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Happy New Year! I just wanted to share some pictures of our first harvest from the aqua pond. After a beautiful Founderʻs Day, first graders returned to class to eat a salad grown in our aqua pond. It was so … Continue reading →

We all enjoyed our ice cream social, making cards and ornaments, then exchanging gifts! Mahalo to all of the ‘ohana who came in to help us!!!!

The first graders had the privilege of learning about the history and purpose of Hiloʻs Merrie Monarch celebration from Aunty Luana Kawelu this morning. SHe had much to share about itʻs background history and rich pictures of the many performers … Continue reading →

Last week the keiki made Christmas cards to send to veterans overseas who are in hospitals and will not make it home to be with their ‘ohana this holiday season. The children stamped Hawaiian fauna stencils to design a card … Continue reading →

The following was shared with me from Miss Richardsonʻs tech class:

Congratulations to Niau and Rhian for demonstrating pono pilina and kuleana in their school work. Both keiki enjoyed eating lunch with their ‘ohana today.

With our aqua-pond up and running, our learning focus is on what makes up an ecosystem: a place where plants and animals live and grow together. The keiki learned that there are five main parts to an ecosystem: the sun, … Continue reading →

I am pleased to see who has worked on ixl skills each week. Our current focus in math is addition and subtraction skills as well as writing numbers to 100 and beyond. I would suggest your child work on these … Continue reading →

We added five tilapia to our tank last weekend and have begun our garden above it, planting different varieties of lettuce. The keiki learned the word “interdependence” and are using their observational skills to watch it in action! We will … Continue reading →

A huge mahalo to the perseverance of Uncle Isaac, from grounds who has put together our aqua-pond. There has been a bit of a journey on this. Our first tank was deemed too large. The second tank leaked after repeated … Continue reading →