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1 The Cobra Chronicles Koko Head School 189 Lunalilo Home Road Honolulu HI (808) Volume No. 10 Issue No. 3 Date November 16, 2010 PRINCIPAL RINCIPAL'S CORNER Dear Koko Head Families and Friends, This Thanksgiving, we are truly appreciative for the hard work by the students and staff. On November 1, 2010, SCC Chair Rita Hanohano, Friends of Koko Head President Mary Jean Bresnan, Student Council Presidents Coby Yoshino and Sophie Yamamura, PCNC Celise Nakakura, Teachers Mary Jane Taniguchi, Jackie Asato, Margie Davis, Leimomi Chun and I attended the Hawaii Distinguished Schools Program sponsored by Frito-Lay of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Department of Education. On behalf of the school community, we received the Annual Achievement Award for Koko Head and the Hawaii Blue Ribbon School Banner. We also brought back a check for $3,000. We are also thankful for the generous support we receive from our families and friends. Our appreciation extends further to the parents and community for their valuable participation, gifts of service hours and monetary donations on the many fronts listed below. * 99% of parents attended the Parent-Teacher Conferences. * Numerous parents volunteer in the classrooms and library. * Friends of Koko Head sponsored our 55 th Anniversary Luau *Koko Head passed its annual fire inspection conducted by the Hawaii Kai Firefighters *Our families have participated in our ongoing recycling. The School Community Council sponsored a Breakfast Meeting on October 29, 2010 at 7:00am. About 200 people attended and 155 breakfasts were sold. SCC Chair Mrs. Hanohano opened the meeting with a story of Koko Head over the last 55 years, then SCC Teacher Representative Margie Davis presented our school s Hawaii State Assessment (HSA) data, and I shared current highlights of our school as we look forward to School Year We will continue to keep you posted on the Consolidation of Schools Study. There will be a Kaiser Complex Community Meeting this Wednesday, November 17 at 6:30pm at Kaiser High School Cafeteria. We will continue to keep our families posted through our listing. The Luau on the Lawn on Saturday, November 6, was such a huge success. We sold over 550 dinner tickets and grossed over $27,000 in raffle tickets and silent auction sales. It was certainly a wonderful community event honoring our phenomenal Principal Miss Lum of 30 years. Our heartfelt Mahalo to the Friends of Koko Head, Faculty, Staff and entire school community. All proceeds will benefit the children of Koko Head Elementary, funding our PE Teacher, Music Teacher, Language Teacher, books and other school programs. As the holiday season will soon take center attention, let s focus our efforts on enjoying the time with families and friends. Please mark your calendar with school being dismissed at 2:15pm on Thursday, December 16, We will greet your children back to school on Tuesday, January 04, 2011 All the best during this holiday season from my family to yours. Loretta Yee Principal UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER SCC Meeting 11/17/10 Kaiser Complex Info Meeting on 11/17/10 Consolidation Thanksgiving Day - No School 11/25/10 Furlough Day - No School 11/26/10 Hawaii Kai Christmas Parade 11/27/10 Parent/Child/Staff Holiday Breakfast 12/10/10 PUBLIC HEARING on Consolidation 12/15/10 Last Day of School (Full Day) 12/16/10 Furlough Day - No School 12/17/10 Winter Recess - No School 12/17/10-1/3/2011 Teachers Back to School 1/3/11 Students Back to School 1/4/2011 Recycle Drive 1/7/2011

