As we enter into the last week of October, want to share my appreciation as most of the classrooms visited students were focused and on task . In fact, a good number of them were able to share what they were learning, why they were learning, whether they were doing good work and how they could valid this. The word walls and student products displayed helped provide relevance and understanding in validating student learning. One reminder is that we need to tighten our focus on bell-to-bell instruction....students need to be focused from the beginning until the end of the period. Administration will be continuing classroom observations during the course of this week as well. Overall, very pleased and kudos for your good work!
Hawaii State Assessment: Reminder that our grade 10 students begin their first round of HSA testing this week. Asking that Dept Heads work with their teachers and with other Dept. heads to strategize how to target students need areas per the data. Will ask the VPs and Beth to also join me in speaking to this when we sit in with the various Dept. mtgs on Monday. Dept. Heads may also use this Wednesday's time as I am not planning to call mtgs this week.
Vice Principal/Athletic Directors' mtg: The next Kauai Complex Area VP and AD mtg is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 26th @Koloa Elementary School. Principal Debbie Lindsey has graciously opened her school so that the administrators can do walk-throughs to observe various grade-levels standards-based instruction.
Principals mtg: Kauai Complex Area principals mtg will be held on Thursday, Oct. 28th at the Kauai Complex Area Office from 8:00 a.m. I will be leaving for Oahu later that morning to testify to the Federal Office of Special Education monitoring team from around mid-day until 5:00 p.m. addressing the state-wide status of SPED. This is one of my IOUs that I assured the Superintendent that I would assist per the Feds monitoring of programs, co-teaching, fiscal, etc.
State Board of Education Mtg: Kapaa High School will be hosting the next State Board of Education mtg Thursday, Nov. 4th, 2010 in the cafeteria from 3:00 p.m. Please note that teachers should expect BOE members to be visiting our campus and classrooms that day. Please share with our students as the Board members may be speaking with them both within and outside the classrooms.
That's it and have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
"Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." David Starr Jordan
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