Nuuanu Elementary School: Our Parents and Community Working Together
Hi! My name is ___ and ___ and we are students of Nuuanu Elementary School. Today we would like to share with you activities and projects for the 2010 - 2011 school year. This video is a gift from Nuuanu Elementary School thanking you for your support.
As you know, Nuuanu Elementary School was established in 1960 and is located in beautiful Nuuanu Valley. This is our 50th Anniversary year. The school serves approximately 365 students in grades kindergarten to grade 5.
Parental and Community support has always played a major part at our school.
Anchor 1: In our video clip, we would like to share some of our special parent/community events. Two major organizations play an important role at our school. One group is called Aikane O Nuuanu and is comprised of our parents, faculty and staff members. The other organization is our Nuuanu School Community Council. These two organizations along with our Parent Community Networking Center provide support and assistance to continuously improve the quality of education that we have at Nuuanu Elementary School
Anchor 2: For example, Nuuanu School Community Council enable shared decision-making among principals, teachers, school staff, parents, students and community members to improve student achievement.
The mission of Aikane `0 Nuuanu (“Friends of Nuuanu”) is to foster a spirit of "ohana" between students, parents, faculty, staff and the community surrounding Nuuanu Elementary School. They sponsor fundraising events such as the fall fundraiser and the very popular Family Fun Night.
Aikane `0 Nuuanu also encourages volunteerism to enhance the quality of education at our school. Aikane O Nuuanu provides supplemental funding for new textbooks, field trip expenses, laptop computers and ipads, a web-based library catalog system (Destiny), and technologies for all students to use.
The two groups work hand in hand together to help fulfill our goal of preparing our students to be literate in a world of rapid technological changes.
Anchor 1: Let me show you some highlights of this partnership
Welcome Back to School and Kindergarten Orientation
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Anchor 2: On the first day of school, a parent committee prepares a festive welcome back for the students and parents. We also greet the new kindergarten parents with a welcome orientation.
Grandparents Day
Anchor 1: This event is planned by our Student Council and Parent Community Networking Center. On this day we honor our grandparents and elderly visitors and show our appreciation to them.
Campus Beautification Events
Anchor 2: We hold two events during the year and we have our students, faculty and staff, parents, community helpers working together to improve our grounds and facilities. Now you know why Nuuanu School always looks so beautiful…
Family Fun Night
Anchor 1: This is a super extra special event that draws together our students, faculty, staff, parents, community members and former students for a day of great fun, food and warm memories. We thoroughly look forward to this event!!
May Day
Anchor 2: Our May Day program is the highlight of the school year and is a tribute to the fifth grade class. Our parents help us with this major event by providing a lot of time and preparation. Parents, grandparents and community members are invited to view the student performance. Everyone has a good time.
Anchor 1: As you can see, our school traditions include a strong partnership with our parent groups. We are grateful for the support and assistance they continue to provide yearly to Nuuanu Elementary School. They help us live our vision of “At Nuuanu Elementary School, We are Learners for Life”
Anchor 1 & Anchor 2: Hope you enjoyed this video… This is Anchor 1 and Anchor 2 signing off now.