Hawaii Technology Academy Friday, January 14, 2011

Friday Blast
Due to HSA testing and space limitations in the
Learning Center, the
following classes will start next week Jan 18th. Your
teachers will
K-Mail you more information on these classes asap

Dates to Know TCH050Digital Video

TCH030Digital Photography and Design
January 17 NO SCHOOL – NO TCH0203D Animation and Design
ATTENDANCE
TCH0172D Video Game Design
TCH026 Video Game Design Mars Rover
January 19 Parent Talk Begins -
ONLINE
CLUB192D Video Game Design (Elluminate)
January 21 Patrick Ching Workshop –
MS/HS
Oahu CLUB203D Animation (Elluminate) MS/HS
CLUB213D Video Game Design MS/HS
January 24 Local School Board CLUB222D Animation (Grades 3-5)
Meeting CLUB232D Video Game Design Elluminate (Grades
3-5)
CLUB182D Animation MS/HS

JAMBA JUICE AND THE HTA PTSA

There is still an opportunity to get your Jamba Juice Appreiation card. This
card provides HTA PTSA with a portion of your Jamba Juice purchases.
Please get your card at the front desk.

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ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB
ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB FIELD TRIP TO WAIMEA VALLEY
On Thursday, February 24 our middle school and high school environmental club
members will be visiting Waimea Valley to learn about the Hawaiian ahupua’a system
and resource management, native Hawaiian plants and their cultural uses, and
endangered species living in the valley. We will also be doing volunteer work with the
caretakers of Waimea Valley. Work may include garden, nursery, and trail
maintenance, pond and stream clearing, and/or invasive species removal. New members
are welcome. Please contact Mr. Gasda (grades 9-12) or Mr. Zitello grades (7-8) for
more information.

PARENT CHAT
If you have questions about your child’s behavior, social skills, organizational
skills, etc and desire guidance or maybe you just have questions, I will be
available to chat. Click on my elluminate link on Mondays from 11-12 and
Wednesdays from 11-12. Parent Chat will officially begin on January 19, 2011.
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.A31D9EFAD43593194C2EF82C0
BB6BD&sid=559

Mrs. Buford

ART CLASSES and WORKSHOPS

Patrick
Ching
Workshops


January
21,
February
4,
February
18,
and
March
18:
We
are
pleased
to
have
Patrick
Ching
returning
to
our
school
to

once
again
offer
his
basic
drawing
and
painting
workshops.

If
you
have
already
had
the
opportunity
to
attend
his

workshop,
please
give
others
a
chance
to
sign
up.

Email
Ms.
Andrus
at
mandrus@hawaiitechacademy.org
to
reserve

your
seat.



(Options
to
register
for)

Gr.
K‐6






Drawing
Basics




11:00
–
12:00






24
seats
available




(4
meetings,
January
21,
February
4,
February
18,

and
March
18)

Gr.
7‐12




Painting
Basics




12:30
–
2:30








10
seats
available




(4
meetings,
January
21,
February
4,
February
18,


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Comparing Sibling
As a child, I remember everyone always comparing me to my sisters. They
compared everything about us including our heights, weight, grades, athleticism, etc.
Since my middle sister and I were close in size and age, my mom constantly dressed
us in the same clothing. Over and over, people would ask if we were twins. How I
dreaded that question. I wanted to be seen as an individual not as someone’s twin. I
have two older sisters and we are totally different even today.
Parents constantly compare their kids; however, all of your kids regardless of
how many you may have are unique. They have different ways of learning, thinking,
and communicating. They also have individualized personalities and to compare
siblings would be doing them a great injustice. Children want to be loved
unconditionally and they want you to be proud of them--just the way they are.
The constant comparison of siblings can lead to sibling rivalry, jealous, and
disrespectfulness towards parents. It can also lead to children being more susceptible
to peer pressure, and lead them to base their identities on others instead of who they
were born to be. They also may become upset with one another and feel as if one
sibling is favored more than the other. Comparing siblings can also lead to feelings of
inferiority and it can cause them to question their self-worth.
We know it is natural for a parent to compare their kids, but before you make
those comparisons, think about the following:
*How you would feel being constantly compared to someone else?
*What are your child’s unique strengths, gifts, talents and abilities?
*Are you encouraging and embracing their individuality?
*What are your children’s perspectives on their places in the family? (Good girl, trouble
maker, smart one, athlete, leader?)

Remember to love your child unconditionally even their imperfections!

