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Salt Lake Elementary Parent Bulletin December ______________________________________________December 2017

DECEMBER 5 ........................... MMS Band Holiday Concert, 1:00 p.m., District Park

5 ........................... PTA Meeting, 5:00 p.m., Library

6 ........................... “Drug Free” Red Shirt Day

7 ........................... “Bully Free” Blue Shirt Day

7 ........................... Principal Talk Story, 5:45 p.m., Cafeteria

12 ......................... SCC Meeting – School Library, 5:15 p.m. (CANCELLED)

20 ......................... Service Groups – Leadership & Appreciation Field Trip

21 ......................... Winter Assembly & Class Parties

............................. End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester

22-Jan. 5 .............. NO SCHOOL - WINTER BREAK

JANUARY 5 ........................... NO SCHOOL – Teacher’s Workday (no school for students)

8 ........................... Students Return to School

15 ......................... NO SCHOOL – MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY

24 ......................... Student Council Recycling Drive, 7:00-7:50 a.m.

31 ......................... Awards Assembly & Fun Run Kick-Off

31 ......................... Report Cards sent home

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Happy Holidays!! I would like to thank all of you who attend our Principal’s Talk Story (Community Meeting

#1) on Thursday, December 7. We shared our STRIVE HI report and some areas of needs to help us develop

our new academic plan for 2018-19 school year. We will had a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

(STEM) activity to introduce the new National science standards (NGSS). We will

be having another community meeting in February or March, more information will be forthcoming.

Our winter recess will begin on December 22 through January 5. School will resume on Monday, January 8,

2018. The school’s office will remain open during winter recess from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through

Friday, except on holidays. The second quarter and first semester will end on Thursday, December 21, 2017.

Your child’s 2nd

quarter report card will be sent home on January 31, 2018.

I would like to take this opportunity to

wish all of the Salt Lake Elementary

School Ohana a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year! Please enjoy a

safe and joyous holiday season.

Sincerely,

Duwayne F. Abe

Principal.

1131 Ala Lilikoi Street 808.305.1600http://www.saltlakeeshawaii.org/

Checkout the beautiful artwork by SLES student Nikki Wong on the Star Advertiser!!

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WINTER RECESS AND INTERSESSION

Students report back to school on Monday, January 8, 2018.

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IRA (Instructional Resource Augmentation) DAYS

On IRA days your child receives instruction in Music, Computer, PE, and Library Science. Please have your child wear shoes and

bring a water bottle on their scheduled IRA days. A note should be provided whenever your child is unable to participate in P.E.

Gr 6 Gr 5 Gr 4 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr K

Dec 12/1 12/4 12/5 12/7

12/11 12/12 12/14 12/15 12/18 12/19 12/8

Jan 1/9 1/11 1/12 1/15 1/18 1/19 1/8

1/23 1/25 1/29 1/26 1/30 2/1 1/22

*Bold & italicized – Full Day IRA

EARLY RELEASE during school hours

Please call the office before 8:30am if your child will be picked up before school ends for the day. Your advance notice helps limit

interruptions to classroom instruction.

ADULT MEAL TICKETS

All adult meal tickets must be purchased in the school office between 7:30 am to 4 p.m. By Federal law, the sale of meal tickets and

the exchange of currency in the food line are strictly prohibited. Thank you for your cooperation.

PROMOTING A SAFE AND HEALTHY CAMPUS

STUDENTS ON CAMPUS AFTERSCHOOL

We are concerned about the safety for the large number of students remaining on campus well after 2:30p (MTThF/1:30 p.m. (Ws) on

a daily basis. The school office closes at 4:00 p.m. In order to prevent unnecessary stress, please communicate with your

families/friends should there be a change with regular transportation routines. Again, THERE IS NO SUPERVISION AFTER

SCHOOL. We have experienced incidences of theft, injuries and misbehavior among these students. For the safety of students, the

Honolulu Police Department will be called as a last resort when students are left behind unattended beyond the school day and

unsuccessful attempts to contact parents have been made. Kama’aina Kids continues to accept applications for their afterschool

program.

PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

For safety reasons, students are not allowed on the playground equipment after school unsupervised. Adult supervision by a parent or

guardian is required for playground equipment use.

TRAFFIC SAFETY

Please remember to practice safe driving while dropping off and picking up your child. Be aware of students in the vicinity when

driving near our school. Your child should be dropped off in a safe area (curbside) to prevent any accidents. Please be patient and

courteous toward other parents as they are also dropping off or picking up their child on campus. Curb area fronting the school office

is a drop off/pick up zone only. Please do not park or leave your car unattended along the main driveway and please SLOW

DOWN. Mahalo!

PRINCIPAL TALK STORY

Thank you for joining us! We hope that this event enhanced the Family and School Partnership and you walked away with

information about the STRIVE HI Performance System, the development of the Academic Plan, WASC Accreditation and elements

of STEM education. We thank you for your time and dedication to our school.

Enhance Dolphin

Pride!

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SALT LAKE ROBOTICS DISTRICT TOURNAMENT In the 2017 First Lego League Robotics Competition, SLES won a spot in the district tournament to make it into the state tournament.

