.  All of these items are processed through our department heads/Academic Review Team and then our teachers and staff with the understanding that everything we do has to be what’s best for kids.  That sometimes means that changes have to/will be made that are not popular or are different from what has been the tradition in the past but in order to move ahead as a school to fully prepare our students for life after graduation, we will make those changes.

This past week a few classes were invited to a very last minute presentation by motivational speaker, Daryl "Sammy" Sampaga from the Big Island.  You may have seen the front page story in the Garden Island about Sammy’s message.  He was so well received by our students and staff that we are trying to find another date/time that he can return to WHS and address the rest of the school.  We will also be distributing flyers throughout the community about the Darwin Roadshow presentation that will be held at the gym on February 18^th by Duke University scientists.  Please bring your family for an evening of learning more about science and evolution in nature.

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

Mrs. Anguay  J

Staff Bulletin for week of January 26, 2015

Monday January 26, 2015

·         Anguay/Asahi/Guillet/Ishida/Rita off campus at SBAC training in Lihue – Kobayashi admin on campus

Tuesday January 27, 2015

·         Anguay off campus at Principal Meeting

·         1:45 – 2:45 pm: Department meetings.  Meet on own, covering department agenda items

·         5:30 pm, Girls BB v. Kauai HS at Kauai HS gym.  JV game first, then varsity

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

·         6:30 pm – WAFF meeting at Waimea NC

Wednesday January 28, 2015

·         5:30 pm, Boys BB v. Kapaa HS at Kapaa Gym.  JV game first, then varsity.

·         2 pm, Varsity Girls soccer v. Island School @ Island School

·         4 pm, Varsity Boys soccer v. Island School @ Island School

Thursday January 29, 2015: Science Fair at the LRC

·         7:45 – 8:30 am; visit to Chiefess Kamakahelei to speak to Kalaheo 8^th graders

·         KCC advisory visit to Evens’ advisory 

·         5 pm JV Girls soccer v. Kapaa HS at Vidinha Stadium

·         7 pm, JV Boys soccer v. Kapaa HS at Vidinha Stadium

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

·         6 pm – Fine dining with Kui and Culinary Students

Friday January 30, 2015

·         8 am – 3 pm; CTE/KCC meeting at KCC

·         2:45 pm, graduation meeting with students at the LRC

·         5:30 pm, Girls BB v. Island School at Waimea.  JV game first, then varsity

Saturday January 31, 2015

·         8:00 – 11:00, KELA meeting at LRC

·         10 am – KIF Swimming at YMCA Pool (Kauai HS host)

·         10 am – KIF Wrestling opens at Kapaa Gym

·         10 am Soccer v. Kapaa HS @ Hanapepe Stadium

o   Start with JV Girls at 10, JV boys at 11:45, Varsity Girls at 1:30, Varsity Boys at 3:30

·         5:30 pm, Boy’s BB at Waimea Gym.  JV game first, then varsity

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 3	Team 3	Team 4	Team 4
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Jan 26, 27, 28	Acoba Messer	Jan 29, 30	Shigematsu Pereira
·         library		Muraoka		Dickinson
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Harding		Altomare
·         S/T/U courtyard		Kajiwara		Davalos
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Mitsis		Stengel

Hello everyone and welcome to week 2 of the spring semester.

VP Asahi and I met with counselors last week to go over students who have failed multiple courses and are in danger of failing the year or who may not graduate in May.  We will be calling in students and parents to have individual meetings over the next few weeks to encourage a renewed sense of urgency in completing work and taking school seriously.  For some students and families, we may have to begin conversations about alternative ways to continue their education.  This is a grave concern of mine as we do not offer credit recovery courses anymore during the school day; students who fail a course need to make up the credit on their own time through e2020.  If your son or daughter did not pass all of his or her classes in first semester, be sure to remind him/her of this reality and speak to their counselor too in case a schedule change needs to be made.  Most of all, please encourage your student to not give up and persist in giving his/her best effort every day, in every class, with every teacher.

Also, please take a few minutes to read the handout from Superintendent Matayoshi that was sent home with each student on Friday.  It contains some very important information about the upcoming new SBAC test juniors will be taking in April.

Finally, please be sure to scroll through the calendar in the right hand column of my blog…. You will find upcoming school events that you can add to your personal or family calendar.

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

Mrs. Anguay  J

Staff Bulletin for week of January 20, 2015

Monday January 12, 2015 – Martin Luther King Day; No School for Students/Staff

Tuesday January 20, 2015

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

·         Tierney Bacarse, Catapult Consultant on campus all day.   Small group sessions with teachers during day

·         1:45 – 3:45: Extended Faculty meeting in LRC with Tierney

·         5:30 pm, Girls BB at Island School.  JV game first, then varsity

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

Wednesday January 21, 2015

·         Anguay off campus from 12:00 pm for meetings in Lihue

·         5:30 pm, Boys BB v. Kauai HS at Waimea Gym.  JV game first, then varsity.

·         5 pm, Varsity Girls soccer v. Kapaa HS at Vidinha Stadium. 

