Mrs. Damuni’s 7th graders just finished an iBook project on the life and events of Kamehameha I coinciding with Hawaiian values.  They shared the project with Kindergarten and 1st grade students and you can see by all the smiles that everyone had a blast!

On Saturday, November 15, the MS Robotics Team won two awards at the Maui County FLL Robotics Championships.  They received a 1st place for Robot Performance and also became the overall Maui County Champions!  Winning these awards gives the Mechanical Menehunes a chance to compete at the Lego League state tournament in Honolulu on Saturday, December 13th.

MS students Raelynn Yoshida and Kalena Viela were challenged by their science teacher, Mrs. Kapisi, to make a positive difference in their community.  They decided to raise awareness about Pancreatic Cancer by having the MS campus wear purple on Friday, November 14th. They also pointed out that numerous studies have shown that pancreatic cancer is especially prevalent in native Hawaiians.  The goal was to create awareness and encourage healthy choices, which includes a survey you can find here. 

These students participated in a three hour training at the Whale Sanctuary in Kihei on Thurs., Nov. 13^th. This workshop taught ocean users how to identify the five major threats to reefs, how to discern them from natural interactions, and how to report them. They are now able to help their community by keeping an eye out for signs of change when visiting the reef. Early detection of these events is important in protecting our reef resources. The students that participated were Kialoa Rano, Shaina Kalalau-Johnson, Jaelyn Navarro, Daysan Gonsalves, Llyrik Min, and Kana Mateaki.

Middle School teachers from KSM and the Department of Education had the opportunity to attend a technology conference on our campus during the last week of October.  The main focus of the conference was on “Design Thinking”, which encourages students to find out what people really need, and then create that for them.  The conference was also a chance for teachers to get hands on training in new technologies that are being introduced to the classroom of the 21st century.