E.B. DESILVA ELEMENTARY NOVEMBER 2019 “GIVE THANKS” Calendar Oct. 27-Nov 8 Parent Teacher Conferences (No EdVenture Classes) Nov. 11 Veterans’ Day Holiday NO SCHOOL Nov. 12 EdVenture Classes Resume Nov. 18 NO EdVenture SING! Class Nov. 18- 22 Canned Food Drive Nov. 26 “Canstruction” Project Covered Court Nov 28 - 29 - Thanksgiving Holiday SuperBee NEWS Faculty and Staff members showed their “spirited” side and dressed up for Halloween fun for this year’s parade. Dear Parents & Guardians, By the time you good folks receive this message we will have concluded our 2019-20 Parent/ Teacher Conferences and phased through the Halloween Season. Our next main calendar events include Veteran’s Day (11/11) and the Thanksgiving Break (11/28 – 11/29). We are pleased to share with you that this has been one of the smoothest school year openings we have ever enjoyed. Much of the credit must go to our outstanding teacher and support staff cadre. Then, we need to honor the excellent effort being put forth by our children – and the support we receive from our parents. We once again implore you to support our efforts (school administration, PTA, SCC, and school community) to gain Hawaii Legislative support to release funding for much needed, additional classroom space. This will be the third year in row that we have appealed to the State House and State Senate for funding to permit construction of a multi-room building here on campus. We are hopeful that this will be our year. As the Holiday Season rapidly approaches, we strongly encourage families to develop a schedule that will allow for maximum time with your children. Time is our most precious commodity. Knowing that is a strong reinforcement to spend quality time as family --- while your children are still young. They will forever treasure the time you do spend with them. Please, never hesitate to contact our school whenever we can be of service to your family. Our school phone no is (808) 974-4855, my home phone no. is (808) 935-2610 or you may contact me via email at <Dennis.O’[email protected]>. Warmest Regards, Dennis R. O’Brien Principal 2019-2020 Our Vision: “Educating for Excellence” Our Mission: “The E. B. DeSilva teachers, administrators, parents, students, staff and community share the responsibility to promote life-long learning and excellence.” For more school information, visit our website at ebdesilva.org 278 Ainako Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720 • Ph: 974-4855 • Fax: 974-4858
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E.B. DESILVA ELEMENTARY
NOVEMBER 2019 “GIVE THANKS”
Calendar
Oct. 27-Nov 8 Parent Teacher Conferences (No EdVenture Classes) Nov. 11 Veterans’ Day Holiday
NO SCHOOL
Nov. 12 EdVenture Classes Resume Nov. 18 NO EdVenture SING! Class Nov. 18- 22 Canned Food Drive Nov. 26 “Canstruction” Project Covered Court Nov 28 - 29 - Thanksgiving Holiday Su
By the time you good folks receive this message we will have concluded our 2019-20 Parent/Teacher Conferences and phased through the Halloween Season. Our next main calendar events include Veteran’s Day (11/11) and the Thanksgiving Break (11/28 – 11/29).
We are pleased to share with you that this has been one of the smoothest school year openings we have ever enjoyed. Much of t he c red i t mu s t go t o ou r outstanding teacher and support staff cadre. Then, we need to honor the excellent effort being put forth by our children – and the support we receive from our parents.
We once again implore you to suppor t our ef for t s (school administration, PTA, SCC, and school community) to gain Hawaii Legislative support to release f und i ng f o r muc h needed , additional classroom space. This will be the third year in row that we have appealed to the State House and State Senate for funding to permit construction of a mult i - room building here on campus. We are hopeful that this will be our year.
As the Holiday Season rapidly a p p r o a c h e s , w e s t r o n g l y encourage families to develop a schedule that will allow for maximum time with your children. T ime i s ou r mos t p rec iou s commodity. Knowing that is a strong reinforcement to spend
quality time as family --- while your children are still young. They will forever treasure the time you do spend with them.
