Our Vision: “Educating for Excellence”

Our Mission: “The E. B. DeSilva teachers, administrators, parents, students, staff and community share the responsibility to promote life-long learning and

excellence.”

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SOn  the  Calendar   SBA  SUMMATIVE  TESTING:    APRIL  23  -­‐  MAY  4,  2018

Dear  Parents  &  Guardians,

         We  are  pleased  to  share  with  you  that  our  Main  Office  recovery  is  well  underway.    Mr.  Toriano   and   I  have  moved   back   into   the   Principal’s  office.     I   expect   that   our   Health  Room   will   reopen   later   this   week.      The   various   agencies   working   to  bring   our  Main   Office   back   on   line  are   projecHng   another   2-­‐3   weeks  unHl   this   takes   place.     In   the  meanHme,  our  Main  Office  staff  will  remain   temporarily   located   in   our  Learning  Lab  (former   library).     Your  paHence   and   understanding   is  greatly  appreciated.               Our   bleacher   project   is  near  compleHon.    Mahalo  to  our  PTA   for  purchasing   the   three   new   bleacher  sets   and   for   hiring   a   contractor   to  assemble.    The  final  step  will  be  the  installaHon  of   a  heavy  duty   canopy  system  covering  all  bleachers.    

          Another  upcoming  project   this  summer   involves   the   complete   re-­‐Hling   of   the   Learning   Lab   (Library).    This  will  entail  removing  every   item  out   of   the   Learning   Lab   to   be  temporarily   stored   in   a   container  unHl  the  flooring  work   is  complete.    So,   our   Learning   Lab   will   close  operaHons   in   late  April   in   order   to  begin   the   laborious  task   of   moving  house.     Another   summer   project  involves   the   reroofing   of   building  “B”.          We  will  again  present  a  4  week  Pre-­‐K   Summer   Program   for   all  incoming   and   enrolled   2018-­‐19  Kindergartners.     This   past   summer  was  the  first  ever  such  program  and  was  very   well   received   by   parents,  students   and   staff.     We   highly  encourage   parents   to   enroll   their  Kindergartener   in   this   high   value  program.     Doing   so   will   help   to  ensure  a  great  school  start   for  your  li_le  one.

    Our   school   community   was  pleasantly  surprised  to  learn  that  the  latest  ediHon  of   Honolulu  Magazine  has  rated  E.B.  deSilva  Elementary  as  the  number  one  elementary   school  in   Hawaii.       This   is   credit   to   our  awesome   ch i l d ren ,   pa ren t s ,  teachers,  staff,  PTA,  and  community.          Please  contact  us  at  any  Hme  that  we  can  be  of   service  to  your  family.    We  are  here  to  serve  you.Our   school   phone   no.   is   (808)  974-­‐4855.     You  may   contact  me  at  this   number,   or   by   email   at  < D e n n i s _ O ’ B r i e n / D E S I L V A /HIDOE@HIDOE>  ,or  my  residence  at  (808)  935-­‐2610.        Warmest    Regards,

               

Dennis  R.  O’Brien  -­‐  Principal          

Students in the Hogwarts Haven EdVenture class work on their “Professor Snape’s Exploding Elixir” project on a recent afternoon.

Eastern Seaboard Tour 2019Boston→NewYork→Philadelphia→Washington,D.C.→Williamsburg→

JamestownIf you’re child will be entering grade 5 or 6 next school

year (2018-2019) and is still interested in joining the

Eastern Seaboard Tour, please contact Kimmie at

eastcoasthilo@gmail.com

Spaces have become available!

FOLLOW US!on Facebook: @e.b.desilvaon Twitter: eb_superbees

on Instagram: @e.b.desilva

EdVenture Fun

Mrs. DeMattos & Mrs. H want me to remind

you that the last day to return books is May

1st, 2018

Lunch Account UpdatesThe school year has flown by and before we know it, summer will be here.

To all those who will NOT be attending deSilva Elementary School next year but will be attending a public school within the state of Hawai`i, your balance will be transferred to that school. However, if you will be moving out of state, you must notify the school office immediately if you want your child’s balance to be refunded. You may also have the balance transferred to another student. All students with a balance in their lunch account will have their balance carried over to the next school year.

