End of Year Party- May 23

Our end-of-the-year party will be on Thursday, May 23. We talked about the party today and here is what the children volunteered to bring:

Drinks- one six pack of  canned juice (cold)
1. Kammiee
2. Reece
3. Thaiden
4. Chrisitna
5. Kaydence

Chips- one bag
1. Reilly
2. Jack
3. Jade

Cookies- one bag or 25
1. Quintin
2. Sierra
3. Makoa

Cupcakes- 13
1. Xander
2. Malina

Fruits (one kind)- sliced or ready to eat
1. Shamren
2. Elisa
3. Sienna

Vegetables (one kind) and Dip
1. Kayton
2. Matthew
3. Alohi

Spam Musubi- 10
1. Marlee
2. Alysha
3. Kaleb

Ice Cream
1. Walker

Sorbet
1. Maile

Pretzels or Chex Mix
1. Jayvis

Please let me know if you would like to bring something other than what your child signed up for.
Thank you!

May Day Reminders

The third graders have been working very hard to prepare for the May Day program! Here are a few bits of info for Friday:

• The program starts at 9:00 am, but please come early to find a place to sit. You may bring your own chair if you would like to.
• B23 will be facing the office building so plan on sitting on that side to get the best view!
• Students should come to school dressed in sports attire: jersey or sports shirt and shorts or cheer outfit, shoes. 
• Optional- hat, sweatbands
• It will be hot, so please put on sunscreen and bring water.
• Don't forget to make your mat to sit on.
• Don't forget to bring your smile and energy!
• Parents may come to the room ater the bell rings to sign out their child. Students who remain in school will be dismissed at 1:10.
• Please leave your backpacks at home. You won't be needing it.

We look forward to seeing all of you on Friday! Happy May Day!

Third Grade Career Fair

The third graders had an awesome Career Fair today! Thank you to Mrs. Almeida for organizing it and to all of the parents who shared their careers with the children. The children were so fortunate to learn about so many careers. We all learned a lot from the presenters and who knows...maybe one day they may choose a career they learned about today!

Enjoy the pics from our day!

Mahalo to all of our presenters!

Makoa and his dad.

Future Road Paver Kayton

Future Road Paver Kaleb

Maile shows us that girls can do this job, too!

Mr. Almeida shares his job as a road paver.

Mr. Hoe shares his job as a Hawaiian Studies Instructor at WCC.

Maile listens intently as her dad describes what he does.

Mr. and Mrs. Mulherin share their two businesses: shoe cobblers and small engine repair.

Wow! We didn't know that shoes could be repaired.

Malina and her mom and dad.

Officer Montez and two co-workers share about their job as police officers.

It was interesting to go inside the police car.

Sienna and her dad.

Kammiee and her dad.

Mr. Ardo is a retired serviceman and shared his experiences in the military.

Mr. Bass shared his job as a firefighter.

Reece and his dad.

Mr. Matsukawa shows us some equipment he uses.

Mr. Matsukawa demonstrates how to ward off a dog.

Umbrellas are good for other uses, too!

Jayvis and his mom.

Mrs. Ilar talks to us about her job as a nurse.

There are lots of special equipment that nurses use.

Mrs. Meredith shares about her job as an Office Manager for the Hawaii Institute of Biology.

Mrs. Meredith tells about her working place at Coconut Island.

Mr. Furuya is a talented artist/illkustrator.

Reminders for Next Week

HSA Testing
B23 will be taking our last round of HSA testing next week Tuesday to Friday (April 30-May 3). We have been working hard to brush up on our math and reading skills. Thank you for helping your child keep up with the many pages of math that they've been bringing home. We're almost there and I'm sure that all of their hard work will pay off!
Most of the students have already passed the HSA tests on the previous attempts, but we are all trying to raise our scores on this last attempt. Encourage your child to try his/her best!
 In order for your child to do his/her best, please remember to do the following:

1. Go to bed at a reasonable time.
2. Eat a good breakfast.
3. Come to school on time.

Pet Rock Project due on Monday
The students received a Pet Rock assignment last week and it is due on Monday, April 29.
Don't forget to:
1. Do the back page first before you decorate the rock.
2. Decorate your rock to look like a pet.
3. Draw a picture of your pet rock going on an adventure with you.
4. Write a story about your pet rock and you going on an adventure.
5. Bring your rock on Monday to share.

Tennis Lessons Tues., April 30 and Fri., May 3
We are fortunate to have Sheila Kurosu from USTA coming to teach the third graders tennis lessons next week Tuesday and Friday. The students always love participating in this fun and active activity!
Please wear shoes and bring water on Tuesday, Thursday (our regular PE day) and Friday next week.

Career Day- May 7
Thank you to all of the parents and family members who have volunteered to present at our Career Day on May 7. We would like to invite those of you who haven't yet volunteered to come and share your career with us. All careers are interesting and valuable! Please join us! Or if you're not able to come, please invite someone else to join us!
More information will be coming from our parent coordinator, Yvonne Almeida. Mahalo!

Congratulations Speech Festival Participants!

Congratulations to Christina, Sierra, Kaydence, Walker, Makoa, and Xander for an outstanding performance at the Castle Speech Festival! Both groups had Superior and Excellent ratings from the judges. We are so proud of all of you!

Here are some comments from the participants:
Kaydence- That was my best time and was my first time!
Sierra- The Speech Festival was a really fun experience for me because I got to perform and I never performed before!
Christina- The Speech Festival was a really fun thing to do because we got to speak out loud.
Walker- I was nervous because there was a gajillion people watching me and I was performing.
Makoa- I felt very competitive and had pride.
Xander- I felt really excited about our speech because we picked really good poems.

Career Day Speakers Needed

We are very excited about our upcoming grade 3 Career Fair! Thank you to the parents and family members who have volunteered to share your career. More speakers are needed! Won't you please consider sharing your career with our children? Your child will be so thrilled to see you at the fair and our children will benefit from learning about a variety of careers. If you can't make it, but know someone who is willing to share please let me know.
Our Career Fair will be held on Tues, May 7. Set up is at 8:00 and the fair should be done by 10:00. Children will be rotating between the stations in small groups of about 6 students. Please let me know if you can help. Mahalo!

Kapunahala Fun Run

     We had a blast at the Kapunahala Fun Run on Friday, April 5. There were 8 fun stations that we went through. We enjoyed the variety of activities and we had so much fun that we didn't even realize that we were exercising our bodies! We even got to dance at the end!
     Thank you to Mrs. Kahawaii and the many parent volunteers for this fun day! Thank you also to those who generously donated money for this school fundraiser.

     Look at the pics below of the activities that we did!

Dancing is also great exercise!

That was a fun and exciting day!