HTA

SCHOOL NEWS
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Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations, you have begun the school year. Now that you have started with the OLS/LMS curricu-
lums, there is much to do, learn and use. To help you through this process remember your seven habits:
1. Homeroom Planning (Keep Attendance, Plan your day)
2. Know your tools (OLS/LMS)
3. Know your students learning style
4. Know your limits
5. Use your partnerships (Teachers, staff, HTA ohana)
6. Use the Learning Center (Register for your classes)
7. Be Creative!

In addition to all these sources, communications will have a LIVE Elluminate schedule for OLS/LMS specific
questions. This schedule will come out on August 15 with all the other Elluminate schedules.
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:

Box Tops 2
Accessing powerspeaK12
Kauai Sports News 2
To access powerspeaK12, families must first login to the OLS with a student account user name and
password. To create a student account, parents must:
HTA-PTSA 3 1. Login to the OLS with the learning coach user name and password.
2. Select My Account in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
Google Calendars 5

Oahu Interactive 6
Open House

New Website 8
3. On the My Account page, parents are able to create a student account by selecting the blue Edit
button in the Student Accounts box.

4. Once the student user name and password has been created, parents will want to navigate back to
the OLS Home page and select New Log-In for a new login screen to appear. Once the new screen
appears, the family will be able to enter the student user name and password that will take them to
the student view of the OLS were they will be able to access the world language course.

Once logged into the OLS via the student account, students/families will then want to select power-
speaK12 on the side of the screen to access their world language if enrolled in a world language
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Kauai News
Scantron testing August 5th - all Kauai Students:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - session 1
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm - session 2
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm - session 3
Testing will be conducted at the Kauai Learning center
Princeville Center (upstairs) suite G204
Mr. Piontek will be having a meeting with the new students to let them know a little more on
what to expect with their new adventure with HTA. We will also be taking pictures for their stu-
dent ID cards, as well as taking their scantron assessments.
Please Contact McKenna Marich, HTA Office Manager, for scheduling. Either by email, or call
Fun Fact: (808) 676-5444.
A car traveling
100 mph Aug 5th, Wednesday Kauai Scantron Testing
Aug 11th, Tuesday Face to face meeting with Kauai Teachers
would take
Aug 18th, Tuesday Learning Centers Classes begin in Kauai
more than 29
million years
to reach the
nearest star.
Kauai HTA Sports News
Seven HTA students will be representing Kauai at Hawaii
State Junior Lifeguard Championship, Saturday, August 8th
at Ala Moana Beach Park. Almost a third of Kauai's team are
HTA students! GO HTA STUDENTS!!!!
A schedule of
Elluminate Electives,
specifically targeting
the neighbor
island students (Oahu
Box Tops For Education
student are encour-
Here's a way to earn money for our school, with the products you might already
aged to enroll as buy and have in your homes--
space permits),
will be sent out Thurs- There are three ways to earn $ for HTA using Box Tops for Education.
1. Clip from products you use at home (go to: http://www.boxtops4education.com/AllAboutBoxTops/
day, Aug. 13th. products.aspx to see the variety of products) and bring in ziploc back with your last name to collection
box in front office. There will be MONTHLY worksheets printed to glue box tops onto- take one home
and turn in to PTSA mailbox (will be there before the Learning Center courses start). Their site has cou-
pons also so you can save $ on the products that will make $ for the school!

"You teach best what you 2. Sign up online at boxtops4education.com and designate HTA (zip: 96797) as your school for other
most need to learn." chances to win credits. Log in and participate in contests like The Big Clip (going on now) where they
give away $25,000-$50,000 worth of box tops!
-- Richard David Bach
3. Go to boxtops4education.com and log-in before shopping at Barnes & Noble (Reading Room), or
other online stores (Marketplace- lots of options) where a % will be credited to HTA for your purchase.

Let's see how much we can raise during the school year!

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HTA-PTSA NEWS
Mahalo to all who helped the PTSA have a wonderful start to the new school year.

We had 47 people become members of the PTSA during orientation week. You can still become
a member. There are applications at the LC. Please fill one out and ask McKenna to put it in the
PTSA mailbox. Membership fee is $15 for adults/ $10 for students.

Over 200 people attended the Back to School Beach Bash at Bellows. The Bash was a success
thanks to Carmen Perkins, Jeff Piontek, Libra Forde and of course all of our guests.

