For our family, the great phone shuffle began a few weeks ago, just after Apple’s Iphone 7 announcement on September 7. We rarely buy new phones, yet the release of Apple’s newest Iphone usually starts us thinking about upgrading to someone’s hand-me-down. As luck would have it, we made several […]
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Every once in a while, a gem crosses your desk: one of those “how could I have lived without out this for so long” tools. For me, that’s XODO PDF reader and annotator. Several years ago our family licensed the ridiculously-priced but-feature-packed Adobe PDF Professional XI; XODO competes quite nicely, […]
One of the many things I love about Hawaii is its sense of community, including free flu vaccines for all school children whose schools have participated in the past Department of Health program. Sadly, however, we were just informed by Niu Valley Middle School that the annual shots are on […]
Enrollment counts for 2016-2017 were just released at Hawaii DOE: NET CHANGE, ANNUAL, OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT COUNT SY 16-17 Regular Education Special Education Grand Pre-K School Total Total Total Sped RegEd 100 AINA HAINA -16 5 -11 -5 0 108 HAHAIONE -19 -1 -20 3 0 114 KAHALA -5 1 […]
At the end of his Niu Valley Middle School eighth grade year, my son was given the option of applying for AVID at Kaiser High School. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination and is a college and career preparedness route students can take. AVID’s early roots date back to […]
In the first week of his freshman year, my kid’s high school math instructor presented him with one of two graphing calculator suggestions. The choices were the Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX and the Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX CAS. For a detailed breakdown, visit Texas Instruments’ webpage on exam acceptability. I presume […]
Henry J. Kaiser High School continues to work on its website. Meanwhile, users are asked to use http://www.kaiserhighschoolhawaii.org/ for the latest information.
I’m going to call my first attempt at livestreaming a flop: A disaster: A good idea whose time has not yet come. Livestreaming has been in the news quite a bit lately, from the House Democrats’ sit-in to the Minnesota police shooting of Philando Castile. In the first example, on June 22, […]
Your presence is requested. Reminder reposted here: ESSA TOWN HALL MEETING – August 10 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm @ KALANI HIGH SCHOOL Please register at the link below. Here is your opportunity to have an impact on YOUR public school system. Through the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), feedback and attendance is […]
I didn’t get notification other than from my child, but here’s the official notice: Early Release Day, Aug 10, 2016
