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November 7, 2013
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Art Day Tomorrow!
Students should get ready for a
wonderful day of art workshops
followed by an ukulele and slack key
concert by Daniel Ho. Another addition
is a talent show by and for our middle
and high school students. All students
will enjoy the Art Walk, where they
will admire the hundreds of pieces of
artwork created by their fellow students
during the day. School will be dismissed
for everyone at 2:40 on Art Day and the
buses will depart at 2:50. For a detailed
list of the art workshops and artists,
please refer to last week’s PC, page 4.
Shopping Bag Sale
Third graders are
selling reusable
shopping bags,
decorated with
their own art work.
Holds 44 lbs.
and rolls to fit in
purse. Six colors.
Proceeds benefit
3rd grade off island
O‘ahu trip! $12 Lili DeSouza models
each or 3 for $33 the shopping bags on
+free pouch. See sale from her class.
a 3rd grader to make a purchase.
Needed For Our Community
Garden
You might have heard of our plans
for a Community Garden, located on
campus near the solar farm. When
completed (hopefully by the first of the
year) garden plots will be available for
students and their families, staff and
faculty and members of the greater
community. We are collecting banana
plants, as well as tools, shovels and
wheelbarrows. Please check with
Mike Goto for drop-off location. The
Community Garden project has been
funded by the Annie Sinclair Knudsen
Memorial Fund and the Mabel I.
Wilcox Trust.
College Night - Tues. Nov. 12
6:30 p.m. in the Main Hall
You arek invited to a presentation
of Island School’s college counseling
program and overview of the college
admission process by Joan Shaw. This
is highly recommended for sophomore
and junior families, but all are welcome.
Free pizza, beverages and door prizes.
Please RSVP. For a complete list of
upcoming college-related events, go to
page 5.
Bistro Night This Weekend
Eat lunch or dinner at the Bistro in
Kilauea on November 8, 9, or 10, and
they’ll donate 30% of your tab to the
chorus.
Booster Logo Items for Sale
•
Large, wind-resistant, logo golf
umbrellas $20
• logo golf balls $2
Beach towels
are coming soon
and are perfect
for sitting on at
the soccer games with a big
golf umbrella to protect you from the
sun or rain! To purchase Booster Club
logo items contact Kymry at 635-1490
or [email protected].
Daniel Ho Benefit Concert
Tomorrow at 7 p.m.
Tickets on sale in the Office.
Booster Golf Tourney a
Success!
The 3rd Annual Voyagers Booster Club
Golf Tournament “Funraiser” was held
Sunday at Kaua‘i Lagoons followed by
an awards banquet at the Frear Center.
The event was a great success with a
total of 36 golfers making up 12 teams.
The winning team was Fred Pascual,
Tim Stuck and Jay Murphy who
each won a two night stay at the Kaua‘i
Beach Resort. The Booster Club thanks
all the golfers, hole sponsors, prize
and food donors and volunteers for
all their generous support. Mark your
calendars and join us for next year’s
golf tournament scheduled for Sunday,
November 2, 2014.
To contact the publisher of Island School’s Parent Connection, email [email protected]
I.S. Chronicles
SENIOR UPDATE – Alyssa
Medd has been accepted at Bethel
University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Bailey Schneider has been
nominated for academic recognition
at the Congress of Future Medical
Leaders to be held in February in
Washington, DC. Congratulations to
both of these young women.
EIGHTH GRADE – The 8th
grade girls had a Halloween-themed
braiding party last week. The girls
bonded and showed off their braiding
talents. Crafty students made
Halloween ribbon barrettes. (See
photo above.)
Erika Corcoran-Lewis ‘19 and Ki‘ilani
Arruda ‘21, have been learning to run the
light board for the 5th grade play.
PHYSICS – In Conceptual Physics,
students made a virtual roller coaster
to study conservation of energy,
kinetic energy, potential energy,
and thermal energy. The online
program allowed the students to see
the relationship between the types of
energy at different locations on the
coaster. (See photo below.)
LEGO LEAGUE – Island School
hosts the FIRST Lego League
challenge, Natural Disasters, on
Saturday, Nov. 9, in the Wilcox
Gymnasium. Children aged 9-14 from
all over the world are participating
in this challenge and have been
exploring natural disasters. The
challenge is to develop solutions for
when these events meet the places
where people live, work and play. Our
team, LegoMasters, will compete with
students from 11 Kaua‘i elementary
and middle schools. Judges will
award teams for the most innovative
project, design and teamwork. The
public is invited to watch the robots
at 12:00.
CHEMISTRY – Students did a
laboratory activity this week on
mixtures and separation techniques.
