Castle Summer Bridge Program 2017

8th Grade Parents,

Castle High School staff presented their Summer Bridge program to students yesterday (4/19/17) at an assembly. Registration forms are available at the King Office and the Castle website (link below). If you are interested in having your child attend this program, please register him/her promptly. Space is limited to 100 students only on a first come basis. IMPORTANT REMINDER - payment and completed form must be turned in at the CASTLE HIGH office (not to King).

If you have further questions about this program, please call Mr. Chris Bisho, 9th grade counselor at Castle, 808-291-3874.

Castle Summer Bridge 2017 Registration Form

Hawaii Food Bank Canned Good Drive - April 12th

Aloha Parents/Guardians,

On Wednesday, April 12th, we are collecting canned goods to donate to Hawaii Food Bank. If your family would like to participate, please have your child bring canned goods to our table in front of the office before school. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Thank you for your support!

Upcoming Transition Workshop

King parents and current 6th grade parents are invited to join our upcoming workshop on April 20th: "Understanding Your Child's Adolescent Years." Our presenter is Lois Yamauchi, President of Parents for Public Schools Hawaii and professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Hawaii. Lois will speak on the many changes in the adolescent brain and its impact on their physical, social, and emotional state. Please see flyer below for more information.

RSVP by April 18th at ppshi.org OR email janelle_higa/KING/HIDOE@hawaiidoe.org or call 233-5727, ext. 230

Help Care for our Community!

Bring Your Recyclables to Kalaheo High School!

Drop off your items on Saturday, March 11th from 9am - 12pm. Acceptable items include scrap metal, batteries, computers and other electronics, reusable clothing and household items, used cooking oil, and more! Please see the flyer below for more details.

Join us for the 5Rs Festival of Fun!

The 5Rs Festival of Fun and Castle High School Showcase is happening on Saturday, March 11th at Windward Mall from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Come and enjoy FREE activities, games, entertainment, and more!

Parent Workshop Opportunity with Kathy Bentley

Aloha Parents/Guardians,

King Intermediate and Parents for Public Schools Hawaii invite you to attend a parent workshop with nationally recognized Parent Educator Kathy Bentely. Find out what’s going on in your tween’s brain, why they act the way they do AND how you can provide the needed limits, guidance, support and love in a way that works! Find out how to deal with social media use too. Please see the attached flyer for more information. To RSVP for this event, please contact Janelle Higa at 233-5727 ext. 230 or janelle_higa/king/hidoe@notes.k12.hi.us

School Quality Survey for Parents

Dear Parents and Guardians of King Intermediate Students,

Your feedback about our public schools is important to us.  We respectfully request a few moments of your time to complete the School Quality Survey (SQS).  You honest responses will remain anonymous in order to gather honest responses.

A similar survey is being administered, statewide to all DOE students in grades 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11, and all teachers and staff.  As a parent, this is your chance to be heard.

A survey form was sent home on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. If you did not receive the survey form or have misplaced it, you may complete the SQS Parent Survey online at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2017MiddleHighParents

If you have any questions about this survey, please feel free to contact the DOE via e-mail at SQS@notes.k12.hi.us, or by calling (808)733-4008 from 7:45 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

Thank you for your support and for helping to improve our public schools.

Science Symposium at Sacred Hearts Academy

Sacred Hearts Academy is hosting its 23rd Annual Science Symposium for Girls in the 5th to 8th grades on Saturday, February 18th, 2017. The Science Symposium is free for all attendees. Students will have the opportunity to participate in two STEM based workshops while their parents attend a Parents' Only session from the keynote speaker, Dr. Holly Olson.

For more information and to register please go to:
http://www.sacredhearts.org/sciencesymposium2017-registration

If you have any questions, please contact Rodney Chang, Director of Special Events at 734-5058 ext. 232 or specialevents@sacredhearts.org

Join After-School All-Stars!

After-School All-Stars is accepting registrations. This is a free program that offers Homework Hour, athletics, enrichment classes. and field trips immediately after school. Activities run until 5:00 pm every day students are in school. Please download the registration form below or ask for a hard copy at King's front office. Return completed registration forms to the front office.

Please contact Walt Saygers, Site Coordinator, with any questions: 808-372-7683 or king@asashawaii.org

Registration Form:

Attention: Please Know Our School Attendance Policy

Information pages from the King Student Planner

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

ATTENDANCE (School Attendance Procedures, State of Hawaii, July 2010)

Students need to attend school daily and be in class on time so that optimum benefits of education can be achieved. Excessive absences and tardies are unacceptable and prevent maximum teaching and learning from taking place. In order to ensure students’ accountability for their attendance and to ensure consistent data collection, the school will process and maintain attendance on a daily basis.

All absences will be recorded as UNEXCUSED if a note or parent call is not received. If a student is going to be absent, a parent needs to contact the school (233-5727) by 9:00 a.m. The first 3 days of absences due to illness will be excused with a daily parent call only. After 3 days of absences, a doctor’s note (with clearance to return to school) is required for consecutive days absent due to illness. Please note that a student is marked absent for every period missed. Our automated phone system will be calling every student marked absent, so we thank you ahead of time if you have already made contact with the school.