Due to some wonderful dishes at our Beach Bash, an HTA Cookbook was suggested. We will
have more information about that in the next Blast. Please start gathering your favorite recipes!!

Join YOUR PTSA

You are cordially PTSA Raffle Winners
invited to join the We are looking forward to
Raychel Peters Student Planner
an exciting year of community Henera Hildrecrooks Weekly/Monthly Planner
HTA Parent building and support! Cicely Andrade Post It Weekly Planner
Teacher Student We hope you will consider join-
Association ing us! Congratulations to the win-
ners! Mahalo for your sup-
Membership fees: Website: port!
http://htaptsa.googlepages.com
$15 adults
$10 students Email:
HTAPTSA@gmail.com

LMS and Hawaiian Studies

Our curriculum provider is making it possible for the 9th Grade Hawaiian History Course to
appear on your child’s 9th grade course list. The online course will be supported by Mrs.
Erin Smith at the Learning Center. She will be providing you with more details regarding
this class over the next few weeks. Materials for the course will be sent from our curricu-
lum provider.
11th Graders who need Hawaiian History: The course will be added this week to a few 11th grade students who
will need the course in order to graduate.
If you have any questions about the addition of this course to your student’s course list, please contact
Regina Leonardi via e-mail rleonardi@hawaiitechacademy.org
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GOOGLE CALENDAR INFO
Most Teachers/Staff Have a Google Calendar. Here are the Links to those with a Google calendar (copy the
Please use the entire link):
Google calendar to HTA Master: <iframe
schedule your src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=t1g5bqtb5k3beond390fkkrias%40g
Face to Face roup.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800"
Meeting height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Kim Au: <iframe

src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=kimberleyjau%40gmail.com&ctz=P
Homeroom acific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0"
Lists: scrolling="no"></iframe>

HR: Wright Celeste Faumui: <iframe

K/1: Faumui src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cfaumui%40hawaiitechacademy.or
g&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600"
2/3: Steele frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
4: Adler
Erin Smith: <iframe
5: Au src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=slrun4rh9ogbi8oqmdv86tsj8k%40g
6: Matsumoto roup.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800"
height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
7: Smith
8: Gasda Jozette Linhart: <iframe
src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=jozette.linhart%40gmail.com&ct
9: Carvalho z=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600"
10: Imoto frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

McKenna Marich: <iframe

src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gtsu6q38kpak5kfqaprhok7tdg%40g
roup.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800"
DID YOUR height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

PARTICIPATE IN Ana Matsumoto:

<iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=r8fqk0fkqm0ofolnv5snakd
THE HTA n2k%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0"
SUMMER width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

READING? Charisse Steele:

<iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=charisse.steele%40gmail
Don't forget to .com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600"
frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
bring in your
HTA Summer Dennis Imoto:
<iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=n02rvhhl01ah76hml9l45kj
Reading log to ruc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0"
width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
Mckenna and
Lilia Tollefsen:
receive <iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=63h1d271pekoiv8e1q2t1pn
a prize! hvs%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0"
width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Sarada Wright:
<iframesrc="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=saradawright%40gmail.co
m&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600"
frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

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Schedule of Events
• August 3—first day for OLS/
LMS
AUGUST 2009
• August 3-14— First Face-to-
Face conferences with teachers Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
• August 6—Trip To Italy; Mrs.
Au’s Ellumnate @7:00pm. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• August 13— Oahu Interactive
Open House; 12-3
• August 15—History Day Kick 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Off; Chaminade University; 10-
2:30pm
• August 17—Learning Center 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Classes begin

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Elluminate
Schedules
will be available
30 31
8/15 and classes will
start 8/17.
These are a open to
ALL HTA Students!!!

FACE TO FACE Meetings (f2f)

Please sign-up for F2F conferences with your child's HR
teacher.
F2F conferences will be held over the next two weeks and
can be found on their
individual Google Calendars.
You should have received these from your HR
teachers, and they will also be listed on the HTA Ohana
website (www.htaohana.org).

