Happy New Year

The first day of school in 2012 will be Wednesday, January 4th. The Class rotation is periods 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

2nd quarter begins October 11

Monday, October 12 is a Leave Without Pay day for teachers. The school office will be open. Students return from Fall Intersession on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. The class rotation for that day is 7, 1, 2, 3, 4.

1st quarter ends, Fall Intersession

There will be no school during the week of October 3 - October 7. Students return on Tuesday, October 10, 2011.

Prepping for the show

Students involved with KSA (Kawananakoa Student Association) help get ready for the annual school talent show. This year the talent show will be on Friday, September 16th. There will be singers, an ukulele player, piano player, and guitarist among the performers. The show usually ends with a performance from the Kawananakoa Student Association officers and representatives.

Kawananakoa student video nominated for award

"Better Food Photography," a video created by Kawananakoa Middle School students Samantha Diaz, Amber Kim, Kevin Liu, and Carmen Yim was nominated for the Best Franchise Piece Award for Season One of Hiki No. A franchise piece is a short video, about 1 to 2 minutes, giving a piece of information or a "how to" type of story. Kawananakoa's video was chosen by industry professionals as one of the best pieces produced in the first season of Hiki No. This video first premired on April 18, 2011.

KMS Art Teacher has his own show!

Mr. Tambio is not only an art teacher but an artist himself. His work will be on display in Hotel Renew in Waikiki. An interview with Flux Hawaii magazine tells more about him and his art.

No school on Monday

Monday, September 5, 2001 is Labor Day. There will be no school this day. School will be back on Tuesday the 6th. The class rotation for Tuesday is: Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6.

Free Dress Day

Students were able to leave their school uniforms at home Friday. A free dress day was declared as a reward for high participation in Kawananakoa Middle School's library book fair during the week of  August 22. Some students really seized the opportunity and even were dressed better than they usually are with the uniform.

Open House

Open House begins at 6:00pm, on Thursday, August 18.

Schedule Changes

The following changes will happen next week because of Open House.

Wednesday, August 17: School will end at 2:00pm

Thursday, August 18:  School will end at 1:20pm
  
                                    Open House will begin at 6:00pm

New students' first day

Monday, August 1, 2011 is the first day of school for all new students. Students are to gather in the auditorium by 8:00am. Events will include an assembly, campus tour, and field games.

Returning students begin

The first day for all students at Kawananakoa Middle School will be Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Students will be attending all periods on this day.  School begins at 8:00am

AVID field trip

AVID and Algebra students will be going on a  field to a College Fair at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Thursday schedule change

Thursday,  4/7/11, school will end early at 1:20pm. The rotation of classes will be 6, 7, 1, 2.

Wednesday 4/6/11 schedule change

School will end at 2:00pm. The class rotation will be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

food photography

The Tech Club is working on its second piece to be shown on the Hiki No program. The topic is "How to take a better food photo." Today they tried out taking pictures of some cupcakes to get ready.  This was the best of the bunch. The cupcakes were good too. but only the "talent" got the cupcakes. Everyone else settled for donuts.

And the Winner is....Jeannie Ho!

Jeannie Ho won First place in the State PTSA Reflections contest. This means Kawananakoa Middle School has won all three places in the contest: First, Second, and Third!

Another winner announced

Han Pham's photograph won second place in the State PTSA Reflections Photo Contest. The theme was "Together We Can." Han took the photo during an Environmental Club community service project at Nu`uanu Stream. The club went to clean up trash in the Queen Liliokalani park and stream itself.

Congratulations!

A photograph taken by Kia Werkmeister was awarded third place in the State PTSA Reflections Photography Contest for the Middle School Division.

Hiki No

On Monday February 28, at 5 PM, Kawananakoa Middle school will be part of the premire broadcast of Hiki No on PBS (channel 10, digital cable channel 90, HD channel 1010). It will be the first student produced newscast in the nation. Encoresscheduled for Mondays @ 5 pm, Tuesdays @ 12:30 pm, Fridays @ 9:30 pm, Saturdays @12:30 pm, and Sundays @ 3:00 pm. Hiki Nō programs will also be available at: www.pbshawaii.org/hikino

clean up time out

KMS student Tiffany takes a break during the Sandy Beach clean up. On Saturday, February 19th, students and staff helped our community by volunteering to pick up trash at the beach. This activity is done every year. Bags of trash are filled each time.

Trash to....

What could this bucket of trash become? The environmental club can turn what would normally be thrown into the trash and landfill into something useful and helpful to our environment. It doesn't happen instantly.

Garden in progress

Behind J-Building, the GREEN PEAS (environmental club) is growing all kinds of things in the shade of the building. Led by Mrs. Van Fossen, an banana tree, casava tree, lots of greens, green onions, and flowers are flourishing.

Stay tuned to see the results.

No School on Monday

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. There will be no school. School will be open on Tuesday and the class rotation will be Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5.

Team 7 will be going on a field trip this Friday, January 7, 2011. They will be going to Dole Theaters to see the movie Tron: Legacy.

First day back

Happy New Year! Students return to school on Wednesday, January 5, 2011.