Working with Light Bulbs

By:  Leialoha Bugarin

Want to save electricity and our earth? Of course you do! How will we help save electricity and our earth you wonder? Well first of all start using CFL light bulbs (swirly light bulbs) because it lasts 10x longer than the incandescent light bulbs (round ones). CFL also uses 75% less electricity than the incandescent light bulbs.

         

          In fact our school, Keone'ula will help. All you need to do is bring in your old incandescent light bulbs to our school. Then we will give you CFL light bulbs for free! Or you can give it to a student in Keone'ula who is in 6th grade, then they will exchange them for your FREE CFL light bulbs. So if you give us 3 old light bulbs we give you 3 CFL light bulbs.

          Now for some fun facts! Did you know that Hawaii uses more oil in one day than the U.S.? This is actually bad because this oil is a fossil fuel and it takes a long time to be created. So if we use too much and we run out, we won't be able to use it in a very long time. Another reason why it is bad is because we get this oil from foreign countries. Which means the oil travels on ships and if the ship sinks, the oil will spill into our ocean. If the oil spills in our ocean, corals will die, fishes will die, and then there won't be a big population of fish any more. The last reason why is because it comes from our earth, and where do we live? Earth! So please try and help our earth by participating and doing other fundraisers to save our earth.

 Thank You for Reading and for Saving Our Planet!

Vermiculture is Cool

By: Victoria Bermudez

At Keone'ula Elementary School, we have 4 worm bins for our vermiculture project.    Here are the steps to feed the worms: First you have to put in scraps of fruit and salad without the dressing on it , then you put one inch strips of newspaper (Hint : if the worms see sunlight then they might die because they will get over heated . It's a good idea to put the worm bin in the shade.). The 3rd step is to fill a bucket up with water half way and pour it in your bin evenly, then BOOM! It's finished!  What do the worms do to the food?  They eat the scraps of fruit, and when they are done with the scraps of fruit, the worm's castings make the fertilizer which we will use for the plants.

1,000 Bulb Challenge Saving Energy One Bulb at a Time

6th graders have been working very hard advertising, educating, and trading light bulbs for the Blue Planet Foundation 100,000 light bulb challenge.  Thank you to ALL for all your trade ins, and most of all, for helping our environment!!  We've already traded 1,000 incandescent bulbs in just 2 weeks!  Thank you Blue Planet Foundation and KES community for all your help and support!

Pizza! Pizza! Get Your Pizza!

Pizza Hut Night Fundraiser

Plan to have pizza for dinner on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Order from Pizza Hut (Carryout, Delivery, Dine-in), mention “This is a Pizza Night order”, and detach the claim check from the Pizza Night flyer, and 25% of the sale will be donated to Keone’ula. Stay tuned for the Pizza Hut Night flyer.

 Please help support our school!

Comedian, Not Chameleon, Frank Delima!!

 

There's always an air of excitment and nervousness in the beginning of the school year, but it's just excitement on the day Frank Delima welcomes students to school.  As a teacher, I still look forward to his visits, and I'm always hopeful he'll sing his "Buta Hunt" or "Peanut Butter Jelly" songs. We didn't hear them in the upper grades assembly, but we did get to hear his Zippy's menu song to the tune of Beethoven's  5th.  Which made everyone a little hungry.  Especially my one student who announced prior to the assebly starting, that he was hungry because he woke up too late to eat breakfast that morning. 

He spoke to everyone about the importance of working hard, listening, remaining healthy, being balanced, and respecting others.  A lot of important messages packed into a short amount of time, but very powerful because students need to hear it from others besides their parents and teachers.  It truely takes a village to raise a child, and I'm always excited to have community members sharing words of wisdom with us!  Thank you Frank Delima!   

 

Myon is Saving you Money!

By: Rhyanne Javier

     Daddy and mommy could you please buy me this book? Heard that often?Book prices are high specially when it come to chapter books. Now heres my question for you! Do you spend a lot of money or books for your children to read? Here's our solution for you!MYON. Myon is an online program for your child to read books for FREE. They mostly have kindergarden to 4th grade kind of books. If you're looking for great picture books, awesome chapter books, and lots of genres and styles, you've come to the right website. Another great reason why you should choose Myon is when your bookcase is overflowing and when you don't have extra money for books.

      Have you ever thought of giving them away to charity or selling them? Let me guess, they said no didn't they? I know from experience. My bookcase is overflowing and I can't fit anymore. Now that I have Myon I sold my books and now I have room for more. Trust me you'll be saving money on books when you start Myon. If your child doesn't have an account please see their teacher for one. Here are some reviews on Myon. Don't forget Myon, books to read when your bookcase is overflowing.

      I asked Gabby Menez why she likes Myon and she said, "I like Myon because it's fun to use and you can just 'grab' a book and read."

      I also asked Taryn Kanai what her favorite book was on Myon and she responded. "I can't pick one they are all so awesome." I think what she said was true because not one book that I read wasn't engaging to me, it all grabbed my attention.

Dasia Burr said that Myon is quick and easy because you can just grab a book and read.

I asked Leialoha Bugarin how is Myon helpful to students and she said that "there are no due dates, so you don't turn it in and they have millions of copies of that book."

That's all I have to say about Myon and see it for yourself, also grab a book and read, I promise you that you will enjoy it. Goodbye bye for now, till next time.

www.myon.com

K.I.C. Say's, "You'll Save, And We Receive!"

Written By Julaluk Multhrop And Alyssa Neal


What's that reaction you have, when you see your electricity bill? You're like, ,"Um, I'm not paying for this." Then, you think back to all those times you didn't turn off a faucet, light, or used the A.C on a breezy day? Okay well, K.I.C is trying to encourage you to sign up for the HECO Challenge.

This is how it works. You should/will receive a form, from your child that goes to Keone'ula Elementary School. Once you sign that form, its time to get your energy saving powers in action! Just watch out for things that could be upping your electricity bill, like a fully charged phone still in the charger, or you can even try manually washing the dishes, instead of using the dishwasher.

Last year, our school won 3,000 dollars. The money is being used for the aquaponics that is going to be built in the peace garden, behind E-Building. For first place, our school can win 10,000 dollars! That's a heck of a lot of money!

We can use that money to help out our school become a better learning environment. You are not just helping the school, you are helping yourself and your family save energy and money! So please, sign up for the HECO Energy Challenge, so you can help earn money for our school and help families save money.  Remember, once you enter, you are also eligible to win a Kumu Kit from HECO which includes a photovoltaic system, WOW!

    So start turning the lights off and close that wallet parents. You won't be paying much, anymore! So just remember, "You'll save, and we receive!"

For more information about the HECO Challenge, you can visit www.HECO.com