EAST OAHU ISLANDER / FEBRUARY 3, 2010 / PAGE 4 By LINDA DELA CRUZ Kaimuki Christian School celebrates its 40th anniversary by honoring its very first prin- cipal, Helen McKenzie, at a dinner party from 5:30 to 9 p.m. this Saturday at Dole Cannery. The evening features a buffet, entertainment, reflec- tions on the past and a pres- entation on the upcoming master plan for the block, including the launch of a high school in 2012. Tickets cost $50 for adults and $20 for children age 5 to 12. For information, call 732-1781 or log on to www.kcs40th.org or kaimu- kichristianschool.org. McKenzie, a Palolo resident and Waipahu High School graduate, taught elementary students at St. Paul’s Lutheran School before she became Kaimuki Christian’s first principal in 1968. “She was very organized — she had a mental file cabinet,” said fourth-grade teacher Steven Kaji. “She loved every student. She dealt with faculty and stu- dents strictly but with a lot of love.” “She gave the school its DNA,”added the school’s cur- rent principal, Mark Gallagher. And he isn’t just saying that because McKenzie is his mother-in-law (he is married to her daughter Lora, who is a KSC graduate. The Gallaghers’ daughter, McKenzie, named after her grandmother, also attends KSC as a sixth-grader. Her other son and daughter and her two other grandchildren are all KSC graduates.) “Nurturing is valued,” he continued. “Christian values are lifted up as worthy goals where academics are also considered important. She set the spirit for the mission of the school to see each child reach his or her God-intend- ed potential.” During her nearly 30-year career with the school, McKenzie witnessed the pre- K through sixth-grade facil- ity grow to include a middle school, and now she’s look- ing forward to the opening of a new chapter. “I never expected (the school) would be going to the high school level because there are so many other high schools around,” she said.“For what Kaimuki Christian School and Church have been doing, this is something that is very satisfying to know that a small school can progress into high school. That’s remarkable.” Kaimuki Christian School presently has 300 students in preschool through grade 8. When the high school opens, pre-K and elementary class- rooms will be moved into a newly constructed building, and the older students will have classes in the two-story building where the lower grades are now until finances become available to build a parking facility, gym and permanent high school build- ing. “Our current sixth-grade class will be the first gradu- ating class,” said vice princi- pal Ulu Seria, who has been with the school for seven years. High school classes will have 20 students per grade, she noted, the same size as those in the middle school. “For those who like the extension of the family, the smaller environment, we will be focused on service to community to have our stu- dents trained to be leaders in their community when they graduate,” she added. Gallagher, who served as administrator for the school for two years before he replaced McKenzie as prin- cipal in 1999, added: “Families are telling their family, friends and co-workers that they’ve seen something positive in their child’s life.” Kaimuki Christian To Honor First Principal By SARAH PACHECO Sacred Hearts Academy invites girls in junior-kinder- garten through fourth grade to a free Math Power work- shop from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday. The workshop is intend- ed to get girls interested in math studies at an early age and to prepare parents on how best to help their daugh- ters succeed in the subject. “Encouraging girls at an early age to succeed in math is a building block for future school and career success,” said school head Betty White. Girls can participate in two grade-appropriate sessions: planning a trip to Mexico using budgeting skills or creating edible play dough through mixing and meas- uring (grades 3-4); imple- menting counting, graphing, estimating and other math skills in either a bowling game or restaurant busi- ness (grades 1-2); creating fine arts and textiles (kinder- garten); and learning num- ber sense and geometric shapes through music, move- ment, literature and edible crafts (pre-K). Parents who attend the workshop will participate in a panel led by Joseph Zilliox, a professor of math- ematics education at UH, and learn how math has changed in today’s classroom. To register, call 734-5058, ext. 262, or e-mail ror- [email protected]. Parents also can visit www.sacredhearts.org to sign up or for more information. Giving Girls ‘Math Power’ Malama Maunalua teams up with Whole Foods Market at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Mondays of each month at the Malama Maunalua Community House, 4211 Waialae Ave., for “talk story Mondays.” The free presentations are designed to connect and enlighten the commu- nity with up-to-date infor- mation about water quali- ty, the near-shore reefs of Maunalua, volunteer and community-based pro- grams, and more. “We want to encourage the community and our customers to drop in, attend regularly to connect and get new information on the restoration efforts going on in their community,” said Natalie Aczon, Whole Foods’ marketing supervisor. For more information, call 738-0820. Talk Story With Malama Maunalua On Mondays Sacred Hearts first-grader Shelby Wallen determines the weight of a pear. Photo courtesy of SHA. Helen McKenzie
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E A S T O A H U I S L A N D E R / F E B R U A R Y 3 , 2 0 1 0 / P A G E 4
By LINDA DELA CRUZ
Kaimuki Christian Schoolcelebrates its 40th anniversaryby honoring its very first prin-cipal, Helen McKenzie, at adinner party from 5:30 to 9p.m. this Saturday at DoleCannery. The evening features
a buffet, entertainment, reflec-tions on the past and a pres-entation on the upcomingmaster plan for the block,including the launch of a highschool in 2012.
