Bulletin Board

Student honors

Hanalei School sixth grader, Colby Sargent, accepted the $2,000 Larry Ching Memorial Scholarship from Ching Young Village, Michael Ching and Hanalei School principal, Corey Nakamura. The annual award is presented to the valedictorian of the sixth grade graduating class. The funds are held by the Parent Teacher Student Association in an interest-bearing account until the recipient enrolls in a college following graduation from high school. The annual scholarship is presented in memory of Larry Ching who was unable to enroll in college due to the outbreak of World War II.

Operation:

Military Kids

OMK is hosting a family camp for active duty, Guard and Reserve military families who have experienced or will experience a deployment. OMK camps are designed to help families reconnect before, during or after a deployment.   

The camp is August 7 to 9 at YWCA Camp Slogget. Activities run by the YMCA of O‘ahu and OMK include hiking, arts and crafts, keiki activities and family bonding. Cost is $20 per child. 

OMK has been on the forefront as the U.S. Army’s collaborative effort with community partners to ensure that children affected by deployments receive the support they need. OMK reaches out to all branches of the armed services.  

For more information and applications visit, ctahr.hawaii.edu/4H/OMK/education.htm or call Ryan, 808-956-4125; e-mail omk@ctahr.hawaii.edu.

Alternative

education on Kaua‘i

Hawai‘i Technology Academy will expand its services to Kaua‘i. This hybrid public charter school will begin its second year July 2009.

HTA serves all grades except twelfth. The hybrid model of schooling  combines classroom and virtual learning programs that allow students to receive individualized programs using an engaging web-based curriculum and interactive technology.

Already over 900 students have applied for the 500 slots available for the upcoming school year. There will be 80 students on Kaua‘i at the learning center located in the Princeville area. 

Students in HTA learn outside a traditional school building but use the Internet to access their lessons and stay connected to their teachers and schoolmates. Hawai‘i-certified teachers work in close partnership with parents to focus on the individual needs of every child. Teachers assign lessons and provide instruction and guidance, while parents help support and encourage students as they progress through their lessons. Families and teachers interact via e-mail, web-based classrooms, online discussions and phone.

For more information on how to enroll in the Hawai‘i Technology Academy visit hawaiitechacademy.org or contact the administrative office, 808-676-5444.

Kaua‘i piano

students shine

Nearly 100 Kaua‘i piano students successfully adjudicated by Alice Gingery, from Greenville, South Carolina. Gingery is this year’s judge from the National Piano Guild. The adjudicator will be in Hawai‘i for six weeks evaluating students throughout the state. Teachers involved on Kaua‘i are Joyce Anglemyer, Virginia Shepherd, Sally Wilson and chairperson Lois Riciardi. National Guild of Piano Teachers, a division of the American College of Musicians, is the largest non-profit organization of piano teachers in the world. Gingery has served as judge for many competitions and was honored into the United States Hall of Fame Piano Guild in 1999. For more information or for  teachers interested in becoming a member of the National Piano Guild, call chairperson Ricciardi, 822-5633.

Teen Wise

essay contest

A new guidance book for preteens and teenagers titled “Teen Wise” was released by local author Celeste M. Gonsalves. It introduces the concept of using self-serving strategies effectively in the daily lives of preteens and teenagers for the betterment of their future. An essay contest is currently underway that provides preteens and teenagers an opportunity to submit an entry using this concept that may be chosen for publication in the next book titled “I’ve Been Teen Wised: The Testimonial Essays.” Qualifying participants will have read “Teen Wise” and be students in the sixth through twelfth grade levels at the time of entry submission. All entries must be postmarked no later than December 1 with winning notification letters sent on January 15, 2010. “I’ve Been Teen Wised: The Testimonial Essays” is scheduled to be released summer, 2010. For instructions and to download an official entry form visit t-wise-book.com.

K.I.D.S School fall

registration

For 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.