Our novel for this last quarter was Hatchet. After we finished the book and our online portfolios, students were given the chance to make a board game relating to the story and "Types of Conflict" Brian faced throughout the story!
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Thank you to all for participating in the Jingle Bell Run and to the Student Council and advisors, Jason and Lynele, and to our PE teachers, Ted and Jerry, for again planning this service project.
The Student Council set a goal to collect $1,000 for the Institute of Human Services and we exceeded our goal, the total is still be tallied! They researched and discussed different charitable organizations and voted to contribute to IHS because they are concerned about the number of homeless people in Hawaii. Some of our students demonstrated our basic fractions 1/2's through 1/8's in a piece of art! Hello families, I just wanted to reach out and just commend each of your children on today's afternoon block session. I should of made an announcement earlier in the week, but we were fortunate enough to have two veterans from the "Greatest Generations" organization. Each 5th and 4th grade class had two veterans visiting, ranging in experiences from Pearl Harbor to D-Day service. Here's a short bio of the two gentlemen that shared with your kids. MR. EMERY ARSENAULT (Right)
Age: 94 | 64th Coastal Artillery Short Biography: Emery Arsenault and another radar man were just about to shut down their equipment and head off to Mass when the radar screen erupted with flashing lights. "It began to light up with all kinds of blips then the torpedo bombers came over at tree top level." It was Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, and Arsenault rushed with other soldiers from the radar station to Pearl Harbor but strafing aircraft forced them to take shelter under a tree near another base. They remained there for three days, armed only with rifles, anticipating a Japanese amphibious assault that never materialized. MR. ARTHUR STAYMATES (Left) Age: 90 | US Army Short Biography: Staymates was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division and stormed Omaha beach in D-Day's first wave on June 06, 1944, After Normandy, Staymates war continued enduring the bloodiest and most forgotten battle of European “Battle of Hürtgen Forest” which puts Staymates on a prominent branch of history's tree, but when he speaks about World War II, he'll share another amazing story: what it was like to supervise the unit that guarded the 21 highest-ranking Nazi officers involved in the Nuremberg Trials. |
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May 2017
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