Huakailani School for Girls Blog

Scholastic Book Fair - October 24 - 29

2011-10-22T10:30:00.000-10:00

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IN KAILUA TOWN

WHERE? Next to Ohana Karaoke on Hekili Street - Suite 111 - Look for the Sign.

WHEN? October 24 - 29

HOURS OPEN: Monday - Friday - 10:30 am - 3:30pm (Closed from 1:30 - 1:30)

Additional Times the Book Fair will be open:

EARLY BIRD SHOPPING DAY (Oct. 25) - Tuesday - Opens 7:00am - 8:30am

NIGHT OWL SHOPPING DAY - Thursday (Oct. 27) - 6:30pm - 8:00 p.m.

FALL FUN FAIR SHOPPING DAY - Saturday (Oct. 29) - 9:00am - 1:00pm

HUAKAILANI FALL FUN FAIR FOR AGES 3 - 11!

9am - 1pm

Cup Cake Walk - Silent Auction - Petting Zoo - Mini Fair Games - Food - Photo Booth - Bake Sale - Face Painting

Come dressed in costumes!

See you there!

Huakailani Makes a $1000.00 Donation

2011-05-31T18:27:00.000-10:00

We donated $500.00 (collected by the students) to "Aloha for Japan." We doubled our donation because Kaneohe Ranch and Castle Foundation is currently matching all donations made by Chamber of Commerce members.

So our $500.00 increased to a $1000.00 donation to Aloha for Japan Tsunami Relief Fund.

Great job, Huakailani Ohana!

Visiting the Hawaii Supreme Court (Grades 4-5)

2010-11-21T16:58:00.004-10:00

Plumeria Tree!

2010-07-05T16:18:00.000-10:00

Look how much it has grown since we planted it! We gave it vermicast.

Huakailani Receives a Good Neighbor Award

2010-05-28T23:15:00.001-10:00

International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2010

2010-05-23T11:42:00.002-10:00

The students of Huakailani School in Kailua Town joined thousands of young people in creating a global "green wave" to celebrate both the International Day for Biodiversity and the International Year of Biodiversity. All around the world, students, teachers and youth organizations hosted and participated in special tree planting celebrations to increase awareness about biodiversity. The Huakailani Girls planted a Plumeria Tree sapling for Peace. The Green Wave is a project designed to support the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the world's international treaty that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits derived from genetic resources. The project aims to help raise awareness and educate young people on the loss of biodiversity that is taking place and the need to take action. The "wave" occurred on the International Day for Biodiversity. This year, the focus was on the importance of biodiversity for development and poverty reduction. Each year on 22 May, children and youth in participating schools around the world plant a tree at 10:00am local time, creating a "green wave" across time zones. Participants uploaded photos and text about their celebration to The Green Wave website to share their stories with others. An interactive map went live creating a second virtual "green wave." The Green Wave 2010 circled the Globe successfully! This year, it started in New Zealand, ended in Hawaii. Mahalo to the Huakailani Girls who officially put Hawaii in the wave for the first time. Despite being a small urban school in the middle of the city, the Huakailani Girls have shown that you can be green and support the Earth and environment; regardless of where you are located. The school and its numerous "Green Earth-Friendly Projects" send the message that there is hope for a greener future for our keiki. You can check out the Green Wave at http://greenwave.cbd.int/en/map_2010

Green Wave 2010

2010-05-19T18:51:00.003-10:00

On 21 May, the youth of Huakailani School will join thousands of young people in creating a global "green wave" to celebrate both the International Day for Biodiversity and the International Year of Biodiversity. All around the world, students, teachers and youth organizations will host and participate in special tree planting celebrations to increase awareness about biodiversity.

The Green Wave is a project designed to support the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the world's international treaty that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits derived from genetic resources. The project aims to help raise awareness and educate young people on the loss of biodiversity that is taking place and the need to take action.

The "wave" occurs on the International Day for Biodiversity which, this year, focuses on the importance of biodiversity for development and poverty reduction. Each year on 22 May, children and youth in participating schools around the world plant a tree at 10:00am local time, creating a "green wave" across time zones. Participants upload photos and text about their celebration to The Green Wave website to share their stories with others. An interactive map goes live in the evening at 20:10 local time, creating a second virtual "green wave."

"The Green Wave represents a fantastic chain of human solidarity around the epitome of life - trees - between the children of today and the responsible citizens of tomorrow" say Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the CBD. "This year's Green Wave events will be especially memorable because the United Nations designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity."

The Convention on Biological Diversity is one of the most broadly subscribed international environmental treaties in the world. Opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, it currently has 193 contracting Parties - 192 States and the European Community - who have committed themselves to its three main goals: the conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components and the equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. The Secretariat of the Convention is located in Montreal, Canada.

Joins us at the I Love Kailua Party on April 25th - 11 to 4

2010-04-11T13:09:00.000-10:00

Enjoying the Town Party after volunteering at the I love Kailua Town Party 2009.

Another Successful AdoptaBlock Clean Up

2010-01-17T12:46:00.001-10:00

Great job! The Huakailani Girls sponsored yet another Adopt-a-Block Clean up day! Mahalo to the families who were able to join the January 16th Clean-Up! Two representatives from the City and County Adopt-A-Block program were able to join us as well.

In addition to the clean -up the girls were environmental ambassadors and passed on the "Be an environmental hero" message to the Kailua Town Community.

Think Pink

2009-10-28T19:23:00.000-10:00

City and County's Adopt a Block Program

2009-10-28T19:10:00.000-10:00

Huakailani School cleans up Hekili Street!

Huakailani Hui Supports "I Love Kailua Town Party"

2009-05-01T22:47:00.001-10:00

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.

National Green Week at Huakailani

2009-04-04T09:32:00.004-10:00

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!

March 31 - 1 oz.

April 1 - 1 1/4 oz.

April 2 - 1 oz.

April 3 - 1/2 oz.

TOTAL: 3 3/4 oz.