Mahalo,
Mrs. Buford
K-8 School Counselor
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SCIENCE NEWS
HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE
FAIR MEETING
There will be a meeting on Tuesday, January 18, at 1:00 in Mr.
Gasda’s Elluminate room for all high school students who are interested
in participating in the Hawaii State Science and Engineering fair or the Google
Science Fair. Please see below for additional information. To join in the
meeting, please copy and paste the link below:


https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=559&password=M.FE134C71A18DD1D363
8E2F8D9C24F5

GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR

Are you a student who loves science? Do you have a good idea for an experiment that you’d like
to share with the world? In 1996, two young computer science students, Larry Page and Sergey
Brin, had a hypothesis that there was a better way to find information on the web. They did their
research, tested their theories and built a search engine which (eventually) changed the way people
found information online. Larry and Sergey were fortunate to be able to get their idea in front of
lots of people. But how many ideas are lost because people don’t have the right forum for their
talents to be discovered? We believe that science can change the world—and one way to
encourage that is to celebrate and champion young scientific talent as we do athletes and pop
idols.
To help make today’s young scientists the rock stars of tomorrow, in partnership with CERN, The
LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American, we’re introducing the first global online
science competition: the Google Science Fair. It’s open to students around the world who are
between the ages of 13-18. All you need is access to a computer, the Internet and a web browser.
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Elementary
Environmental
Club
will
be
on
Tuesday’s
from
2‐3PM
in
Mrs.
Faumui’s
Class.

If

anyone
is
interested
in
joining
please
email
cfaumui@hawaiitechacademy.




Our
first
meeting
will
be
Tuesday
January
18,
2011
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Science News Continued

All
students
and
parents

interested
in
joining
 You may have participated in local or regional science fairs
where you had to be in the same physical space to compete
Runner’s
Club,
meet
in

with kids in your area. Now any student with an idea can
the
upper
parking
lot
at
 participate from anywhere, and share their idea with the
Central
Oahu
Regional
 world. You build and submit your project—either by yourself
Park(Kauka
Blvd.
 or in a team of up to three—entirely online. Students in India
entrance)
from
9‐10AM
 (or Israel or Ireland) will be able to compete with students in
every
Friday(weather
 Canada (or Cambodia or Costa Rica) for prizes including
permitting).
 once-in-a-lifetime experiences (like a trip to the Galapagos
Islands with a National Geographic Explorer), scholarships

We
focus
on
increasing

and real-life work opportunities (like a five-day trip to CERN
endurance,
power
and
 in Switzerland). And if you’re entering a science fair locally,
flexibility
in
a
fun
and
 please feel free to post that project online with Google Science
very
positive
 Fair, too!
environment.
All
ages

welcome.


 To enter, register online
If
you
have
any
 (http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/) and create
questions,
please
contact
 your project as a Google Site. Registration is open through
April 4, 2011. Please note: you must get parental or guardian
Ed
DeLamarter
or
Kim

consent in order to compete. You can check out the complete
Bauer
either
at
the
 rules here. After April 4, we’ll begin judging and will
Learning
 announce our semi-finalists in early May.
Center(classroom
5)
or

via
k‐mail


 The semi-finalist projects will be posted on our online gallery,
We
hope
to
see
you
 where we’ll encourage the public to vote for a “people’s
there!
 choice” winner. From our list of semi-finalists, we’ll select 15
‐Coach
Ed
and
Coach
 finalists to bring their projects to Google headquarters on July
11 to compete in our final, live event, where world-renowned
science judges will select a winner in each age category, as well
LOCAL as a grand-prize winner.

SCHOOL
BOARD
MEETING
MONDAY,
JANUARY 24,
2011 at HTA at
noon.
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 WHAT IS DanceDanceRevolution?
This program is an opportunity to promote good health for all
students and to demonstrate how active video game activities can
be utilized in school and at home. The “tournament” also
represents an opportunity for your school to take part in an
alternative statewide competition where the first place students
from each age division win college scholarships while promoting
the importance of participating in healthy physical activities. The
2010 DanceDanceRevolution Hawaii State Championship
Tournament structure is:
Eligible Divisions:
Elementary Division: Students in Grades 3-5
Middle School Division: Students in Grades 6-8
High School Division: Students in Grades 9-12

DanceDance Revolution state wide tournament. Round one

will be held at the LC on Friday January 21st. It will be
from 12:00-3:00.
The elementary Division will compete at 12:00
The middle school division will compete at 1:00
The high school division will compete at 2:00.
Information about this state wide tournament can be found
at the following website

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