The state tournament consisted of 4 events: Robot Design, Themed Project, Robot Competition, and Core Values. Out of 42 teams,

our two teams took home 1st and 2

nd place in Core Values(teamwork, shows professionalism, and inspires others to do better). SLES

also had 3 Junior FLL teams that were given the same theme and asked to find a solution. Big Mahalo to our awesome coaches for

dedicating time to support our students. We are very proud of all participants and look forward to next year’s event. Please stop by

the office to check out the trophies!

SLES ATHLETICS

SLES Basketball Team vs. SLES Ohana Team 11/21/17

Upcoming Basketball Schedule

December 13 – VS @Pearl City Elementary School

December 14 – VS Moanalua Middle School

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Parent Community Networking Center

December 2017 Newsletter

Upcoming Events

December o December 5 – PTA Executive Committee

Meeting 5 pm in the Library/Fun Fair

Meeting to follow

o December 7 – Principal’s Talk Story 5:45-

8:00 pm in the cafeteria

o December 21

Winter Assembly 8:30 am at the Salt

Lake District Park Gym

Music Enrichment Winter Concert 6 pm

at the Salt Lake District Park Gym

January

o January 9 – PTA Executive Committee

Meeting 5 pm in the Library/Fun Fair

Meeting to follow o January 18 – PTA Read Aloud o January 31 – Awards/Fun Run Kick-off

Assembly

Birthday Book Program

Happy Birthday to the following Birthday Book

Participants:

Daniel Cobile, Cailey Kataejar, Jaeven

Asuncion, Kairi Oliveira-Barbieto, Skye

Chavez, Bairan Chen, Samantha Venice R.

Nipales, Kayla Marie Asuncion, Joseph

Chun, Lani Chung, Jayce Kaimana

Caballero Bareng, John Zedrick Taboniar,

Javelyn Johannes, Blessed Sales, Shensheng

Li

As a birthday gift, their parents donated books for

our school Library. Each student will have their

names and pictures on their selected Birthday Book

which will remain in our Library’s circulation

forever more. Thank you for supporting reading in

our school!

Flu Clinic 2017

Mahalo to the Hawaii State Public Health Nurses

for administering our Flu Clinic on Wednesday,

November 8th

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Over 200 students

received their flu

shot that day.

Thank you

parents Nendy Joy

Butac, Marianne

Estabilio, Hyun

Jung, and Lakshmi

Sriram for

volunteering to

help at this event.

Uku Education and Prevention Workshop

PTA Program

Chair Nicole

Palmer and PTA

Legislative Chair

Chace Shigemasa

organized a very

informative

workshop for our

SLES families.

Since 2016, students with uku are allowed to

remain in the classroom. It is important for all of us

to know how to prevent and treat this condition.

Thank you to Public Health Nurses Jill

Moriyama, Ellen Taoka, and Joan Takamori for

conducting our very first Uku Education and

Prevention Workshop. Parents and children were

provided valuable information on how to prevent

and treat head lice.

Our Public Health Nurses and Tim Lino and

Lyndia Uchimura from DOE’s OCISS answered

parent questions and provided additional reference

and support to our families.

Thank you to the National Pediculosis

Association for donating LiceMeister nit removal

combs and Critter Cards to our event.

*PCNC Champions – Thank you

Britney Castillo-Oliveros, Hyun Jung,

& Nicole Palmer for helping to

process teacher job orders.

*Kindergarten IRA Volunteers – Thank you Kelly

Kim, Karen Mina, and Rajeswari Gurusamy

Thavasiappan for assisting our IRA Teachers

during Kindergarten IRA. Our next K IRA day will

be on December 8th

. Please contact our PCNC

Coordinator if you are interested in helping.

Checking for Ukus

Our Public Health Nurses recommend checking

your child’s head for ukus at least once a week.

Ukus are quick to hide so have good

lighting, a magnifying glass and a

comb

Part your child’s hair and look for

anything moving along the scalp—

especially behind the ears and the

back of the neck.

Look for eggs or nits attached to the

hair shaft near the scalp-use fine-

toothed comb.

If any live ukus are found, the next

step is treatment.

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PTA Life Saving

Event

Thank you to all who donated to support our Salt

Lake Elementary School PTA Life Saving Event on

Saturday, November 18th

. We did GREAT! We

surpassed all expectations and collected over 60

units. Faculty, staff, parents, grandparents, friends,

& community members--took time out of their busy

schedules to support our SLES PTA and the Blood

Bank of Hawaii.

Congratulations to Ms. Takehara’s class for

bringing in the most donors. They won a Pizza

Party for their class sponsored by the Blood Bank

of Hawaii. Each student who registered two or

more donors will receive a special prize from the

Blood Bank.

Congratulations to lucky drawing donor

Christian Monsell (Keegan/Linnea Monsell) for

winning 2 tickets to a private showing of the new

Star Wars movie donated by Raymond Suganuma

and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate.

All donations were distributed to local hospitals

on Thanksgiving Day. What a wonderful way to

give thanks for all we have.

Mahalo!