·         7 pm, Varsity Boys soccer v. Kapaa HS at Vidinha Stadium

Thursday January 22, 2015

·         Anguay off island for day

·         KCC advisory visit to Daligcon’s class

·         5 pm JV Girls soccer v. Kapaa HS at Vidinha Stadium

·         7 pm, JV Boys soccer v. Kapaa HS at Vidinha Stadium

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

Friday January 23, 2015

·         5:30 pm, Girls BB v. Kapaa HS at Waimea.  JV game first, then varsity

·         Band Camp at Kokee (return Sunday morning)

Saturday January 24, 2015

·         9 am – KIF Championships @ Wailua River

·         10 am Soccer v. Kauai HS… Start with JV Girls at 10, JV boys at 11:45, Varsity Girls at 1:30, Varsity Boys at 3:30

·         2 pm – KIF swimming at YMCA Pool (Kauai HS host)

·         5 pm, Boy’s BB at Kapaa.  JV game first, then varsity

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 1	Team 1	Team 2	Team 2
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Jan 20	Uyehara Camara	Jan 21, 22, 23	Super Russell
·         library		Saligumba		Barber
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Naumu		Broyles
·         S/T/U courtyard		Rose		O’Day
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Matsumura		Freitag

Happy New Year everyone and welcome back to school!  I hope you had a festive holiday season with family and friends and are ready for all the joy and challenges 2015 will bring to us all.

Waimea HS received two awesome gifts over the Christmas break:

1.        WHS and our feeder schools – Waimea Canyon MS, Eleele, and Kekaha Schools – will be visited by Duke University’s traveling science show, called ‘The Darwin Roadshow.’  The North Carolina scientists will be on campus during the day on Wednesday February 18^th to do an all-school assembly.  That same evening, we will open up the gym at 5:30 pm and invite the entire community to come and participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity to see this outstanding science exhibit.

2.       WHS will receive a “Not Even Once” mural painted by Trysen Kaneshige in March 2015.  Trysen painted the “Believe in Your Dreams” mural at Kauai HS as his senior project two years ago.  Since then, he’s painted four other murals at schools on Oahu, Kauai, and Molokai while still managing to attend college full time on the mainland.  The theme “Not Even Once” encourages students to choose a drug-free lifestyle.

You will be receiving your student’s semester 1/quarter 2 grades shortly.  Please take time to sit down with your son or daughter and review not only their academic grade but their GLO marks as well.  The GLOs that all students are receiving grades on – self-directed learner and community contributor – are critical skills that we believe all students must develop before leaving WHS and heading off for more school, the military, or work.  You will notice that academic grades and GLO marks are closely related… students who are focused and conscientious about their education receive good grades.  Students who are conscious of how their words, actions, and attitudes affect others rarely receive referrals or get into trouble at school. 

You will also be receiving a packet of information about the new Smarter Balanced Assessment tests that our juniors will be taking this April.  These tests are considerably more rigorous and longer (8 hours to complete) than any testing our students have been exposed to previously.  They will be doing more writing and will have to justify their responses by pulling information from multiple sources of information.  They will have multiple choice questions that will have multiple correct answers.  They will have to manipulate data and make conclusions based on that data.  Even if you don’t have a junior, please read the packet carefully as there will be suggestions on how parents can best support and help prepare their students for these new tests.

Finally, please be sure to scroll through the calendar in the right hand column of my blog…. You will find upcoming school events that you can add to your personal or family calendar.

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

Mrs. Anguay  J

Staff Bulletin for week of January 12, 2015

Monday January 12, 2015 – Teacher Professional Development Day

·         7:45 am start in the LRC with consultant, Tom Schimmer.  Please bring a snack to share, something to write with

Tuesday January 13, 2015

·         1:45 – 2:45: Faculty meeting in LRC.  Please bring your laptop

·         5:30 pm, Girls BB at Kapaa.  JV game first, then varsity

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

Wednesday January 14, 2015

·         5 pm, Varsity Boys soccer v. Kauai HS at Hanapepe Stadium. 

·         7 pm, Varsity Girls soccer v. Kauai HS at Hanapepe Stadium

Thursday January 15, 2015

·         ELL teachers at district workshop

·         KCC advisory visit to Baker’s class

·         Department Head Meeting, pd. 7

·         1:45 pm, SPED teacher meeting with Anguay at SPED office

·         5 pm JV Boys soccer v. Kauai HS at Hanapepe Stadium

·         7 pm, JV Girls’ soccer v. Kauai HS at Hanapepe Stadium

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

Friday January 16, 2015

·         ELL teachers at district workshop

·         5:30 pm, Girls BB at Waimea.  JV game first, then varsity

Saturday January 17, 2015

·         9 am – Paddling #5 @ Wailua River

·         10 am – KIF swimming at Kapaa Pool

·         10 am Varsity Boys soccer v. Island School @ Island School

·         12 pm Varsity Girls soccer v. Island School @ Island School

·         5 pm, Boy’s BB at Kapaa.  JV game first, then varsity

                                                                                                                                                               

Campus Supervision

Assigned campus area	Team 6	Team 6	Team 1	Team 1
·         Upper campus (preschool/J/I)	Jan 13, 14, 15	Moises	Jan 16	Uyehara Camara
·         library		Evens		Saligumba
·         front lawn/outside cafe		Matsuyama		Naumu
·         S/T/U courtyard		Kellogg		Rose
·         AR room (ELA teachers)		Bush		Matsumura