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Monday, February 29, 2016
March Parent Bulletin and Menu online
Under quick links on the right side of main page
are Parent Bulletins
Thursday, February 25, 2016
2/26 - 3/5
Green Eggs and Ham
breakfast on March 1 is fun way to start the day with celebrating Dr.Suess
birthday. $2.40 for adult meals and students meal will be deducted from their
lunch account. (exact change is appreciated) In addition to yummy breakfast, families can
make a book mark, touch ooblek and take a picture with the Cat in the Hat. All
this before school starts. Breakfast this day only starts serving at 7am and
all students should be in class before the bell at 7:55
Yearbook sales
continue through the end of March. Order forms available in the office.
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Fri. Feb. 26 Popcorn will be delivered to classrooms
that students prepaid
Mon. Feb. 28 School starts at 7:55 every day –
Be on time or go to the office
Tues. March 1 Green
Eggs and Ham Breakfast – Enjoy breakfast and Suess activities with your family
before school starts. Pay in cash, $2.40 exact change is appreciated
Wed. March 2 School is out at 1:10 every Wednesday &
wear your school T shirt
Thurs. March 3 Chaperone Training 8:00 –8:30 in PCNC
corner of front office
Fri. March 4
Sat. March 5 Honor Bands playing at Leilehua High
School
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Community
Events
Feb. 27 Haleiwa Art Walk 6pm – 9pm. Call 637-4558
Feb. 27 Stargazing by Hawaiian Astronomical
Society. Free star party with telescopes from 6:35pm – midnight at Dillingham
Airfield. peter@besenbruch.info
Tuesdays
and Fridays St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Thrift Shop is open from 9am – 11am.
Address --1679 California Avenue phone number is 621-8662
Saturdays and Sundays
Art at the Zoo fence from 9am – 4pm. Enjoy art along the outside fence of the
Honolulu Zoo and meet the artists. Located on Monsarrat Ave. Free street
parking and across street in lot at Kapiolani Park
Thursday, February 18, 2016
2/19 - 2/26
Next Wednesday, Feb.
24 Hale Kula has the opportunity of having a professional sculptor teach us
techniques for creating in clay. Families are invited to the cafeteria 6pm –
7:30pm. Kim Duffett has built large
sculptural pieces in many public places . And he will be building a special
sculpture to be on display in front of our new library. RSVP no later than Feb.
22 to Ellen_Petry@notes.k12.hi.us
Students in grades 3,
4 & 5 are invited to Thursday Crafternoon, afterschool February 25 from
2:15-4:00 in Hale Kula's Makerspace, F4. The featured craft will be fancy
duct tape wallets and coin purses. Because we're purchasing fancy duct
tape and velcro closures, we will charge participating students $1 for this
Crafternoon. Register your child here: https://goo.gl/5SSz00 We will email you
a confirmation. Limited to the first 20 students.
Green eggs and Ham
breakfast on March 1 is fun way to start the day with celebrating Dr.Suess
birthday. Prepay for your meal this week to be a part of the fun. In addition
to yummy breakfast, families can make a book mark, touch ooblek and take a
picture with the Cat in the Hat. All this before school starts. Breakfast this
day only starts serving at 7am and all students should be in class before the
bell at 7:55
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Mon. Feb. 22 Jump
Rope for Heart – suggested $1.00 donation to American Heart Association. Every
grade level comes out to donate and jump rope for 20 minutes. Wear good jumping shoes and a belt to keep
your pants from jumping off
School Community Council Meeting at 3pm
Tues. Feb. 23 School starts at 7:55 every day – be in
your seat ready to learn
Wed. Feb. 24 Chaperone Training 8:00 –8:30 in PCNC corner
of front office
Sculptor Kim Duffett 6pm – 7:30pm in the
cafeteria. Families will hear presentation about new sculpture and art in
public places. Then we get trained my professional in creating our own clay
masterpiece.
