Announcements
Principal Announcement
Aloha Lions Ohana, We are happy to see that over 80% of our students have been able to join us all three days this week and that number is rising every day! We are stoked to have our keiki learning again. Although our state is going through some hard times, and our transition to the truly online learning direction has been challenging, this will make all of us better in the long run. I have just a few announcements today that I wanted to get out to you all.
Thank you all for all of your help, understanding, and most importantly, dedication to your child's education. We are a team in this crazy time and only together can we get through this and have our keiki thrive. Stay strong Lions. Remember. We are the Lions. We are the Future! Aloha, Mr. Larkin |
Distance Learning Opt-In Form
Parents of students who wish to Opt-In to 100% distance learning must fill out this form and contact school administration prior to your child beginning distance learning. If you need any assistance please call 808-832-3210 or come into the office to fill out a paper copy. |
July Summer Learning on DOE Channel 356
Check out the DOE's July lineup of special programming for summer learning! Catch daily educational shows from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on DOE Channel 356 (Charter Spectrum and Hawaiian Telcom). #HI4PublicEd ![]() |
Summer Learning Opportunity
Hello everyone, #Kalihilions families, your child has a free opportunity to join the 2020 virtual summer lab. There is a link below for more information and a link to register. Registration starts on June 26th. Find out more by visiting our website: bit.ly/summerlearninglab |
COVID-19 Update 17
Aloha Lions, I hope your summer has started well. We have just a few things for you today.
I hope to see many of you this summer, and all of you in August. Be safe out there lions. We are the Lions. We are the Future! Aloha, Mr. Larkin |
COVID-19 Update #16
Aloha Lions, Just a couple of quick updates and reminders this morning as today is our last day of school. 1. If you have not picked up your personal items from the cafeteria today is your last opportunity to do so. We will be tossing any remaining items in the rubbish today at 1:00 PM. 2. The summer school application link at https://bit.ly/KWESummer2020 has been fixed. There was a setting error. Please submit your application as soon as possible. 3. Our awards assembly video is ready and can be found at https://bit.ly/KWEQ3AwardsV2 In addition, we have many, but not all, of our awards certificates available in the cafeteria for pickup today before 1:00 PM. 4. The school office will be closed tomorrow but will reopen for regular work hours starting next week Monday from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM daily. I look forward to seeing many of you today. Have a wonderful day. Remember. We are the Lions. We are the FUTURE! Aloha, Mr. Larkin |
COVID-19 Update #15
Aloha Lions! Can you believe it! We are on the last school day of the year. Wow, has this year been a crazy one. I cannot express the sadness we will feel tomorrow to close up the year without students on campus. For our 5th grade students, I say to you, you will be forever in my heart as the first class I met when I first got here on campus and you have made a spot in my heart forever. If ever any of you need assistance or help in any way, I will be here for you. We have a lot of announcements for everyone and all of them are important.
Every year I have a chance to reflect on my fondest and most challenging moments of the year. I have to say this year has been unique as both events are equally to the extremes. My most challenging moment was the realization that my Keiki, my ohana, my LIONS were not coming home to campus to finish their learning this year. I know we got work to you all and that many of you learned a lot via the internet, but not nearly enough. My fondest memory was on the first day of school when I realized that this truly is my school, my home, my ohana, my LIONS, and I had the privilege of loving and caring for all of you while you joined us in learning. To you all, I say aloha until we meet again, hopefully, sooner rather than later. Remember. We are the Lions. We are the FUTURE! With Aloha, Mr. Larkin |
COVID-19 Update #14
Aloha Lions, Wow, time flies! It seems like only last week we were trying to figure out how to start this distance learning "thing" and now we are almost done! I have a few updates for everyone in our ohana. 1. We have only two weeks left for packet pickup. We are distributing packets all the way to the end of the school year, so our last distribution day is May 28th. There will be no distribution on May 25th, so PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grade can pick up their work on Tuesday, May 26th. Please note that the work picked up for this week and next will be "summer" work intended on giving them projects and activities to do throughout the summer and will likely look much different than previous weeks. 2. If you have not picked up your student's personal items please do so immediately. We will throw all items away as of May 28th. No exceptions. 3. We are creating short videos to celebrate our students. Our 3rd and 4th quarter assemblies were not able to be held, therefore we will be doing them via video. In addition, our 5th-grade aloha assembly cannot be held as usual. We will be making a video for our students to celebrate their accomplishments. Neither of these videos will be able to express what we want, but it is, unfortunately, the best we can do at this time. We hope to distribute the videos next week on the 28th. 4. Last week I let you all know that the normal yearbook is not going to happen. This week we have started the process to make our own and have it printed at the reprographics department of the Department of Education. It will take a few months, and won't be as good as the pro's, but it will also be cheaper. We hope to have a limited run of 150 printed for sale at the start of the school year. The approximate price will be $8.00 5. We are working on some expanded summer school programs for our students who struggled this school year. Please be on the lookout in your mail for an invitation. We are VERY limited in the number of students we can invite. If you receive an invitation for the program, please respond immediately or your slot WILL be filled by another student. 6. We have been lucky to have a group of helpful community members cut down the trees and underbrush by the bridge to Richard Lane. If you see them, please thank them. We want to thank them for their hard work. Lastly, I wanted to thank all of you. As the parents of our Keiki, you have shouldered the burden of educating them while this event shut down our schools. As a parent myself, I know how difficult that is. We have asked you to retrain yourselves as teachers, without any support, and you have done well. I know you cannot wait to turn over the education back to us, and we cannot wait for the students to be back. But know, we are and will always be here to support you. Stay strong lions. Remember, We are the Lions. We are the Future! Aloha, Mr. Larkin |