Great new school year!
28.10.09
29.7.09
Getting Ready for a New School Year
Stay tuned for postings from a great new school year. Coming soon!
1.5.09
Huakailani Hui Supports "I Love Kailua Town Party"
Earth Day was not a one day focus at Huakailani School. The girls at Huakailani School in Kailua have been focusing on reducing their carbon footprints on the Earth all month and have pledged to make it not only a year long, but a life-long focus. In April, the school joined over 2,000 schools across the nation for National Green Week with the combined goal to eliminate two million pounds of waste in one week.
The girls and their families have made a commitment to reduce the purchase of packaged products, especially for school snacks and lunches. The school uses reusable water bottles with filtered water instead of bottled water and organic food waste is fed to the class worms that make the nutrient rich vermicast for classroom plants.
The Huakailani Hui (school students, parents and teachers) volunteered to help with the "I Love Kailua Town Party", sponsored by the Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle, on April 26. The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle is a non-profit environmental organization that is dedicated to beautifying Kailua by planting trees, shrubs and flowers in parks, public spaces, at schools and along streets and highways. The members of this wonderful organization are dedicated to preserving the shoreline, open spaces, and green areas of Kailua.
Huakailani firmly believes in instilling the importance of being an active community member in their students. The Huakailani Girls, made up of girls from Kindergarten to Grade 5, know that they are not too young to show volunteerism. The school's community service efforts, such as volunteering for the “I Love Kailua” event, shows support for the environment and their Kailua Town home.
The Huakailani Girls have pledged to reduce, reuse and recycle and to help keep Kailua Town Litter Free. The school currently located on Uluniu Street will be expanding and moving to Hekili Street in the heart of Kailua Town in August. In the fall, the Huakailani Girls will form a Kailua Town Litter Patrol. Be sure to wave and say “hello” when you see the girls in their pink shirts, beautifying Kailua Town’s sidewalks and lanes.
4.4.09
National Green Week at Huakailani
Our school is taking part in a very exciting green educational opportunity for our students during National Green Week, April 6- 10. The goal of this special assignment is for the girls to learn firsthand how they, no matter how small, can make a huge difference in saving our planet’s resources.
Our school will be joining over 2,000 schools across the nation for National Green Week with the combined goal to eliminate two million pounds of waste during this one week.
National Green Week Overview
One week prior to our school's Green Week the students will be weighing all snack trash collected in the classroom to determine the amount of trash accumulated each day from snacks leftovers. We are encouraging (but not requiring) the students to use reusable snack and drink containers to carry snacks and drinks to school each day during Green Week.
The class will weigh daily all the garbage collected in the classrooms snack waste (note: organic fruit waste such as apple cores and banana peels will not be counted towards the snack weight totals - we will feed organic waste to our class worms). After Green Week, we will tally the results of the before and after weights and announce them here on the blog.
We encourage purchasing snacks and drinks in bulk (or fresh fruit). Use your shopping trips as a learning opportunity for your child. Don’t forget to bring your reusable shopping bag; you may want to keep it on your front passenger seat so you remember to take it with you prior to going into the store.
Our goal is to eliminate snack trash coming into the school from home.
This is an important environmental educational program and lesson. We encourage you to discuss what living green means to your family and why it is so important for us to all take an active part in preserving our planet’s resources.
Thanks for being green and helping to reduce your carbon footprint on the beautiful planet we call our home!
Keep checking back for some exciting Earth Day Facts!
Our school will be joining over 2,000 schools across the nation for National Green Week with the combined goal to eliminate two million pounds of waste during this one week.
National Green Week Overview
One week prior to our school's Green Week the students will be weighing all snack trash collected in the classroom to determine the amount of trash accumulated each day from snacks leftovers. We are encouraging (but not requiring) the students to use reusable snack and drink containers to carry snacks and drinks to school each day during Green Week.
The class will weigh daily all the garbage collected in the classrooms snack waste (note: organic fruit waste such as apple cores and banana peels will not be counted towards the snack weight totals - we will feed organic waste to our class worms). After Green Week, we will tally the results of the before and after weights and announce them here on the blog.
We encourage purchasing snacks and drinks in bulk (or fresh fruit). Use your shopping trips as a learning opportunity for your child. Don’t forget to bring your reusable shopping bag; you may want to keep it on your front passenger seat so you remember to take it with you prior to going into the store.
Our goal is to eliminate snack trash coming into the school from home.
This is an important environmental educational program and lesson. We encourage you to discuss what living green means to your family and why it is so important for us to all take an active part in preserving our planet’s resources.
Thanks for being green and helping to reduce your carbon footprint on the beautiful planet we call our home!
Keep checking back for some exciting Earth Day Facts!
March 31 - 1 oz.
April 1 - 1 1/4 oz.
April 2 - 1 oz.
April 3 - 1/2 oz.
TOTAL: 3 3/4 oz.
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