Monthly Archives: December 2011

Founder’s Day 2011

On Monday, December 19th, the students at Kamehameha Schools Hawai’i Campus came together to celebrate the founder of our school, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. We celebrated the 180th anniversary of Princess Pauahi’s birth and we began a year long celebration … Continue reading

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Be Passionate about your Education!

Aloha Students, Last week during morning announcements Mrs. Debus’ explained that I had completed my Master’s degree in Education after two years of hard work, and an 83 page long thesis!  This past Saturday, I graduated from the University of … Continue reading

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Collaborative Poetry Project Culminates in Exciting Sharing Via Skype

Have you ever written a poem with someone 4,772 miles away? Well, our fifth graders have! Today the students in 5b participated in the culminating experience of a collaborative poetry project with their Baltimore buddies. We began the projects a … Continue reading

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First and Second Graders Connect with Buddies

The first and second graders in Mrs. Moore’s and Ms. Fullerton’s classes skyped this past week with their Baltimore buddies. The first graders shared movies they had made about what the season of Fall is like in Maryland and Hawai’i. … Continue reading

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Our Talented Kindergarteners

During the past few weeks the Kindergartners have been working on a “music video” to one of the songs they sang in our Christmas Concert.  Take a look below at their rendition of “Up on the Housetop!”

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A Video Gift for our Kindergarteners

Last week Mrs. Littrell came up to me and said, “Mrs. Stack, I have a great idea! Will you help?” And I said, “Of course!” So, Mrs. Littrell, Mrs. Nihipali, Kumu Kanani, and I got together and created something extra … Continue reading

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First Graders Compare the Season of Fall

First graders in Baltimore and Hawaii created videos to share with each other.   The purpose of the videos was to show the Season of Fall to our friends!  We will be creating a video for each of the seasons … Continue reading

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Fifth Grade Collaborative Poetry Project Begins!

The fifth graders of 5B have begun a new project with their Baltimore Buddies.  As you may know from reading this blog, we have developed a wonderful relationship with our friends in Baltimore using a variety of web tools.  Our … Continue reading

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Third Grade Mystery Skype

Ms. Everett’s class had a fun time skyping with some new friends in New York State. We were able to ask them geography questions and guess what state they were in! Check out some pics of our Skype session below!

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