Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School Candidate for Accreditation in Grades K-6

Approved by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges 533 Airport Blvd., Suite 200, Burlingame, CA 94010 www.acswasc.org

Home of the Eagles https://sites.google.com/site/nimitzk12usnimitz/

Aloha Nimitz Ohana,

During spring 2015, students in grades 3-8 and 11 took new

assessments in English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and

Mathematics called the “Smarter Balanced Assessments,” which

replaced our previous Hawaii State Assessments. The test results

are the first for Hawaii’s students to measure the academic goals

laid out in the Hawaii Common Core and mark a new baseline that

will enable us to know where our students stand on their path to

success.

The Smarter Balanced Assessments put more emphasis on

writing, problem-solving, and critical thinking - all the skills that

students need in the real world - and provide a snapshot of your

child’s academic progress towards college and career readiness.

Your child’s teacher will be sharing the Smarter Balanced

Assessments results at the Parent-Teacher Conferences coming up

at the end of September. Students who took the Terra Nova for

Grades K-2 last year will also be receiving their results at this time.

We want to thank you for your cooperation and support in making

sure your child was rested, provided breakfast, and arrived to

school on time during the two weeks of testing.

Our AVID Parent Night is coming up soon. We look forward to

seeing your family on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 5:00 pm in

the cafeteria!

Mahalo,

Marcy Kagami

Principal

Eagle News Calendar of Events

September 2015

September 4 Student Council Assembly

1:25pm-Cafeteria

September 7 Labor Day-No School

September 10 PTO Meeting-5:00pm

September 15 AVID Family Night-5:00pm-Cafeteria

September 17 Radford Complex Volleyball

Tournament

September 17 & 18 Yearbook/Fall Portraits

September 21, 22, 24 & 25 Eat school lunch with your child week

September 21-25 Student Council Book fair

Sept.23-Oct. 1 Parent/Teacher Conferences

September 25 College Shirt Day

October 2 Off Campus Evacuation Drill 8:30am

October 5-9 Fall Intersession

October 12 Teacher Institute Day-No School

October 13 Radford Complex Waiver Day-

No School

Nimitz Elementary

2015-2016 Student Council

President: Ryan Acosta

1st Vice President: Nayeli Saavedra

2nd Vice President: Promise Green

Secretary: Colby Bowermaster

Treasurer: Alicia Rodriguez

Class Representatives:

Grade 6

Room 208 James Wood Vanessa Howell

Room 209 Keaton Stadler Siena Argarin

Room 210 Ashlynne Sova Cayden Simmons

Grade 5

Room 201 Kaleb Ross Madison Rongey

Room 202 Sara Howard Lynzi Stone

Room 203 Austin Welch Gabriel Courtney

Grade 4

Room 211 Frank Flores Amber Sanders

Room 212 Emily Mila Kiley Sims

Room 213 Brandon Anderson Jessi Flores

Room 214 Victoria Jean-Baptiste Aracelie Hinojosa

Eagles of the Month-August Congratulations to the following students for being selected as Eagles of the Month for August:

(PS-117) Logan Rusmisel (1-115) Ryelei Wheeler (3-219) Addison Heidtman

(PS-107) Noah Forrest (1-116) Cayne Redmond (3-220) James Kline

(K-101) Sky Howell (2-108)Maden Taoa (4-211) Kaytee Jiao

(K-102)Jayden Jordan (2-109) Tristen Groeling (4-212) Jazmine Mozqueda

(K-103)Reise Redmond (2-118) Isaiah Galindo (4-213) Michael Cambra

(K-104) Damon Ralar (2-119) Audrey Elmer (5-201) Lilly Bernal

(K-105) Shyann Rongey (2-207) Audrey Haynes (5-202) Adelin Conanan

(K-106) Joseph Hinojosa (3-204) Darion Jose (5-203) Alicia Marquez

(1-111) Aiden Sanchez (3-217) Klarissa Saavedra (6-208) Juliann Saroca

(1-112) Jazlene Garza (3-218) Jaden Ehrhart (6-209) Richard Sironen

(1-114) Violet Mozqueda (205A) Matthew Atis

Federal Impact Aid Program

Do you live or work on federal property (i.e. low-income housing, military installation/housing, federal

building, national park)? If yes, read the letter and complete/submit the survey your child brought home on

Wednesday, September 2, 2015. You participation in the Impact Aid Survey helps secure valuable funds for

Hawaii’s public schools, including Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School.