Please, never hesitate to contact our school whenever we can be of service to your family. Our school phone no is (808) 974-4855, my home phone no. is (808) 935-2610 or you may contact me via email at <Dennis.O’[email protected]>.
Warmest Regards,
Dennis R. O’Brien Principal
2019-2020
Our Vision: “Educating for Excellence”
Our Mission: “The E. B. DeSilva teachers, administrators, parents, students, staff and community share the responsibility to promote life-long learning and
excellence.”
For more school information, visit our website at ebdesilva.org
K-6buddies showtheirSuperBee spiritas they gather together for Unity Dayduring Spirit Week. Across the state,school personnel and students wereasked to wear orange for Unity,encouraging inclusiveness and kindnessto others on October 23rd - NaFonalBullyingPrevenFonDay.
FLUSHOTCLINIC-Dept.ofHealthstaff-alongwithvolunteersfromtheDanielK. InouyeCollegeofPharmacy-recently visited our campus for their annual flu shot campaign. All students are encouraged to get their flu shot,especiallythosewhoareathighrisk,includingchroniclungcondiFons(asthma)andheartcondiFons. AseasonalflushothelpstolessentheseverityandcomplicaFonsofinfluenza,accordingtotheCDC.FormoreinformaFon,visit:hFps://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/children.htm
KKidsHelpatPanaewaZooMembersof thedeSilvaKKidshelpedwith theKFamily (Kiwanis) service project at the PanaewaZooonarecentSaturday. Over40studentsandadults from 7 clubs planted naFve and canoeplantsandpulledweeds in theDiscoveryForest,followedbylunch. Ourstudentshadachancetobondwithmembersranginginagefrom10to82.
Picturedwith bu[erfly sculpture (le\) are Ben, Jana,Kamalei,Milla&alumnusCasydee,Hunter,KayleyandShanel. Missing from photo: KKids member CalebSantos.
HailingfromKailua-Kona,PATH(PeoplesAdvocacyforTrailsHawaii)travelstoschools around the island to share important bike safety and educaFoninformaFon.PATHstaffandvolunteersteachoveraperiodof3days,with45-minute sessions per class per day. This year’s recent visitmarked the fi\hyearofPATHbikesafetyandeducaFonsessionsatEBdeSilva.
Day One starts with safety talks in the classrooms. Students receive freehelmets to use in class and take home a\er their sessions. Helmets areprovidedfreeofchargebyPATHprogramdonors.
Days TwoandThreehave the children ridingbikes andpracFcing their saferiding skills. Special care is taken with non-riders, who are pulled into aseparateareaandbeginpracFceridingonbikeswithnopedals.Bytheendofday three, most students are able to ride on their own. What anaccomplishment!(Bytheway,PATHprovidesallthebicyclesforthestudentstouseduringclassFme.)
Mahalonui loa toUnclePaul,Uncle Joe,UncleSteveandAunFeShirley forsharingyourmessagewithourstudentswithpaFenceandaloha.
Grade4BikeSafetyandEducaSonwithPATH
5th Annual Event a HOWLING Success Trunk or Treat was THE happening place to be on Oct 30th, with all the spirited fun and surprises of Halloween. Super Bee families did such an AMAZING job and went all out with their decorations! Willy Wonka and the Oompah Loompahs, Pokemon, Dr Seuss, Charlie Brown, and assorted ghosts and skeletons brought the event to life for the excited students who came to enjoy the fun.
Refreshments and treats were also plentiful - chocolate dipped marshmallows, witches brews, blinky balloons, books and toys, as well as candies - were enjoyed by all. It was great to see young and old alike having so much fun!
Mahalo nui loa to all the families that participated in our trunk decorating contest, passed out candies, and donated treats for our event. We couldn’t do this event without you all!
Our heartfelt Mahalo as well to the great volunteers who helped at the event:
Shana Bartolome Yvette DePonte
Stacy and Jason Hondo Student Council Members: Finn Balzotti, Tracen Brigoli-Valdez,
Special Mahalo to : the EB deSilva PTA for sponsoring the trunk decorating contest.
