ʻĪAO SCHOOL 

5/3/24

Teacher and Staff Thank-Yous: Next week is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week here at ʻĪao. As part of thanking teachers and staff for their service to middle school students and the community, we would like to share thank-yous from those that matter most. If you would like to provide a message to individual teachers, staff members, teams or departments, please complete the form at this LINK. It’s easy, can be filled out more than once, and you may choose to remain anonymous. Statements will be shared to the whole ʻĪao School staff on Wednesday, May 8.

Summer Band: ʻĪao School is offering Summer Band for any students that will be attending ʻĪao School in the fall. This is in addition to our other summer programs and will be in the afternoons from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. For more information and to sign up your child please complete the form at this LINK.

ʻĪao School Family Activity Night: All families are invited to join us for a night of line dancing and learning about Sources of Strength - a program we offer students to build resiliency and cope with stress. This event is Thursday, May 9 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM in our cafeteria and we are serving chili & rice to the first 100 attendees. You can RSVP by having your child return the yellow form they received to their Homeroom/Advisory teacher or by completing the form at this LINK.

6th Grade Hoike Reminders: May 10 is our 6th grade Hoike at Wailuku Gym. Seating is limited so students may each have two parents or family members attend. Please complete and return the RSVP form to Homeroom/Advisory teachers. We encourage you to also submit the early release form if you plan to take your child home immediately after the event. Traffic will be busy and parking in the school lot and on adjacent streets will fill up quickly, so please plan ahead.

4/14/24

Each year students in all grades at ʻĪao School take state assessments in ELA (Reading/Writing) and Mathematics. All 8th graders also will take a state Science assessment and our Algebra students take an end-of-course state exam. The school uses these test results to inform our improvement efforts. For students, scores on these state assessments are used to determine eligibility for Honors and/or placement into Workshop classes and other academic support programs the following year. Our schedule is as follows:

April 15-19: Grade 8 ELA

April 22-26: All Grades ELA

April 29-May 3: Grade 6,7 ELA and Grade 8 Science

May 6-10: Algebra

May 13-17: All Grades Math

May 20-24: Makeup Testing

Testing takes place in ELA, Math and Science classes. Our daily bell schedule and lessons in non-testing classes will proceed as normal. Our students are expected to preserve an environment conducive to testing and disruptions will not be tolerated. Please encourage your child to get plenty of sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, and do their very best throughout the testing period. Questions may be directed to our Testing Coordinator Mady Kaya at mandy.kaya@k12.hi.us.