INFO FLO
Nov. 8, 2006 Vol. 4 #14
 
 
Dates to Remember
 
Mon. Nov. 13…Swimming….5th grade
Tues. Nov. 7 and Fri. Nov. 10……NO SCHOOL DAYS.
Weds. Nov 15, 9:00….Dress Rehearsal…………….All Students
Thurs. Nov 16, 6:00 pm……..Middle School Play…..KMC Theatre
 

Theatre Night Approaches! The Middle School Theatre Classes would like to invite you to an evening of “Villainry” Thursday, November 16th, at the Kilauea Theatre, in the Kilauea Military Camp.  Come and cheer the hero and boo the villain.  Curtain will be at 6:00 pm.  If you can volunteer some time to help, a form has been included in this packet.  Mahalo 1000 times.  Mr. L.

Dr. Rizor’s  Article: On Sunday, Oct. 29j, Dr. Rizor’s article was published in the Honolulu Advertiser. See insert.  Thank you, Dr. Rizor!

Congratulations: To Kylie Grogg, 6th grader, for her winning Art entry in Hawaiian TelCom’s Yellow Pages.  She is now one of 50 selected from 600 entries, and qualifies for the grand prize to be selected before Christmas.  Kylie’s parents are Cathi and Kawika Grogg of Mountain View. Her art class teacher is Mrs. Morrison.

LOST: Malie Ibarra, a first grader, has a little pink kimono that was lost at school.  It is a very special keepsake that was made for her as a baby by her grandmother.  If you have seen anything like that, could you let the office or Mrs. Rizor know.  Thank you so much.

CHRISTMAS COOKIE SALE: The 4th Annual Christmas cookie sale will be on Sunday, November 26th, at the Cooper Center from 6-10 a.m. We will need people to bake Christmas cookies, help set up and clean up. If you cannot bake cookies or help, we would appreciate money donated for supplies.

A big MAHALO to all those who gave up part of their weekend to represent our school as volunteers for KMC's Haunted House.  Let's hear a round of applause for Xanthe Serafin, Thea Serafin, Victoria Hall, Lindsay Sumner, Alohilei Ronquillio, Xanthe's friend Mark and Victoria, sister, Deisha!  Thanks, guys.

Kau Bus Kids:  Due to low/no ridership at the Wong Yuen Store, we will discontinue BOTH drop off and pickup (am/pm) as of Nov. 13.  Please use either the Green Sands or Naalehu Theatre stop.  Thanks, Cheryl

Another Kau Bus Note:  To all Ka’u Parents: Meeting on Sunday, Nov. 12 at 8:30 am at Waiohino Park Pavilion.   We will be discussing bus program funding and a tutorial on filling out state forms.  All parents are strongly encouraged to attend. Any questions, contact Cheryl.   

Book Fair Mahalo
        On behalf of the entire VSAS community, MAHALO to all those who made the 2006 Scholastic Book Fair a success.  Thanks to all of you who made donations for the classrooms or purchased books in support of your child’s literacy.  Thanks to Sandra MacLees for the great stories and Kolea Quincey for use of her room.  And most of all, thanks to all our many parent, teacher, and student volunteers who made it all possible:  Val Odachi, Annabelle Lewis, Dale Cronn, Michelle Takaki, Leona Matsueda Mochizuki, Marilyn Hiestand, Heather Varez, Jeanne Winslow, Lora Bristow, Cheryl Santiago, Lora Gale, Pineapple Mata-Bishop, Amy Miller, Carrie Tucker, Peter Charlot, Sandra MacLees, Tad Wenkam, Mike Odachi, Marie Strumpf, Jen Mahone, Nai’a Odachi, Victoria Hall, Kala’i Blakemore, Jibril Gutierrez, Zack Mello-Miranda, Jasper Gillespie, Kylie Grogg, Thea Serafin, Heather Lewis, Henry LaPointe, Nicolyn Charlot, Fiona Larson, Ariel Moniz, Briana Tucker-Archie, Sam Foote, Mikey Alcoran, Moses Espaniola, Tyler Amaral, Jerry Benevides, Hunter Wilburn, Jackson Halford, Nash Adams-Pruitt,  Puki Kaupu, and anyone else who we forgot or didn’t know about.  Mahalo!
                                              - Lisa Barnard & Kalima Cayir

INSERTS: Middle School Theatre note, Survey about Volcano playground, Lora’s writeup, Dr. Rizor’s article, Multiple Intelligence Part 6, and HI State Assessment spring 2006 info.  

Multiple Intelligences, Part 5, Visual-Spatial Intelligence:  What does it mean to be Picture Smart?

            People who are Picture Smart tend to think in images.  They have well-developed spatial understanding (location, direction, shape, size, etc.) and are aware of visual details (color, light, line, texture, etc).  They remember faces more than names.   Picture Smart people often use graphs, tables, or other visual strategies to help them solve problems, and may best understand words by thinking of visual images for them.  A Picture
Smart person may doodle while listening or talking, and this helps them to think better.  Picture Smart people may become artists, designers, graphic artists, photographers, movie makers, pilots, engineers, guides or navigators, architects, construction workers/builders, drafters, geographers, or inventors.  They enjoy looking at the world around them, and see it as full of interesting things, and their imaginations are usually quite active.  It is the process of combining these two worlds---the outer and inner---which is the key to being Picture Smart. 
            In school, some Picture Smart people have difficulty with working in words and numbers, because it is harder for them to translate this kind of information into pictures to store in their memory.  Many people who may be identified as “learning disabled” or “dyslexic” are actually very Picture Smart.  Picture Smart learners often do well when they have opportunities to show or organize their thinking first in pictures, then develop this into words or numbers.  This is one reason graphic organizers and other strategies to visually consider information are so important.  Some ways we can all become more Picture Smart are:        
Submitted by:  Lora Bristow, SSC