Congratulations to the Boys Basketball team for an outstanding season and solid play at this past weekend's State Finals. This group of young men continued to improve over the course of the season and very evident that they had developed to another level as it showed in the second half of the season.
Special Presentation: Reminder that we'll be having two assemblies on Thursday, March 1st, addressing ethics in a digital world entitled "Digital Tattoos". Guest speaker is FBI Special Agent, Arnold Laanui Jr and this is sponsored by PCNC and Title I. Assembly schedule: Period 2 - Grades 9 and 12; and Period 3 - Grades 10 and 11. Students are to report to their classes first to check in with their teacher and teachers will accompany their students to the gym.
A special evening presentation is planned for parents from all of the East complex schools on Thursday, March 1st @Kapaa High Library 6:00 p.m.
Coordinated Training: Just a heads-up that Kauai Complex Area will be having several coordinated K -12 training beginning March 2012. Projected training dates are listed below and focus will address Common Core State Standards and Using Data for instructional Decision Making. Will be working with content areas to coordinate planned training sessions after our leadership meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28th.
Decision Making for Results and Data Team Seminars:
March 22 and 23, 2012 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Power/Prioritizing Common Core Standards and Unwrapping Seminars:
April 20 and May 7 6-12 Math 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
May 8-9, 2012 6-12 LA 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
May 10-11, 2012 6-12 Others 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
CCSS Work Sessions:
May 30, 2012 6-12 Math 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
May 31, 2012 6-12 LA 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
June 1, 2012 6-12 Others 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Parent conferences updates: Meetings with parents of targeted struggling students continue and certainly fulfilling to have parents, students, and school personnel in the same room having focused dialogue. While we may not see immediate positive changes for all of the students, believe that we are seeing progress for a good number of students. We will stay the course for the rest of the year as it will help address issues related to attendance, tardiness, disruption, and academics. It also serves as our documented interventions. Building Hawaii’s future for college, career, and citizenship in the global society of the 21st century is challenging and hard work.....like that final art work, every student takes hours of hard work to mold, to shape, with tears, frustration and joy in ultimately creating that final sculpture that we call Kapaa High graduate!
Weekly Calendar:
Monday, Feb. 27th: PTSA Board Meeting - Student Center @6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28th: Principal @Complex Area Leadership meeting - Lihue
Wednesday, Feb. 29th: Faculty PLC sessions - Chorus room @1:50
Thursday, March 1st: Digital Tattoo Assembly @Gym
VPs and Athletic Director at Vice-Principals' meeting - Lihue
Friday, March 2nd: Principal @Girls' Softball Stadium Final Inspection
Kauai Complex Area Science Fair Public Viewing 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. @Convention Hall - Lihue
Have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
4695 Mailihuna Road
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
PH: (808) 821- 4401 ext. 102
FAX: (808) 821- 4420
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
Kapaa High School cares for and supports "ALL" students to be prepared for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Updates - Week of Feb. 13th
Kudos to Doris, Sheila and counselors for a terrific career fair this past Friday. Tremendous learning opportunity when community organizations donate time to share with our students. Also, congratulations to our Special Education Department as they were recognized for the Child Count 100% Awards. This means that our school had 100% of it's special education records current, accurate and updated. Outstanding work everyone!
This past week, a work group of teachers, counselor, registrar and administrators met with consultant Mike Neubig in drafting possible master schedules to best support our students and HUI Academies. It was a good learning experience as the work group considered various possibilities for SY 2012-13 bell schedule. Will be updating everyone when master schedule is created per students' registration forms.....need everyone to please remind students who have yet to turn in their forms that we will be forced to select their classes as the deadline has passed.
Pleased to learn that a good number have already submitted their interest for the 10th grade HUI Academy. Sharing overview application and tentative training schedule and ask interested teachers to submit their applications to Beth Pemberton by Friday, February 24th.
Student growth: Our accountability is premised in having sustained consistent student growth. As a school, we need to show students' proficiency progress annually and over a period of time.....starting from freshmen year and when students exit as seniors. Over the past years, we have missed benchmark targets resulting in a more serious current level of "Corrective Action" status. Should we not attain our benchmark, we will fall into "Restructuring" status which means having a more intensive level of oversight and perhaps an independent provider monitoring all classes. I truly believe that we can have consistent growth as stated in our school plans. Research continues to show that when all disciplines support student learning through focused "Literacy" such as writing, reading, and critical thinking learning activities, student proficiency grows. As in any successful organization or team, it takes people working collaboratively in believing that student growth can be attained.
