Demonstrating S.U.R.F.
October 2015 reusable clothing or household items (Goodwill); HI-5 containers lessons! Mahalo to all the parents for supporting ‘AINA In Schools
(Self-discipline, Unity, Respect, &
Friendship)
Important October Dates for your
Calendar:
Oct.2 End of Qtr.1
Oct.5-9 Fall Break-No School
Oct.12 Teacher Institute Day –
No School
Oct.19-27 Parent/Teacher
Conferences. School ends 1 hr early this week except on Wed. 10/21.
Oct.22 Flu Clinic in Library
Oct.24 Aloha ‘Aina Recycling Drive
9am – 12pm
Oct.29 Picture Retakes
Coming up in November:
Nov.11 Holiday-No School
Nov.26-27 Thanksgiving Holiday
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Aloha ‘Aina Recycling Drive
Attention all community members—we are holding an
Aloha ‘Aina Recycling Drive on our school campus on Saturday,
October 24, 2015 from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to dispose of items as well as raise a little money for our school. Items that are being collected are e-waste (printers, cameras, computers, tablets, video game counsels, televisions, etc.); batteries; cardboard;
(all beverage containers with the
HI-5 label…mostly aluminum cans, glass bottles, and plastic bottles); and all scrap metal.
Please remember that scrap metal includes any broken appliances (refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, toasters, dishwashers, etc.), bicycles, vehicles, metal furniture, file cabinets, etc.
Spread the word and save your items to bring to the school on
October 24! If you have questions, please contact Laura
Cummings at
Laura_Cummings@notes.k12.hi.us
‘AINA In Schools
October is Farm to School month! To celebrate, SBES students will participate in
‘AINA Chef Visits and ‘AINA
Field Trips to local farms. On
Friday Oct.23
rd a group of SBES
6 th graders will attend the North
Shore Food Summitt at Waimea
Valley to learn about their local food system. Also this month, all
SBES students will be enjoying their “farm-fresh” ‘AINA Kine
Healthy Snacks, Grades 2 and 6 will be learning about edible parts of plants/fruits and balanced breakfasts in ‘AINA
Nutrition Lessons, and Grades K,
1, 4, and 5 will be studying butterfly and plant life cycles, planting ‘uala, and observing and recording growth in their bush bean plants in ‘AINA Garden at SBES!
Sustainablity Club
There are still a few spaces left for students to join the sustainability club! Please return your club flier to the office to reserve your spot! Halfsheets went home with students in grades 4-6 the week of
September 14 th .
Friends of Sunset Beach welcomes Patti Walden!!!!
Friends of Sunset Beach is pleased to announce that Patti
Walden is working as our parttime art instructor for the 2015-
2016 school year. Ms.Walden is providing art instruction on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the school year. This art program is provided by the fundraising efforts of Friends of
Sunset Beach. Ms.Walden has a rich history as a professional artist as well as a strong background in teaching art to children. She has extensive classroom experience and her personal goal is “To instruct and encourage elementary school students in their learning pursuits”. She does this through art as a means to discover their passion. Friends of Sunset Beach is a 100% volunteer based organization founded in 2010 with their intention: “ To support the arts in the Sunset Beach
Community and to increase

awareness and opportunities for all to participate in and understand the arts” FOSB is currently seeking a volunteers to assist with their website and social media presence, any help is appreciated. Mahalo! Please email: friendsofsunsetbeach@gmail.com
Science Fair
Any 4 th , 5 th , or 6 th grader interested in participating in the school Science Fair should see
Ms.Cummings (room P-11) or email her at
Laura_Cummings@notes.k12.hi.us
to get more information. Also, if anyone working or trained in a science and/or education field is interested in being a volunteer science fair judge for the school
(on December 4 th ), please contact
Ms.Laura Cummings at the above email address or at 808-307-
1000.
Fire Up Your Feet!!
Message from Mr.Kise……
Aloha Everyone! It’s time to register for the Fire Up Your
Feet Activity Challenge at www.fireupyourfeet.org
. The
Challenge will be held between the following dates October 1
31 st st –
. Track your physical activity to help our school support our PE
Program. Feel good, have fun, be healthy and register for the Fire
Up Your Feet Activity Challenge today! It can be anything you do, surfing, swimming, skateboarding, riding bikes to school, anything physically active! To find out more details or to get involved contact Mr.Kise by email: blaise_kise@notes.k12.hi.us
or email info@fireupyourfeet.org
.
Mahalo for your support!
Mr.Kise
Stop Flu at School
Friendly reminder that the Stop
Flu at School Vaccination Clinic is on October 22 which is a
Thursday from 9 – 10:30am in the library. Thanks, Mrs.Widner.
SBES PTCA News
Aloha Families! We have had our
1 st PTCA Mtg in September and we always post our mtg. minutes in the front office on the parent bulletin board for information.
Our PTCA will be funding
Chromebooks (laptops) for all classrooms to help teacher’s and students with intervention/enrichment blocks.
Having these chromebooks will allow teacher’s to work with a small group while other’s use chromebooks or do learning opportunities to stretch learning or fill gaps. We will also be sponsoring a Reward Assembly with “Taiko Drumming” coming up soon for our SBES Sharks!
Parents who have signed up to help with merchandise booths for the surf contests will be contacted soon as the HIC PRO
Surf Contest holding period is end of October to middle of
November  Our next PTCA Mtg is scheduled for Thursday,
December 10 th at 2:30pm in Lib.
Student Council 2015-16
President: Luana Silva
Vice President: Sabrina Sneed
Secretary: Daysha Ballard
Treasurer: Samuel Sneed
Sergeant of Arms: Sam Stone
Congratulations to all of these newly elected SBES Student
Council Officers!! They are advised by Mr.Pearce, Mrs.Pule and Mrs.Crider. Stay tuned for upcoming Student Council events!
Fire Prevention Week!!!!!
HFD Fire Prevention Week is
October 4 – 10, 2015 this year.
Our students had the opportunity to draw a picture with this year’s theme of “Hear the BEEP, where you SLEEP.
Every bedroom needs a working smoke alarm.” Firefighters then chose the winning picture which went to: GRADE 5 STUDENT
ROMA LERNER!!! Students are painting the picture on a 4x8 plywood mural which will be on display at the Sunset Fire
Station for the month of
October in honor of Fire
Prevention Week! Congratulations
Roma Lerner and to ALL the students who turned in artwork and participating in this event!!!
Mahalo Corner……………
Gr.K Mrs.Johnson:Thank you
Virginia Hebert, Emily Turley,
Durrah Watson, and Darren
Ratcliffe for helping out in our
Kindergarten classroom this quarter. We appreciate your time and support! Office: Mahalo for the kind love, sympathy and support you all have shown for the passing of our lovely Makua!!
She will be forever remembered by all of our Sunset Beach
Elementary Ohana & Keiki 
If you have read this newsletter, please come to the office and tell us the Halloween Code Word:
SPIDER….to get a prize^^<>^^