Important Announcement

On Friday, September 19, if you see lines of students walking across the street heading to the Teen Center, do not panic. We will be holding our annual mandated emergency evacuation drill.

The Department requires all schools to hold emergency drills at least once a month.  Most of the time, we have fire drills, but we are also mandated to have an emergency evacuation drill and a shelter-in-place drill at least once during the school year.

US Army Garrison personnel provides oversight for our emergency evacuation drill. Afterwards, we convene for an After-Action Review, and everyone present shares their observations and makes recommendations for future evacuations.  Please know that we take these monthly drills seriously, are required to submit data at the end of the year and revise our emergency plans accordingly.

Parents have asked if they can walk with their child. Because this is a drill and practice for an actual emergency, we ask that unless you normally volunteer on Fridays, do not plan on accompanying your child.  We need to know that our teachers and students know what to do in case of an emergency.

You will be getting a mass message on your primary phone number when the drill begins and after the drill is over. The message will be sent to your voice mail if you do not pick up the call.  Please do not call the school; no one will answer because all of us will be participating in the drill.  The drill requires us to have a plan at the evacuation site when parents come to pick up their children. This is an important part of what the Army personnel will be observing.

We will remind you of the drill prior to Friday. We always recommend that students dress comfortably for school and bring a container of water. This will be especially true on Friday when students will walk approximately 1/2 mile to the Teen Center. We have had flip-flops break along the way as well as blisters on girls who were wearing shoes more appropriate for parties than for school.

Every year, the Army observers praise our students for their behavior during this drill. This is a direct reflection on our staff who stress the expectations for all emergency drills.

We will notify you if the emergency evacuation drill will be rescheduled due to inclement weather or some other unforeseen circumstances. Additionally, if your primary phone number has changed, please let the school know so we can change our records.

We hope that we never have an actual emergency requiring evacuation, but if we do, we will at least know that we are prepared.

9/12 - 9/20

FREE Online math & science tutoring. Available to ALL Hawaii Dept. Of Education students K – 12 Monday – Friday 9am – 10pm. Sunday 5pm – 10pm. http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ola  click on Enter Tutoring Room. No login or password required. Just sign in using your first name. For more information: ola@hawaii.edu or 808-956-3714

FYI CYS Services Hourly Care.
COST: $4/hr up to 20 hours/week
LOCATION: Petersen CDC and Helemano CDC
AGES: 6 weeks - 5 years (not in Kindergarten)
HOURS OF OPERATION: 8am-2pm 
ADDITIONAL INFO: All youth need to registered with CYS Services (no cost to register). Reservations for hourly care need to be made 2 weeks in advance and is on a first-come, first-served basis.  Please contact Parent Central Services to register or for more information: 655-8380.

Kim Butler, MFLC (Military & Family Life Counselor) kbutler@halekula59.k12.hi.us 

I am working on trying to put together a group for students who have a parent that is currently deployed, deploying in the next couple of months, or recently returned from a deployment. I know personally how challenging each of these times can be and would like to offer my assistance to the students.  My intent is to begin the groups in mid-October and run them until mid-December. If you're interested in your child participating in the group, please send me an email by Friday Oct 3^rd. I will send home permission slip with details.

Tripler School Behavioral Health Team and Hale Kula Elem. PCNC is partnering together to provide FREE parent workshops. Previous workshops include Stress Free Living, Parent Tool Box, Managing Difficult Behaviors in Children and Communication Strategies. In an effort to better serve the needs of our families please let us know if you are interested in these workshops and additional topics that you would like to learn about ruby.e.bartolome.civ@mail.mil

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Fri. Sept. 12        Friday Store afterschool in P14. Ice Cream and snacks $1.00 and under

Fri. Sept. 12        National Night Out 4:30pm – 7pm at Wheeler Community Center sponsored by IPC. Food, games, prizes and music and more.

Sat. Sept. 13       FREE family event "A Lifetime of Healthy Activity" with the Ohana on at UFC Gym Waikele.  Local fighters such as Max Holloway and Brad Tavares will be making a special appearance.  Come down for some family activities, prizes, and food.  Invite your family and friends.  Enjoy the day filled with family fun and physical activity! 

10:30 - 11:15      Demos/Activity Sessions, all 15 min demos

11:30 - 12:30      Lunch will be provided by Aloha Salads

11:30 - 12:00      Autograph session:  Max Holloway

12:15 - 12:45      Autograph session:  Brad Tavares

Please RSVP at the following link.  You will have to cut and paste into the URL:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yPoPoE_ba2KfmpGrrwzTt-XtM6t0UXw3feuGov-M5M8/edit

Sat. Sept. 13               Eat the Street festival at Mililani Rec Center 7 on Lehiwa Drive and Mililani Ike Elementary school. from 2pm – 7pm. More than 40 food vendors with the theme of ‘garlic’. Also craft booths, live entertainment and a keiki fun zone along with free parking shuttles.  Call 440-2603

Sun. Sept. 14       Under the Blood Red Sun Book Signing, Movie, meet the author, director and cast 12:00 – 5:00pm at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor Schedule for the day:. 12:00 to 1:00pm – Book signing, Autograph Session, Meet & Greet the Author, Actors, and Director   1:30 to 3:00pm – Screening of the movie, Under the Blood Red Sun   3:00 to 4:00pm – Author, Actors & Director Panel Discussion   4:00 to 5:00pm – Book signing, Meet & Greet. Free with Museum admission and free to Museum members. For more information, 808-441-1007. Tickets and event information are available at PacificAviationMuseum.org.

