Jump for Joy!!

By Tyler and Kahn

Week of 3/11/19

This week’s assembly was the second half of the Jump Rope Assembly. One third of the assembly was for Kulāiwi, the second was for Po‘e Ka‘ahele, and the third was for Sixth Grade. Kulāiwi had an amazing time with Olivia, Jessie, Summit, Cappy, Drew, and Havana doing their routine. Next Pulama, and Lea jumped the wheel. Then, Taino, Brady, and Nathan performed the Fireball. Cooper, Gabby, Ryder, Zane, Taylor, and Petra did a quick round of speed jump. Lastly, Taino, Finn, and Nathan blasted through some double-unders.

Po‘e Ka‘ahele showed off some of their cool routines from each of the different homegroups. Next they showed off some static double dutch which is two long ropes turning at the same time. And finally they did a speed jump.

Sixth Grade came in with lots of enthusiasm with some awesome routines. Then they showed off some wowing double-unders. Then they also showed some yowzing double dutch. Then a few kids did a speed jump. And finally the whole class of 2019 did a game of Miss Bisket. The assembly was a big success.

Junior Kindergarten Garden Play

Assembly Blog

By Riley and Alex

Today at assembly the JK class performed a play. The play was about a woman who lived on a farm. She had a cabbage patch and some mischievous visitors. The visitors were bunnies that would eat the cabbages. Finally the bunnies worked together to replant the vegetables they ate. The JK class did an amazing job with the play. We loved watching the cute bunny hops and the puffy cabbage tops. We liked how the story was so funny, and that it ended happily.  That was our assembly this week.

The Founders' Play

Today in assembly the Po‘e Ka‘ahele students put on a Founders’ Play. This play was in honor of Hanahau‘oli’s 100th year of running and in honor of Sophie and George Cooke. I learned that Sophie wanted a school which her kids could have fun learning, but she couldn’t find one. So she got the idea from Gudrun Thorne Thomsen to create a school of her own that made her desires come to life. Within the four months of Sophie getting the idea to make a school and acutely make it happen, Hanahau‘oli was created. During the 20th century most women didn’t have much power to do things, so the fact that Sophie was able to create a school in four months was pretty amazing! Soon after the school opened, John Dewey (a man famous for his education philosophies) came to visit at ninety-one years old, and he gave Sophie and George the “green light” to continue. Ever since then Hanahau‘oli has been open, and this year has just made 100 years! The play was fun to watch, and we can’t wait to see a sequel!

HAPPY YEAR OF THE PIG!

February 8th, 2019 Assembly Blog By: Star

This week’s assembly we had many announcements. We had birthday books from Ms.Gabby, a keiki rainbow run from Mrs. Toyama, and an announcement from Kare Kids explaining their latest fundraiser called Pennies for Patients to help people fight Leukemia. Then, Mrs. Woo announced that the ramp to the stage is officially finished. We would like to thank the Kondo ‘Ohana for making this generous donation. After that Mrs.Wong and Mrs. Chen shared a Chinese poem on firecrackers and the Chinese Lion dances in Chinatown. After announcements, the assembly was turned over to Kukunaokalā. Kukunaokalā did a play on the Chinese Zodiac and how it came to be. We loved seeing all of the students dressed up as their role as they acted out their scene. I also loved the idea of having some lines translated from English to Mandarin. By the way, great job Arabella, Winston, and Aaron for translating the lines! Thank you so much Kukunaokalā for the amazing play!

The First Ever Progressive Education Symposium in Hawaii

Hanahau'oli School and the University of Hawaii at Manoa presented the first-ever Progressive Education Symposium on April 6, 2019. Leading educators joined Mr. Cohn in a panel discussion about why more than ever students must learn to ask questions and think for themselves.

Check out a preview of the symposium by local media OC-16 below. To view a recording of the Symposium event, please email multimedia@hanahauoli.org to request a password for access, then click on the images of Alfie Cohn below to view the recording.

View a recording of the Hanahau‘oli School Centennial Progressive Education Symposium with a keynote by author Alfie Cohn and panel discussion with members of the education community. Please email multimedia@hanahauoli.org to request a password to view this recording.

Singing Favorite Hanahau‘oli Songs

Assembly Blog by Spencer and Lila

February 15, 2019

This week Mr. Hirokawa ran our assembly. This assembly was spent singing each class’ favorite songs. Every class got to choose one, except for Sixth Grade. JK chose to sing “On Top of Spaghetti,” followed by Kukunaokalā’s choice, “Bazooka Bubblegum.” Then the whole school sung “Hi My Name is Joe” picked by Kulāiwi. In this song you begin with simple movements and they pile on top of each other so that you must do them all at once. Next, Po‘e Ka‘ahele chose to sing "The Second Story Window.” We finished the camp songs with our Centennial songs, Ho‘omau Hanahau‘oli and Kōlea. For our school song, Kimat led by playing the piano.

Hanahau‘oli’s biggest fundraiser is "Mālama Nā Keiki." Each year there is a Sheraton suite lucky draw. This week at assembly we had a draw to see who would get it. This year the Fitz-Patrick family won. Congratulations!

All in all, we all had a fun assembly.