March 4, 2021 A Child at Play is a Child at Work
Important Dates March 8 JS Conference Day No School - Extended Day Available March 15-19 Spring Break March 26 Prince Kuhio Day Holiday No School Pictured: Kaiana and his classmates design their very own Chinese Lion in celebration of Chinese New Year. Pictured: Alice and Ms. Robello's JK class are risk takers as they feed the Chinese Lion in hopes of a prosperous year! Pictured: Dylan illustrates his prediction on "what happened to our classroom chairs?" Get To Know The Junior School Staff In each weekly newsletter, we will be highlighting a member of our staff so you can get to know us a little more and recognize those familiar faces during drop off and pick up. This week's staff member highlight is one of our Junior School PK Teachers, Ann Yoshida. Ann has been a staple here at Le Jardin Academy for 19 years now! Born and raised here on 'Oahu, Ann resides in beautiful Kaneohe with her husband, son Mason, and daughter Maya. Mason attended LJA through middle school, and Maya has attended LJA since PK and is now a 7th grader. In addition to being an inspirational teacher here at LJA, Ann spends her weekends as a choreographer for the 24/7 Next Gen Dance Company. Besides dancing, she also enjoys gardening and sleeping on the weekends. Her travel destination of choice would be Okinawa, Japan, where she would take her family and enjoy all the delicious food there. Ann is a dedicated teacher and shares that her favorite part about being at LJA are the relationships you build with your colleagues, families, and students. She goes on to say that the greatest feeling for her is seeing the tremendous development that takes place in PK and how much growth happens from day 1 to their last day of school. We can't show our appreciation for Mrs. Yoshida enough and are thankful to have her as a part of our team! Afterschool Activities Registration We are excited to be offering PK and JK Soccer Club this session! As well as JK Golf, Yoga, and Dance Fit Fun. The session runs from March 22nd - May 28th. Blackout dates include Prince Kuhio Day (3/26) and Good Friday (4/2). Click on the following links for more information on the each offered activity. For any specific questions please contact the vendor directly.
Spring Break Travel If your child will be traveling out of state over spring break, you must inform school.nurse@lejardinacademy.org and junior.school@lejardinacademy.org. You will need to provide test results (5-8 days following your return) in order to return to school. Current guidelines call for students to take an approved, pre-travel PCR test and register through the State app. A 10-day isolation or a second, negative PCR test, 5-8 days following return to Oahu is required for your child to return to campus. If you are traveling interisland testing/isolation is not required. For more information, view the full student travel policy (pages 8-9). Continue to monitor school communications for any updates that may affect your travel plans.
LJA Parking Decals Please sign up for your LJA parking decal! In an effort to keep our LJA community safe, our security team has kindly asked that we continue to display our LJA parking decal in the front windshield of our vehicles. If you have not received your decal please register here and we will make sure you receive one. If you have any questions email Kimberly.miyahana@lejardinacademy.org.
Summer School Ready, Set, Go Kindergarten is offered to our current JK students entering Kindergarten in the fall! Enroll your child in our 5-week summer school program from June 14 – July 16. Registration is now open! An email has been sent out with the link to register. If you have any questions or need assistance please email summer.school@lejardinacademy.org. To browse the catalog click here!
If you know anyone who may be interested but is not attending LJA this year registration opens to the public March 1, 2021.
Summer Fun 2020-21 Dates Summer Fun for entering JK students (current PK students) JK Session I - June 14 - July 2, 2021 JK Session II - July 6-16, 2021 JK Session III - July 19 - July 30, 2021 For entering K-12 students (current JK students) Main Campus Grades K- 8 - July 19 - July 30, 2021 An email with a link to register and additional information will be sent at the end of the month. Pictured: "Kung Hei Fat Choi" from Ivey and the Chinese Lion she and her classmates made! Pictured: Mrs. McDermott's PKers practice cutting their mystery vegetable. Pictured: These brave PK pups feed the Chinese Lion and watch as he chases away the bad luck!
CONTACT US:
Josh Masagatani Junior School Interim Principal josh.masagatani@lejardinacademy.org (808) 261-0707 x 1040
Kimberly Miyahana Administrative Assistant kimberly.miyahana@lejardinacademy.org (808) 261-0707 x 1150
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