Welcome to our KK Complex Equity Committee. Feedback is welcome and appreciated! Contact: Kathleen_O'Dell@kk.k12.hi.us or Cindy Razga at Cindy_razga@kk.k12.hi.us
May 27th will be a Kailua-Kalaheo Complex HĀ Family and Community Day!
We look forward to brining all of our schools together for fellowship, community service and aina based learning.
Closing the Achievement Gap with Family Engagement! Impact on Students:
Earn higher test grades and test scores
Enroll in higher academic programs
Are promoted on time and earn more credits
Adapt better to school and attend more regularly
Have better social skills and behaviors
Graduate and go on to post secondary opportunities
If February is Black History Month, what are the other months of the year? What are we normalizing in our classrooms?
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/steve-king-explains-why-we-need-black-history-month
Local Resources for Multilingual Families
Dual Language Children's Book List
English Learners will be participating in the ACCESS for ELs 2.0 Assessment this month. The test will measure growth in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. For more information please contact your EL Coordinator or your school's principal.
(McKinney-Vento Act)
The KK Complex Homeless Concerns team has developed a new training for your teachers and staff around Homeless Awareness:
1. Red Flags that a student may be homeless.
2. Classroom practices that support MVA students.
3. . Resources available to teachers and schools for MVA students.
4. Homeless awareness action projects for your students.
Click the link below to register for this 1 hour PD:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SW8p3iLY4IZ5P3JiE4JWsZDdnLsQBNrofAE1oQC7tAg/edit?usp=sharing
Choosing Anchor Texts to move forward (click on titles to download):
High Leverage Practices (McLeskey, et al., 2017)
Big Ideas in Special Education (Riccomini, Romano, & Hughes, 2017)
Explicit Instruction: Historical and Contemporary Contexts (Hughes, et al., 2017)
Using UDL to Design SB Lessons (Rao & Meo, 2016)
Want to know more about HĀ? Click here for the DOE site:
http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/TeachingAndLearning/StudentLearning/HawaiianEducation/Pages/HA.aspxAnd here for our KK COMPLEX SITE:
https://kailuakalaheoha.weebly.com/
Need support in your schools or at your family engagement events? The Office of Education can come to you! Contact
Kaui Sang
Office of Hawaiian Education
Looking for volunteers for Family Engagement or Campus Improvement projects? Donations?
Alpha Delta Kappa is an international women's educator's society. There are local chapters in Hawaii looking to help.
Cindy Razga is a member and can connect them with your school. Email her at cindy_razga@kk.k12.hi.us