School news and events for the week of {date}
Our ever-changing world has the chance to create additional stress, pressures, and issues for everyone in our society, especially as each individual has their own response to challenges. As a former crisis therapist on Kaua’i, there have been countless situations where my experiences have taught me that people might not understand there is support for you. We have displayed a new banner at the front of the school and included a photo here so you can see just one resource available to support our learning community.
Basketball has started this semester on campus and here is a photo of the girls basketball program from last Wednesday. The boys basketball program runs on Thursdays and we are also adding a cheer team that has practices on Tuesday. We sincerely hope that we may be able to host a mixed scrimmage game on campus complete with the cheer team later in the school year.
Mahalo everyone for your patience and assistance with the revised pick-up process after school. The bus pickup being moved to Upper Campus has worked smoothly for the keiki and Akita Transportation thus far. Pickup in private vehicles on Main Campus is actually happening quicker with the addition of the extra bus, despite moving all pickup to Main Campus. Mahalo to Jon for adding some poles and paint to designate the physical area for vehicle loading, and we are asking all keiki to wait until after the poles to enter vehicles. Sadly, we have had several issues with learners trying to get into vehicles that almost resulted in injuries and in the interest of safety have made this alteration.DJ Adams
Po’o Kumu (Director)
Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School
Koloa, Hawai’i
“Ua ola no i ka pane a ke aloha.”
There is life in a kindly reply.
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