Sell Those Tickets!!

By: Leialoha Bugarin Sell,sell,sell! Why? Well because as you sell those fundraising tickets, our school Keone'ula, will earn money. Also, if we earn money, we help our school because now we will be able to buy new equipment and supplies. We are selling pizza, pound loaf cake, cinnamon bread, and hot dog manapuas. All fundraiser tickets and money are due on Friday, Feburary 1st. Everyone who sells 10 tickets will be entered in a drawing for an X-Box 360 or $300. So sell as much as you can to earn money for our school!

Go Green Tips: A New Type of School :)

By: Christine Toorinjian

            Everyone knows the saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks", right? Well, now you do, though it's not too relevant to what I'm about to say. Forget about old dogs and start teaching new ones! If you're confused about what this means, just keep reading! What I mean is to start getting your kids, or younger cousins, or neighbor's kid, or just even any kid that you know (or don't), into a greener lifestyle. Be a green role model. Be a green super hero. Do anything to get the kids interested. As long as they're sort of showing an understanding of what you are saying/doing, you know that your making progress! If not, then try using smaller words. That always helps! Anyways, the objective for this "Go Green Tips" blog is to train you, (the old dogs), how to train the kids, (the new dogs). So get some toys and treats, and let's start training!

            So let's start with some at home activities to get the ball rolling. There are many simple things that you can doin front of your kids to get them into the habit of doing it too. Hey, you know what they say: Monkey see, monkey do! NOT that your kids are monkies or anything... ANYWAYS, examples of things to do to show your kids how to stay green is by turning the water off when you're brushing your teeth and usiing fans instead of turning on the A/C.  All simple things like that. Even just turning off the light when you're leaving a room can make a huge difference. When your kids see you doing this consistently and constantly, they'll start getting into the groove of it too, and you know that all kids only want to be just like their parents! Successful in life. So when they see someone who has been through it all, who has gone through the motions, don't you think that they're going to want to be JUST like that? Someone who has gone through all of the trials and tribulations of life doing simple things like turning off the light when they leave the room. When they seet this, the first thing that is going to run through their minds is I want to do that. I want to be just like that person. I'm going to do this so that I can be. So really, what you do, really does affect the others around you. So are you going to lead your kids to a greener lifestyle where they are aware and respectful of the Earth? Or are you going to lead them to a life of an energy-sucking, water-wasting, pollution producing slob, where all they know is to take and take and take, but to never give? The time starts now to change, so use it wisely.

            Now let's move on to some community activities. Encourage your child to volunteer and get involved with school programs, where they reach your kids about how to take care of the Earth. How to treat it. How to give back to it. Suggest that they should join maybe the school's garden club or sign up for classes on the environment. Take them to workshops, the Hawaii Nature Center in Maikiki Heights, local farms. The possibilities are endless. The only thing that you have to worry about is that is keeping their interest in the environent. I mean what use is it to make them go to all of these classes, the workshops, the clubs, if they aren't interested on what they are trying to teach? This is the key thing. You have to get them interested in a green lifestyle and keep them interested. For the younger ones you could say that they'll recognized as super heroes if they don't turn on the A/C for a whol hour. For the older ones you could say that it helps prevent pimples! Not really, but I'm pretty sure that you can come up with something!

            Overall, we just wanted to tell you to start getting kids into that greener lifestyle now before it's too late. Start making those little things habits now so that later, they won't need to be. Just encourage, smile, and go green!

Mad Science!!

Recently, Mrs. Matsuura's class won a free presentation by Mad Science, for the winning efforts of Shaina Garma's energy conservation drawing.  Way to go Shaina!  Check out the cool things they learned and experienced!

 

Let it Grow, Let it Grow, Let it Grow!

By:  Alyssa Neal

   Recently, the fifth graders went to Mari's Garden. Do you all know about our aquaponics garden located by E building? Well if you haven't go check it out! Anyways, Mari's Garden is just like our school garden. But just to get some extra information on how the field trip worked, I interviewed Cassandra Toorinjian of Ms. Parks class. 

   What is one thing you learned while touring the garden? I asked.

   She replied, "Well, we learned about the two systems they use for their garden. They use two. Aquaponics, and hydroponics."

   What interested you the most?

   Happily she replied, "How they plant the seeds, and the system they use to work their garden."

   Lastly I asked, What was your favorite part of the field trip?

   "We fed the goats! It was tons of fun! We fed them cucumbers."

   Wow! Their field trip sounded very informational, and fun at the same time! Makes me just want to drive over to Mari's Garden today! So, are you going to check out Mari's Garden?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

By:  Dasia Burr

This past Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. day. If you do not know him, then this is what you need to remember: he helped to stop segregation. If he didn’t stop the segregation then the things that you see now like all kinds of kids from different cultures and skin color playing together, it wouldn’t be like that right now.  Martin Luther King Jr. he made black and white join together, as it should be. Hopefully you had time to stop and remember him on this federal holiday. His birthday was on January 15th, and we celebrate this very special man on the 3rd Monday of January. 

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U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963

Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2013/01/21/mlk-day-its-time-for-a-second-emancipation-proclamation/#ixzz2IwLr0B4A

 

1st Semester Awards Assembly

By: Taryn Kanai and Leialoha Bugarin

To be awarded for perfect attendance you would've had to be at school every single day of the semester with absolutely no tardies. We had quite a few people who received this award but we think that our school can do much better. To get an academic award you needed MP's and ME's throughout the semester. We think that if we all work to the best of our ability, then we could all get an academic award. To be awarded the student of the semester award, you would have had to been selected by your teacher because you've gone above and beyond in school. You demonstrated responsibility, respect, and leadership potential.  Congratulations to all the students who got awards, and if you didn't get one, then we encourage you to try your best this semester.  You can do it!

Go Green Tips: Fashion Advice... Sorta!

By: Christine Toorinjian

            Okay, so let's get started! You know how most people dry and wash their clothes with a dryer and a washing machine? I wouldn't know too much about it, probably because I don't do laundry... Anyways, today we're going to tell you how to wash and dry your threads, while also saving quite a bit of energy!

            #1: DO clean out the lint from your dryer's lint filter before starting each load to have better air circulation within the wash. This can also prevent fires, which sounds pretty good to me!

            #2: DO NOT overload your dryer IF you want sufficient air flow while drying!

            #3: DO look for energy-saving features when buying a new dryer. Examples of these would be "moisture sensing" or "cool-down".

            #4: DO NOT add wet items to a load that is partially dried. The added item will add moisture and increased time for the items in the dryer.

            #5: DO use a classic clothesline instead of using a dryer 8 times a week. It'll keep approximately $32 in your pocket and a windy feeling when you put on these clothes!

            NOW, I expect you to use my advice and dry your clothes this way! You will look good, your electric bill will look good, but your stains will look the same! Unless you wash it real good, but then again...