Updates - Week of April 23rd

Senior Projects: Over the course of this week, please take time during your day to convey your support and assurance to our seniors as they prepare for their senior project presentations. Certainly can feel their anxiety and anticipation but very confident that they will aspire in doing their very best. Accreditation Mid-term Visitation: This weeks mark our mid-term accreditation visit. Visiting Chairperson James Schlosser brings a wealth of experience as a secondary principal. Joining Jim will be Jaime Suehiro from Campbell High School. Jaime is very much respected by her peers as she sits on various boards and state-wide panels. Visiting team has reviewed the progress report and during their classroom visit will be asking questions pertaining to the progress report as well as instructional questions. Tardies: With approximately a month of school left, asking that ALL teachers/support staff to assist in getting students to their classes on. We have a tardy problem where we are inconsistent in allowing students to join the class very late. Teachers, please make it a habit to be at your doors urging kids loitering outside to come in, greeting students and closing the door to speed it up. Please take time during your period one classes to share that this tardy action will taking place. 4th Quarter Finals: Reminder, per feedback received, there will not be a finals block schedule and we will remain with our regular schedule. Senior Teachers: Please administer your finals on May 14, 15, or 16. Names of those seniors who are failing must be turned in to the counselors by 3:00 pm - Wednesday, May 16. We need to be responsive informing both student and parents in a timely manner with graduation scheduled for Friday, May 18th. Grade 9 -11 Teachers Finals will be given during the week of May 21 - 24, 2012. Teachers are expected to instruct until 2:20 pm on Thursday, May 24. Please have activities planned that will keep your students in your classroom that day. Weekly Calendar: (Administration continuing classroom visitations this week) Monday, April 23rd: Principal @Smaller Learning Communities Forum meeting @McKinley High 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 24th: Principals mtg. - State Bldg. @8:00 a.m. Thursday, April 26th: Mid-term Accreditation Visit Vice-Principals' mtg - State Bldg. @8:00 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