Tickets cost $50 for adultsand $20 for children age 5 to12. For information, call732-1781 or log on towww.kcs40th.org or kaimu-kichristianschool.org.
McKenzie, a Palolo residentand Waipahu High Schoolgraduate, taught elementarystudents at St. Paul’s LutheranSchool before she becameKaimuki Christian’s firstprincipal in 1968.
“She was very organized —she had a mental file cabinet,”said fourth-grade teacherSteven Kaji.
“She loved every student.She dealt with faculty and stu-dents strictly but with a lotof love.”
“She gave the school itsDNA,”added the school’s cur-rent principal, MarkGallagher.
And he isn’t just saying thatbecause McKenzie is hismother-in-law (he is marriedto her daughter Lora, who isa KSC graduate. TheGallaghers’ daughter,McKenzie, named after hergrandmother, also attendsKSC as a sixth-grader. Herother son and daughter andher two other grandchildrenare all KSC graduates.)
“Nurturing is valued,” he
continued.“Christian valuesare lifted up as worthy goalswhere academics are alsoconsidered important. She setthe spirit for the mission ofthe school to see each childreach his or her God-intend-ed potential.”
During her nearly 30-yearcareer with the school,McKenzie witnessed the pre-K through sixth-grade facil-ity grow to include a middleschool, and now she’s look-ing forward to the openingof a new chapter.
“I never expected (theschool) would be going to thehigh school level becausethere are so many other highschools around,”she said.“Forwhat Kaimuki ChristianSchool and Church havebeen doing, this is somethingthat is very satisfying toknow that a small school canprogress into high school.That’s remarkable.”
Kaimuki Christian Schoolpresently has 300 students inpreschool through grade 8.When the high school opens,pre-K and elementary class-rooms will be moved into anewly constructed building,and the older students willhave classes in the two-storybuilding where the lowergrades are now until financesbecome available to build aparking facility, gym andpermanent high school build-ing.
“Our current sixth-gradeclass will be the first gradu-ating class,” said vice princi-pal Ulu Seria, who has beenwith the school for sevenyears.
High school classes willhave 20 students per grade,she noted, the same size asthose in the middle school.
“For those who like theextension of the family, thesmaller environment, we willbe focused on service tocommunity to have our stu-dents trained to be leaders intheir community when theygraduate,” she added.
Gallagher, who served asadministrator for the schoolfor two years before hereplaced McKenzie as prin-cipal in 1999, added:“Familiesare telling their family, friendsand co-workers that they’veseen something positive intheir child’s life.”
Kaimuki Christian ToHonor First Principal By SARAH PACHECO
Sacred Hearts Academyinvites girls in junior-kinder-garten through fourth gradeto a free Math Power work-shop from 8 to 10 a.m.Saturday.
The workshop is intend-ed to get girls interested inmath studies at an early ageand to prepare parents onhow best to help their daugh-ters succeed in the subject.
“Encouraging girls at anearly age to succeed in mathis a building block for futureschool and career success,”said school head Betty White.
Girls can participate in twograde-appropriate sessions:planning a trip to Mexicousing budgeting skills orcreating edible play doughthrough mixing and meas-
uring (grades 3-4); imple-menting counting, graphing,estimating and other mathskills in either a bowlinggame or restaurant busi-ness (grades 1-2); creatingfine arts and textiles (kinder-garten); and learning num-ber sense and geometricshapes through music, move-ment, literature and ediblecrafts (pre-K).
Parents who attend theworkshop will participatein a panel led by JosephZilliox, a professor of math-ematics education at UH, andlearn how math has changedin today’s classroom.
To register, call 734-5058,ext. 262, or e-mail [email protected].
Parents also can visitwww.sacredhearts.org to signup or for more information.
Giving Girls ‘Math Power’
Malama Maunalua teamsup with Whole FoodsMarket at 6:30 p.m. the firstand third Mondays of eachmonth at the MalamaMaunalua CommunityHouse, 4211 Waialae Ave.,for “talk story Mondays.”
The free presentationsare designed to connectand enlighten the commu-nity with up-to-date infor-mation about water quali-ty, the near-shore reefs of
Maunalua, volunteer andcommunity-based pro-grams, and more.
“We want to encouragethe community and ourcustomers to drop in, attendregularly to connect and getnew information on therestoration efforts going onin their community,” saidNatalie Aczon, Whole Foods’marketing supervisor.
For more information,call 738-0820.
Talk Story With MalamaMaunalua On Mondays
Sacred Hearts first-grader Shelby Wallen determinesthe weight of a pear. Photo courtesy of SHA.
Helen McKenzie
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