Concessionaires: Hilo High School Chicas Soccer Team and Jamba Juice/Grade 5
Trunk or Treat is an EB deSilva Family Focus Event
TRUNK OR TREAT..What a SCREAM!TrunkDecoraSngContest
Winners
ThirdPlace-GirlScoutTroop258
SecondPlace-CharlieBrownKanemotoOhana
FirstPlace-WillyWonkaHunterandTateYamamoto
Ohana
Local Products 2019 UPDATESMahalo! Mahalo! Mahalo! This was a year of record-breaking results. The annual Local Products fundraiser has gone very smoothly with $73,000 gross profit! This is $20,000 more than last year!
We are happy to report that we are ON TARGET to infuse and support school programs. Thank you’s go out to Super Bee Parents for working so hard to sell tickets. We would like to recognize the following students and their families who made up the TOP TEN best sellers list:
3rd place - Evan Mangaoang 4th place - Ryne Shimooka 5th place - Holden Close 6th place - Mia Hashimoto 7th place (tie)-Tallen Kiriu and Kendal Terao-Toma 8th place - Carly Hirayama 9th place (tie) - Cade Kanemoto and Brayden Abe 10th place - Ezekiel Ni’i
Our congratulations also go out to Mrs. Colleen Alba-Kuwahara’s class for selling THE MOST tickets in the entire school. They were rewarded with a pizza party and Halloween goodies. YUM!
Heartfelt congratulations and THANK YOU to the Super Bee Community and `Ohana!
VOLUNTEER MAHALOS The PTA would like to thank the following individuals for helping to manage the money collection for the Local Products fundraiser. They are:
Leila Beals Michele Lefebvre
Denby Erece Jasmin Ortiz-Bloom
Christine Gumbs Heather Kanemoto Jennie Kaneshiro
Carolina Lam Paula Pua
Jessica Souder Lesley Takemoto
Let’s not forget our Excel Spreadsheet GURU, Jon Tokuuke, for designing the database that we use to maintain ticket and financial details.
It literally takes a village, and the PTA would like to recognize the following for their help on the Nov 2nd distribution day:
Colleen & Jarrick Alba-Kuwahara Chris & Finn Balzotti
Shana Bartolome Riley and Kai Buttz and Kelli Till
Larsen Close Ka’anoi DeCoito
Karen & Katelyn Dodo Christine, Rylan, and Aiden Gumbs
Tara Honda Amy Kaawaloa Mike Kanemoto
Jennie Kaneshiro Kathy Kawasaki and Guy Saruwatari
Gus Keolanui Lopaka and Noah Lee
Mahina and Tyler Maag Iliana Mandaloniz
Cecily Nago Wendy Nathaniel & Anthony Ignacio
Jake Otani Jasmin Ortiz-Bloom
Alayna Revell Traci & Kayla Urasaki
Stacey Williams
Mahalo nui loa to ALL for helping us make this fundraiser successful! It truly is a group effort!
Amy Kaawaloa Local Products Fundraiser Chair
Sevyn Keolanui. Tori Moniz First Place Second Place
Aloha Super Bee Families,
On behalf of the deSilva School Shirt Committee and the PTA, we would like to extend a huge MAHALO to the parents and families that assisted with the school t-shirt sorting held on Saturday, October 26th. We always appreciate volunteers taking time out of your day to assist. We cannot do it without you!
Thank you to Mariner Revell, uncle to a second grader in Mrs. Kodama's class, for the donation to create our new design. We are excited with how our 60th anniversary shirts came out and we love seeing students rocking their shirts and showing school spirit!
