Principal’s Message What a way to end October and welcome November! Red Ribbon Week (Say No to Drugs Week) and princesses, monsters, Batman, Wonder Girls, and Ms Honey Bee in our EBES Fall Harvest Parade. These activities also marked the beginning of our Parent/Teacher Conferences and Book Fair. In November, we are looking forward to our Student Council Food Drive, our Mass Evacuation Drill, Veterans’ Day and Thanksgiving holidays. We are already well into the 2 nd quarter. As partners in your children’s education, we ask that you make sure to sign their home/school notebook daily. Be sure they read daily, especially those non-fiction books. Have them do iReady activities (Gr. K–6). If computer access is a problem, our computer labs are open between 7:15 – 7:45 am and 2:15 – 2:45 pm daily (except Wed. afternoons). Ask your child’s teacher for the permission form. We want to give our students the best support as they prepare for the state’s Smarter Balanced Assessment coming up in April and help develop skills that will help them become lifelong learners and be college and career ready. If there are any questions about your child’s progress, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. We continue to wait on our cafeteria grease trap project as they did run into some difficulties; and we are now awaiting our C Building stairs renovation project. Strive HI results have been announced. Strive HI provides data on how schools are doing in achievement, growth, readiness, and closing the achievement gap. There is no school score this year, but we have scores for the above categories. For more information on Strive HI, check out the DOE website, come to our next Principal Coffee Chat, or contact me for further explanation on Strive HI, the Smarter Balanced Assessment, and our new journey through WASC accreditation. We will be making a more concerted effort to enforce our school dress code. We have been noticing an increase in students “inappropriately” dressed for school (not in compliance with our Dress Code). Students should come to school dressed appropriately in compliance with our school dress code, which promotes safety, responsibility, and respect. November is the month of Thanks. We have so much to be thankful for . . . family, friends, freedom, those who fight for our freedom, food on our table, and much more. I am thankful for our wonderful students and their families, and our hard-working faculty and staff here at Ewa Beach Elementary. I am very thankful for having the opportunity to work with all of you! May your month of thanks be filled with much aloha! November will be a busy month. Stay tuned by reading all notices that go home. We would love to have you participate in the activities. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at 307-2300. A hui hou! Sherry Kobayashi Principal November 2017 “Home of the bees & the kiawe trees” www.EwaBeachElementary.org October 30 to November 9 RELEASE Schedule for Parent- Teacher Conference weeks Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday School ends at 12:45 pm Wednesdays School ends at 12:40 pm
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Principal’s Message What a way to end October and welcome November! Red Ribbon Week (Say No to Drugs Week) and princesses, monsters, Batman, Wonder Girls, and Ms Honey Bee in our EBES Fall Harvest Parade. These activities also marked the beginning of our Parent/Teacher Conferences and Book Fair. In November, we are looking forward to our Student Council Food Drive, our Mass Evacuation Drill, Veterans’ Day and Thanksgiving holidays. We are already well into the 2nd quarter. As partners in your children’s education, we ask that you make sure to sign their home/school notebook daily. Be sure they read daily, especially those non-fiction books. Have them do iReady activities (Gr. K–6). If computer access is a problem, our computer labs are open between 7:15 – 7:45 am and 2:15 – 2:45 pm daily (except Wed. afternoons). Ask your child’s teacher for the permission form. We want to give our students the best support as they prepare for the state’s Smarter Balanced Assessment coming up in April and help develop skills that will help them become lifelong learners and be college and career ready. If there are any questions about your child’s progress, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. We continue to wait on our cafeteria grease trap project as they did run into some difficulties; and we are now awaiting our C Building stairs renovation project. Strive HI results have been announced. Strive HI provides data on how schools are doing in achievement, growth, readiness, and closing the achievement gap. There is no school score this year, but we have scores for the above categories. For more information on Strive HI, check out the DOE website, come to our next Principal Coffee Chat, or contact me for further explanation on Strive HI, the Smarter Balanced Assessment, and our new journey through WASC accreditation. We will be making a more concerted effort to enforce our school dress code. We have been noticing an increase in students “inappropriately” dressed for school (not in compliance with our Dress Code). Students should come to school dressed appropriately in compliance with our school dress code, which promotes safety, responsibility, and respect. November is the month of Thanks. We have so much to be thankful for . . . family, friends, freedom, those who fight for our freedom, food on our table, and much more. I am thankful for our wonderful students and their families, and our hard-working faculty and staff here at Ewa Beach Elementary. I am very thankful for having the opportunity to work with all of you! May your month of thanks be filled with much aloha! November will be a busy month. Stay tuned by reading all notices that go home. We would love to have you participate in the activities. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at 307-2300. A hui hou! Sherry Kobayashi Principal
November2017“Home of the bees & the kiawe trees”
www.EwaBeachElementary.org
October 30 to November 9
RELEASE Schedule for Parent-Teacher Conference weeks
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
School ends at 12:45 pm
Wednesdays School ends at 12:40 pm
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EBES Fall Book Fair October 30 to November 9
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Come visit us before or after your
Parent/Teacher Conference.
November Events
1 3rd Grade Field Trip, Hawaii Theatre Volunteer Training, 5-6pm,Library
2 Parent Ohana Coffee Chat, 8-9 am,
Cafeteria
Kindergarten Field Trip, Hawaii Plantation Village 4th Grade Field Trip, Ku’u Home Kulawai Kalo Farm, Rms B12 & B13
3 4th Grade Field Trip, Ku’u Home Kulawai
Kalo Farms, Rms C12 & C13
6-17 Student Council Food Drive
10 HOLIDAY for Veterans Day No School – Office Closed 13 After school clubs & tutoring resume today 16 Kindergarten Field Trip, Na Mea Kupono
Lo’i Kalo Farm 20 2nd Grade Field Trip, Honolulu Zoo 21 Mass Evacuation Drill 22 Flu Clinic, 8-11 am 23 HOLIDAY – Thanksgiving No School – Office Closed 24 HOLIDAY – Thanksgiving No School – Office Open
Students must be accompanied by an adult when shopping after school.
