Updates for the week of December 9

Student Council Members should be practicing to do class room visits for our upcoming Canned Food Drive. All class visits should be completed by Friday, December 19th. Thank you for any help you are giving your children to practice and become better public speakers!

Thank you to the following students who have volunteered to make a traffic safety poster: Rianna, Tyler, Bryleigh, Malia, Kyrie, Ardyn, Kaitlen, Cassidy, Nigel, Paige, Olivia, Chevelle and Richelle. I've asked the students to try to finish their posters by early next week.

Reminders for the week of December 2

Next week, we will have the opportunity to provide in-school service by helping our library prepare and clean-up after the Great Book Exchange. (Because of this project we will  not be having our monthly Student Council Meeting.)  At our grade level lunch meetings we will prepare for class visits to share information about our Canned Food Drive and start our next project, a sign waving campaign to promote traffic safety around our school. Whew! It's going to be a busy week!

Tuesday, 12/3
      *Box Top cutting at first recess - optional activity
      * 4th grade lunch meeting
      * Great Book Exchange set-up in library after school (should be done by about 2:45 p.m.)

Wednesday, 12/4
      * Box Top cutting at first recess - optional activity
      * 3rd grade lunch meeting
      * Great Book Exchange clean up in library after school (should be done by about 1:15 p.m.)

Thursday, 12/5
      * SCC meeting at 6:30 p.m. - Emily only 
Friday, 12/6
      * Box Top cutting at first recess - optional activity
      * 5th grade lunch meeting  

I am grateful for the opportunity to get to know your children! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Updates and Reminders for the weeks of 11/25 and 12/2

This week we spent our recess and some lunch time to continue with our box top cutting project. Thank you to Chevelle, Kaitlyn, Kaden, Tanner, Paige and Richelle who helped this week. We will take a break from box top cutting next week as we prepare for our upcoming Canned Food Drive which is on December 19.

Here's what is going on with Student Council for the next couple weeks...
Tues, 11/26 - Canned Food Committee - Meet first and second recess to prepare flyers

Wed, 11/27 - Canned Food Committee - Meet first recess to prepare flyers4
Tues, 12/3 -  4th grade lunch meeting for Canned Food Drive
Tues, 12/3 - Optional Activity - Meet in library after school to help set up books for the Great Book         Exchange. Should take about 30 minutes.
Wednesday, 12/4 - 3rd grade lunch meeting for Canned Food Drive
Wednesday, 12/4 - Meet in library after school to help organize books after the Great Book Exchange. We should be done by 1:15 p.m..
Fri, 12/6 - 5th grade lunch meeting for Canned Food Drive

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Updates for the week of November 18

This week we had grade level lunch meetings and did a Thanksgiving themed activity. Each student wrote a note to the other SC members on what they would be grateful for if they were the other person. Some of the students were surprised about what others noticed about them. If you have a chance,ask your child to see the notes that were written to him or her and ask which note they enjoyed reading the most.

We continued with our box top cutting this week and will continue next week. Anyone interested in helping can come to the Student Council room during first recess.

We will have group picture taking next Friday, November 15, please have your child wear his/her SC or Ike shirt for the photo that day.  Our scheduled time will be at about 8:55 a.m. but an announcement will be made when it is time to meet at the playcourt. Please let your child know about this and have them write it in his/her planner.

Shoeboxes for the Homeless Collection

Our Student Council Members and other volunteers worked hard to collect and organize the 380 shoeboxes that were donated by our 'Ike families. Way to go SC Members!!

Reminders and Updates for the week of 11/4

Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed your Halloween, we had a fun day at school on Thursday! To see video clips and pictures of our fall parade please go to our school website.

Thank you for any help you may have given your child as they prepared for the class visits that they did this week. I heard some feedback from teachers that the students did well and were prepared :-).

Here are the reminders for this upcoming week:

11/5 - * Canned Food Drive Committee lunch meeting ( Ardyn, Daniel, Nigel, Richelle, Malia, Henry, Tyler and Mia)

11/6 - * SC Meeting 12:50-1:45 in TB3 (Please have your child see me if not able to attend the meeting)

11/7 - *SCC Meeting 6:30 pm in administration building (Tanner only)

11/8 - *Shoeboxes for the Homeless - all SC members should bring the shoeboxes from their class to the front of the school after checking in with their classes. SC or school t shirts may be worn. (More details  will be shared at SC meeting on 11/6)
           *Spirit Week Committee lunch meeting ( Tanner, Chevelle, Rianna, Max and Kayden)

Thank you for your continued support!

Monya Gaston

Classroom Visits

Thank you to all Student Council Members who worked  hard to prepare for their classroom visits this week. In the photos below, Rianna and Kyrie share information about the Shoeboxes for the Homeless collection with their "buddy classes".

Fall Parade

Thank you to Student Council Members, Jorydn, Emily, Ardyn, Tanner and Jack who helped at our fall parade by being emcee (Emily) and leading the grade levels during the parade. Great work!

Make a Difference Day 2013

Mahalo to our Student Council families who spent their Saturday morning at the Mililani Make a Difference Day. As always, your support of our students, school and community is appreciated!

