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Lanikai Elementary PCS Newsletter
November 25, 2009
Dear Lanikai Parents:
Welcome to the current edition of the Lanikai Elementary PCS Newsletter. If you change your email address during the school year go to the bottom of "Hot Topics" section on our homepage to re-enroll.
This newsletter will be published twice per month. You may receive an update mail if there is an urgent communication need between newsletter editions.
Please contact me at 266-7844 x 248 or send me an email at
Ann_Pederson@notes.K12.HI.US if you have information that you would like included in the newsletter. Also, check out Parent Resources on our homepage for information on upcoming events, parenting tips and other newsletters/publications.
Ann Pederson
PCNC
Lanikai Elementary PCS
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IMPORTANT DATES:
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11/26-27 Thanksgiving Holiday- No School
12/5 4th Grade Big Island Fundraiser - Yard Sale 8:00-2:00
12/10 H1N1 flu shot clinic 8:30-11:30
12/15 School Board Meeting 6:30 PM in the library
12/16 Winter Concert
Save the date: Science Fun Night- Friday,1/22 from 5:30-7:30 PM. Stay Tuned for more details and volunteer meeting dates.
Please check out our month by month and annual calendar on our website.
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| From the Principal's Desk
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· Once again Lanikai School has received a Hawaii Distinguished School Award, one of thirteen public schools and one of two charter schools chosen this year. The other charter school named was the UH Lab School.
· Lanikai School was also selected as one of six Hawaii nominees for the state's Blue Ribbon Schools. From that group, three schools were nominated for national awards. This awards program is sponsored in Hawaii by Frito-Lay.
Click here to read more about these awards and the criteria.
Congratulations to our faculty for the above award and nomination as both are a testament to your outstanding teaching skills. Bravo to our students for achieving these awards. I am proud of each and every teacher and student. Keep up the great work.
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PTSA NEWS
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Congratulations to Mrs. Kemsley's class for winning the School Spirit Award for November. On Monday, 11/23 a PTSA board member visited each classroom and Mrs. Kemsley's class had the most students wearing their Lanikai T shirts! The prize is a class party of their choosing, compliments of the PTSA. Remember, send your kids in their Lanikai T shirts on Mondays!
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Health Room Notes |
Please be advised that H1N1 has been confirmed in many schools on the Windward side of Oahu. Our H1N1 Flu clinic will be held on 12/10 from 8:30-11:30. The deadline to sign up was 10/30 and NO ADDITIONAL vaccines are available. Check with your child's Doctor or a local pharmacy.
Our health Aid, Maria Gomes, will be holding flu information sessions in front of
the school on Monday afternoon from 2:00-2:45 PM and Tuesday morning from 7:40-8:05 AM for the next week. Maria has also put together a FAQ sheet regarding the seasonal and H1N1 flu for your reference. Please take a moment to review.
Please click here for information on flu prevention, treatment etc. Please click here to visit the Hawaii DOE site for up to date local information.
Always talk to your child's pediatrician if you have specific questions about your child's health status.
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Counselor's Corner
| Dear Lanikai Parents,
I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays, and I know the students here are also very excited! There are school projects and parties, trips and family gatherings, and lots of other excitement coming up. With all of
that also comes some anxiety on all of our parts, and I just found this great little article to share with you about teaching our children to appreciate and be grateful. I have only reprinted part of it, but you can continue reading it on the website: www.parenting.com.
5 Ways to Raise a Grateful Child
Life won't always gift your child with exactly his heart's desire. But there are ways you can make sure that, underneath it all, he learns to appreciate what he has.
By Patty Onderko, www.parenting.com
Times are tight. How do we explain that Santa's going to be short this year? -
I was 7 years old when I received a tiny Christmas present -- about the size of an eraser -- awkwardly wrapped and covered in tape. My sister's boyfriend, Jeff, was visiting and had considerately brought gifts for his girlfriend's three younger siblings. Mine, though, was by far the smallest. I remember opening it up to reveal a miniature ceramic dog -- a cold, hard nothing that fit in the palm of my hand -- and thinking how unlucky I was. I gave Jeff my best cold shoulder the rest of the day.