2 WE NEED YOU! BOE BOE ANNOUNCES PUBLIC HEARING DATE There are two upcoming meetings of high importance that concern the school consolidation issue. The first meeting is an informational meeting where parents and community members are invited to learn more about the consolidation report regarding Kaiser Complex schools. The MEETING will be held on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kaiser High School Cafeteria. Highlights of the consolidation report will be shared and Assistant Superintendant Randy Moore will be available to answer any questions related to the process. Also, the BOE's Public Hearing regarding the Kaiser Complex potential consolidation was just announced. The PUBLIC HEARING is scheduled for December 15, 2010 at 6:30 pm at the Kaiser High School Cafeteria. It is highly recommended that you attend the November meeting first to obtain the information that will help you when attending the Public Hearing. The Public Hearing will be your only opportunity to voice your opinion prior to the BOE making their decision. Please mark your calendars and we hope you can attend this meeting. BLUE RIBBON STATUS TATUS! Koko Head School has always strived for excellence. Our efforts were acknowledged on November 1, 2010 when Koko Head Elementary School was first named one of fifteen Hawaii Distinguished Schools. We were further honored by being named one of three Blue Ribbon Schools for 2011! According to the U.S. Department of Education "The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools that are either high performing or have improved student achievement to high level." A MESSAGE FROM THE FRIENDS OF KOKO HEAD BOARD OARD Aloha and a BIG MAHALO to all the kids, parents and volunteers who helped make our "Party on the Lawn" luau a huge success!! Thank you all for selling raffle tickets, donating silent auction items, buying dinner tickets and coming out to support our biggest event of the year!! We also thank you for ordering Christmas trees and donating your HI-5's to our Recycle Cage and for all the support you give to our school and fundraising efforts thru out the school year. It is because of you we can continue providing our students the very best with additional education resources. We would like to also congratulate all of our Big Money Raffle winner and all of the Lucky Kids who made it to the Limo Party set for January 2011!!!!! Great Job Kids!!!!! MAHALO FROM MS. LUM UM "Mahalo" Parents, Friends, Students, Staff, and Alumni of Koko Head School. The November 6, 2010 luau celebration was awesome. Special thanks go to Principal Loretta Yee and her entire Staff, Rita Hanohano and her luau helpers, Mary Jane Taniguchi and her "Light of Knowledge" artists, Mary Jean Bresnan and the Friends of Koko Head Board, and Uncle Val and the Cafeteria and Custodial Staffs. Aloha to Representative Gene Ward, the Hawaii Kai Lions, and the First Assembly of God mombers for their participation. Our fabulous entertainers including - Kapono, Andy Kikuta and his group Heartsong, Dayton Watanabe, Kupuna Pratt and Makua Haole with our student and Staff hula dancers added to our successful celebration. It was an event I will always remember. Mahalo & Aloha, Ms. Lum

3 HOLIDAY TREE FUNDRAISER The holidays are right around the corner and thank you to everyone who got their jump on Christmas trees and wreaths by purchasing one through Koko Head School. We earned $1,400 through this fundraiser! Tree Pickup day at Koko Head School is on December 4, 2010 from 7am to 4pm. Don't forget to bring your voucher! LIBRARY BOOK FAIR Mahalo from the Koko Head School Library! Thank you for your continued support of the Koko Head Library s annual Book Fair. We were able to raise approximately $1,500 for the Koko Head Library and Student Council programs. I d also like to send out a special thank you to Celise Nakakura (PCNC) for helping me run the event, to Lynn Leong (Educational Assistant) and Lynn Kearns (Educational Assistant) for their helping hand each day at the Book Fair, and to the following parents who helped with the Book Fair s set-up and clean-up: - Paula Anderton (Zachary 5-24 & Brady 2-17 ) - Ron Bregman (Jaclyn 5-25, Nathan 3-23, & Rex K-27) - Michelle Ueligitone (Amara 1-30) - Donna Miller (Michael 5-24) - Shinogu Sato (Motoki 5-24) - Carrie-Anne Kokubun (Sydnee 5-24) - Erin Von (Logan 1-30) ~Sheri Cabral Koko Head Librarian & Book Fair Chairperson THE PCNC CORNER PCNC We are attempting to "Go Green" and utilize as much as possible for communication. This will be the last Cobra Chronicle to go home in paper format. If you have not been receiving s from Celise Nakakura, PCNC for the past several months, please her at kokohead.pcnc@gmail.com to provide your address. Also, if you have previously provided your address and are not receiving messages, please check your spam folders and add this as a "safe sender." Thank you!! MRS RS. TANABE ANABE'S TECH TALK Please bring any used and empty printer ink cartridges to the office. We are collecting them for recycling. Please place them in a secure plastic bag to prevent any possible leakage. Recycling makes some money for our school and protects the environment. COBRA AWARDS 1ST QUARTER Congratulations to the following students for excellence in their work and attitude! Go Cobras! K-27 K-28 Lacey Okita Ryder Swanson Leila Quinn Andreana LaPierre Elizabeth Yun Karina Tsuchida Ty Komoda Ulysses Enriquez Jaycie Simpliciano Isaac Enriquez Kali Vassos Connor Tinsley Dominic Hagedorn Cole Amine Vincent Langit Dylan Yamada Nathan Bregman Skyler Savage Tina Duan Micah Shikada Kathreen Yun Kaitlin Tweedie 5-25 Cobra Adult Award Cobe Yoshino Colleen Matsuda Buwell "Jayko" Duan BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION Our first collection of Box Tops was submitted and brought in $284! Mrs. Taniguchi's 3rd grade class collected 476 Box Tops and earned themselves a popsicle party. Our next collection will be in January, so please continue to bring in those Box Tops!