ALL ABSENCES WILL BE RECORDED AS UNEXCUSED unless the following criteria are met with verification. The school will only excuse absences when written documentation (note) is submitted within three (3) days upon the student’s return to school, and absences are for one of the following reasons:

1. Illness, injury, quarantine (chicken pox, measles, etc.), verifiable by a doctor’s note (required after the third day of consecutive absence due to illness). If your child has excessive absences, we will ask to speak to your child’s doctor so we can assist in keeping your child in school, and you may be requested to get a doctor’s note for every day of absence.

Doctor/Dental appointment verifiable by a doctor’s note

Death in the family

Court attendance or approval

Special cases pre-approved by the Principal

School authorized activities, which may include but are not limited to:

a. On campus activities, such as: appointments with a counselor or

Administrator, treatment in the health room, assigned detention

or in-school suspension

Off campus activities, such as: student council related activities, field trips

Other activities pre-approved by the Principal or designee prior to the activity/absence occurring

Unexcused Absences include, but are not limited to:

Babysitting

Caring for the elderly

Entertaining visitors

Cleaning for home inspections

Family vacations (on/off island), trips*

Parent request without explanation

Personal business

Youth Camp*

Sports competitions*

*Note: Parents must notify the school administration in writing at least 2 weeks in advance of any extended absences due to family vacations, youth camps, and/or sports competitions. Administration has the discretion to determine if the absence will adversely affect student academics and/or if attendance is a concern and discuss those concerns with the parents and student. These absences will be recorded as unexcused.

Requesting Homework for Absences:

If a child is absent from school for three (3) or more consecutive days, the parent/guardian may request for homework by calling the school office at 233-5727. A 24-hour notice is needed for teachers when a homework request is made. You may pick up the homework at the front office after 2:30 p.m. of the day following your request. You may call the front office to confirm that there are assignments for your

child before coming to the school. Also, please check your child’s Jupiter Grade site for homework postings and/or downloadable assignments.

Class Cuts: Absolutely no make-up work will be given for class cuts.

Tardies

·      Any student that is tardy upon arriving to school will need to check in at the office.

·      The school will only excuse tardies to school when written documentation is submitted and tardies are for one of the following reasons:

o   Medical/dental appointment with doctor’s note

o   Student detained by teacher/school official with note from person who detained student

o   Delayed school bus

o   Unusual weather circumstances (approved by Administration)

o   All excused absence reasons apply

An administrator must review all other reasons before a tardy is excused.

Unexcused tardies include, but are not limited to:

1.     Overslept/late start

2.     Missed the bus

3.     Babysitting

4.     Personal business

5.     Car problems

·      From class to class any student not in the classroom/assigned seat will be marked as late.

Consequences
Excessive absences/tardies/class cuts will affect a student’s academic performance and may be subject to the following consequences:

Detention or in-school suspension

Parent conferences

A petition submitted to Family Court

Family and Community Engagement Notice

Mid-Quarter Progress Reports

This week marks the mid-point of Quarter 1. Parents will receive notification if their child is receiving a "D" or "F" in a course. Notification will be via Jupiter Grades and/or deficiency notice that is sent home with the student. Students and parents are encouraged to check Jupiter Grades regularly to monitor grades and assignment completion.

Volleyball Tryouts

King volleyball practice tryouts are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3:00 - 4:45 pm. No Wednesdays during tryouts.

When the Team Roster is posted after September 9th, there will be added Wednesday practices from 2:00 - 4:00 pm.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Bellinger.

Love Running? Join Cross Country!

August 15:
Students who are interested in joining the cross country team should attend an information meeting on Monday, August 15 after school in PE-3.

August 22:
Practices will begin on Monday, August 22. Practices will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Practices will be held on and around the King Intermediate Campus.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Viola.

S. W. King Intermediate School 2016 -2017

CELL PHONE POLICY

• Cell phones are allowed on campus. 

• However, all cell phones and other electronic communication and entertainment devices (iPods, MP3 players, wireless speakers, handheld games, etc.) that are viewed or listened to, are not allowed to be used during the entire school day (between 7:55 a.m. to 2:24 p.m.). 

• These devices must be turned off and put away (including passing time, recess and lunch), but may be used before and after the school day. 

• Cell phones and electronic devices can be confiscated if they are seen in use during the instructional day.  

• Confiscated phones and electronic devices will be held in the school office until the end of the day. 

• Students are solely responsible for cell phones and electronic devices and bring these items to school at their own risk.  

• School personnel will not investigate the misuse, damage, theft or loss of these items. 

Dress Code Reminders

Need help? Come to tutorial!

   Update: Wednesday after school tutorials will take place in classroom I-4

Please join us for Open House on Tuesday, August 9!