Mon. Sept. 15       Copy Training at 8:00am starts in P14 and walk to D4. No kids allowed

Tues. Sept. 16       Fall Festival Planning Meeting 1:00pm in P14

Wed. Sept. 17      PTO Meeting at 11am in P14

Thurs. Sept. 18     Breakfast with my Soldier for P6, P10, P11 in the cafeteria

Chaperone Training at 1:30 in P14

Fri. Sept. 19        Kona Ice Truck on campus afterschool instead of Friday Store in P14

Sat. Sept. 20       Leilehua Band Craft Fair in the school cafeteria from 9am – 2pm. Many vendors, food booths, entertainment, raffles Call 305-3054

Fundraiser online ordering information

Thank you for supporting Hale Kula!

 The Great American Fundraiser allows us to sell to our family and friends anywhere!!

To get started, just visit this link http://gaschoolstore.com/eTools/3267671. After you register/log in and begin using the eTools provided, you and all those you contact will be able to support our online program. We are excited to share that we choose this program because it offers over 1,500 products to choose from. Each product comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. 

In addition to high-quality products you will love to give or keep for yourself, there are over 600 magazine selections-including digital editions of some of your favorite magazines. This makes it easy for you to promote reading at home. 

Thanks again for your help! We could not reach our goal without you!

PS:  While the prize program will end on September 17th, you can still order all year long and we will continue to get credit. 

9/5 - 9/14

Thank you for returning your Federal Survey cards promptly. It is required for every student in every public school to turn these in. Don’t make us track you down.

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Fri. Sept. 5         1^st Grade Field trip to HTY

Sat. Sept. 6        5K Swim Aqua Sphere presents the inaugural North Shore 5K Swim and Relay at 8am. From Sunset Beach to Waimea Bay as part of the North Shore Swim Series. A shuttle bus runs from Waimea Bay starting at 6:45am. For details and to register, visit northshore5kswim.com

Mon. Sept. 8        School starts at 7:55 every day.

Tues. Sept. 9       Chaperone Training at 8am in P14

                      Copy Training at 8:30 – starts in P14 and walk to D4. No kids allowed

Wed. Sept. 10      Author Margo Sorenson on campus – sharing with 2^nd grade

Thurs. Sept. 11      Breakfast with my Soldier for H3, H4, P4, P5 in the cafeteria (BYOB)

Fri. Sept. 12        Friday Store afterschool in P14. Ice Cream and snacks $1.00 and under

Fri. Sept. 12        National Night Out 4:30pm - 7pm at Wheeler Community Center sponsored by IPC. Food, games, prizes and music and more

Sun. Sept. 14       Under the Blood Red Sun Book Signing, Movie, meet the author, director and cast 12:00 – 5:00pm at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor. 12:00 to 1:00pm –

Schedule for the day: Book signing, Autograph Session, Meet & Greet the Author, Actors, and Director   1:30 to 3:00pm – Screening of the movie, Under the Blood Red Sun   3:00 to 4:00pm – Author, Actors & Director Panel Discussion   4:00 to 5:00pm – Book signing, Meet & Greet. Free with Museum admission and free to Museum members. For more information, 808-441-1007. Tickets and event information are available at PacificAviationMuseum.org.

Wow! A National Winner!

We are so proud of our librarian, Michelle Colte, for being selected as the inaugural School Librarian of the Year!  Mrs. Colte competed against school librarians from all over the country, and she emerged as the winner!  Congratulations, Mrs. Colte!

Read all about it  here:
 http://www.slj.com/2014/09/awards/michelle-colte-named-school-librarian-of-the-year#_

The bears have arrived

Your Student is coming home today with our Great American Fund-raiser packet. Last year this fund-raiser earned over $6000 for our school. Not to mention the fun we have with all the bears!  Your child will be talking about earning the 'bling" bear and even blow up shoes...to earn this we need them to turn in the Reach Out booklet inside their fund-raiser packet by TOMORROW.  

Our fund-raiser closes September 17th. You can order from the catalog and even online at http://gaschoolstore.com/3267671   

So share this link with your family and friends everywhere!  

Each time your family sells something make sure to turn in a ticket from your packet so your child will earn their bears!

More information will follow. Please let us know if you have any questions. 

You can email halekulapto@gmail.com or find us on facebook at www.facebook.com/halekulapto

September Parent Bulletin and Menu

Here are the links to the September Parent Bulletin and Menu:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/238298462/September-Parent-Bulletin

http://www.scribd.com/doc/238127641/September-Menu

We are doing our best to go green!