Cash and checks will be accepted forms of payments. PLEASE NOTE: You will be assessed a $25.00 fee for checks returned for insufficient funds.

Lunch loans - All lunch loans NOT paid off before the end of the school year will be carried over to the next year. It is best to pay off loans before the school year ends.

-Jean Kawakami, Meal Clerk

Q3 Perfect Attendance

KINDERGARTENAiona, AvaArbles, Gracie AnnBalzotti, SawyerDeSa Alonzo, KaileyGumbs, AidenHalemanu, KalenaIgnacio, AnthonyJohansen, SkarletKamau, AlikaLoo-Segawa, KaraNakamori, JamesYagi, ChloeYonemoto,AveryYoshioka, Tevyn-James

GRADE 1Araki, AddisonBarna, VivianBochkareva, AnnaBorling-Lewi, JustinFaria, LilyKeilman, DesireeIida, DemianKotake, Kayston-AlanKuwahara, TehyaMacy, CalvinNakajima, MasamuSavella, XaylenceSouza, RaiaTerao-Toma, KendallTucker, EvaUmemoto, AliyahUrmwoanpiy, KylieVarricatt, VivekYoshimoto, Khloe

GRADE 2Abe, BrycenBalzotti, FinnEmmons, LydiaFukui, LandonHenricks, MadisoIida, IanJohansen, SkylarKahalewai, DanielKeolanui, SevynKusch, MaliaMalate, Lincoln

Mendoza, Ka’eoMiguel, LylaOtani, Teiah-LiSeverance, NahlaSouza, DianeSuefuji, RhysieSuzuki, PaigeTanoue, ZaycianTehero, Lutian-SkyGRADE 3Akano, KaoluAlba-Kuwahara, JacobiBrigoli-Valdez, KaydenDodo, KatelynDunn, MercyEhrenlechner, BrodyGarrison, KaiaraGumbs, RylanHalemanu, KahiauHuynh, AnnieKlatte, AydenLoo, SatomiNakajima, MayoOta, ChanelRasmussen, JayshaShehata, NoorUchida, CoenYamaki, BenYoshimura, Kenzie

GRADE 4Abe, BraydenAlameda, ChristianBisel, AlexyColtes, KalebIokepa, HawaiiIwashita, EmmaKamau, AukaiLerma, KaiewaManuel, JayleeMatsumoto, KhallieNagamine, CharliOtani, JakeRagasa, LianSilva, ZoeWelter, HollandWong, Avery

Yamada, CarlyYamamoto, Hunter

GRADE 5Atkins, LukelaCarvalho-Fukunaga, AidenCastanares, IrishCastanares, LaynieChew, IsaiahCorrea, KawaikapulaniGomes, AubreyHatakenaka, KileeKaneshiro, ReynKobayashi, BostonOishi, MarisaOkumura, RyderPohlen, MiaUglum, TeyaUmemoto, Alyssa Varricatt, LeyaWong, Lacey

GRADE 6Anderson, NahikuBisel, AdonDePonte, AubreyDodo, MarissaFiguerido, AlessandraHabu, Harley AnnHatakenaka, BransenHelms, SofyaHenricks. LilyHernandez, ChristianHunter, MaileImai, KaylaKaneta, KaiwalyaJung, ChristinaLampman, Taya\Lavarias, EmilyLavarias, MiaO’Dell-Lambeth, RJOtani, NoahPadaken, JPPua, KyleeSakanoi, CodyVarize, SeraYamashita, TiffanyYoshimura, Kayden

Congratulations to the following students who have made the third quarter Perfect Attendance list:

E.B.  deSilva  Jump  Rope  for  Heart  EventCongratulations E.B. deSilva! Students and families have collected a record-breaking $11,437.10 in donations for the American Heart Association through Jump Rope for Heart. That’s an increase of over 229% over our last event held in 2016, which brought in approximately $5000.00.

This year’s Na Hale Teams were challenged to have at least 80% of team members participate. Rising to the challenge, teams averaged 94% of participation forms turned in for the event. Even faculty and staff members got involved, earning extra points for their teams.

