Lehua
Super Leader
News
May 2015
791 Lehua Ave, Pearl City, HI 96782 (808) 454-5700
Lehua Elementary School Website: http://lehua.k12.hi.us/Lehua_Elementary_School/Home.html
Aloha Lehua Students, Parents, Staff and Friends:
We have a lot to look forward to as our school year begins to
draw to a close. Our students will be participating in many
events intended to cap the year off on a positive note. These
events include our annual field day, May monthly PBS mystery event and 6th grade leadership camp. On June 1, we will
be celebrating our students’ accomplishments at our year end
Lehua Outstanding Leader awards ceremony. 6th grade graduation will be on the last day of school Wednesday, June 3.
Time sure does fly! Let’s take this time to pause and reflect
on the positive achievements of this past year.
This school year we continued to see steady growth from our
students. Our overall STRIVE HI scores improved from 257
to 330 (on a scale of 400). Our chronic absenteeism dropped
from 21% to 9%. Our students continued to demonstrate impressive growth as measured for STRIVE HI student growth
percentile. Honolulu Magazine ranked Lehua 25th of 172
public elementary schools in the State. Our students represented Lehua and demonstrated their leadership in many ways:
speaking at BYU Hawaii, singing at the Pearl City Complex
Music Festival, competing in Robotics tournaments and competitions, playing in the Pearl City Basketball and Track competitions, and playing an integral part in our Leadership Day
showcase in March. It has indeed been an amazing year!
Summer is almost here! This summer, let’s remember to
exercise the 8 habits to make the most of our time away from
school:
Be Proactive
Begin with the End in Mind
Put First Things First
Think Win-Win
Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood
Synergize
Sharpen the Saw
Find Your Voice and Help Others Find Theirs
Respectfully,
Joseph Halfmann
Mark Your Calendar
May 2015/June 2015
May
1
4
4-8
8
8
13
14
18-20
25
29
Ribbon Lei Class (8-10am)
Grade 4 Field Trip
Teacher Appreciation Week
Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
Last Day of Scholastic Book Fair
Chuck E. Cheese Night (4-8pm)
PreK/K Field Trip
Grade 6—Camp Erdman
Memorial Day—No School
Lehua Field Day (8-11)
29
29
Track Meet (Pearl City High School)
Mystery Event
1
1
2
3
3
3
JPO/Library Field Trip
LOLA Awards Assembly
Student Council Field Trip
6th Grade Graduation (8:30-10:00 am)
Last Day for Students
Report Cards go home
June
Lehua Leaders Presents…
Spring has been extremely busy for grade 5. We have been busy bees preparing for our upcoming SBAC
test. We have been reading, writing, finding text evidence, and problem solving every single day. For health
class, we went through the DARE program with Officer Llacuna and have learned many strategies such as
how to report bullying, resistance strategies when we are in a sticky situation, responding to peer pressure,
communicating confidently, and making the right choices. DARE graduation was on April 20 and we are
pretty confident that we are prepared to make the right choices. 16 fifth graders have also been training
hard during first recess by sprinting & running relays daily for the Pearl City complex track meet which will
be held on Friday, May 8 at the Pearl City High School Stadium.
Updates and Happenings
Smarter Balanced (SBAC)
SBAC testing at Lehua Elementary for grades 3-6 will take place this year from April to May, 2014.
Here are a few tips from childparenting.about.com to help your student do his/her best on testing
days.
1. Attendance is priority: Ensuring students are in school each day limits the distraction of missing
class time to make up test/instructional time during an absence.
2. Set a reasonable bedtime and stick to it: Tired children have difficulty focusing and are easily flustered by challenges.
3. Getting up alert and ready: Rest is important, but so is the amount of time needed to wake up your
brain to function properly for morning testing. Groggy and unfocused equals more frustration.
4. Eating a healthy breakfast: Children learn better on a full stomach. Avoid sugary, heavy foods in
the morning that will make you sleepy. Provide a high protein breakfast like boiled eggs, nut butters or fish.
5. Debrief or brainstorm: Once your child is home from school, ask them how they feel they did on
their tests. What went well and what they feel they may have struggled on? How could she/he do
better next time?
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
We are currently registering children for Kindergarten for the 2015-2016 school year. Your child must be 5 years
old on or before July 31, 2015. We highly encourage and will really appreciate it if you enroll your child early. This
is because it is at this time of year that the number of teachers are allocated for the next school year, so the more
accurate the count of children we have, the more accurate our teacher allocation for next year will be. This is one
way we try and keep our class sizes as small as possible.
REGISTRATION HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8:30AM-11:30AM AND 1:30-3:00PM
Lunch Room News
Health Room News
All outstanding balances are due by Friday, May 29th. Any
money left in your child’s account will carry over for next
school year. If you should have any questions, please
contact our cashier,
EMERGENCY CARDS: Parents please update emergency
phone numbers and information if it has chanced since
school started.
Melissa Morton at
(808) 454-5700.
SICK? Please keep students who are ill home. A temperature 99.7 and above may be signs of illness starting.
Medication should be taken home whenever possible.
Please do not send medication with your child.
School Food Service Update
Please Join us at our next coffee hour.
When: May 13, 2015
Where: Lehua Cafeteria
Time: 8:00-9:00am
*Principal Halfmann will be there to answer any questions or
concerns you may have as well as share information about our
school. We look forward to seeing you there.
Should you require accommodations due to disability, please
contact the office at (808) 454-5700 or via relay at least 10
days prior to the event.
On April 7th, 2015 the Board of Education
approved a change in school meal prices in accordance with a 2009 state law requiring the Hawaii
State Department of Education to charge at least
half the cost of preparing the meals.
New Prices effective July 1, 2015
Breakfast:
Elementary Student Full Price:
$1.10
Elementary Student Reduced Price: $0.30
Adult Breakfast:
$2.40
Lunch:
Elementary Student Full Price:
$2.50
Elementary Student Reduced Price: $0.40
Adult Lunch:
$5.50
Our 6th Graders would like your
help…
Save the Date!!
They are collecting recyclable items
consisting of crushed cans, plastic
Friday, May 29th
and glass bottles. The proceeds from
8:00am –11:00am
these items will go towards their trip
Volunteer Opportunity!
to Camp Erdman in May. Place your
recyclable items in the baskets in
front of the office. Thank you for your
Please contact, PCNC, Melody Nauta if your
terested at 808-454-5741.
support.
Mark your calendars!!
The 6th Grade Graduation
will take place on
Wednesday, June 3
At 8:30am in the Cafeteria.
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