In groups of four, they observed the
properties of four substances: iron,
zinc, sand, and sodium chloride
(picture). They then added all four
substances together, and used
different separation techniques to
separate the substances, such as
magnetism, filtration, and dissolving.
ELEMENTARY – Students in K
-5 will be going to see the school
performance of HCT’s The Sound of
Music on November 19, paid for with
funds from the Farm Fair food booth!
The Phantom Tollbooth: King Azaz (Veda
Parker) argues that words are more
important, the Mathemagician (Kahana
Heen) disagrees, and the Princess Reason
(Sydney Jona) tries to resolve the
argument.
DRAMA – The Fifth Grade cast of
The Phantom Tollbooth began dress
rehearsals this week in preparation
for the opening of their show,
November 14. Tickets are on sale for
the weekend public performances on
Nov. 15 -17. The middle school Drama
Class has been learning about theatre
lighting and are hanging, setting and
running the lights for the show.
SCUBA CLUB – This Monday,
November 11, Veterans Day, Kaua‘i
Down Under is sponsoring a free pool
dive at the Sheraton Pool in Po‘ipu
for both certified and non-certified
divers. This pool dive serves as part
of the Marine Voyager SCUBA review
for certified divers or an introductory
pool dive for non-certified divers.
Sign ups are required and space is
limited so please contact Joe Corbo
([email protected]) or Howatt King
([email protected]).
Seniors sold baked goods, chicken sticks
and pineapple spears last weekend at
Kapa‘a Beach Park to raise money for
their class trip. They’ll be back again this
weekend. From L-R are Kirsten Malapit, Bella Voorhies and Kelly Kay.
Parent Page
Parent
Association
PA Enhancement Awards Announced
Two $100 awards were given at this week’s PA
Meeting:
• the Drama Dept for soft soled shoes to be used
in many types of theatre productions
• 8th grade Life Sciences Class for an osmosis
set that will provide a hands-on learning
experience of the study of diffusion and
osmosis.
PA Thanksgiving Food Drive
November 18 - 22
Donations to go to Nana’s House.
Watch this space for details!
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PLEASE SAVE: Hawaiian studies classes request you bring in recycle your Costco
Chicken Caesar Salad containers for upcoming Hawaiian Studies projects.
KAUAI SINGS CHRISTMAS: Kaua‘i’s gala
Christmas event of the season in a benefit
for Malama Pono Health Services. Join Kauai’s finest singers as they croon spectacular Christmas favorites for a great cause.
For tickets or tables, call 246-9577.
PUPPIES FOR SALE: $1,000 AKC King Charles
Cavailer Spaniels. Blenheim color (brown
and white), born 9/11/13. 2 Female, 2
Male. Email [email protected].
CAMERA FOR SALE: Canon EOS 7D digital
camera w/ 28-135mm lens, speedlite 320ex
flash, charger, bag, upgraded usb card.
Less than 1 year old. $1900 new, asking
$1400. Call 346-0787.
RENTAL WANTED: Room or ohana unit wanted
to rent for single woman. No smoking, no
pets. Kalaheo to Lihu‘e. Call Terri at
808-634-2955 if you have any leads.
Mahalo to
♥♥♥
♥ ♥ ♥ Gaye Miller for her work on costumes for
The Phantom Tollbooth and Daniel Bicciche for
his continuous help with the play.
♥ ♥ ♥ the following people for their contributons
to the Booster Club Golf Tournament: our hole
sponsors James & Bradley Pratt, Palms
Hawai‘i, Richardson Ohana, Alan & Monica
King, the Ebesu Family; prize and food donors:
Robert Hiraoka, Sam Pratt, Steve Yannarell,
Kaua‘i Marriott Resort & Beach Club,
Alan King, Kathy Richardson, Kymry A.
Perez, Realtor(S) Sleeping Giant Sotheby’s
International Realty, Restaurant Kintaro,
Joe’s On The Green and King Auto Center;
and our golf tournament committee: Kaipo
Kealalio, Jen Pomroy, Sean Magoun, Sam
Pratt, Kathy Richardson, Alan King and
Kymry Perez.
♥ ♥ ♥ Carla LaFratta and Amy Sherrer for
bringing in treats and setting up fun costume relays
for the 7th grade Homeroom Halloween festivities.
♥ ♥ ♥ all the parents who contributed to
the sixth grade girls’ Halloween Party last
Thursday, especially to Room Parent, Rochette
Dahler, for their friendship bracelets, and for
putting the party all together!
♥ ♥ ♥ the 8th grade room parents Sam & Bill
Suttell, Christa Massaro for providing cupcakes
and hands-on help at the 8th grade Halloween party
and to all the families and students who brought
treats to share. Also to Valerie & Maya Rivera,
the Jonas, Temme, Alexander and Sullivan
families for bringing materials for the craft
project.
