August 2009 Hta Newsletter

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Congratulations!!!! Congratulations, you have begun the school year. Now that you have started with the OLS/LMS curriculums, there is much to do, learn and use. To help you through this process remember your seven habits: 1.

Homeroom Planning (Keep Attendance, Plan your day)

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Know your tools (OLS/LMS)

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Know your students learning style

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Know your limits

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Use your partnerships (Teachers, staff, HTA ohana)

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Use the Learning Center (Register for your classes)

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Be Creative!

In addition to all these sources, communications will have a LIVE Elluminate schedule for OLS/LMS specific questions. This schedule will come out on August 15 with all the other Elluminate schedules.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Box Tops

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Kauai Sports News

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HTA-PTSA

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Accessing powerspeaK12 To access powerspeaK12, families must first login to the OLS with a student account user name and password. To create a student account, parents must: 1. Login to the OLS with the learning coach user name and password.

2. Google Calendars

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Oahu Interactive Open House

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New Website

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Select My Account in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

3. On the My Account page, parents are able to create a student account by selecting the blue Edit button in the Student Accounts box. 4. Once the student user name and password has been created, parents will want to navigate back to the OLS Home page and select New Log-In for a new login screen to appear. Once the new screen appears, the family will be able to enter the student user name and password that will take them to the student view of the OLS were they will be able to access the world language course. Once logged into the OLS via the student account, students/families will then want to select powerspeaK12 on the side of the screen to access their world language if enrolled in a world language

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Kauai News Scantron testing August 5th - all Kauai Students: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - session 1 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm - session 2 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm - session 3 Testing will be conducted at the Kauai Learning center Princeville Center (upstairs) suite G204 Mr. Piontek will be having a meeting with the new students to let them know a little more on what to expect with their new adventure with HTA. We will also be taking pictures for their student ID cards, as well as taking their scantron assessments. Please Contact McKenna Marich, HTA Office Manager, for scheduling. Either by email, or call (808) 676-5444.

Fun Fact: A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29

Aug 5th, Wednesday Kauai Scantron Testing Aug 11th, Tuesday Face to face meeting with Kauai Teachers Aug 18th, Tuesday Learning Centers Classes begin in Kauai

million years to reach the

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nearest star.

Seven HTA students will be representing Kauai at Hawaii State Junior Lifeguard Championship, Saturday, August 8th at Ala Moana Beach Park. Almost a third of Kauai's team are HTA students! GO HTA STUDENTS!!!! A schedule of Elluminate Electives, specifically targeting the neighbor island students (Oahu student are encouraged to enroll as space permits), will be sent out Thursday, Aug. 13th.

"You teach best what you most need to learn." -- Richard David Bach

Box Tops For Education Here's a way to earn money for our school, with the products you might already buy and have in your homes-There are three ways to earn $ for HTA using Box Tops for Education. 1. Clip from products you use at home (go to: http://www.boxtops4education.com/AllAboutBoxTops/ products.aspx to see the variety of products) and bring in ziploc back with your last name to collection box in front office. There will be MONTHLY worksheets printed to glue box tops onto- take one home and turn in to PTSA mailbox (will be there before the Learning Center courses start). Their site has coupons also so you can save $ on the products that will make $ for the school! 2. Sign up online at boxtops4education.com and designate HTA (zip: 96797) as your school for other chances to win credits. Log in and participate in contests like The Big Clip (going on now) where they give away $25,000-$50,000 worth of box tops! 3. Go to boxtops4education.com and log-in before shopping at Barnes & Noble (Reading Room), or other online stores (Marketplace- lots of options) where a % will be credited to HTA for your purchase. Let's see how much we can raise during the school year!

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HTA-PTSA NEWS Mahalo to all who helped the PTSA have a wonderful start to the new school year. We had 47 people become members of the PTSA during orientation week. You can still become a member. There are applications at the LC. Please fill one out and ask McKenna to put it in the PTSA mailbox. Membership fee is $15 for adults/ $10 for students. Over 200 people attended the Back to School Beach Bash at Bellows. The Bash was a success thanks to Carmen Perkins, Jeff Piontek, Libra Forde and of course all of our guests. Due to some wonderful dishes at our Beach Bash, an HTA Cookbook was suggested. We will have more information about that in the next Blast. Please start gathering your favorite recipes!!

Join YOUR PTSA You are cordially invited to join the HTA Parent Teacher Student Association Membership fees:

$15 adults $10 students

PTSA Raffle Winners We are looking forward to an exciting year of community building and support! We hope you will consider joining us! Website: http://htaptsa.googlepages.com

Raychel Peters Student Planner Henera Hildrecrooks Weekly/Monthly Planner Cicely Andrade Post It Weekly Planner

Congratulations to the winners! Mahalo for your support!

Email: [email protected]

LMS and Hawaiian Studies Our curriculum provider is making it possible for the 9th Grade Hawaiian History Course to appear on your child’s 9th grade course list. The online course will be supported by Mrs. Erin Smith at the Learning Center. She will be providing you with more details regarding this class over the next few weeks. Materials for the course will be sent from our curriculum provider. 11th Graders who need Hawaiian History: The course will be added this week to a few 11th grade students who will need the course in order to graduate.

If you have any questions about the addition of this course to your student’s course list, please contact Regina Leonardi via e-mail [email protected]

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GOOGLE CALENDAR INFO

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Please use the Google calendar to schedule your Face to Face Meeting

Homeroom Lists: HR: Wright K/1: Faumui 2/3: Steele 4: Adler 5: Au 6: Matsumoto 7: Smith 8: Gasda 9: Carvalho 10: Imoto

DID YOUR PARTICIPATE IN THE HTA SUMMER READING? Don't forget to bring in your HTA Summer Reading log to Mckenna and receive a prize!