Along this line, the mid-quarter data showed that approximately one-third of our student population received at least one failing grade resulting with a total of nearly 800 failing grades. This isn't much to be proud of and realize that most grades were deserving reflecting students shortfalls in their work, assessments and attendance. Expectation is that everyone is to use this week's common planning, department meeting and Wednesday meeting time to review how to support struggling students. Department Heads are asked to hold department and/or cross curriculum meetings to discuss identified students. Please be sure to invite your counselors, school service coordinator and administrators to participate. Will be sure to get a temperature check from each department by the end of the week.
Attached is Superintendent Matayoshi monthly bulletin sharing some system wide updates.
Weekly Calendar:
Monday, Feb. 13th: Principal @SLC board mtg. - McKinley High School
Blood Drive (all day) @Library
Departments/Cross Curriculum Articulation 2:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15th: PLC articulation within/across Departments/HUIs to address struggling students 1:50 p.m.
Kapaa High School Foundation mtg @Student Center 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16th: Common Planning 2:20 p.m.
Articulation w/Kapaa Middle School
Friday, Feb. 17th: Principal @Collective Impact Meeting - Kauai Community College 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
4695 Mailihuna Road
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
PH: (808) 821- 4401 ext. 102
FAX: (808) 821- 4420
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
Kapaa High School cares for and supports "ALL" students to be prepared for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.
This past week, a work group of teachers, counselor, registrar and administrators met with consultant Mike Neubig in drafting possible master schedules to best support our students and HUI Academies. It was a good learning experience as the work group considered various possibilities for SY 2012-13 bell schedule. Will be updating everyone when master schedule is created per students' registration forms.....need everyone to please remind students who have yet to turn in their forms that we will be forced to select their classes as the deadline has passed.
Pleased to learn that a good number have already submitted their interest for the 10th grade HUI Academy. Sharing overview application and tentative training schedule and ask interested teachers to submit their applications to Beth Pemberton by Friday, February 24th.
Student growth: Our accountability is premised in having sustained consistent student growth. As a school, we need to show students' proficiency progress annually and over a period of time.....starting from freshmen year and when students exit as seniors. Over the past years, we have missed benchmark targets resulting in a more serious current level of "Corrective Action" status. Should we not attain our benchmark, we will fall into "Restructuring" status which means having a more intensive level of oversight and perhaps an independent provider monitoring all classes. I truly believe that we can have consistent growth as stated in our school plans. Research continues to show that when all disciplines support student learning through focused "Literacy" such as writing, reading, and critical thinking learning activities, student proficiency grows. As in any successful organization or team, it takes people working collaboratively in believing that student growth can be attained.
Along this line, the mid-quarter data showed that approximately one-third of our student population received at least one failing grade resulting with a total of nearly 800 failing grades. This isn't much to be proud of and realize that most grades were deserving reflecting students shortfalls in their work, assessments and attendance. Expectation is that everyone is to use this week's common planning, department meeting and Wednesday meeting time to review how to support struggling students. Department Heads are asked to hold department and/or cross curriculum meetings to discuss identified students. Please be sure to invite your counselors, school service coordinator and administrators to participate. Will be sure to get a temperature check from each department by the end of the week.
Attached is Superintendent Matayoshi monthly bulletin sharing some system wide updates.
Weekly Calendar:
Monday, Feb. 13th: Principal @SLC board mtg. - McKinley High School
Blood Drive (all day) @Library
Departments/Cross Curriculum Articulation 2:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15th: PLC articulation within/across Departments/HUIs to address struggling students 1:50 p.m.
Kapaa High School Foundation mtg @Student Center 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16th: Common Planning 2:20 p.m.
Articulation w/Kapaa Middle School
Friday, Feb. 17th: Principal @Collective Impact Meeting - Kauai Community College 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
4695 Mailihuna Road
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
PH: (808) 821- 4401 ext. 102
FAX: (808) 821- 4420
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
Kapaa High School cares for and supports "ALL" students to be prepared for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Updates - Week of February 6th
National School Counseling Week!!! Mahalo to our counselors for their dedicated efforts in making that positive difference for all students.
