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Message from the Director
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Call for HAIS Teacher Reps
To further and enhance the communication between HAIS and your school, we are asking that you nominate an HAIS Teacher Representative (TR). As we plan events and activities, HAIS aims to continue its responsiveness in effectively meeting the needs of our member schools.
TR's will distribute within their schools all relevant information about HAIS programs, projects, news and events. As we plan teacher conferences and programs, HAIS TR's will play an integral and collaborative role in the planning of these events. TR's will keep their respective faculties informed about HAIS news and events.
Teacher Rep responsibilities will include: 1. Meeting with the HAIS Executive Director or designated staff member on a regular basis. These meetings will usually take place when the ED or staff member is visiting schools, attending events or meetings. 2. Assisting HAIS with keeping their school profile up-to-date. They would communicate changes in faculty and staff positions, as well as keep us informed on school initiatives. 3. Ensuring the HAIS E-News and other publications are distributed within their school.
As HAIS introduces new professional development opportunities, events, and activities, we hope to utilize teacher representatives to further enhance our services.
Please email the name, position, email address, and mobile phone number of your Teacher Representative to Deanna D'Olier at your earliest convenience.
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 Global Issues Network (GIN) was established in 2006 with the vision of: "A world where global citizenry is championed by today's youth." The GIN Mission is "to empower young people to collaborate locally, regionally, and globally in order to create project-based sustainable solutions for global issues." Today, around the globe, there have been over 40 GIN student-led conferences, involving more than 80,000 students. This year alone there are 12 conferences planned around the world.
Involvement with GIN affords students the opportunity to become experts and advocates, demonstrating their expertise in a variety of ways like designing and sustaining service projects, making documentary films, lobbying, informing, collaborating, and more. A GIN project is focused on working to address global issues in the students' immediate community and can focus on any issue that is believed to be critical within their community. It is an expression of students' passion and a result of effective collaboration. Involvement with GIN gives students the opportunity to network with a community of colleagues from around the world, who are also developing an expertise and finding solutions locally, in their own countries. GIN paves the way for global citizenship, while empowering students as they collaborate with keynote speakers, foundations, NGO's, businesses and government officials, as they become experts themselves.
To Get Involved: 1. Go to www.globalissuesnetwork.org to learn about GIN.
2. Please use this form to identify a GIN faculty rep. We will work with the rep on starting a GIN Club in your school.
3. Once the GIN club is established, we ask you to identify 2-3 GIN student reps. The student reps will help plan the first GIN Conference. 4. Add your GIN Student Reps to the form.
5. Attend the GIN Orientation Event, which will be held on November 20, 2015, from 5-7 pm at 'Iolani School. Click here to RSVP.
GIN is open to all schools with a high school. Schools that go through 8th grade may form a team of 8th graders.
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HAIS Office Closure for SOTF: November 3 & 4
The HAIS office will be closed next week, on November 3 and 4, due to the Schools of the Future Conference. Our entire staff will be on hand at the Hawaii Convention Center, for the duration of the event. Hope to see you all there!
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Ruth Fletcher Named Head of School at St. Andrew's Schools
 Punahou Schools' Dean of Professional Programs Dr. Ruth Fletcher has been named Head of School of The St. Andrew's Schools beginning August 2016. Fletcher's career at Punahou School has spanned 23 years as an Academy science teacher and department head, Academy dean and college counselor, and most recently as Dean of Professional Programs. Fletcher expressed her appreciation: "I am honored and humbled to have this opportunity to serve as head of school at St. Andrew's. I have learned so much during my years at Punahou, and am very thankful for my colleagues and the School."
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Assets Center for Learning - Maui Now Open
The Assets Center for Learning - Maui has opened its doors in Kahului. The center is a program of Assets School, which was established in 1955 to serve the needs of students who learn differently. The goal of the center is to help students from Kindergarten to 12th grade with learning differences, as well as their families and teachers who interact with them. Financial assistance to help children from low-income families is available.
Assets Center for Learning - Maui currently offers informal assessments, academic remediation, parent support groups, and will soon offer teacher education. The center aspires to be a "one stop shop" where a multitude of services such as social skills training, school counseling, educational testing, speech and language therapy, and parent workshops are available.
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GIN Orientation Event: November 20
Join us for the Global Issues Network (GIN) Orientation Event, on November 20 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, at 'Iolani School Sullivan Center for Innovation & Leadership - 3rd Floor. This event is open to all educators and students interested in learning more about GIN and forming a GIN Club in their school. Food and drinks will be provided. Please RSVP by Monday, November 16. For more information, please view the GIN Flyer.
