November 14, 2013

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Healthy Lunch Sign-Upslt is time to sign-up for our Healthy Lunch Program for Trimester 2. In an effort to continue to effectively manage our lunch program, a new identification card will be issued the first week after the Thanksgiving Break to all middle and high school students who are part of the program. This will need to be shown upon entry to the main hall and to the food servers in order to receive

a lunch. Elementary students will continue to get their lunches as usual. Lunch plans are pre-paid per trimester. Please refer to the table below for pricing and plan information:

Lunch Plan Rates• Monday-Friday (5-days/Week) PK-5 $309; 6-12 $422 • Mon/Wed/Fri (3-days/week) PK-5 $185; 6-12 $253 • Pizza Day Only (l-day/week) PK-5 $62; 6-12 $84 • Salad Bar Only (5-days/week) PK-5 $240; 6-12 $300 Please call the Front Office by Nov. 18 to make the necessary payment arrangements for your child(ren)’s lunch plan choice for the 2nd trimester.

Thanksgiving Food DriveThe Parent Association is sponsoring a food drive Nov. 18-22. Donations are requested according to a list of suggested items listed by grade level. Check out the information on page 3.

Needed For Our Community GardenYou might have heard of our plans for a Community Garden,

located on campus near the solar farm. When completed (hopefully by the first of the year) garden plots will be available for students and their families, staff and faculty and members of the greater community. We are collecting banana plants, as well as tools, shovels and wheelbarrows. Please check with Mike Goto for drop-off location. The Community Garden

project has been funded by the Annie Sinclair Knudsen Memorial Fund and the Mabel I. Wilcox Trust.

Art Day - Another I.S. Success!“I think we should have Art Day every Friday,” said a high school student, overheard at lunch. What a terrific day it was! Art Day is another example of our ohana pulling together to create something special for our

students. We all feel proud of the con-tributions we made – from those who taught the work-

shops, to students and teachers who hung clotheslines and hauled coconuts, to volunteers who cleaned paint brush-

es and prepared food for the luncheon – everyone involved deserves a big Mahalo! Photos are posted on our Shut-terfly site: island-school.shutter-fly.com.

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ROBOTICS – Island School hosted the FIRST Lego League competition and our LegoMasters are the 2013 Hawai‘i District Tournament Champions for Kaua‘i. They also won the award for Robot Performance. Congratulations!

CHEMISTRY – Ms. Haverkort’s students did a laboratory activity on chemical reactions. In groups of four, students observed a chemical reaction between aluminum and copper

chloride. First the bright green solid copper chloride was added to water and turned blue during the dissolving process. Then aluminum was added which reacted with the chloride ions in the solution to form a dark red solid, aluminum chloride, while copper remained dissolved in the water. The chemical reaction was very exciting to watch because heat was released in the process (which is how we know it was a chemical reaction), and it was interesting to see the energetic reaction.

SENIOR UPDATE – Lansen Eto was accepted at University of Portland in Portland, OR, and University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; Kristina Scheppers has been accepted at University of Oregon in Eugene, OR; Kelly Kay has been accepted

at Concordia University in Irvine, CA, and at University of Portland in OR.

SPELLING BEE – The Middle School Spelling Bee will be held in the Main Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 11:50-1:20. 13 spellers will compete.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT – Congratulations to Ki‘ilani Arruda ‘20, who was named first runner up in the Kaua‘i Amateur Modeling Competition “Miss” Division this past Saturday at Kaua‘i Veterans’ Center. The winner of this division was Gianna Riopta, daughter of our accounting clerk Melissa Riopta.

UKULELE – A group of students volunteered to come on stage to play with Daniel Ho at the concert last Friday. Their names were put into a drawing to win a KoAloha ukulele. Congratulations to Lansen Eto, whose name was drawn. Kudos to those pictures at right who took this great opportunity to play with a master!

TALENT SHOW – Ten performances entertained middle and high school students at the end of Art Day Friday at the Talent Show. The quality of talent was impressive and ranged from singers and musicians to dancers and stand-

up comedy. Organized by Student Government with emcees, 8th graders Sydney Agudong and Summer Mead, the show opened and closed with songs by the band, OCDC. The judges chose senior, Margo Latif as overall winner, accompanied by drummer Kellan Wortman and bass guitar player Ian Cowden.

ACTING – Jim Bray’s high school acting class will present Scene Work, a collection of short plays, on Monday, Nov. 18, in the Weinberg Gymnasium at 6:00 p.m. Admission is free. Everyone is invited!

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Maureen Valdez ‘17, showcased her original

choreography at the Talent Show.

7th grade PE students ended their unit on volleyball with a trip to Kalapaki last week. Next week, they’ll run

to the YMCA pool for a swim!

Proud Lego League Champs. l-r: Colin Bedwell, Colby Barth, Cody Manibog, Tiago Mor-

gado, Nate Sullivan, Bradley Pratt, Bonnie Lee, Tanner Hubbard, Ethan Inanod, Ema-

Lani Ebesu, Josh Dobashi. Advisers: Sue Macklin, Sharon Inanod, Nathaniel Evslin.

SOCCER CAMP: Over Winter Break. See flyer on page 5.

FOR SALE: two four-band vintage cane chairs with cushions $150.00 each. Please call Karin at 634-5162 in Kapa‘a.

COUPONS WANTED: Please donate your coupons from all your future Sunday newspapers. This will be an ongoing collection. Please drop them off in Alice’s office.

“SOUND OF MUSIC”: Opens this weekend for three weekends: Fri/Sat Nov. 15/16 at 7pm; Sunday matinee at 4pm is benefit for Kaua‘i Food Bank. All tickets $6 if accompanied by a food dona-tion. Tickets from Island School students in the production Athena Alexander ‘18, Sierra Mireles ‘18, Jessica Palmer ‘18 and Makenna Ol-son ‘16.

