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K.I.D.S School fall

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More learning takes place in the first five years of a child’s life. At Kaua‘i Independent Daycare Services, Inc.  better known as K.I.D.S. School all parents of new children starting preschool sign up for  parenting classes — a seven session course designed to offer positive parenting tools through the STEP Program (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting).

Two reasons recent attendees gave for enrolling were: To learn why my child is the way he is and better ways to handle my frustrations with him and to learn how to have my daughter do for herself, instead of me always doing it.

Classes are taught by school director, Phyllis Kunimura. This class suggests a consistent, positive and democratic approach to help parents build healthy patterns of belief and behavior in children.

For more information about K.I.D.S. School, a year-round community preschool for three and four year- olds located on the beach in Kapa‘a, contact the office at 822-0262. There are still openings for children born in 2005 and 2006 for the fall session.

Recycle warriors

More than 6,800 island keiki from 17 schools across the island collected over 12 tons of phone books for recycling during the recent “EZ to Use Your Island Pages” annual phone book recycling program. Last year Your Island Pages phone books donated 17 trees, one for each of the participating schools, at the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Sports Fields at Lydgate Park. The trees were planted on National Make A Difference Day by over 200 island volunteers.

This year an additional $500 worth of trees were donated to the Sports Fields. 

Ele‘ele School took top honors and a $500 prize for their school. Koloa School took second place and $300 and Wilcox School made third place and received $200. King Kaumualii and Kapa‘a Middle School won $50 each for being the first schools to donate books to the program. 

Recycled phone books can be recycled up to six times. Converted items include products such as paper, egg cartons, envelopes, roofing materials, paper towels and tissue. The collected phone books in Hawai‘i were sold to a paper mill in Canada.

College Boot Camp

Jump-start your college search, plan for the SAT or ACT, learn about financial aid and common applications or how to write an effective essay. Joan Shaw and Daryl Edwards are offering this seminar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily July 21 to 24. Fee is $400 and includes tuition, books and snacks. To register call, 246-0233 ext. 232 or e-mail joan@ischool.org.

Student honors

Winners of the Hawai‘i Education Association’s Creative Writing Festival were invited to read winning entries before an audience May 9 at University of Hawai‘i’s School of Architecture auditorium. This year four Kapa‘a Middle School students were awarded: Seventh grader Megan Scholl won first place in the essay category; seventh grader Cameron Williamson was awarded first honorable mention. Two sixth graders were awarded in the short story category: Joshua Oganeku took second place and Chaz Pacleb took third. Kaua‘i High School senior, Chelsea Hill, took first place in free verse poetry.

Kaua‘i students shine

Jayson Galize of Lihu‘e earned an Associates Degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, N.Y. Galiza is a 2007 graduate of Kaua‘i High School.

Gabriel Roessler of Kilauea received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the College of Humanities and Natural Science at Loyola University New Orleans.

Kula High School junior Melanie Grindle of Hanalei has been selected to participate in the resident honors program at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She is one of 33 students chosen nation-wide and was awarded a Deans Scholarship from USC.

Kapa‘a resident Christine Lane made the dean’s list at University of Portland. Lane is a senior studying elementary education.