Here’s how:

Each year, Hawaii is unable to collect local taxes from tax-free federal properties. This means less

money for public education.

The federal government, however, partially reimburses Hawaii for the cost of educating federally

connected students through so-called Impact Aid funds.

The amount of Impact Aid schools receive is based on how many parents complete and return the survey to

their children’s school.

Help us take advantage of the Federal Impact Aid Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School is receiving.

BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS

Please use the sidewalk on the base side of Main Street to travel

to and from the Aupaka Gate. Crossing the street with the cross-

ing guard is safer, and we need to respect our neighbors by not

using their lawn as a short cut.

Thank you!

Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Consultant

Due to the unique challenges faced by military families, particularly during this time of war, the Department of Defense is providing licensed professional clinical counselors to offer non-medical counseling services to Service Members, their families, and their children, who attend Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School. Mr. Gary Augustin is our Military Family Life Consultant this school year. The Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Consultant will assist and support the faculty and staff and work with children and families. The consultant is able to:

· Observe, participate and engage in activities with children and youth; · Provide coaching, guidance, and support in classrooms; · Assist staff with daily stressors and concerns; · Model behavioral management techniques and provide feedback to staff; · Facilitate psycho-educational groups at school; · Conduct trainings for parents.

If you have any questions, please call your child’s counselor at 808-421-4165.

Ms. Kelcie Ama (Gr. Pre K - 2) Ms. Jill Kurisu (Grades 3-6)

(You may also contact Mr. Gary Augustin directly at 808-237-9505).

Thursday, Sept. 17

Camera 1 Camera 2

7:15 Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff

8:00 K-101 K-102

8:30 K-103 K-104

9:00 K-105 K-106

9:22-9:37 Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff

9:45 1-111 1-112

10:15 1-114 113A 1-115 113B

10:45 4-213 3-204

11:15-12:07 LUNCH LUNCH

12:07-12:22 Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff

12:30 3-217 3-218

1:00 3-219 3-220

Friday, Sept. 18

Camera 1 Camera 2

7:15 Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff

8:00 2-108 PK–107 / PK-117

8:30 2-109 2-118

9:00 2-119 2-207

9:22-9:37 Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff

9:45 4- 212 4/211

10:15 4-214 1-116

10:45 5-202 5-201

11:15-12:07 LUNCH LUNCH

12:07-12:22 Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff

12:30 5-203 6-208

1:00 6-210 6-209

Yearbook/Fall Portraits Mark your calendar. Picture day is COMING!

*Picture schedule subject to change — Class times are subject to change if picture taking is running behind or ahead of schedule**

Upon receiving the portrait order form; fill it out and send it to school with your child(ren) on picture day along with the payment.

promises that you will love your child(ren)’s portraits.

Makeup/Retake Session-November 4, 2015

Thank you to all the students and parents who

participated in our School Kine Cookies Fundraiser!

Cookies will be delivered to all classrooms before Fall Intersession

PTO Meeting:

Thursday, September 10, 2015 @ 5:00 PM

in the Front Office

Raise funds for Nimitz Elementary

Order on September 17, 2015- (979-7272)

Order from any Papa John’s Pizza and we will donate 25% of

the sales before taxes back to Nimitz! You can use any coupons on

your order.

Here’s how Papa John’s fundraiser day works:

1. Purchase your product.

2. Remove the price label from the side of your pizza boxes.

3. Adhere the label to the Papa Johns flyer

4. Return to PTO the next day.

CONTINUE COLLECTING:

For more information on PTO events: Email cwnimitzpto@gmail.com or Friend us on Facebook: Nimitz PTO

EAT SCHOOL LUNCH WITH YOUR CHILD

*Menu Subject to Change

On the designated day, you can pick up your child as he/she enters the cafeteria, and you and your child can enjoy lunch,

picnic style, on the grassy area outside of the cafeteria. You can either eat your lunches on the picnic tables, or bring a

mat and eat on the grass. We look forward to seeing our families enjoy this opportunity. Students may only leave the

cafeteria with family members to eat lunch at the picnic tables.

