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Important Dates

✦ Saturday, September 9: Campus Beautification, 8:30-11:30 am

✦ Wednesday, September 13: Fall into Autumn Dance, after school in cafeteria, $5 cash or 100 Dole Dollars

✦ Monday, September 18: Farrington Complex PC Day, no school for students

✦ Tuesday, September 19 - Friday, September 22: In Loving Memory Student-Led Conferences after school with child’s Glenn Victorino worked as a security guard at Dole Middle homeroom teacher AND School for over 15 years before retiring in December 2016. Book Fair in library He continued to volunteer at the school after retirement, willingly filling in whenever or wherever help was needed. ✦ Monday, September 25: Even though he wasn’t being paid, he came back to Dole in School Community Council January because he loved the school and the students. Sadly, meeting in Multi-purpose Glenn passed away unexpectedly on July 9, 2017. Room Two puakenikeni trees were planted in front of the ✦ Friday, October 6: Quarter 1 Innovation Learning Center/library in loving memory of ends Glenn Victorino and Peter Tawarahara, a DMS teacher who passed away in September 2016. Dole Factoid

Did you know that the original name of our school was Middle School? The name was officially changed to Sanford B. Dole Middle School in 1956.

www.facebook.com/dolemiddleschool/ Twitter: @dolediplomats Instagram: dms.pride 1 1803 Kamehameha IV Road (808) 305-5300 September 8, 2017 Honolulu, HI 96819 dolemiddleschool.weebly.com Ha’a Ha’a After What’s New at Dole School Enrichment & New Faculty and Staff Tutorial Program At the end of last school year, several Dole teachers transitioned to Dole’s Ha’a Ha'a After School other schools, jobs, islands or states. While we miss them and wish Enrichment & Tutorial Program them well, this also meant that we gained new teaching talent and staff provides free enrichment and this school year. Please join us in welcoming the newest members of our Dole ‘Ohana! tutorial support programming for DMS Students. Tutorial supports • Dr. Tuasivi, 6th grade Vice Principal are provided daily from after • Ms. Maedo, RTI/PBIS coordinator (school wide ) school until 3:30 PM in the Innovation Learning Center/ • Ms. Ho, Behavioral Health Specialist (school wide) library. The enrichment learning • Ms. Race, 6th grade English Language Arts (ELA) teacher for Team activities follow from 3:30 to 5:00 Honu pm around campus. The enrichment classes offered are: • Mr. Andrus, 6th grade ELA/social studies teacher for Team Honu

• Fitness Enrichment • Mr. Stokstad, 7th grade STEM elective teacher • Ms. Anderson, behavior resource teacher • STEM Enrichment • Ms. Villamor, 7th grade ELA teacher for Team Kulia • Hula • Mr. Agas, 7th grade social studies teacher for Team Kulia • Visual Art: Design and Create a • Ms. Apostadiro, 7th grade science teacher for Team Kulia Mural • Mr. West, 7th grade ELA teacher for Team Malama • Dance Enrichment • Ms. Seese-Paterson, 8th grade ELA teacher for Team Ha’aheo • PACT Coding & Web Design (Purple Mai’a) Innovation Learning Center & STEM Lab

• Sports Enrichment DMS's new Innovation Learning Center is open for business. Students are invited to visit the ILC in the former library building during their • Multimedia Enrichment non-instructional time - before school, recess, and lunch. Students may browse and borrow books. Our Lego center is extremely popular this • Empowerment through Self- year. Students may also use our Chromebooks and iPads to finish school Defense work and conduct research. Our new t-shirt printer has arrived and will soon be printing various school club and group shirts. ILC staff are • Tahitian Dance putting the finishing touches on our 3D printer and laser cutting machines and both will be ready for classroom projects soon. Thank The Ha’a Ha’a After School you to the custodians, Ms. Pickard, Mr. Scott, Mr. Daniel, Mr. James, Enrichment & Tutorial Program and volunteers from the Lions Club (Kalakaua, Mana-Loa Nimitz, and Kapalama-Moiliili chapters) for helping to renovate the Innovation officially started Tuesday, Learning Center. September 5, 2017. However, students can still register. You may pick up registration forms from the front office, and return completed forms there.

