Study Spaces Off to a Great Start!

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Dear JMS families, Upcoming Events

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Our 7th and 8th graders playing with the Kaimuki Band at KHS Homecoming game

Encouraging Every Student to Live an Extraordinary Life

Jarrett Update

Last year’s pilot project, Study Spaces, has gotten off to a great start this

year! It is not only a place for kids who need to catch up with their work after school, but is also creating a culture of

learning outside the classroom. It has been great to witness kids

encouraging each other to get their work done! Thank you to

all the teachers and counselors who are on hand to help our keiki strive for the highest!

• 9/30-10/2 8th Grade Challenger Field Trips

• Tue, 10/1 Picture Retake Day, 8 – 11 am

• Wed, 10/2 Band Parents Meeting, 6 – 7 pm, Bandroom

• Fri, 10/4 Grades Updated Online

• October 5-13 Fall Break, NO SCHOOL

• Mon, 10/14 Students’ First Day Back from Fall Break

• Fri, 10/18 Quarter 1 T.A.R.O. Incentive Activity

• Wed, 10/23 Report Cards Sent Home with Students

• Oct 21-25 Parent Teacher Conferences—Students released at 1:15 pm Scholastic Book Fair in Media Center 1:15-3:00 pm

• Fri, 10/25 7th Grade SOEST Field Trip, UH Mānoa

• Wed, 10/30 Student Flu Clinic, Media Center

• Thu, 10/31 Fall School Dance

• Fri, 11/1 Teacher Professional Development Day, NO STUDENTS Grades Updated Online

This is the last week of the quarter and some students need to do some last minute pushing

to increase their grades.

We have cancelled teacher meetings this week, so that

teachers are available in their classrooms after school to work

with students who are failing one or more of their classes. If

your child has an F, please partner with us by making sure

your child stays in school until 3 pm to work with their teachers

to raise their grade. You can even call the school to confirm that your child has stayed to

get help.

Any students who have grades of D, C, B, or A are also

welcomed to spend time striving to be extraordinary after school

this week to better their grades. These students should report to the media center for

STUDY SPACES.

Thank you teachers for helping students cross the finish line for

Quarter 1!

Mahalo, Dr. Reid Kuba

THE JARRETT UPDATE OCTOBER 2019

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Kūlia hosts volunteer tutors One of the key components of our partner After-

School All-Stars’ Kūlia program is homework hour. Through another partner program, Pālolo Pipeline, we have been able to place volunteer

college tutors with our students during homework hour. This not only provides

additional academic help to our students, it also provides inspirational live examples of learners

who continue to learn beyond high school. If you haven’t enrolled your child in the Kūlia program, you can still do so at anytime. You can visit our

website to download the form!

• As he walked onto campus after the warning bell rang, 7th grader, Kingston saw a student's papers flying all over the yard. Kingston did not hesitate to stop and help the student pick up his papers. Thank you Kingston for being an extra-ordinary JMS student!

• 8th grader Akomi decided to sweep a teacher’s class on her own during lunch. Small pieces of paper were littered all over the floor and the tops of tables from morning classes where students had created paper rockets for Challenger. Although Akomi was told not to worry about it and to enjoy her lunch, she insisted on sweeping the floor and clearing the tables. Thank you for being a caring responsible student Akomi!

• After a Challenger activity, a teacher left a table outside of the classroom. After school, Peter noticed the table was still outside the classroom and took initiative to ask the teacher if he and Xylan could help put it back into the classroom. Thank you Peter and Xylan!

• On September 20th, the JMS band was playing at the KHS Homecoming game. During the second quarter it started to rain really hard. Band members and the equipment got soaked! Dr. R decided to leave early and had the students pack up. Some students were allowed to go home with their parents. The others needed to carry those students' equipment. Kanoa and Kellen volunteered to help carry three loads of very heavy band equipment from the stands all the way around the field on the track to the bus that was waiting on Houghtailing Street. This in itself was an extraordinary act, but the fact that they did it in the pouring, driving rain makes it Extra-Extraordinary! Mahalo Kellen & Kanoa!!!

The JMS Foundation Annual Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction will be held on Saturday,

November 16, 2019 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, Manoa Grand Ballroom. Tickets are $70 per person. Donations of items for the silent auction

are welcome. All proceeds go to benefit student programming!

Extraordinary Acts Fall See’s Fundraiser a Success! A Big Mahalo to all who helped us fund raise

last month. The results are in, and we hit 200%+ of our goal for school-wide activities!

Become a Reading Superhero!

AR Achievement

Ms. Irion’s 6th Grade class has done it

again! All students in her homeroom

either met or exceeded their

quarter 1 AR goal! Congratulations on helping each other

achieve this EXTRAORDINARY

goal!

During fall break, all Teen Biz (Achieve3000) and AR Reading will count toward your child’s Quarter 2 goal. We encourage you to support your child’s continued reading development throughout the break by taking them to the library and going onto www.Achieve3000 daily.

If your child is able to complete their Teen Biz article goal during fall break, he/she would be able to focus for the rest of the quarter on completing their Accelerated Reading goal!