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We would like to extend a very heartfelt thank you to all those who submitted entries to the HAIS Logo Contest. We received 110 student entries, from 10 independent schools. HAIS will be notifying the contest winners in the upcoming weeks.
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Schools of the Future Conference: Nov. 3 & 4
Online Registration Ends October 30
 Don't miss out on this year's Schools of the Future Conference (SOTF), which will take place next week, on November 3 & 4, at the Hawaii Convention Center. Join teachers and administrators from Hawaii's public, private, charter and parochial schools as they focus on how to best transform our existing schools and create new learning environments for the 21st Century. Click here for the event flyer or visit http://sotfconf.org/ for more information and to register by Friday, October 30. On-site registration will be available during the conference.
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Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers
- Call for Nominations: Nov. 15
Hoʻolaukoa Educational Systems and Strategies, a division of Kamehameha Schools, in partnership with ECET2, a project of the New Venture Fund, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and the Hope Street Group is proud to host Hawaii's first-ever ECET2 regional convening on Hawaii island, in early 2016. We are seeking nominations for exceptional teachers from schools across the state to participate. Use or share this link to nominate exceptional teachers to attend this ground-breaking event. Nominations are due by November 15, 2015. Space is limited. Selected participants will receive their invitations in early December 2015.
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An Evening with the Bard at the Hawaii Theatre: December 8
Calling all English and Drama teachers - This year's group of Hawaii Theatre Young Actors Ensemble (HTYAE) will culminate their Fall semester training in classical theatre with An Evening with the Bard, Tuesday, December 8, 7pm, at the Hawaii Theatre. The students will be performing as an Ensemble, as well as in smaller groups to bring scenes from Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles, Richard III, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night vibrantly to life. This one time only performance is free and open to the public, and promises to be lively and entertaining, as both actors and the audience discover just how much fun (and how powerful) Shakespeare can be. Click here for the performance flyer.
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Hawaii Commission on Fatherhood Contests: February 14
The Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood has 2 upcoming student contests and both will award cash prizes.
- Essay Contest: Students are asked to write an essay about their biological dad, step-dad, adoptive dad or non-related dad figure. Parent-child relationships are complex and not always smooth sailing, so students are encouraged to write about both positive and negative experiences with their father. For more information, please view the Essay Contest Flyer.
- Logo and Slogan Contest: Create a logo and/or a slogan that will represent the Commission on Fatherhood. For more information, please refer to the Logo Contest Flyer and Rules.
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Youth Xchange Student Video Competition:
January 16 - February 29
ʿŌlelo is pleased to announce the 2016 Youth Xchange Statewide Student Video Competition. This is the s tate's largest student video competition, receiving 892 entries last year. This is an opportunity to encourage students to focus and speak out on issues of concern to them. Please visit their website for more information.
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Hawaii High School Journalism Awards
The Hawaii Publishers Association, along with Honolulu Star-Advertiser and MidWeek, has announced the theme for its 2016 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards: The Next Frontier. Students are invited to submit works published during the 2015-2016 academic year (August 2015-March 2016), in 22 categories. A complete packet of information will be made available shortly. Click here for information on the annual Poster Contest. Click here for general information for the 2016 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards.
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Our Project In Hawaii's Intertidal Monitoring Program: Nov. 1
 Our Project In Hawaii's Intertidal (OPIHI) is a citizen science program where secondary school students monitor rocky intertidal areas in Hawaii. Ten years ago, OPIHI student data resulted in the first comprehensive description of intertidal sites across Hawaii. This spring, OPIHI teacher professional development programs will be held across the state. Teachers and students will be trained in field methodology, species identification, and sampling techniques. Student data will be used in authentic scientific research reports to determine if and how the intertidal has changed. Click here for more information, dates and requirements.
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Continue to follow the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage and connect with teachers and community partners through
Wa'a Talks. This fall, Wa'a Talks will follow Hikianalia's statewide sail plan: He'eia Kea Pier, November 5; Marine Education & Training Center, November 12. For complete information, please click here. All dates and locations subject to change due to weather. Visit http://www.hokulea.com/hikianalia/ for updates.
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2016 Hawaii Science Bowl Registration: Nov. 20
Acceptance for the Hawaii Science Bowl is on a first come, first served basis for the competition. Acceptance Requirements: 1) Completion of online registration, including a minimum of four team members and 2) Receipt by Hawaii Science Bowl (HSB) of signed media release forms for students and coach(s). For registration questions, contact Lauren Kaupp at (808)305-9718. For Science Bowl Rules, contact Steve Golden at (808) 546-3877. For Neighbor Island Transportation/Travel, contact Penni Lee at (808) 535-5916.
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