4 KOKO HEAD ELEMENTARY 55TH ANNIVERSARY LUAU "P 55 "PARTY ON THE LAWN AWN" On November 6, 2010, the Koko Head Elementary School Ohana came together to celebrate! Everyone was excited for the gala Luau which served to commemorate our 55th Anniversary, Ms. Lum's 30 years as Principal and our most recent Blue Ribbon Award. For 55 years, Koko Head has been educating, mentoring and guiding Hawaii Kai keiki. Some notable alumni from Koko Head are Mazie Hirono and Bruno Mars. There were 550 dinners sold and diners enjoyed a dessert buffet filled with donated treats. It was a fun filled night and we thank each and every person that planned, volunteered and attended this event.

5 Water Pollution Prevention at Koko Head Elementary School Koko Head Elementary School is located on Lunalilo Home Road in Honolulu. Storm water discharges from the campus flow via the small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) into the City Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) MS4 and the City Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) MS4, which outlet to Maunalua Bay, a Class A marine water (see Figure 2). The median annual rainfall at the school is approximately 11.7 inches. The school is located in a residential neighborhood with Koko Head Neighborhood Park on the south, Lunalilo Home Road on the west, Kalaniana ole Highway to the north, and residential lots to the west and east. Based on a site visit conducted in July 2009, issues of importance for storm water quality on this campus include potential storm water pollution from grounds-keeping practices, occasional littering, occasional illegal dumping, campus cleaning and maintenance, and occasional animal waste. As a requirement of the public education and outreach component of MS4, Koko Head Elementary is distributing educational materials to the community about the impacts of storm water discharges on local water bodies and the steps that can be taken to reduce storm water pollution. More information can be found on the City and County of Honolulu website

6 Public Involvement and Participation 9 POLLUTION TIPS 1. Keep It Clean - It is your responsibility to keep sidewalks, curbs and gutters in front of your property clean. 2. Dump No Waste - Stencil storm drains with the message, "Dump No Waste, Protect Our Waters... For Life," and keep waste materials fro polluting our waterways. 3. Do It Right - Use water-based paint and dispose properly. 4. Don't Be An Oil Drip - Identify and fix oil leaks on your vehicles; clean up drips and spills with absorbent materials; dispose of use oil in oil change box. 5. Car Wash - Wash your car on the lawn instead of the driveway, wash where runoff drains to vegetation so the water can soak into the ground or wash in a designated car wash. If you wash your car on a City street, use soap sparingly and minimal water. 6. Cover Up - Prevent soil and debris from leaving your property by replacing bare soil with vegetative cover or mulch and covering temporary stockpiles with tarps. Plant right for your site. 7. Read The Label - Read and follow the label on all fertilizers and pesticides. The label is the law. 8. Yard Maintenance - Gather leaves, grass clippings, and yard trimmings for proper disposal or composting. Practice smart watering. Use open pavers, or other permeable paving that lets the rain soak into the soil. Minimize impermeable paving. 9. Pick It Up - Remove and dispose of pet waste before you leave an area. Laws and Ordinances The Federal Clean Water Act gave the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to implement water pollution control programs. Local statutes and ordinances address compliance and enforcement of the EPA's mandates. The Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, Section (a) Environmental Quality Control - Violation states, "It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged any pollutant into any drainage facility which causes a pollution problem in state waters, or causes a violation of any provision of the City NPDES permit or the water quality standards of the State of Hawaii."