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October 22, 2010

Friday Blast

Teacher Feature.Featured on our website is none other than ourown high school science teacher, Mr Jeff Gasdaa video clip of this zero G experience with otheteachers. Stay tuned for his personal account andcomments here and on our website. Here is a lito a short clip. More to follow when he gets thDVD from NASA. Congratulations Mr Gasda forsharing your professional development learningexperiences with Hawaii Technology Academy!http://www.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?vid=59238c3433f644dd80241b88dc8568bd

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Available to HTA Students.If you've made a difference through volunteering over the past year, you could win $1,000and a trip to Washington, D.C., next May by applying for a Prudential Spirit of CommunAward! Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2010. Find out more online @

http://spirit.prudential.com.

Dates to KnowOctober 28

October 29

November 1

CHINA TRIPELLUMINATE at 8:00pm

Prudential Spirit of Community Awardsapplication due.

FALL FEST at OAHULearning Center 5:30pm

January 2-7 Mandatory Face-2-Facemeetings

HTA is going toChina!!! HTA is offering an amazing trip to China,open to all students and parents, for April 2011. The firstinformation session will be hosted by Mr. Kennedy (HS HistoryTeacher), and be held Thursday October 28, at 8 pm throughElluminate.Please attend this session if you are interested in going on thetrip, because spots are going to fill up fast! The link to thesession is:https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp?sid=559&password=M.03A563228B1E48FE0A72A70A99B7C2 "

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lorem ipsum dolor issue, dateONLINE HAWAII STATEASSESSMENT

Dear Parent,During the 20102011 school year, all students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, andtake the Online Hawaii State Reading and Mathematics Assessments. In additionstudents in grades 4, 8, and 10 will take the Online Hawaii State ScienceAssessment. Your child will take the assessments during the school year. We willinform you of the specific dates for each assessment. The purposes of the Haw

State Assessment (HSA) are to (1) meet or exceed the requirements of NCLB(2001), Chapter 302A of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Hawaii Board ofEducation Policy 2520Statewide Assessment Program, (2) promote and measurethe attainment of the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS) inreading, mathematics, and science, (3) provide information to stakeholders aboutthe achievement of students, schools, complex areas and the state relative to theHCPS, and (4) support instructional program improvement efforts. Moreinformation about the HSA can be found atwww.alohahsa.org.

The Department of Education requires students to participate in the assessments.If you wish to request that your child be excused from the assessments, pleasesubmit a letter to the school principal that states the reasons. A copy of your lewill be forwarded to the Systems Accountability Office, Student AssessmentSection, where your request will be reviewed for approval.

Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact Mr.Marcus Nikora at 6765444.Sincerely,

Dave RandallPrincipal

PRINCIPAL NOTE


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lorem ipsum dolor issue, dateScience NEWSENVIRONMENTAL CLUB FIELD TRIP TO WAIMEAVALLEY

On Thursday, November 4 our middle school and high school

environmental club members will be visiting Waimea Valley. Students willlearn about the Hawaiian ahupua a system and resource management,native Hawaiian plants and their cultural uses, and endangered speciesliving in the valley. In addition, we will be doing volunteer work with thecaretakers of Waimea Valley. Work may include garden, nursery, and trailmaintenance, pond and stream clearing, and/or invasive species removal.New members are welcome. Please contact Mr. Gasda (grades 9-12) orMr. Zitello grades (7-8) for more information information.

HTA ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB BEACH CLEAN UP ATPOKAI BAY

On Thursday, September 30 our middle and high school environmental club members went tPokai bay to do volunteer work by picking up rubbish around the beach. We filled up aboubig black trash bags full of disgusting things like dirty socks, food wrappers, glass, bottles,cigarettes, and plastic wrappers. All these things that we found are hurtful for ourenvironment. While we were cleaning up the area we were approached by a lady whowanted to give our school money for our service to the community. After a long day of gowork, we cooled off for a swim, with a special thanks to Uncle George for letting us usestand up paddle boards! After our swim we cooked up some burgers and hotdogs, courtesyHTA...yum! If you are interested in joining our fun for everyone environmental club pleasecontact Mr. Gasda (high school students) or Mr. Zitello (middle school students). Our nextenvironmental club trip will be to Waimea Valley on November 4th!! New memberswelcome!!

Sincerely,Misty HayesEnvironmental Club Secretary


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On October 17,2010, somerunning clubmembersparticipated inthe 5k racefor the cure.Here is a picture

from after therace.

Become anHTA

ChaperoneOn Monday at the LSB meeting theBoard approved the following policyand procedures regarding havingChaperones and Volunteers at HTA.

Any and all persons who actthe capacity as a chaperoneor a volunteer for HTA mushave a clean backgroundcheck and Tuberculosis (TB

test on file with HTA. The procedure is as follows: 1. The individual must complete the

HTA Chaperone/VolunteerBackground Check AuthorizationForm (a copy is attached, but themay get them from the front deskat the Oahu LC).

2. The individual must submit a copof their TB clearance card (thismay come from their personal

doctor or they can have it donefor free at any community healthclinic).

3. Once both of these documentsare on file with the HTA personnofficer, the name of the individuawill be put on a list of approvedChaperone/Volunteers. This listwill be available for teachers.

4. The individual is responsible forthe cost of the background check(about $18). However, any personacting as a chaperone orvolunteer on 3 or more occasionswithin a school year will bereimbursed for the cost of thebackground check by HTA.

This applies to ALL HTA LC's. If theany questions, please direct them to Mr

Randall. Thank you for understanding thas we grow, safeguards must be put in

place for our students and staf

ROBOTICS NEWS

Robotics placed in the finalsat Brushbots competition


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On October 3, 2010, HTA participated in the Children and Youth Celebration.Here are some photos from the schools boothwith Student Government and advisor,

Tiffany Wynn; third grade teacher JoyRipperger (working on math manipulatives),and Jeff Piontek

K-8 Learning Coaches.Have you checked your calendar set up lately?

Please go to Plan on your OLS home page Click calendar set-up Click the use school calendar on your rightunder the calendar

This will show all school days off show on your screen.


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