Thank you to our students, staff and the many community members who helped in making this past weekend's Family Summit a success. Various community individuals shared their appreciation and admiration as this event sent a positive message in the importance of family and community! Thank you to Principal Sherry Scott in covering for me as I was called to a board meeting on Oahu.
Administration will continue meeting this week with content areas addressing student growth, assessments, and professional learning needs. Schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 8th: VP Diane Ayre to meet with CTE (Evan Costa's room); VP Todd Harrison meets with Fine Arts & PE/Health (Chorus room); and English to meet with principal in (David Mireles room). With mid-quarter upon us, reminder that Doris Morioka Fulks will be helping coordinate cross discipline meetings addressing identified students as submitted from counselors. Please be prepared to participate if contacted.
Just a friendly reminder that per classroom visits, not all classes are listing standards being covered. Students have that right to know what is been taught as well as expected outcomes. For teachers on PEP-T, administration will be scheduling observations shortly.
Asking teachers to consider where you see yourself best contributing as we move forward with our Academies and HUIs at Kapaa High. Grade 10 HUI Academies will be implemented in Fall 2012 with planning starting later this month through June 2012. We will continue working with 11th and 12th grade teachers in preparing for SY 2013-14 implementation. Leadership will be doing a final review of the 10th Grade HUI Academy interest surveys, overview and applications on Monday, Feb. 6th and forms will be e-mailed to everyone shortly. Interested teachers may submit their applications by the end of this month. This is critical in the forward planning for staffing and other resources.
Weekly Calendar:
Monday, Feb. 6th: Leadership meeting @1:30 p.m.
Dept & Cross Curriculum meetings @2:25 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 8th: Admin mtg departments CTE, Fine Arts, PE/Health, and English @1:50 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9th: Mike Neubig meeting with Registration team 8:00 a.m.
Common Planning (Depts/HUIs)
Have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
4695 Mailihuna Road
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
PH: (808) 821- 4401 ext. 102
FAX: (808) 821- 4420
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
Kapaa High School cares for and supports "ALL" students to be prepared for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.
Thank you to our students, staff and the many community members who helped in making this past weekend's Family Summit a success. Various community individuals shared their appreciation and admiration as this event sent a positive message in the importance of family and community! Thank you to Principal Sherry Scott in covering for me as I was called to a board meeting on Oahu.
Administration will continue meeting this week with content areas addressing student growth, assessments, and professional learning needs. Schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 8th: VP Diane Ayre to meet with CTE (Evan Costa's room); VP Todd Harrison meets with Fine Arts & PE/Health (Chorus room); and English to meet with principal in (David Mireles room). With mid-quarter upon us, reminder that Doris Morioka Fulks will be helping coordinate cross discipline meetings addressing identified students as submitted from counselors. Please be prepared to participate if contacted.
Just a friendly reminder that per classroom visits, not all classes are listing standards being covered. Students have that right to know what is been taught as well as expected outcomes. For teachers on PEP-T, administration will be scheduling observations shortly.
Asking teachers to consider where you see yourself best contributing as we move forward with our Academies and HUIs at Kapaa High. Grade 10 HUI Academies will be implemented in Fall 2012 with planning starting later this month through June 2012. We will continue working with 11th and 12th grade teachers in preparing for SY 2013-14 implementation. Leadership will be doing a final review of the 10th Grade HUI Academy interest surveys, overview and applications on Monday, Feb. 6th and forms will be e-mailed to everyone shortly. Interested teachers may submit their applications by the end of this month. This is critical in the forward planning for staffing and other resources.
Weekly Calendar:
Monday, Feb. 6th: Leadership meeting @1:30 p.m.
Dept & Cross Curriculum meetings @2:25 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 8th: Admin mtg departments CTE, Fine Arts, PE/Health, and English @1:50 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9th: Mike Neubig meeting with Registration team 8:00 a.m.
Common Planning (Depts/HUIs)
Have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
4695 Mailihuna Road
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
PH: (808) 821- 4401 ext. 102
FAX: (808) 821- 4420
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
Kapaa High School cares for and supports "ALL" students to be prepared for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.
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