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Dear Friends and Supporters of Emmanuel Lutheran School, We’re gearing up for an unforgettable educational adventure— the ELS Japan Tour 2026 —and we’d love your help getting our students there! To support this trip, we’re partnering with  Double Good Popcorn , known for its  fresh, gourmet, ridiculously delicious popcorn  in a variety of fun flavors. This fundraiser is  100% online  and  ship-to-home , which means: You order from the comfort of your home Double Good pops, pa

November 14, 2025 Aloha ELS ‘Ohana, Weekly Recap Preschoolers were enjoying some play time, getting ready for a bear hunt, and practicing their counting skills. Kindergarten - I was able to snap a picture with some friends wearing aloha attire. I also heard some students reading out loud (very impressive).  They were able to tell me when to use “a” and “an” in a sentence.  Great work! 1st Grade - Students were carefully working in the phonics workbook and had just finished a

November 7, 2025 Aloha ELS ‘Ohana, Weekly Recap Welcome to November!  This week at ELS, Preschool students explored rhyming words and recognizing the sound of their classmates' voices.  The special person of the week invited me to share in the incredible Kindergarten buffet. 1st Grade was excited to play “capture the flag” during PE with Uncle Malik. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades were deeply engaged in Language Arts, practicing spelling words, writing paragraphs with strong t

October 31st, 2025 Aloha ELS ‘Ohana, Weekly Recap Believe it or not, this was our 1st 5 day week in the month of October.  I can’t believe it will be November when we return on Monday.  This week I stopped into all the classrooms for a weekly check in.  In preschool, I got a few high fives and hugs at snack time.  In kindergarten I saw students being great listeners with volunteers in class for centers.  1st graders were identifying things that come in pairs.  2nd graders wer

October 27th, 2025 Aloha ELS ‘Ohana, Fall Festival For some reason I didn’t send a Friday letter last week….  It must have had something to do with Friday being FALL FESTIVAL!!   Last week was a great week at school with lots of wonderful things going on in the classrooms but the culmination of the week was (without a doubt) the festivities on Friday night! I cannot thank you enough for the support that was provided to bring everything together.  It all starts with Ms. Omura

October 18th, 2025 Aloha ELS Ohana, Weekly Happenings This week flew by!  I didn’t get into classrooms as much as I would have liked this week.   But the few that I stopped into were hard at work with division, calculating area, practicing spelling words, and having discussions about learning from mistakes.    Thank you for taking the time to meet with your teachers this week.  Our work at ELS is a partnership with YOU!   Fall Festival The 2nd quarter is fully underway and th

October 2nd, 2025 Aloha ELS Ohana, This weekly edition will be very short.  A few reminders, including Fall Festival Class Basket Information and Volunteer Sign Ups.  There is also information about Parent Teacher Conferences. This is also another friendly reminder that we will have early dismissal today, Thursday 10/02. Please be prompt in picking up your child. Preschool Dismissal @ 11:15-11:30am - NO PRE+ K-8 Dismissal @ 1:30pm - NO E+ There is no school on Friday 10/03 a

September 26, 2025 Week 5 Highlights Preschoolers  enjoyed PE with Ms. Jordynn.  They also learned about various types of apples and had...

September 12, 2025 Week 7 Highlights Preschoolers  enjoyed Scholastic News, center play, and story time. Kindergarteners  went on a...

September 12th, 2025 Aloha ELS families, Principal’s Note This week certainly had a few somber moments. Obviously, the anniversary of...

Emmanuel Lutheran School is very excited to provide our families with a lunch service from a local vendor with a variety of healthy and...

Aloha ELS Families, Week 5 Highlights PS - students were looking through books, listening when teachers read to them, and counting to 10....

Dear ELS Parents, Students, and Teachers, We are thrilled to announce our next incredible travel opportunity for the ELS Travel Team:...