First Quarter 'Ike Pride Assembly

Student Council Officers practiced hard and did a great job emceeing our first 'Ike Pride Assembly of the school year! Also, congratulations to SC Members, Tyler, Nigel and Kyrie who were award recipients at the assembly.

Mililani High School Homecoming Parade

Our Student Council Members marched in the MHS Homecoming Parade with all Mililani complex schools. They represented our school well and showed their 'Ike Pride. And as you can see by the photos, they had fun too!

Field Trip Reminder

Your children should have received the following reminder...

MHS Homecoming Parade Field Trip Reminder

Dear Student Council Members and HYPE of Mililani ‘Ike,
            We will march in the Mililani High School Homecoming Parade on Friday, September 27, 2013.  We will leave school by bus around 12:20 p.m. AFTER LUNCH on that day and plan to return to school before 2:00 p.m.. There is a possibility that we could arrive back at school a little late, so please make any arrangements necessary.  The parade route begins at the Mililani Town Center.

Please meet in front of the Office after lunch at 12:15 after using the bathroom.

·                     Wear your Mililani ‘Ike or Student Council t-shirt to show school pride

·                     Wear comfortable, covered shoes

·                     Bring sunglasses and/or a hat

·                     Put on sunscreen

·                     Bring a light water bottle if you wish

Please remember you represent our school.

Show good character and be good examples.

Thank you!

Mrs. Seatriz                           Mrs. Gaston

HYPE Advisor                         Student Council Advisor

Box Top Cutting

Our SC Members are providing value service to our school by clipping and counting box tops. Those who are interested in helping are coming to the SC office at first recess. We are having fun clipping and getting to know each other better at the same time! It's amazing how much we can get done by working together!

Student Council T-Shirts

Our Student Council T-Shirts have been distributed. These shirts can be worn at any of our SC activities and on Wednesdays to show our 'Ike Pride!

Complex Leadership Training

  On August 23, 2013 our 2013-14 Student Council Officers spent the day at the Mililani Complex Leadership Training at Mililani Middle School. The purpose of the training was to prepare them for their roles as student leaders.
  The day included: team builders, workshops on communication and leadership skills, officer orientation by position, energizers and of course lunch! All of the Officers said they enjoyed their time with the other student leaders, learned a lot and had FUN!

School Supply Drive

Today was the final day of our successful school supply drive! We collected 25 boxes of needed supplies for our friends at another elementary school.

To kick off the drive, Student Council Members practiced and then visited their classes and younger buddy classes to share information about the collection. On April 18, SC Members and helpers picked up items from classrooms and helped organize them.

Student Council Members had fun and worked well together for a very worthy cause!

"Heart Attack" Activity

At our grade level lunch meetings this week, Student Council Members continued our lesson on showing appreciation to others. For our "Heart Attack" activity, the grade level agreed upon a "victim" and then wrote and left notes of appreciation for that person or group. The notes shown in this photo were left by 4th graders for our Sensei (Japanese language teachers) on their office door.

 

Character Counts Celebration!

 Thank you to the Student Council Members who were able to join us on Saturday, February 23 at the Character Counts Celebration at the Mililani Town Center. Student Council Members helped children play two games when they visited our school booth. A good time was had by all!

Mililani Complex Service Project

The Mililani Complex Student Councils worked together to put on a dance for the Olaloa Retirement Community. The purpose of the activity was to help the elderly of our community have an enjoyable time getting to know some of the young people from the Mililani schools. Our Officers represented our school well by preparing a mixer game, an energizer and dancing with the residents. A good time was had by all who attended!

Character Counts Celebration Memo

Student Council Members attending the Character Counts Celebration on Saturday, February 23, should have received a memo sent out last week which shows their work schedule at the event and other information. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Display Case Committee

Our Display Case Committee (Reese, Tyson, Trent, Rianna, Kaitlyn and Auli'i) has been working hard to update our glass display cases upstairs in the E building. The Committee has met several times with Mrs. Sameshima who helped us create the boards which shows our various school extra-curricular activities.

On Friday, Reese, Trent and Rianna met to place the finished boards into the display cases.

Thank you to the committee members who met during lunch and recess to complete this project!

February Meeting

At our February Student Council Meeting we had a leadership lesson on appreciation. We learned why good leaders show appreciation to others and I asked them to try it at home! We also played a human bingo game and the students had a great time getting to know each other a little more.

Spirit Week - Crazy Mix-Match Day

Spirit Week ended with Crazy Mix-Match Day. Thank you to all the SC members who made Spirit Week a success by visiting classrooms and promoting school pride through their participation!

Opening of our 'Ike Spirit Store

The Student Council opened our Spirit Store to 'Ike families on January 17th. Earlier this school year,  SC Members voted on the items to sell in the store. Faith and Megan made beautiful, eye-catching signs for our store and all SC members will take turns working at the store this quarter. The purpose of our Spirit Store is to promote school spirit and pride and we think it has been a great success so far!

Spirit Week - Wacky Hair Day

This year, our Student Council chose to kick off Spirit Week with Wacky Hair Day. Students had fun showing off their crazy hair-dos!