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June, 2015
Principal’s Message
Dear Maunawili Ohana,
We are soon approaching the completion of school year 2014-2015. The students have
demonstrated tremendous growth academically, socially, emotionally, and physically.
We are very proud of their accomplishments and progress this year!
I would like to recognize the permanent and temporary hire faculty and staff members
who will be leaving Maunawili to pursue new endeavors:
Anne Adams, Long-Term Substitute Educational Assistant (Grades 1,3 and
5)
Bill Budenholzer, CISL Vice Principal (Intern)
Ku’uipo DeRego, Part-Time Teacher (Grades K-6)
Kimberlee Greer, Student Services Coordinator
Jason Hinshaw, Long-Term Substitute Educational Assistant (Grade 4)
Naomi Kephart, Long-Term Substitute Educational Assistant (Grade 3)
Patti Knight, Part-Time Teacher (Grades 1-6)
Ashley Makahilahila, Behavior Health Specialist (Grades Pre-K-6)
Joe Mazullo, Kamehameha Writing Support Teacher
Saige Mantad, Long-Term Substitute Educational Assistant (Grades 3 and 5)
Susan Noda, Long-Term Substitute Educational Assistant (Grade 3)
Cailin Simons, Long-Term Substitute Educational Assistant (Grade K)
Cheri Tremblay, Teacher (Grade 4)
We truly appreciate their hard work and dedication in providing the best education and
services to our students. Please join me in thanking each of them for making a
difference every day and wishing them the very best in their future endeavors. They
will all be missed dearly.
I would also like to congratulate our 6th grade students as they successfully complete
their final year at Maunawili. Each student has demonstrated their readiness to advance
to middle school. Please join me in wishing them well as they continue their academic
careers.
Finally, we thank each of you for your continued support of Maunawili Elementary
School. This has been an exciting school year and we look forward to another fantastic
school year in the fall! Wishing you all a safe and happy summer break!
Your partner in education,
Christine Udarbe
Proud Principal
Your partner in education,
Christine Udarbe
July 27:
Meet & Greet
Dates to Re membe r
July 29
First day of school
THANK YOU!
On behalf of the staff, teachers, and students at Maunawili Elementary School,
we would like to thank all of our parents for their constant support and
dedication to our school. Thank you parents for checking you child’s planner,
volunteering for excursions and/or other events, and for being a partner in your
child’s education. There are a few special thank yous:
• A GIGANTIC MAHALO to the Take Home Tuesday volunteers: Mrs.
Goo, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Rodriguez, Mrs. Schenk, Mrs.
Cabanilla, Mrs. Nitz, and Mr. Lyden. Many of these AWESOME
volunteers were at our school every Tuesday to stuff the folders with
memos, etc. We could not have made this communication process work
without their dedication. Thank you all so much for your time, energy and
constant support!
• Kindergarten would like to thank Sienna and the Naeole-Cardirao `Ohana
for the VERY generous donations of lei pupu for our Spring Festival!!!
We appreciate you!!!
• The 6th grade Enrichment students would like to send out a HUGE mahalo
to all the parents and students who supported their Talent Show fundraiser.
With your help, they were able to raise $1400 that will be used for painting
projects, backpack hooks, JPO cones and wall decals. Here are the
enrichment students hard at work:
In honor of Teacher Appreciation, Target has started a “thanks a billion” campaign to
thank teachers for their hard work and to raise money for the schools. Please help
Maunawili by following the directions on the following URL:
https://thanksabillion.target.com/
From this URL you can login to your Facebook page to thank a specific teacher from
Maunawili. If you specifically thank a teacher through your Facebook page, Target will
donate $25 to our school. Campaign end on June 15. Any help to our school would be
GREATLY appreciated.
ELL Multicultural Family Night
The Maunawili cafeteria was filled with the sounds of much laughter, music and delicious
smells on Wednesday, April 29th as the ELL families gathered to share their cultures and
traditions. Student displays and a variety of languages could be seen and heard from the 9
countries of Brazil, Chuuk, El Salvador, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Samoa and
Tonga.
Over 70 students, parents, relatives, teachers, staff and community members joined in to
try their hand at activities such as Tongan bowling (Poni), craft making of South American
carnival balls and Filipino Parols, as well as watching demonstrations of preparing (and
tasting!) salsa and guacamole, fresh flour tortillas, and even the skill of coconut husking by
a former student.
Everyone enjoyed learning so many interesting facts and seeing a
variety of cultural items presented by the families from their
different countries. Mrs. Fields was deeply touched to be honored
by a special Samoan dance called the “Taualuga” by Dale and the
Vaimaona Family.
The evening was a tremendous success and Mrs. Fields
wishes to thank all the ELL families for their presentations and
the delicious cultural foods they shared for dinner. We have
many new favorites!!
The ELL Family Night gets larger and more exciting each year. It is so successful due to the
support of all the families and staff who help to arrange the café and clean up at the end of
the evening. Mrs. Fields extends her heartfelt thanks to everyone.
On a final note, Mrs. Fields congratulates our graduating 6th grade ELL students Moana, Jim
and Dale and wishes them much success in Intermediate School. We will miss you and your
families very much. Mahalo to you all for a wonderful year!
Book Dedication
Thank you very much for your generous support with our Book Dedication
Program! A special thank you to kindergarten student, Ty Cameron Yakuma,
who dedicated seven books to the library! Your participation in Book
Dedication and Book Fair enables us to purchase new materials for the library.
Thank You!
Come To The Book Swap
The Library Club would like to thank you for supporting the Book
Swap to encourage summer reading. We had 356 students come to the
library to exchange their books and were able to find new treasures!
Over 1,400 books were exchanged. A special thank you to the Library
Club and Mrs. Nikki Parsons for their help with the the Book Swap.
Happy Summer Reading!!!!
Teacher Wish List
Thank you very much for helping to fulfill our wishes. Below is a list of
“wishes” from our teachers and staff. If you have any of these items
and are able to donate them, we would be so appreciative!
Gently Used Twin Flat Sheets: Mrs. Valencia needs sheets to
cover computers
B-11 Needs:
5 regular rectangular sponges (no green or blue "scrubby" sides please)
5 rectangular tupper ware containers with lids (should be able to fit one regular sponge inside
each tupper ware)
Things to do this Summer
We want you to enjoy your summer, relax and regenerate. But we also want to make sure our
students keep up with their skills and are prepared for the next grade level. Please keep in
mind:
• IXL, KidBiz, Discovery Ed, envision and Wonders will all be available for your child to use
throughout the summer. They do system maintenance right before the school year begins
but other than that, your child should be able to access these site to practice their skills.
• Keyboarding skills are VITAL especially for grade 3 – 6. There is a keyboarding program
attached to the Maunawili site that you could have your child practice their keyboarding
skills.
• READ, READ, READ!!!