Parents… you are invited to volunteer at EBES. Attend the next Volunteer Training Session and learn how you can become a part of our volunteer team. We have many ways you can help and through volunteering you will learn more about how your child spends their day at school. Come join our volunteer team and enjoy some time with our awesome students! Training is mandatory for all volunteers (including Field Trip Chaperones) and must be completed each school year to be eligible to volunteer! Training Sessions are held monthly. For questions contact PCNC Facilitator (Delia Clark) at 428-1564.
VolunteersMakingaDifference
ParentOhana
EBES
Jointheteam!
TOPIC:“HowtoBestEncourageYourChild”
Thursday,November2nd8:00–9:00am,Cafeteria
All parents want to encourage their children to grow and thrive. But how do we do that? What are the best ways to encourage our kids so they’ll grow to be kind, confident, capable adults?
Join us for a fun & interactive workshop to learn: * How to provide encouragement to your child * How to build their self-esteem & help them have a healthy self-worth * We will learn the difference between “Praise” & “Encouragement” and learn how to use both.
It is sure to be a great workshop! Contact Delia Clark, PCNC, for questions: 428-1564.
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Thank You for Supporting Our School!
OctoberCampusCleanUp
A huge thank you to all the parents, students and community supporters that came out to our Campus Clean Up on October 28th. Volunteers weeded, picked up trash, and planted a new tree. Thank you for helping make our school brighter… You truly made a difference on National “Make A Difference” Day!
Fall“CookieSale”FundraiserThank you to all the students and families that participated in our Annual “Cookie Sale” Fundraiser. Through your hard work we were able to raise $14,000 in profit to support our school! Proceeds from this fundraiser will help fund Parent Workshops, our End-of-School-Year Celebration, and a James Campbell High School graduate $1000 scholarship.
Congratulations to one amazing Kindergarten student – Aggasid Aydan! Aggasid was the “Top-Selling” Student for the entire school!
Congratulations to our two “Top-Selling” Classrooms. They will each win a Pizza Party!
1st Place – Ms. Pelayan’s 2nd Grade Class, Room E15
2nd Place – Mrs. Clarin’s 1st Grade Class, Room P2
Mahalo for supporting our school!
ü Parent/TeacherConferences&EarlyReleaseSchoolScheduleforOct30–Nov9
Conferences will be held for two weeks, Monday through Friday, October 30 – November 9, 2017. Students will be released one hour and 15 minutes earlier from school during this two-week period, and the Wednesday lunch schedule will be adjusted during this timeframe. The A+ After School Care Program will take students right after school is released. If your child does not attend A+, please make arrangements for your own childcare.
School Release Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday – 12:45 pm
Wednesday – 12:40 pm
ü AfterSchoolTutoring&ClubsCancelledOctober30–November9All after school tutoring and club sessions will be cancelled during Parent/Teacher Conference weeks. Clubs will resume on Monday, November 13, 2017.
ü SchoolCommunityCouncilParentRepresentativeThe Parent Representative position on the School Community Council is designated with being a spokesperson for parent concerns and suggestions. Please know that all of your school questions and concerns are important. Please share them with your Parent Representative – Mrs. Delia Clark. She can be reached by phone (689-1271 or 428-1564) or email ([email protected]).
Parent Notices
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Our “BUSY BEE” Students
StudentCouncilFoodDrive
Our Student Council will be conducting their annual Food Drive November 6 - 17, 2016. Food donations will be accepted in homeroom classrooms. Please take some time to check your kitchen pantry and donate a few items! Every donation will be greatly appreciated by a person in need.
Kindergarten students will be going to the Hawaii Plantation Village on Thursday, November 2, 2017. The students will be watching a play performed by The Leeward Theatre that deals with life on Hawaii's plantations. After the performance, students will have the opportunity to tour Hawaii's Plantation Village and learn about the different cultures that worked and lived in the plantations.
Third grade students will be attending a play at Hawaii Theatre in Honolulu on November 1st. The play is a twist on a classic tale -- Red Riding Hood. However, this play will be focused from the wolf's perspective! This exploration of character traits will aid student comprehension of characters, and highlight to students that stories often times have several points of view to look from.
BasketballTryOutsJust around the corner is basketball intramural season. A two-day tryout will be held in November after Parent/Teacher Conferences. Permission slips will go out to students who are interested in trying out for our school team. We have a Boys Team and a Girls Team.
Please mark your calendar & plan to attend. Our school will be hosting the Ewa Beach Holiday Festival again this year and proceeds benefit our 6th grade graduating class. Vendor Booths available – For Vendor Application & Details visit our school website: www.EwaBeachElementary.org
Summer Reading Rocks! Congratulations to the many students who participated in the EBES Summer Reading Program. Students worked on i-Ready activities, public library summer reading program and/or read from our e-book collection on Overdrive. At the Welcome Back Assembly, those voracious readers were rewarded for their reading. Students who participated in various programs and turned in their reading logs were entered in a drawing to win gift cards from Consolidated Theaters, Jamba Juice and Walmart. All students who participated also received a book of their choice.
The lucky winners are…
$20 Consolidated Movie Theater Gift Card: Jaren C. Michael F. Kaden B. Ava E.
$10 Jamba Juice or Walmart Gift Card:
Elias M. Leela B. Nylah S. Gabriella M. Grade 4 student Leitasi F. Evan E. Wes F. Penelope O. Payton K.