Our heartfelt congratulations to our top three fundraisers:Sevyn Keolanui - Gr 2 - $810Caleb Santos - Gr. 2 - $605

Drew Nakamura - Gr 5 - $500

Mahalo nui loa to Coach Jen Naleimaile who coordinated the Jump Rope Event on March 28th, and parent volunteer Melanie Keolanui for her assistance.

Faculty  &  Staff  Jumping  Bees

Mahalo  to  the  faculty  and  staff  members  who  participated  and  earned  50  extra  Na  Hale  points  for  their  teams.

I’iwi  -­‐  Colleen  Alba-­‐Kuwahara,   Shana  Bartolome,Jeannine  DeCoito,  Dustin  Morita,  Birgit  Pohlen  &  Darryl  Yagi.

I`o   -­‐  Kristi   Bisel,   Kimberly  Chinen,   Brittany  George,  Nicole   Nagato,  Nolan  Yamaki.Nene  -­‐  Melissa  Chong,Stacy  Hondo,Brittany  Kodama,  Gwen  Tanaka

Palila   -­‐   Phil   Bisel,   Shirley   Lee   Hong,Tammie   O’Brien,   Tracie  Yamashita.

Pueo   -­‐   Janelle   Araki,   Kristen   Doolittle,   Mario   Garcia,   Analyn  Gariando,  Traci  Urasaki.

Easter Craft Night 2018Mahalo nui loa to the 80+ students and families who came to our recent Easter Craft Night. Families spent their time together making spring-themed crafts and dip dyeing Easter eggs. Our sincere thanks to the volunteers who came to help at the event:

Melissa Chong Hilo High School Leo Club

Blaine ShigenagaMs. Therese Uyetake

Special mahalos to: Yvette DePonte

Auntie Betty Pelanca

Easter Craft Night is a Family Focus Event proudly sponsored by the E.B. deSilva PTA and brought to you by our Family Focus Team: Yvette DePonte, PSAP and Cecily Nago, PCNC

Super Bees Compete at Robotics Event at HCC Students in the EdVenture Competitive VEX Robotics class recently participated in their first competition. Team members Mukan Helms, Sofya Helms, and Nathan Ragasa attended the all day event along with their Instructor, Joel Paye. Also competing in the event were Chanden Aguiar-Chartrand, Louis Perroy, and Hawaii Iokepa - representing Cub Scout Troop 52. Jake Tokuuke was also there representing his team from the Hawaii Science and Technology Museum.

Teams of 2-4 students were tasked to complete 3 different challenges and were able to attempt each challenge in any order. Challenges were designed to be easy, fair and difficult. The overall intent of the event was to have team members learn by competing in the coding tasks needed to solve the challenges. And, although the challenges may have presented struggles for the students, they were able to walk away with valuable knowledge that can help them at future robotics competitions.

Chanden, Hawaii and Louis - Boy Scout Troop 52 team members.

Jake Tokuuke & his teammate hard at work on the computer working on codes.

Sofya watches as their robot moves around the challenge track.

Mukan, Sofya & Nathan watch another team’s robot work through a challenge.

Attention Parents: If your child will no longer be attending E.B. deSilva School or will NOT be attending Hilo Intermediate School (for 7th grade) for the 2018-2019 school year due to moving out of district, out of state, change of school due to preference, or for other reasons, please fill out the information below and return it to the school office as soon as possible.

Student Name:________________________________________________________________________

Current Grade: ________ Last day at E.B. deSilva: __________________________________________

Reason: ___________________________________New School: ________________________________

School Address (out of state only):

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Street City State Zip Code

New Home address (if applicable):

______________________________________________________________________________________ Street City State Zip Code Telephone: ________________________________Parent Name: ________________________________ Home Cell

Clip here and return top portion to the office

Kindergar)en  Regist.ationEB  deSilva  is  now  accepting  regist.ation

for  in-­‐dist.ict  st:dents    who  will  be  entering  

Kindergar)en  in  the  Fall  of  2018.    Parents  are  encouraged  to  enroll      as  soon  

as  possible.      Please  visit  our  Eiendly  office  staff    or  call  

974-­‐4855.  for  more  inforNation.