KCP AUDITIONS: Kaua‘i Community Players an-nounces auditions for Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, to be directed for KCP by Arnold Meister, opening February 14, 2014, and running for three weekends. Other Desert Cities is a comedy with a witty dialog. It was a final-

ist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and is a Tony, Drama League, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Cir-cle winner. Auditions will be held on Friday, December 13 at 6pm and Saturday, December 14 at 3pm at the Puhi Theatrical Warehouse.

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♥ ♥ ♥ the Art Day committee: Natasha Arruda ‘06, Catharine Barale, Judy Byce, Mary Castelanelli, Roxanne Haverkort-Yeh, Liz Hubbard, Connie Kakalia, Sabra Kauka, Jeffrey Kozak, Lynda Liesse, Sue Macklin, Susie Massaro, Deatri Nakea, Keana Oliveira ‘95, Dave Reynolds, Joan Shaw, Adie Siebring; our Art Day Volunteers: Jon Anderton, Laura Barzilai, Sandy Catlin, Kathy Connery, Deborah DeBusca, Steve Estelle, Diane Faye, Utako Fukada, Stephanie Hess, Brett Huffman, Kenny Ishii, Katie Johnson, George Knox, Shannon Ladd, Lisa Nicole, Brian Pearson, Jane Sanacora, Amy Spindt, Karolyn Stokes, Karen Summerhays, Natasha Suzuki-Kaohi, Claudia Trask, Joan Maas, Maria Walker; our Art Day artists and helpers: Jodi Ascuena, Carol Bennett and her models Jenny Ray ‘05, & Georgia DeGracia, Stephanie Britt, Sarah Britt, Lauren Calhoun, Mary Castelanelli, Noreen Dougherty, Kat Ho, Lea Ingram, Sabra Kauka, Monica King, Leilani Kurz, Sheree Latif, Margo Latif, Kate Mink, Helen Meade, Deyana Mielke, Morgan Miike, Deatri Nakea, Noelani Pomroy, Jen Pomroy, Val Rivera, Ita Rubio ‘01, Adie Siebring, Philip Steinbacher, Dean Wakamoto, Jill Weiner, Peter and Takuyo Williams, Akira Williams, Ryden Williams, Carol Yotsuda, Wayne Zebzda; our Art Walk entertainers: Richard Porto and 5th graders Kahana Heen, Amber Asuncion, Sydney Jona, Veda Parker and Nahe Edwards; and to the cooks who provided the amazing buffet and to George Knox for bringing it all together. Also to the Junior Class and their advisers, Susie Massaro and Nathaniel Evslin ‘98, who did a mountain of prep and cleanup, and to our behind-the-scenes crew, Daniel Bicicche, Sandy Johnson, Mike Goto and Alice Pajela.

♥ ♥ ♥ Liz Hubbard, Imara Joroff ‘15, and Nathanial Evslin ‘98, for running the High and Middle School Talent Show.

♥ ♥ ♥ Sean Magoun for organizing the wonderful Daniel Ho concert.

♥ ♥ ♥ Chris Sweitzer and Ed Eaton for their time and expertise getting the lights ready for The Phantom Tollbooth.

♥ ♥ ♥ Cedro at Hana Hou Tree Service for the donation and delivery of eighty coconuts for an Art Day workshop.

♥ ♥ ♥ Dr. David Rovinsky for sharing his expertise in orthopedics with the high school anatomy class.

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November 14, 2013

Come along on a fantastic adventure with talented Island School 5th graders, as they present the musical theatre production, “The Phantom Tollbooth,” November 15-17, at the Island School “theatre.”

Based on the beloved children’s book of the same name written by Norton Juster, the story revolves around a ten-year-old named Milo, who is so bored with the world that nothing ever interests him. One day Milo discovers a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Upon driving through the Tollbooth’s gates, Milo commences a marvelous adventure, discovering new ways to exceed expectations and explore possibilities. Armed with a dictionary and pencil and accompanied by a trusty “watch” dog, Tock, Milo journeys through the lands of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis, successfully battling the Demons of Ignorance, and returns Rhyme and Reason to the Land of Wisdom. He learns many things about words and numbers over the course of his journey, but perhaps the most important lesson he takes with him is that everything we learn has a purpose and everything we do affects our surroundings.

“Our 5th graders have really embraced the spirit of the musical by coming together as a team and using different art forms to present their interpretation of

this classic story. They’ve rehearsed every day since mid-August and I am really proud of them!” said Peggy Ellenburg, Drama Director at Island School. The students also created the colorful sets and props for their show.

Live musical accompaniment will be played by their musical director, Rose Alfiler. “This class has such a love of music,” said Alfiler. “The students took to the music and the clever lyrics right away.” Their homeroom teacher, Cindy Wortmann, loved hearing her students burst into song throughout the day.

Fifth grader Braydon King, who plays five parts in the play, said the most fun part about the production is “learning how to act and watching all of my friends play their parts. I’m excited for our performances!”

Performances will be held Friday and Saturday evenings, November 15 and 16, at 7:00 p.m. as well as Sunday, November 17, at 3:00 p.m. at the Island School “theatre” in Puhi, behind Kaua‘i Community College. Performances are open to the public and the show suitable for all ages. Tickets may be purchased in advance for $4 each / $15 for a family pass at the Island School Office, from cast members, by calling 246-0233 ex. 262 or by emailing peggy@ischool.org. Tickets are $6 each / $20 for a family pass at the door.

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