And I've felt guilty about it ever since. Partly because, in hindsight, Jeff's gift was very thoughtful: I'd been obsessed with my dollhouse, and he had managed to find one accessory my dream home did not yet have -- a pet. Still, I couldn't look past the size of the gift to be grateful for the amount of care that had gone into choosing it.
In this, experts say, I wasn't an unusual kid: For distractible, still-developing children (and that's pretty much all of them), gratitude can be hard-won. While many can be trained to say "please" and "thank you" beginning at about 18 months, true appreciativeness and generosity take time to seed and blossom.
"There's a difference between encouraging thankfulness in your kids and actually expecting it," says Claire Lerner, a child-development specialist at Zero to Three, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the healthy development of kids and families. "Raising a grateful child is an ongoing process."
Vicki Hoefle, director of Parenting on Track, a parent-education program based in East Middlebury, VT (and the mother of five teenagers), concurs: "As nice as it is to think about having a five-year-old who appreciates and shows gratitude for everything, the truth is, parents can feel successful if they raise a thirty-five-year-old who embodies that grateful spirit."
So, to Jeff Galvin I offer a long-overdue "Thank you." To everyone else, here's how to avoid getting derailed by five not-so-thankful-kid moments, both this holiday season and all yearlong:
Your 9-year-old keeps a running -- and growing -- list of toys he has to have. He's up to number 23 this season.
In-The-Moment Fix "Emphasize that you appreciate there are many things he wants, but let him know it will only be possible to get a few of them," says Robert Brooks, Ph.D., a psychologist at Harvard Medical School and coauthor of Raising a Self-Disciplined Child. That way, you won't make him feel greedy or foolish for compiling a lengthy list, but you will set his expectations. Another idea: Ask him to make a second list, equal in number to the things he wants to get, of things or actions he is willing to give, suggests Maureen Healy, author of 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids. For example: 1) Clean his room, 2) Help you find a charity that the family can donate to, 3) Pitch in when Dad starts wrapping presents, 4) Make a holiday card. Last, if you're in for belt-tightening this year, let him know. Be honest, but keep it simple and undramatic so you don't scare him. Instead of saying "Dad might lose his job, so we have to cut back" -- which might make him sure you'll be losing the house next -- say something like "Nothing major is going to change, but we'll have to wait until next year to go on vacation and we have to hold off on getting the new bike you wanted." It's likely your kid will think, "Okay, I can live with that," says Lerner.
Long-Term Strategy Help him understand that gifts are thoughtful gestures, not just a way for him to score materialistic gain, says Lerner. Anytime he receives a present, point out everything the giver put into it. If a classmate makes him a friendship bracelet, for example, say, "Oh, wow -- Lucy remembered that you thought these were cool. She picked out colors she knows you like, and it probably took her a whole hour to make. That is so nice." Do this enough times and he'll get the "quality, not quantity" idea before you know it.
Enjoy all the family, food, and spiritual renewal of Thanksgiving, and have a great holiday season!
Julie Halpern
School Counselor
Lanikai Elementary School
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4th Grade Big Island Fundraiser
Yard Sale - Saturday, 12/5 8:00-2:00
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Please continue collecting your donations for the Yard Sale on 12/5.
Our Yard Sale is on the same date as the Lanikai Craft Fair -Saturday, 12/5 from 8-2. Lots of Craft Fair goers with money in their pockets!
Please gather together anything you'd like to donate - clothes, furniture, etc. Remember, "One Man's Junk is Another Man's Treasure!" We'd like you to hold off with dropping the donations at the cafeteria until Friday,12/4 but if you need to get them out of your house sooner, please contact Jan Reichelderfer (janr@hawaii.rr.com, 263-0502). Besides the normal yard sale fair, we'll have craft items made by our kids, NEW JamsWorld clothing, and a better than boutique area.
Please help make our Big Island Trip Fundraising a success!
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| Hot Lunch Reminder
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Next Tuesday is December 1. Please stop by the office and pay by 8:30 AM if you wish your child to receive Hot Lunch in December. Menus and pricing are available here.
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Rock Climbing Wall Update
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A big Mahalo goes out to Ari McLaren who donated his time and equipment to
relocate the cement slab from underneath the climbing structure that was funded through our military partnership. We now need to fund and install a safe landing surface and then we can let the kids climb!
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