Manoa Mountains News for May 8, 2008

The Manoa Mountains have been working very hard to prepare for the opera performances on Friday and Saturday evenings. They have had many rehearsals and feel confident that they know their parts. Their t-shirts and capes were delivered yesterday so their costumes are also ready. Everyone will change to their costumes at 5:00 PM on both evenings and they may keep their capes and t-shirts after the Saturday performance. The opera committee worked very hard to get the costumes prepared on time so we are very grateful to them for their hard work. Students need to be at school at 5:00 PM both days to get ready for the opera. Meet at the classroom to change to costumes. We will walk down to Scudder Dining Hall together. You may pick your child up at Scudder after both performances. Please let me know when you are ready to leave that you are taking your child with you on both nights. Only choir students will check out with Mrs. Koshi because they have different instructions for the performances.

The room mothers for our class, Mrs. Cindy Kaita and Mrs. Nicole Chung, will  be treating the class to a pizza lunch with fruits and drinks on Wednesday, May 14th.  This is for our end-of-the-year party to celebrate a great year together.  Many thanks to them for organizing this special treat.

Our daily work has focused on preparing the portfolios for the conferences, and many work samples have been selected to show how we have grown as learners in the second semester. Reflections explain our strengths and ways we have improved in the different areas of the curriculum.

Our final projects will be the math adventures which will be shared on May 19th at 10:00 AM. Of course, all parents and grandparents are invited to join us for this final sharing of individual projects.  We hope to have the excursion slide shows ready during the last week of school. Parents will get a preview of each child's group work at the conferences.

If you can help out on the field day on May 29th, please contact Mrs. Jenkins to volunteer. Unfortunately, I will not be here on that day because I have an appointment in circuit court on a probate matter concerning my mother's will and trust.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the final conferences.  We have much to celebrate with each student and can be proud of the work that has been accomplished.

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