Staff and Volunteer Appreciations!

Please consider nominating a special staff member or volunteer at Hale Kula!  Each month, the PTO will be honoring one staff member and one volunteer with a $50 gift card.  Winners will be selected via a random drawing where all nominees throughout the year are eligible.

Go to our school web page and click on the Hooray for Our Hale Kula Staff or Hooray for Our Volunteers link.  Under "First Quarter - School Year 2013-2014," click on the image of the pencil to post a comment.  We will approve your comment before publishing it.

Last year, we got lots of  nominations!  Let's increase our number this year!

Parent Volunteers -- We Need You!

Here's a link to an infographic about the importance of parent volunteers in our schools.  We want and need your support as we strive to ensure success for every student at Hale Kula!

There are so many opportunities to get involved -- contact your child's teacher, PCNC (Parent Community Networking Center) coordinator Ellen Petry, or PTO President Jeri Duncan for more information.

School Community Council Facebook Virtual Meeting

Last year, our School Community Council hosted a Facebook Town Hall Meeting to discuss ways to improve teaching and learning at Hale Kula.  This year, our SCC decided to hold two Virtual meetings via Facebook.  The first one will be next Monday, August 26 from 6:00-7:00 p.m.  Anyone can join our virtual meeting (we opened it to the public).  Go to our Hale Kula Eagles FB page and go to "More" and click on "Events."  Sign up to join our meeting.  We already have a  number of people attending. We hope you will, too!

8/17 - 8/23

Sat. Aug. 17      Pineapple Parade down California Ave in Wahiawa 9am -10am. 

                   Pineapple Festival at Wahiawa District Park 10am - 6pm. Craft Fair, ono ethnic food, keiki fun with robotics, face painting, balloons, clowns, Xtreme Fun bouncers & rides, shaved ice, cotton candy and more.  Jazz festival on stage from 2:30 - 6pm . 11th Annual Wahiawa Pineapple Festival: The former 'Pineapple Capitol" of the world celebrates its agricultural heritage.

Sat. Aug. 17        Book Sale – Friends of Waialua library have a book sale from 9am – 2pm call 637-8286

Sat &Sun 17 & 18  Made in Hawaii Festival 10am – 5pm Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. $4.00 admission and kids under 6 are free.

Mon. Aug. 19       All kindergarteners attend for first time together in class

Tues. Aug. 20      School Community Council Meeting 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Wed. Aug. 21       Chaperone Training at 8:00am in P14

Thurs. Aug. 22     School starts at 7:55am every day – Be in class or go to the office for tardy slip.

Fri. Aug. 23        Field Trip for kindergarten to HTY

                      Every Friday School Store in P14 afterschool – Nothing over $1.00

PTO Meeting on August 14

Join us Wednesday Aug 14th at 1:20 for a PTO meeting under the tent outside P14. There will be a raffle drawing for attendees, and we will be voting on the board positions and the budget. Please view our agenda, our budget and our bylaws by clicking the links below

August Agenda

Hale Kula PTO Bylaws


Proposed PTO Budget: click below
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1XKJLfNHqTud0NSQVJLOHVRSEk/edit?usp=sharing
 

8/12 - 8/17

PTO meeting Wednesday, August 14

1:20pm  - Everyone welcome outside P14. Let the kids play. Let your voice be heard. Meet the new PTO board in their yellow T shirts.

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Mon. Aug. 12       School starts at 7:55am every day –

                      Be seated in your class, or go to the office for a tardy slip

Tues. Aug. 13       Chaperone Training at 8:00am in P14 (your kids can come to this training)

                      Copy Training at 8:30am in P14 – (no kids allowed)

Wed. Aug. 14       Field trip for 3^rd Grade to HTY (Parent Bulletin listed that 4^th grade was going on this field trip, apologize for any confusion)

                      PTO meeting – Everyone welcome at 1:20pm outside P14

                      4pm – 7pm Super Scout Sign Up at the Scout Hut – Girl, Cub & Boy Scouts

Thurs. Aug. 15     Chaperone Training at 10:00am in P14

                      Boxtops 4 Education & Campbelle labels for education pick up from classroom – You can turn labels in any time, remember to put your childs name on the baggie.

Fri. Aug. 16         NO SCHOOL –Happy Admissions Day–Hawai’i became a state. – This is a STATE HOLIDAY

Sat. Aug. 17      Pineapple Parade down California Ave in Wahiawa 9am -10am. 

                   Pineapple Festival at Wahiawa District Park 10am - 6pm. Craft Fair, ono ethnic food, keiki fun with robotics, face painting, balloons, clowns, Xtreme Fun bouncers & rides, shaved ice, cotton candy and more.  Jazz festival on stage from 2:30 - 6pm . 11th Annual Wahiawa Pineapple Festival: The former 'Pineapple Capitol" of the world celebrates its agricultural heritage.

97% - Keep it Up!

Attendance has been great the first four days of SY2013-2014!  97% of our students have been in school and there are hardly any tardy students! YEAH!

Yes, kindergarten hasn't started yet, but nonetheless, I am encouraged that we will have fewer absent students this year.  One of our goals is to improve attendance because learning is definitely impacted when students are not in school.

By the way, thank you for walking and biking to school!  Traffic improves when fewer cars are on the road!