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Your child may have come home last night and told you that they learned how hard it is to be an adult. Well…it is, wouldn’t you say? This probably stemmed from your children participating in a Homeless Simulation in which … Continue reading →

As you all know we will be taking a field trip to Under His Wings Ministry and St. Joseph Catholic Church to learn more about homelessness and ways that we can give back to those in need in our community … Continue reading →

Another Scholastic book order was sent home yesterday and is due on Friday, January 21, 2011. If you are interested in submitting your order online please use the activation code HK43Y   For every order made online, our class will receive … Continue reading →

Fables, fables, fables. Papa ‘Ekolu students have been introduced to the genre of fables. Students are reading the classic fables from Aesop and local fables written by Leslie Ann Hayashi. This week the students will select a fable to memorize … Continue reading →

Today our students were shown a handful of pictures and asked to decide if the people in the photos were houseless or not. Many students made decisions based on looks alone. Little did they know that everyone in all the … Continue reading →

Hip, hip, hooray… it’s 2011!!!!  I’m looking forward to seeing the keiki in Papa ‘Ekolu.

Students had the opportunity to practice creating a demand for cookies in Economics. They were in charge of creating an advertisement, display, and packaging their cookies to get others to want to buy it.  It was all part of a … Continue reading →

After the dancing we were off for our fine dining experience at the Hilo Yacht Club where we all enjoyed a delicious meal of taco salad, fruit salad, rolls, rice and barbeque chicken.  Yummy!  A big hit was the strawberry … Continue reading →