Thurs. Feb. 25 Copy Training 8:10am – 9:10am meet in PCNC
office and walk to D4 to operate machines – No kids allowed at this training
PTO General Membership Meeting 1:30 – 2:05 in
the cafeteria. Hear about what the PTO had done and what they have planned.
Taste samples of bread from Spring fund raiser
Fri. Feb. 26 Popcorn will be delivered to classrooms
that students prepaid
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Community
Events
Feb. 19-21 Hawaii Collectors Expo at the Blaisdell
Exhibition Hall – cost is $5. Offers
antiques, paintings, coins, stamps, sports cards, comics and more. Feb. 19 4pm
– 9pm, Feb. 20 9am – 6pm, Feb. 21 10am – 4pm.
Feb.17 & 24 Docent Training at Wahiawa Botanical
Garden at 11am. Fee is $25. (redeemable after course completion and 12 volunteer
hours. Register at 522-7066
Feb. 19-21 Mililani High annual Trojan Carnival. EK
Fernandez rides and games, food booths, keiki and kupuna ID and much more. Hours are 3-11pm Feb. 19- 11am – 11pm Feb. 20
and 11am – 6pm Feb. 21. Call 627-7747
Thurs. Feb. 25 Extreme Couponing Workshop FREE. Pearl
Country Club at 98-535 Kaonohi Street in Aiea. 3pm or 7pm. Register now
staradvertiser.com/smartshopper
Tuesdays and Fridays
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Thrift Shop is open from 9am – 11am. Address
--1679 California Avenue phone number is 621-8662
Saturdays and Sundays
Art at the Zoo fence from 9am – 4pm. Enjoy art along the outside fence of the
Honolulu Zoo and meet the artists. Located on Monsarrat Ave. Free street
parking and across street in lot at Kapiolani Park
Thursday, February 11, 2016
2/12 - 2/21
Thursday Crafternoon!
Students in grades 3-5 are invited to
Thursday Crafternoon, February 18, from 2:15-4:00 in F4. Students who were
waitlisted for the last session will be given first priority & will be
contacted directly via email. If your child would like to come, please register
via this link: https://goo.gl/zzszMv
Students will be designing pictures for bottle cap magnets and will be able to
create other crafts as well.
Thank you for supporting our Peace, Love,
Book Fair!
The Book Fair was a great success &
we thank you for buying so many great books for the classrooms! Profits
from the Book Fair will support family programs at Hale Kula & help us buy
new books for the library. If we ran out of a book you wanted, you can
still buy it on our online fair.
There's no shipping & books will be delivered to your child's classroom
within a couple weeks. http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/halekulaelemschool
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Mon. Feb. 15 NO
SCHOOL – Happy Presidents Day
Tues. Feb. 16 Boxtops and Labels for Education
pick up from classrooms
Wed. Feb. 17 5th Grade Pictures
Teddy’s Bigger Burger in Wahiawa fundraiser all
day long
Thurs. Feb. 18 4th Grade Field Trip to Hawaii
Plantation Village
Fri. Feb. 19 Chaperone Training 8:00 –8:30 in PCNC
corner of front office
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Community
Events
Feb. 12-14 Sports, Health & Fitness EXPO at the
Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Many health and fitness booths to explore and pick
up your GAR race packet. www.greataloharun.com
Fri. Feb. 12 Kipapa Fun Fair from 4pm – 8pm. Kipapa
Elementary is at 95-076 Kipapa Drive. 627-7322
Sat. Feb. 13 Keiki Swap Meet & Extravaganza at Helemano
Elementary from 8am – noon. with booths selling new and used items, art and
food. In the school cafeteria and walkways. Limited parking.
Sat. Feb. 13 Waialua High & Intermediate School has an
Aloha ‘Aina community recycling drive from 9am – noon. Accepting all kinds of
items for recycling including newspapers, cardboard, electronics and other hard
to dispose of items. 3rs@kokuahawaiifoundation.org
Sat. Feb. 13 Wahiawa Historical Society’s annual meeting at
Wahiawa Botanical Garden. Local History Buff Callman Au will be speaking about
his family farm near Wheeler AAF and more. Au is a 1950 graduate of Leilehua
and taught agriculture there for many years. He has been chairman of the Kunia
Orchid Society the last 15 years.