OAHU Learning Center Schedule

Schedule has been distributed. Please start registering for classes. Oahu LC classes start August 17.
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Oahu Interactive Open House

Come to HTA for more than just the run-of-the-mill open
house. This event will be interactive!
Come work with 2nd year students to get your OLS/LMS,
LC and general HTA questions answered, Participate in Art,
Dance, Creative Academy, Digital Photo, Science, and
Japanese activities, just to name a few! Learn what the LC
can do for you! See you then!
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009
Time: 12-3

Fun Fact: Oahu Student Mentors Needed

If you add up
Second year HTA MS/HS Students, we need your help! On
the numbers 1 Thursday, Aug 13th from 12-12-3pm we will have a new student
-100 mentoring time. We need you to come and help the new students
consecutively individually by answering their questions about how to organize
(1+2+3+4+5
themselves, navigate the LMS, OLS, and other HTA programs,
etc.
etc) the total
If you would like to help out please email our PTSA student rep.
is 5050.
stfn_meyer@hotmail.com by August 10, 2009

Keep your students
moving and do not stress about
PE. We will have more specifics
on a PE schedule by the 17th of
August.
Materials Link...
The access the Materials Link:
Go to our hawaiitechnologyacademy.org
Click on Customer Service (Top right corner area of the
screen
Click on "Materials List"
Click on "Virtual Academy"
Click on k-8 or HS
Click on Hawaii Technology Academy
Sort by Subject
Click on the appropriate grade level and viola!

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Literacy Corner
Welcome to Hawaii Tech-
nology Academy. My
name is Jozette Linhart
and I will be the Literacy
Specialist, working with
kindergarten through fifth
graders. I have 13 years ex-
I am very excited to be Once again, wel-
working with you and come to HTA. We
your child here at HTA. have a rewarding
My goal is to provide an and educational year
enriching learning envi- ahead us!
The goal of phonics
ronment in which your
child and I can grow to- Ms. Linhart instruction is to teach

perience in teaching and gether. students the most

have taught various grades
as well as focusing on liter-
acy.
jlin-
hart@hawaiitechacademy.org common sound-spelling
The Literacy program for relationships so that
2009-2010 school year will 321-501-5805
they can decode, or
include; Phonics, Spelling,
sound out, words. This
Reading, and Writing.
decoding ability is a

crucial element in

World Language for k-8

reading success.

Instruction will focus

on: phonemic

awareness, decoding,

Is your K-8 child enrolled in a world language course? Accessing the spelling, and fluency
course is simple.
1. Log into the OLS via the student account
2. Select PowerSpeak12 on the (right) side of the screen to access the
course. (It should be listed under "My Info".)

General Help/Support for Elementary and Middle School Courses

Call or email powerspeaK12 at 1.800.596.0910
services@powerspeak.com

Like to Travel?
Mrs. Au is organizing the First HTA International Trip to Italy, If
you like to travel find out more information through the
Thursday, August 6 at 7:00pm Eluminate.
Go To:
URL: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp?
sid=559&password=M.873493085DEFA1667E60A5484935C2
 K12 introduces a 24-hour customer
support helpline:
1-866-512-2273

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR

LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
CONTACT INFORMATION!

HAVE YOU MOVED!!!! We would like to thank our local school

MOVING!!!!
board for all the hard work they have put
CHANGED EMAIL ADDRESS!!!
forth on behalf of Hawaii Technology Acad-
Give your new email to
communications@hawaiitechacademy.org emy.

Please remember to change your Next open meeting scheduled for:

information with
August 10, 2009 at 12:00
Hawaii Technology Academy.
Location is LC
OUR GOAL IS 100% VIRTUAL
CONTACT

STUDY ISLAND
Eight Keys to Information at HTA Study Island will not be
There are eight communication forums available to each HTA Ohana. available to students
These eight forums are considered the "Eight Keys to getting in on the until sometime after
Know".
August 17th, For now,
HTA families should
1. Direct email contact (School, Teachers, Communications) disregard any daily ref-
2. Log-in website (www.hawaiitechacademy.org) erence to Study Is-
3. Information Archive Website (www.HTAOhana.org) land. Your access
4. FRIDAY BLAST code will be provided
5. Monthly Newsletters to you in a few
6. Homeroom Teachers Google Calendars weeks. For now, focus
7. Elluminate Rooms with Homeroom Teachers primarily on the core
8. Facebook
Your HTA Ohana should be familiar with all of these keys. HTA Ohana's have eight opportunities to gathering
information. You can choose all or some of these forums as your virtual information tools.

Can’t Find Information on Your Email

Try our Information Archive Website:
Http://www.HTAohana.org