Thank you to the following amazing volunteers:
Jasmin Bloom-Ortiz Brooke Camero
Larsen Close Kaanoi DeCoito
Kellie Frias Krissy Halemanu
Yan Huang Ashley Kashima-Rodero
Gus Keolanui Alisha Medeiros
Jason & Jolette Nakamura Lara Oshiro
Randi Saplan Lesley Takemoto
Thane Todd Hsin-Yi Yamachika
Mahalo nui loa, Alayna Revell Katie Carvalho
T-shirt Committee Co-Chairs
NATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY MONTH
- from the website: National day calendar.com National Family Literacy Month is an annual designation observed in November. This month, get the whole family snuggled up on the couch and open up a good book. Studies show that reading aloud with mom or dad is the most important activity when it comes to preparing children to read on their own. And if you raise a good reader… Pretty much anything is possible!
Reading helps with vocabulary, writing skills, attention span, memory, and teaches us about other times and places. Even if your child is just a baby, you should still sit down and read with them every once in a while. An infant can look at pictures and listen to your voice as you read stories to them… And believe it or not, studies show that that alone can have a profound effect on your child when it comes to learning later on in life. Grab a few books, gather the fam, snuggle up, and let a book take you all to another place together.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Get the whole family together and enjoy some reading. If you are reading to toddlers or other young children, try to remember when you were young, and the way you liked listening to your parents or teachers read with excitement in their voice, and when they gave you enough time to look at the pictures as well as listening to the words. Here are a few things you can do this month (and hopefully every month to follow) to participate in National Family Literacy Month.
1. Set aside a little time for reading every day, even if it’s only for 15 or so minutes.
2. Go through both old and new books, and set some of your favorites around the house. They make cute decorations, and maybe one of the kids will pick one up and start reading!
3. Take a few trips to the library.4. Read your child the book version of their
favorite movie. If they can read on their own, encourage them to read it!
5. Start a book club with friends and family.6. Participate in a book drive and donate old or
used books you no longer need. This will help families in need read to their kids.
MAHALO T-SHIRT VOLUNTEERS
Local Products Fundraiser Pick-up Reminders
Nov 5- 9, Nov 12-16, Dec 3-7, and —Dec 10-14, 2019 Mochi/Manju pick up at 2 Ladies Kitchen 12 noon - 5 pm
Nov 16, 2019: Asami’s Bento pick-up 8 am - 12 noon at Asami’s December 7, 2019: Poinsettia pick up at E.B. DeSilva 10-2pm.
Volunteers Needed for Local Products Pick-up
The E.B. deSilva PTA is looking for volunteers to help with the next Local Products Fundraiser pick-up event scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. If you are able to help, please contact Amy Kaawaloa at 345.8360 or [email protected] or Kaanoi DeCoito at [email protected].
Hanano Farms Poinsettia pick-up at E.B. de Silva Cafeteria
Lost It? We might have found it! Please stop by the Lost and Found
located outside the office. ALL items not claimed by Winter Break will be
Author and Chef Audrey Wilson visited fourth graders and presented all students with “Hawaii Healthy Me” workbooks featuring local customs, culture and foods. The workbook teaches students about healthy eating habits and physical activity.
Members of the Kau Ohana drop in for a visit with Mrs. Ferreira’s class. Now a family tradition, they bring good cheer and fun, read Halloween stories and share a “Witches Brew” (homemade root beer) with the students.
4 PT Conferences, students released @ 1:15 p.m. NO EdVenture Classes
5 PT Conferences, students released @ 1:15 p.m. NO EdVenture Classes
6 PT Conferences, students released @ 12:35 p.m. NO EdVenture Classes
7 PT Conferences, students released @ 1:15 p.m. NO EdVenture Classes
8 PT Conferences, students released @ 1:15 p.m. NO EdVenture Classes
11 VETERANS DAY NO SCHOOL
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18 Canned Food Drive
NO SING! EdVenture class
19 Canned Food Drive
20 Canned Food Drive
21 Canned Food Drive
22 Canned Food Drive
25 26CanstrucSonContestTimeTBA
27 28 Thanksgiving Day No School
29 Thanksgiving Holiday No School
NOVEMBER Wed. Thurs. Fri.Tues.Mon.“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
