Second grade performs “Families are Forever”

On Thursday, February 25 and Friday February 26, the second graders performed Families are Forever in Seto Hall. In preparation for the play, the students interviewed their parents and grandparents and began rehearsing in January. Families are Forever was fashioned as a broadcast from the radio show... [Read more]

Third graders “Bebop with Aesop”

The third grade students put on their annual play on Friday, Feb.5. This year’s was titled “Bebop with Aesop.” The students taught the audience morals by acting out some of Aesop’s fables. The first moral was “Look Before You Leap.” In this part of the play, some frogs got stuck... [Read more]

A skit for “spider lady”

As the school prepared for Keables Chair Dr. Cheryl Hayashi’s visit, Lower School was busy with a welcome of their own. The fifth grade class, guided by several teachers, will put on a skit that reenacts the myth of Arachne.* Mrs. Ellen Gaylor, one of the two lower school science teachers, used to... [Read more]

Kindergartners’ day in the snow

The kindergartners enjoyed a ‘Snow Day’ while learning about science, winter clothing, and experiencing some winter fun. At 4:00 a.m. the teachers turned on the air conditioner in the Lower Gym to make it really cold. Dressed in winter clothes like mittens, hats, and jackets, the children started... [Read more]

“Forces of Change”, fifth grade play

Traditionally, the fifth grade play exhibits the journey of Lewis and Clark with a transition between the past and present and a folk story with a lesson. This year’s play, “Forces of Change”, was much the same. Secret agent guinea pigs assisted the students in a mission, taking them... [Read more]

First graders’ Pilgrim celebration day

The first graders recently had a Pilgrim Celebration Day where they dressed as Pilgrims and rotated between various stations related to the Pilgrims. Since the first grade curriculum covered the topic, the teachers decided a couple of years ago that the Pilgrim Celebration Day was a good way to incorporate... [Read more]

Pumpkin Patch

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Random acts of kindness

Lower school students are being rewarded for their random acts of kindness. Mrs. Catherine Fuller, a sixth grade social studies teacher, and Mrs. Shirley Mayeda and Mrs. Deanne Kanekuni, the two Lower School counselors, created a program called Random Acts of Kindness to reward good behavior among... [Read more]

Nothing stopped sixth graders fun

From October 7 to 9, the class of 2016 enjoyed an exciting adventure at Camp Mokule’ia. Enthusiastic counselors from the junior and senior classes also accompanied and guided the sixth grade groups; each group comprised of three homerooms. The sixth graders engaged themselves in many entertaining and... [Read more]