Monday, September 21 Lunch Breaded Pork Patty Apple Wedge

10:45 – 11:15 Pre K, Whipped Potatoes Whole Grain Roll

Kinder Rooms 101,102 Edamame & Corn

11:37 – 12: 07 Grade 4

Tuesday, September 22 Lunch Cheese Pizza Mixed Fruits

10:45 – 11:15 Kinder Rooms 103,104 Mixed Green Salad Baby Carrots

Kinder Rooms 105,106

11:37 – 12:07 Grade 5

Thursday, September 24 Lunch Spaghetti Pineapple Chunks

10:45 – 11:15 Grade1 Spinach Romaine Salad Whole Grain Garlic Bread

11:37 – 12:07 Grade 6

Friday, September 25 Lunch Breaded Chicken Patty on Whole Grain Bun

10:45 – 11:15 Grade 2 Lettuce Leaf and Tomato Slice

11:37 – 12:07 Grade 3 Oven Fries Orange Wedge

Help Wanted!! Help Wanted!!

Adult Lunchroom Supervisors

Work in the cafeteria to assist students

Hours: Daily from 10:30 am to 12:30pm

Pay: $8.00 per hour

If interested, please call the office at 808-421-4165.

Online Application Link for Free and Reduced-Price Meal Benefits

The School Food Services Branch is excited to announce its new web-based site that will provide families with the option to submit applications for Free and Reduced-price Meal Benefits online. Online applications are available at https://ezmealapp.com or via a link on the Hawaii State Department of Education’s website, hawaiipublicschools.org, and our school’s website. The web-based program will walk parents and guardians through an easy step-by-step application process.

In September, we highlight school lunch in Hawaii. We hope all of our students will support the

cafeteria by eating school breakfast and/or lunch. Our cafeteria staff works tirelessly to prepare healthy, balanced meals in accordance with federal nutrition guidelines. Meals often include fresh

vegetables, fresh fruit and whole grain bread baked in our own kitchen. Average daily school lunch counts for September also determine our kitchen staffing for the year. Thank you for supporting

the school meal program.

Dear Parents and Families:

Reading for pleasure inside and outside of school has real and long-lasting benefits. It unlocks the

power of information and imagination and helps children discover who they are. Here’s what you can do

to help children develop stronger reading skills and a love for reading:

tastes and reading skills.

Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our

school. It’s a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please make

plans to visit our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits.

Book Fair Preview dates: September 17 &18

Shopping Dates: September 21-25

We look forward to seeing you and your family at our Book Fair!

Remember, all purchases benefit our school.

Sincerely,

Nimitz Elementary Student Council

The students benefit in many ways if parents keep in close contact with the school and teachers. For

conferences or discussions about your child(ren), we ask that you arrange a conference period at a time when it

will not interfere with the regular school day. It is preferable that these conferences be prearranged and that they

take place before or after school when the teacher will be able to give the parent his/her undivided attention.

When parents and teachers make time to meet and discuss the progress children are making in school and the

challenges they may be encountering, plans can be made to make the school year a better one for the students.

Formal Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled at the end of the first quarter. Conferences are scheduled

from September 23, 2015 to October 1, 2015. On these seven days, students are released early from school.