Most Teachers/Staff Have a Google Calendar. Here are the Links to those with a Google calendar (copy the entire link): HTA Master: <iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=t1g5bqtb5k3beond390fkkrias%40g roup.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Kim Au: <iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=kimberleyjau%40gmail.com&ctz=P acific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Celeste Faumui: <iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cfaumui%40hawaiitechacademy.or g&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Erin Smith: <iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=slrun4rh9ogbi8oqmdv86tsj8k%40g roup.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Jozette Linhart: <iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=jozette.linhart%40gmail.com&ct z=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> McKenna Marich: <iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gtsu6q38kpak5kfqaprhok7tdg%40g roup.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Ana Matsumoto: <iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=r8fqk0fkqm0ofolnv5snakd n2k%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Charisse Steele: <iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=charisse.steele%40gmail .com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Dennis Imoto: <iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=n02rvhhl01ah76hml9l45kj ruc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Lilia Tollefsen: <iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=63h1d271pekoiv8e1q2t1pn hvs%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Sarada Wright: <iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=saradawright%40gmail.co m&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">

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Schedule of Events

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August 3-14— First Face-toFace conferences with teachers

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Elluminate Schedules will be available 8/15 and classes will start 8/17. These are a open to ALL HTA Students!!!

FACE TO FACE Meetings (f2f) Please sign-up for F2F conferences with your child's HR teacher. F2F conferences will be held over the next two weeks and can be found on their individual Google Calendars. You should have received these from your HR teachers, and they will also be listed on the HTA Ohana website (www.htaohana.org).

OAHU Learning Center Schedule Schedule has been distributed. Please start registering for classes. Oahu LC classes start August 17.

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Oahu Interactive Open House Come to HTA for more than just the run-of-the-mill open house. This event will be interactive! Come work with 2nd year students to get your OLS/LMS, LC and general HTA questions answered, Participate in Art, Dance, Creative Academy, Digital Photo, Science, and Japanese activities, just to name a few! Learn what the LC can do for you! See you then! Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009 Time: 12-3

Oahu Student Mentors Needed

Fun Fact: If you add up the numbers 1 -100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050.

Second year HTA MS/HS Students, we need your help! On Thursday, Aug 13th from 1212-3pm we will have a new student mentoring time. We need you to come and help the new students individually by answering their questions about how to organize themselves, navigate the LMS, OLS, and other HTA programs, etc. If you would like to help out please email our PTSA student rep. [email protected] by August 10, 2009

Materials Link... Keep your students moving and do not stress about PE. We will have more specifics on a PE schedule by the 17th of August.

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The access the Materials Link: Go to our hawaiitechnologyacademy.org Click on Customer Service (Top right corner area of the screen Click on "Materials List" Click on "Virtual Academy" Click on k-8 or HS Click on Hawaii Technology Academy Sort by Subject Click on the appropriate grade level and viola!

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Literacy Corner Welcome to Hawaii Technology Academy. My name is Jozette Linhart and I will be the Literacy Specialist, working with kindergarten through fifth graders. I have 13 years experience in teaching and have taught various grades as well as focusing on literacy.

I am very excited to be working with you and your child here at HTA. My goal is to provide an enriching learning environment in which your child and I can grow together.

Once again, welcome to HTA. We have a rewarding and educational year ahead us! Ms. Linhart [email protected]

The Literacy program for 2009-2010 school year will 321-501-5805 include; Phonics, Spelling, Reading, and Writing.

The goal of phonics instruction is to teach students the most common sound-spelling relationships so that they can decode, or sound out, words. This decoding ability is a crucial element in

World Language for k-8

reading success. Instruction will focus on: phonemic awareness, decoding,

Is your K-8 child enrolled in a world language course? Accessing the course is simple. 1. Log into the OLS via the student account 2. Select PowerSpeak12 on the (right) side of the screen to access the course. (It should be listed under "My Info".) General Help/Support for Elementary and Middle School Courses Call or email powerspeaK12 at 1.800.596.0910

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Like to Travel? Mrs. Au is organizing the First HTA International Trip to Italy, If you like to travel find out more information through the Thursday, August 6 at 7:00pm Eluminate. Go To: URL: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp? sid=559&password=M.873493085DEFA1667E60A5484935C2

spelling, and fluency

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K12 introduces a 24-hour customer support helpline: 1-866-512-2273

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION! HAVE YOU MOVED!!!! MOVING!!!! CHANGED EMAIL ADDRESS!!! Give your new email to [email protected]

Please remember to change your information with Hawaii Technology Academy.

LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD We would like to thank our local school board for all the hard work they have put forth on behalf of Hawaii Technology Academy. Next open meeting scheduled for: August 10, 2009 at 12:00 Location is LC

OUR GOAL IS 100% VIRTUAL CONTACT

Eight Keys to Information at HTA There are eight communication forums available to each HTA Ohana. These eight forums are considered the "Eight Keys to getting in on the Know".

STUDY ISLAND Study Island will not be available to students until sometime after August 17th, For now, HTA families should disregard any daily reference to Study Island. Your access code will be provided to you in a few weeks. For now, focus primarily on the core

1. Direct email contact (School, Teachers, Communications) 2. Log-in website (www.hawaiitechacademy.org) 3. Information Archive Website (www.HTAOhana.org) 4. FRIDAY BLAST 5. Monthly Newsletters 6. Homeroom Teachers Google Calendars 7. Elluminate Rooms with Homeroom Teachers 8. Facebook Your HTA Ohana should be familiar with all of these keys. HTA Ohana's have eight opportunities to gathering information. You can choose all or some of these forums as your virtual information tools.

Can’t Find Information on Your Email Try our Information Archive Website: Http://www.HTAohana.org