Thank you to the many individuals who helped to make this past Thursday's State Board of Education meeting a huge success. Special kudos to Leila Kaneholani in coordinating getting the tables, table cloths, and chairs; Suwela Esteban and custodial staff for setting-up and back-ground decorations; our great chefs/servers...Debbie Lacaden, Robert Purdue & Margaret Goode for the outstanding dinner; and Catherine Paleka and her students for the wonderful performances. Special thanks to Pastor Steve Thompson, North Shore Christian Church and Beth Haddock, Kauai Beach Resort for their donations of the tables and table cloths. This was certainly an example of outstanding collaboration, partnerships and hard work!
Congratulations to Catherine Paleka and her students at the Tournament of Bands held at Kamehameha School's campus this past Saturday evening. Kapaa High School and community should be very proud as our students really gave a terrific performance. Nearly twenty public and private high schools (Division I, II and III) participated late into the evening.....truly awesome event and experience for all students involved.
Data for School Improvement: As you are aware, Data for School Improvement (DSI) item bank serves that one formative assessment to be used by all schools beginning SY 2010-11. The DSI contains about 10,000 (Math & Language Arts) items that are aligned to the HCPS III in grades 3 - 8 and 10. Teachers may have their students take the assessment at anytime as it provides immediate feedback as to students' progress to the content standards. While teachers will appreciate this as an instructional resource, it also brings that systemic alignment where all schools will be on the same formative assessment system. Kapaa High's first DSI training will be given this Wednesday, Nov. 10th 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. in I100 lab for the initial teacher group. Please check with Beth should you have any questions.
Academic/Financial Plans: Reminder that departments heads need to meet with their departments to review and facilitate discussions as to the progress per our Academic/Financial plan targets. Critical that we take that "gut-check" as to where we are as a school in terms of accountability. Appreciate that you send your department mtg. minutes sent to Beth, Diane, Todd and myself.
Co-Teaching: Thank you to those teachers who provided feedback. Will work with Todd to review comments and plan for a follow-up mtg so that we can continue to strategize toward continuous improvement.
Have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
4695 Mailehuna Road
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
PH: (808) 821- 4401 ext. 102
FAX: (808) 821- 4420
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
"Wisdom is knowing the right path to take....integrity is taking it." M. H. McKee
Congratulations to Catherine Paleka and her students at the Tournament of Bands held at Kamehameha School's campus this past Saturday evening. Kapaa High School and community should be very proud as our students really gave a terrific performance. Nearly twenty public and private high schools (Division I, II and III) participated late into the evening.....truly awesome event and experience for all students involved.
Data for School Improvement: As you are aware, Data for School Improvement (DSI) item bank serves that one formative assessment to be used by all schools beginning SY 2010-11. The DSI contains about 10,000 (Math & Language Arts) items that are aligned to the HCPS III in grades 3 - 8 and 10. Teachers may have their students take the assessment at anytime as it provides immediate feedback as to students' progress to the content standards. While teachers will appreciate this as an instructional resource, it also brings that systemic alignment where all schools will be on the same formative assessment system. Kapaa High's first DSI training will be given this Wednesday, Nov. 10th 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. in I100 lab for the initial teacher group. Please check with Beth should you have any questions.
Academic/Financial Plans: Reminder that departments heads need to meet with their departments to review and facilitate discussions as to the progress per our Academic/Financial plan targets. Critical that we take that "gut-check" as to where we are as a school in terms of accountability. Appreciate that you send your department mtg. minutes sent to Beth, Diane, Todd and myself.
Co-Teaching: Thank you to those teachers who provided feedback. Will work with Todd to review comments and plan for a follow-up mtg so that we can continue to strategize toward continuous improvement.
Have a great week!
Daniel S. Hamada
Principal
Kapaa High School
4695 Mailehuna Road
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
PH: (808) 821- 4401 ext. 102
FAX: (808) 821- 4420
daniel_hamada@notes.k12.hi.us
"Wisdom is knowing the right path to take....integrity is taking it." M. H. McKee
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