The Answer is Love

Aloha Waverider Families,

Itʻs been a busy first quarter as we wind down our last week.  We had a really fun night at our first dance of the school year this past Friday.  It was so great to see our students dancing, playing with their friends and enjoying their school after school hours.  I am grateful for all the parent, staff and teacher volunteers that helped the dance be such a great success.  I am especially grateful to Ms. Fitzpatrick for organizing the dance and making sure that all the details were taken care of.  We are hoping to have a dance each quarter to celebrate our awesome middle school and to have ongoing safe social activities for our keiki.

We started our HOKU Student Achievement Rotations this past quarter and it is great to see students reading a book of choice, writing about that book and working on a targeted intervention to improve in literacy or working on enrichment projects.  I have enjoyed visiting the classrooms and seeing the rich conversations that students are having with their HOKU teacher about what they are reading and writing about.

We continue to work on campus beautification and shining up our spaces to invigorate the learning happening here.  Our custodians are working hard to keep our campus clean and I am grateful to Ms. McCombs, our vice principal, for steering this initiative on our campus.  When you are on campus please notice the positive notes that students are leaving across campus about smiling, and trying your best, and being kind.  It is always nice to read them as I walk the campus.

Lokelani School is an amazing middle school and I am happy to be here serving our keiki and families to ensure that they have maximum opportunities to grow both academically and socially.  I welcome your feedback and any ideas you might have on how we can improve our school.  There is a lot of love at this school from our students, teachers, office staff, custodial, cafeteria, educational assistants, parents and community partners.  No matter how stressed out the day may become with emails, paperwork, phone calls, it is always important that we remember that "Love is the Answer," and our students come first.   No matter what, love transcends everything and makes your day better.  My mission is to ensure that our students are safe and that they continue to love to come to school, and we continue, as a school wide community to support the love of learning that each student intrinsically has.

Happy October!

françoise