As part of instilling pride, kuleana and work ethics, every Friday (or last school day of the week) our keiki do a general clean up of our lumi papa.  We spend about 10 minutes wiping down our tables, cleaning out and organizing our desks and toolboxes, taking our plants outside, straightening up our bookshelves and math toys, and making sure our `ohana area is looking good. Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

Our keiki have been learning the oli/mele, E Ala E.  It talks about how we will awake and rise, we will work hard, go deep and reach for the highest.  Click the video to listen to our keiki.

Keiki explore our Math centers.  In first grade we continue to value the time that young children can learn through play.  Following large and small group instruction children will have independent work.  In addition, math centers will be part of our daily math time.

Our papa 1 is represented by the mea kanu `uala.  Here our keiki share their mana`o and connection to the sweet potato.  Click on the picture to see what they have shared.

Please welcome Kumu Wai to Papa 1B.  As a grade level we will be working together  to holomua (move forward) and guide your keiki to new learning, growth and experiences.  Please click on the photo below to read more about our new Kumu.  I am very excited to have her as my new teaching partner.

Aloha e na `ohana,

Welcome to Papa 1!!  I hope this year takes us on a voyage to new learnings and growing.    I invite you to visit our blog page and respond by leaving comments.  Our first day of school came and went.  We got off to a great start!  Here are a few photos of our day.

Aloha,

Kumu Kaleo