Sun. Feb. 14 Ukulele Picnic at Kakaako Makai gateway Park
9am FREE. Ukulele players from across
the globe gather to share their music. Ukulelepicnicinhawaii.org/en
Mon. Feb. 15 Great Aloha Race from Aloha Tower Marketplace
to Aloha stadium start time 7am. Good
luck to everyone participating. If you are not racing, suggested to avoid the
area.
Feb.17 & 24 Docent Training at Wahiawa Botanical
Garden at 11am. Fee is $25. (redeemable after course completion and 12
volunteer hours. Register at 522-7066
Feb. 19-21 Mililani
High annual Trojan Carnival. EK Fernandez rides and games, food booths, keiki
and kupuna ID and much more. Hours are
3-11pm Feb. 19- 11am – 11pm Feb. 20 and 11am – 6pm Feb. 21. Call 627-7747
Thursday, February 4, 2016
2/5 - 2/12
Under quick links on
the right side of main page are Parent Bulletins.
Hale Kula Elementary communicates student meal account information
with families through white, blue, or yellow slips of papers that are sent home
with students.
Slips are typically handed out the day after the print date on the
top of the slip.
WHITE slips of paper are a receipt for payment.
BLUE slips of paper indicate that there
are 3 meals remaining on your child's account, time to make a payment!
*You will receive a
blue slip every day until a deposit is made.
YELLOW slips of paper indicate a NEGATIVE balance. We are not permitted to carry
negative balances on meal accounts.
Please send your
child to school with a deposit or pack a home lunch.
*You will receive a
yellow slip and phone call / email every day until a deposit is made.
To learn more about the Hawai`i Department of Education
meal program and to apply for Free or Reduced meals, see here -->
http://goo.gl/TCF3g4
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Fri. Feb. 5 Complex Basketball Tournament for 4th
and 5th Graders
Kona Ice afterschool behind the cafeteria. They
accept debit cards as well as cash
Mon. Feb. 8 Book Fair is open in F4 Mon – Thurs from
7:30am – 3pm
Tues. Feb. 9 Chaperone Training 1:30 – 2:00 in PCNC
corner of front office
Wed. Feb. 10 3rd Grade Field Trip to
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Thurs. Feb. 11 5th Grade Science Fair –
judging in the classrooms in the morning. Parents invited 2:30 – 4 to the
cafeteria for viewing and announcement of winners
Fri. Feb. 12 3rd Grade Field Trip to Polynesian
Cultural Center
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Community
Events
Fri. Feb. 5 Hoala School hosts an open house from 10am –
2pm. At the school campus 1067 California Ave in Wahiawa call 621-1898
Sat, Feb 6 Wheeler Middle School community yard sale in
their parking lot from 8-2. Many families selling their goods in one
central location, making it a one-stop convenient shopping experience for
garage sale shoppers!
Sat. Feb. 6 Foster Care Trainings by the Hawaiian Humane
Society from 9am – 10am FREE. Class for
those interested in fostering pets at 2700 Waialae Ave call 356-2222
Fri. Feb. 5 & Sat.
Feb. 6 Chinatown rings in the Year of the
Monkey with a 2 day party at the Chinatown Cultural Plaza. The free festivities
run from 5pm – 10pm on Friday and 10am – 10pm on Sat. Expect lots of dancing,
food, crafts and culture. Visit chinesechamber.com for more info.
Fri. Feb. 5 & Sat.
Feb. 6 Punahou Carnival features food,
games, sales, E.K. Fernandez rides and much more. 11am – 11pm. Go to
Punahou.edu/carnival for more info.
Sun. Feb. 7 Comic
Jam Hawaii at Pearlridge Center, Downtown Center Court from 1pm – 4pm for FREE.
Local artists come together to draw, share work and talk story. 203-2366
Wed. Feb. 10 Knitters Group meets biweekly at
Wahiawa Library at 6:30pm. Call 622-6345
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