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Aloha ~ Kablaaw ~ Ran annim ~ Talofa ~ Iakwe ~ Mālō 'etau lava ~ 你好 ~ Kamusta ~ Hello to our Dole Families A message fom your Parent Community Network Coordinator (PCNC) Aloha everyone and welcome back to Dole! I am your Parent Community Network Coordinator, Mrs. Lauta'amutafea Shen. I would like to invite and encourage parents and families to look out for information on how you can get involved with our school. This year we are fortunate to have started up our Dole Boosters Club to help with fundraising efforts and support for our students, faculty, and staff. If you are interested in joining the Dole Boosters Club, please call the front office and leave a message with your name and contact information, and someone will return your call as soon as possible. Please be on the lookout for our school newsletters throughout the year. Newsletters will provide parents and families with important information on all upcoming events at Dole and how you can get involved. Looking forward to an awesome school year. Let's work together to make this year the best year yet! Aloha, Mrs. Lauta Shen

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Registration Information for New Students

If registering your child as a student, you may do so at the front office from 9 am - 1 pm, Monday through Friday. Please bring the following documents with you if your child is transferring in from another public school:

1) A Release Packet from the former public school

2) Two (2) forms of address verification (Rental/Lease Agreement, Utility Bill, Housing Letter, Bank Statement)

3) Birth Certificate

4) TB Clearance Card

5) Form 14 (Health Card) or Doctor's Appointment Slip

6) Any Legal Documents

Also, if there is any change in any demographic information (residential address, mailing address, phone numbers, etc), please come to the main office to fill out a "Student Information Update Form". If there is a change in residential address, please bring two forms of address verification (Rental/Lease Agreement, Utility Bill, Housing Letter, Bank Statement).

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FARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING GAME Students from Dole Middle School and Kalakaua Middle School will participate in Farrington High School’s homecoming court. The princes and princesses of the two feeder middle schools will be presented during Farrington’s homecoming game halftime show on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Join us in supporting our Kalihi kids!!

WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION: When it rains, pollution such as litter, pesticides and household chemicals eventually end up in the ocean. This effects all of us because water is essential for life here in Hawai'i and we spend a lot of time playing in the ocean or eating seafood from the ocean. As a community, we can work together to make sure that our water resources are protected. We have provided some information about water pollution and things we can do to prevent water pollution.

REPORT ANY ILLEGAL DISCHARGE As a member of our school we can make a difference, report any illegal discharge in our school and community.

SPILL RESPONSE - Local (): 911 (24/7) - State Hazard Hotline: 586-4249 (businesshours) 247-2191 (after hours) To report illegal discharge that has already occurred, call 768-3203 (City Illegal Dumping Hotline) Polluted runoff public outreach: 692-5208 (City), 586-4309 (State) Share pollution prevention behaviors and practices with your family, friends and neighbors

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Q: Does the whole family need to be Q: How are ukus diagnosed? treated? A: Finding a live uku is the gold standard for A: No, only those that show signs of ukus. diagnosing ukus. Nits can also be a sign of Make sure to check all close contacts once ukus. Nits are the uku eggs that are glued to someone is diagnosed with ukus in the home the hair shaft close to the scalp. Look behind however only those with an active infestation the ears and the nape of the neck to find need to be treated.

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Q: Why does my child keep getting ukus? A: Treatment failure is the number one reason for repeated occurrences of ukus. Refer to the shampoo instructions listed above and don’t forget about household cleaning too.

Q: How can we prevent getting ukus?

A: It can be helpful to tie or braid your child’s long hair, keep it short or even slick it back in order to make it harder for ukus to grab on. You can also check your child’s hair at least once a week so that if your child does have ukus then you’ll catch it early and be able to treat it quickly.

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