Students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm (early dismissal) on:

Thursday, September 24 Friday, September 25

Monday, September 28 Tuesday, September 29 Thursday, October 1

Students will be dismissed at 1:10 pm (regular dismissal) on:

Wednesday, September 23 Wednesday, September 30

2015

Nimitz Elementary’s Annual Fall Festival will be held on Friday, October 23, 2015 from 2:30pm to 5:30 pm on the school field fronting C-Bldg. Money raised will be used to purchase supplies for the classrooms. We will have 12 games and fun booths: Buried Treasure Dinosaur Egg Hunt Basketball Throw Penny Drop Wheel of Fortune Add ‘Em Up Hole in One Tattoos Balloon Burst Cake Walk Jump House Snake Hunt This year, we are featuring "KC Waffle Dogs". We will be taking pre-sale orders.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to purchase delicious food from “Aloha Plate” food truck

*4th Season Champions of the Food Network's Great Food Truck Race*

We are looking for donations of cakes, pies, and cookies to be used as prizes for the Cake Walk game. Baked goods need to be individually wrapped and brought to the school office on the morning of Friday, October 23, 2015.

Save the Date and join us on

Friday, October 23, 2015 for fun and games!!!!!!!!!

STUDENT DISMISSAL SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR FALL FESTIVAL

Student dismissal time will be changed due to the Fall Festival.

Please mark your calendar.

Wednesday October 21 Student dismissal 2:00pm

Friday October 23 Student dismissal 1:10pm

Off Campus Evacuation Drill

Nimitz Elementary School will be practicing an off campus evacuation drill on Friday, October 2, 2015 at 8:30am.

Students and staff will be evacuating the campus and walking to Lynch Field for this drill. The drill should be completed in 1 hour. The front office will also be participating in this drill. Therefore, the office will be closed from 8:30am to 9:30am. Please note this activity on your calendar. Thank you for your assistance.

Habits of Mind The Aiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex Area is continuing an initiative to create thoughtful school environ-

ments in which everyone can experience habits of success by providing students with knowledge of the

Habits of Mind by Art Costa and Bena Kallick.

“The Habits are a repertoire of behaviors that help students and teachers to successfully navigate the various

challenges and problems they encounter in the classroom and in everyday life.” – Costa & Kallick 2008

One of sixteen habits of mind has been introduced each quarter

since school year 2012-2013. The first Habit of Mind for this

school year is Thinking about your thinking. Students who are

skillful in their ability to think about their own thinking:

Are aware of the kind of thinking they are engaged in.

Can describe how they engaged in this type of thinking.

Evaluate whether the way engaged in the thinking ap-

proach was effective.

Plan how they will engage in the same type of thinking the

next time it is needed (Swartz, Costa, Beyer, Kallick, &

Reagan, 2007)

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Program Accessibility Plan

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are not denied an opportunity to participate in and benefit from any service, program, or activity, ordered by the school. Individuals with disabilities are welcome to participate in and benefit from the events at our school. School officials wish to assist in making the event a memorable experience for all.

ACCESS TO SERVICES, PROGRAM, AND ACTIVITIES

This school will make reasonable modifications in its policies, practices, and procedures when the modifications are necessary to ensure that services, programs, and activities provided by the school are readily accessible to the individuals with disabilities. In choosing among methods to ensure that services, programs, and activities are readily accessible, the school will give priority consideration to those methods that will provide the services, programs, and activities, in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of individuals with disabilities.

NOTICE OF ADA ACCOMMODATION

Notice of Request for Accommodations

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School will provide notice of availability of ADA access and accommodations in event registration forms and other school events announcements. This notice will include the International Symbol of Accessibility (ISA), contact information, and language concerning ADA access and accommodations. It will also direct individuals with disabilities to the appropriate office, where they can request accommodations.

Signage

The school will work towards providing the signage directing users to access facilities.

FACILITIES ACCESS

In accordance with the Department of Education’s architectural barrier removal plan, the school has elected to take steps to continue modifying its existing facilities through additional barrier removals such that individuals may have more access to the school’s facilities. These additional structural modifications are done in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG).

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School

NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATIONS

If you are an individual with a disability, please contact the following personnel to make arrangements for accessibility to any school event at least ten (10) working days prior to the event. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your request.

Ms. Marcy Kagami, Principal 421-4165

Ms. Julie Shiroma, School Administrative Services Assistant 421-4165

Ms. Cheryl Sasabe, Office Assistant 421-4165

Ms. Janelle Higa, Office Assistant 421-4165