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E. B. deSilva Elementary School

2018 Summer Pre-Kindergarten Program

! We invite you to register your child in an innovative readiness program for our incoming kindergarteners. Students must be enrolled in kindergarten at E.B. deSilva for the 2018-2019 school year to qualify. Our program will provide pre-K children an opportunity for developing foundational academic and socio-emotional skills, learn rituals and routines and become familiarized to their home school setting. Art, technology, music, physical fitness and science will be integrated throughout the day. Mrs. Joanne Yagi and Mrs. Carolyn Kuntemeyer will be teaching, assisted by a PPT in each classroom. Class size will be capped at 12 students each to maximize individualized learning. Cost of the whole program is $100. Those who qualify for free/reduced lunch will pay a subsidized fee of $50.00.

Dates: June 20 – July 18 (no school on July 4)

Time: 8:00 – 11:30 daily (students will bring their own mid-morning snacks)

All supplies and materials will be provided by the school.

Please register your interest at the school office (974-4855) as soon as possible to facilitate planning and preparation for this

exciting opportunity.

LOST AND FOUND

Reminder from the office staff: P le a s e c h e ck yo u r c h i l d ’s belongings and take a moment to see if we are holding any item(s) your child may have misplaced. Lost and Found is located outside the school office.

THANK YOU!

AMAZON SMILEE.B. DeSilva is now set up with AmazonSmile to help earn donations for the school. If we can have families link their amazon accounts by going to https://smile.amazon.com/ and follow the directions. Then choose the organization: "ErnESt B DESilva PTA." Specific products qualify for a donation to EB DeSilva. However, you must log on through Amazon Smile when purchasing to qualify for any donations. Thank you!

Super Bees Ohana Earth Day Fun

and PTA General Membership Meeting

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pana`ewa

Rainforest Zoo Large Pavillion

Activity by Hawaii Science & Technology

Museum Petting Zoo, 1:30p-2:30p Additional fun activities forthcoming - stay

tuned!

Join us for a day of family fun, celebrating Earth Day, and a General Membership meeting on April 21st, sponsored by the E.B. deSilva PTA and Hawaii Science Museum.

!!!!!!!!!!We!appreciate!your!continued!support!of!the!E.B.!deSilva!PTA!and!hope!to!see!you!there.!Questions?!Email:!!!!!!!!!!!!tracieyoshimoto@gmail.com!!

Consider the PTA Board

One of the best examples of being an active member of our school community and shaping students’ learning experience on campus is through the PTA Board. Please consider lending your time and talents to such a worthy cause. If you are interested in serving on the PTA Board next school year, please contact current President, Patti-Taira Tokuuke, Mr. O’Brien or Cecily Nago, PCNC.

Bee Facts

Bees see all colors except the color red. That and their sense of smell help them find the flowers they need

to collect pollen.

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9Qtr 3 report cards go home

10No EdVenture Sketch It! Class

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23 24 Last Day EdVenture: Hip Hop Jazz Intro to VEX Robotics Super Bee Yogies

25 Last Day EdVenture: Cheer Squad Krafty Kidz Mysteries of Science Trash Bash

26 Last Day EdVenture: BBoyz n Girlz Hip Hop Competitive VEX Robotics Jr. Iron Chef Mixed Media Art My BEST Moves Super Bee Garden

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30 May 1 Last Day EdVenture: Art Around the World Creative Cards Sketch It!

2 Domino’s Pizza Dough Raiser fundraiser (all day)

3 4 Last Day EdVenture: Beginners Hula BREAK! Hogwart’s Haven Scrapbook Fever Super Bee Yogies

7 Last Day EdVenture: SING! Super Bees Play w/Clay Tennis for Beginners Tutus & Toes

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APRIL/MAY 2018Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

SBA Summative Testing

SBA Summative Testing

Stay up-to-date on the latest PTA fundraisers, calendar of events and more! Visit E.B. deSilva’s PTA website:https://sites.google.com/site/desilvapta/