♥ ♥ ♥ the parents who helped make the 1st grade
Halloween party so much fun: Vera Errico
for providing the wonderful food, Karen
Summerhays for providing the dry ice and Olena
Molina for organizing the sack race.
In 2011, 10 % of kids under 2
had used a mobile device.
Now, that's grown to
of all kids under 2.
38%
Children’s Media Use in the USA
Traditional screen time is down but mobile screen time is up.
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Some interesting information from Common Sense Media (commonsense.org)
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Shift in daily screen
time, 2011- 2013
What are kids doing on
their mobile devices?
33 %
playing
games
:06
:04
63%
16%
using
apps
:09
50 %
20 %
watching
videos
:12
watching
TV/movies
Despite the move
to mobile, TV still
dominates kids’
screen time.
47 %
11%
38 %
4%
reading
books
30 %
2011
2013
4%
11%
Of the nearly two hours of screen time
(1:55), 50% is spent in front of TV sets
... but the when and how is changing.
regularly scheduled
programming
18 %
DVR
68%
streamed
on demand
Access to mobile media devices has risen among lower-income families, up
from 22% to 65% ... but the “digital divide” between rich and poor persists.
In lower-income families*:
• 20% have tablets
(up from 2%)
In higher-income families*:
• 63% have tablets
20%
63%
• 46% have high-speed
internet access
* lower-income is defined as families earning less than $30,000 a year
• 86% have high-speed
internet access
* higher-income is defined as families earning more than $75,000 a year
The digital divide impacts access to educational content, too.
TV still rules as the most widely-used platform
for educational content (61%), compared to
mobile devices (38%), and computers (34%).
38%
34%
Across ALL families, 54% of higher-income
kids use educational content on mobile devices,
but only 28% of
lower-income kids do.
It’s mainly an issue of access. This gap disappears for computer
owners and diminishes for those who own mobile devices.
Among kids who own mobile devices, those who
sometimes/of ten use educational content on:
65%
Lower-income
Higher-income
45%
56%
Methodology: This report is based on a nationally-representative survey of 1,463 parents of children ages
8 and under. The survey was conduc ted by GfK for Common Sense Media from May 20 - June 12, 2013.
Respondents, including an over-sample of African-American and Latino parents, were recruited using
probability-based methods of address-based sampling and random-digit dialing. Households that were not
already online were provided with a notebook computers and dial-up Internet access for the purpose of
participating. The survey was offered in both English and Spanish. The margin of error for the full sample is
+/- 3.5 percentage points. The completion rate for the survey was 50%. The results are a highly reliable
method of documenting children's media use and how it has changed over the past two years.
61%
59%
47%
49%
For a full discussion of the
methodology and a copy of the
toplines, see the full report at
w w w.commonsense.org /research
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Need Information about
College?
Read about these upcoming events right here on Kaua‘i,
designed to help students and parents with selecting a
college the admissions process, financing tuition and
fees and scholarship opportunities.
• Saturday, November 9, 1-3:30 pm, College
Info Sessions, Island School
Join representatives from Chaminade University,
University of Hawai’i Manoa, and the University of
Washington on Saturday, Nov. 9, to learn about the college admissions processes at three types
of institutions: a private university, an in-state public university, and an out-of-state public
university. Compare your options and meet with college counseling professionals to help start
or continue the college application process. This free public event for students and parents will
be from 1-3:30 pm at Island School. Please RSVP.
• Tuesday, November 12, 6:30 pm, Island School College Night, Main Hall
A presentation of Island School’s college counseling program and overview of the college
admission process. Highly recommended for sophomores and juniors, but all are welcome.
Free pizza, beverages and door prizes. Please RSVP.
• Monday, November 18, 9-11 am and 5-7 pm, Hawai’i College & Career Fair, Kaua’i
Marriott Resort
Free admission. Visit www.hawaiicollegecareerfair.org for a complete list of participating
colleges. Juniors will be attending this event as a field trip during the morning session.
• Thursday, November 21, 6:30 pm, College Financial Aid Workshop, Island
School, Purdy Hall
Learn the ins and outs about applying for federal and institutional aid, merit awards, and more
from financial aid expert, Jeff Anderson, Director of Financial Aid at KCC and Uri Martos from
the Hawai’i Community Foundation. This workshop is essential for senior parents, but all are
welcome.
• Tuesday, December 3, 5:30-7:30 pm, Native Hawaiian Scholarship ‘Aha, KCC
Cafeteria
Learn about sources of financial aid available for Native Hawaiians including eligibility criteria
and qualification requirements. Sponsored by UH, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Native
Hawaiian Education Association.
If you have questions or want to RSVP,
please call Joan Shaw at 246-0233 or email [email protected].