Principal's Weekly Letter - Dec. 5th

December 5th, 2025

Aloha ELS ‘Ohana,

Weekly Recap

It was good to get back into the swing of things this week.  I pray that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break.   

In preschool this week, they had a “snowball” match with 5th graders.  I was also able to spend a little time in Mrs. Decoite’s class building houses and railroad tracks.  In kindergarten, I seem to pop in during snack a LOT!  Today I went down and it was recess, the sandbox was a huge hit.  I know in the classroom they demonstrated their knowledge of letters and sounds.  They are all the way to Letter Z.  I’ve even seen early reading going on! Well DONE!  1st graders exhibited tremendous reading comprehension skills, finding and underlying answers to questions in text.  2nd graders were showing their knowledge of nouns, verbs, and adjectives as they filled in a silly story with descriptive words.  3rd graders sang beautifully as they prepared for our concert next week.  4th graders identified the past, present and future tense of verbs as well recognizing the author's purpose in short stories.  5th graders investigated how the diameter of a circle is related to the perimeter.  6th graders finished up science and math work during some study hall time.  7th graders graphed linear equations and inequalities.  8th graders were taking notes on Chapter 19 in History and getting ready for their next test.

SOTM

Congratulations to our Students of the Month for October/November! Since we had breaks in both October and November, we combined these two months. The character trait we focused on was Laulima (Cooperation). The recipients of this honor were Trenton Fukagawa, Millie Cortez, Wyatt Cambra, Pierce Ramos, Alex Brink, Evie Nakamura, Hannah Kondo, `Olukai Paet, Jaxon Silva, and Caleb Cambra. Well DONE!

Family Opportunity

We will host a guest speaker on campus tomorrow morning at 10 AM. This presentation is intended for families navigating issues of grief and loss. A facilitator training session will also be available. Please utilize these links for more information and consider attending.

You are welcome to join. The meetings will be held in the church sanctuary.

Winter Camp

Please contact Mrs. Davenport if you are interested.  Camp will be available for 6 days Monday, Tuesday and Friday of each week during break. Cost is $50/day or $275 for all 6 days.  

Calendar Items

• December 5th - MOVIE NIGHT 

• December 6th - Presentation in the Church - 10AM

• December 12th - Christmas Concert - St. Anthony

  • Preschool to be picked up at St. Anthony after morning rehearsal

  • K-8 1:30 Dismissal - No After School Care

  • Please read this Christmas Concert Info for details about arrivals times and attire.

• December 19th - Early Dismissal

  • Preschool 11:30 - No Pre+

  • K-8 - 1:30 - No E+

• December 22nd - January 5th - Christmas Break

• January 6th - Classes Resume - Start of 3rd Quarter

  • Priority Window for Enrollment will begin this week

• January 19th - Dr. Martin Luther King Day - No School

• January 12th-23rd - MAP testing - Winter Session

• January 26th - 30th - SPIRIT WEEK (aka known as Lutheran Schools Week)

LUNCH Change

Beginning in January, Lunch Orders will be taken through Mrs. Cambra and relayed to Simply Local.  The January menu will be available next week.  We are very happy to work with Simply Local and want to ease some of the communication for them.  Please keep an eye on your emails during Christmas Break. Lunch orders for the first week of January will be due on December 31st. No late lunch orders will be taken. Please do not call Simply Local to place your orders for January. 

God’s Blessings,

Mr. Rempfer