March 25, 2021 A Child at Play is a Child at Work
Important Dates March 26 Prince Kuhio Day Holiday - No School April 2 Good Friday - No School April 9 New Date! Coffee with the Principal April 22 Earth Day - Classroom Celebration May 31 Memorial Day Holiday - No School June 2 Last Day of School Pictured: Mila Lei and Reese playing house during Ms. Robello's recess time. Pictured: Mrs. Brooks' JK friends enjoying playtime in the beautiful, new playhouse that was donated to the Junior School campus Pictured: Mrs. Buijten's friends, Horatio and Liam, sharing shakas in the new Junior School playhouse. Coffee with the Principal - Rescheduled Date of April 9 Please update your calendars to save April 9 as the newly rescheduled date of Coffee with the Principal. Join our 10:30am ZOOM meeting - featuring HS Principal, Alex Ramsvig, along with a panel of high school students and revered college counselor Scott Liedtke - as they focus on the Diploma Program and connecting the path from the Junior School through High School Graduation. Zoom link will be emailed prior to the event.
JK Summer Fun Registration is OPEN! For our current PK students, LJA's Summer Fun priority registration is OPEN! Summer Fun program dates are June 14-July 30 for incoming JK Students and July 19 - July 30 for incoming K-8 grade students. Registration opened to the public on March 24. An email with instructions should have been sent out to you previously. To register please login to lejardinacademy.myschoolapp.com. If you have any questions, please email extended.day@lejardinacademy.org or call 261-0707 ext. 1910, 1920. For technical problems email support@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 opened to the public March 1, 2021.
Afterschool Activities Registration Afterschool Activities began this week, but it is not too late to join the fun! We are excited to be offering PK and JK Soccer Club this session, as well as JK Yoga and Dance Fit Fun. The session runs from March 22 - May 28. 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.
Lunch Orders for Quarter 4 Quarter 4 began this week, as did the new session of hot lunches. It's not too late to sign up. Please use this link to order lunch for Quarter 4.
Project Grad Fundraiser Poke bowls are back by popular demand! Order at LJAProjectGrad.com for a March 27 pickup.
Spring Break Travel If your child is recently returning from 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.
New Family Ambassadors Needed! Let's welcome our new families to our ohana! If you are willing to be an ambassador family in which our new families can reach out to with questions, input, concerns, or just to make new friends, please provide us with your information HERE. We will contact you when we have new families for you to reach out to. We already have new students enrolled for the 2021 school year to start welcoming to LJA!
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 jennifer.jamrog@lejardinacademy.org.
Reminder A friendly reminder to practice safety first during drop-off and pick-up. Drop-off and pick-up is a busy time, but please lock your car and keep valuables out of sight. Mahalo for your kōkua. JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFF HIGHLIGHT This week we are thrilled to highlight another beloved Junior Kindergarten teacher, Summer Robello! Summer has been a staple here at the Junior School - going on her 19th year educating our Bulldog Pups. She hails from beautiful Kaneohe and enjoys spending time with her family and her little chihuahua fox terrier, Kaia. Kaia loves walks on the beach, although she does not like to dip her paws in the water! When not on campus working and playing with our keiki, Summer loves to go biking on the beach path - riding through Kailua, being sure to make a stop at the local coffee shop! Summer's favorite places to eat in Kailua are Maui Brewing and Egghead Cafe and she especially loves to be a risk-taker when it comes to trying something different on the menu. She even loves trying to put her own twist on recipes when she's baking at home! Her dream vacation would be to take her family to Whistler, Canada, and enjoy skiing or snowboarding the slopes and sipping hot chocolate by the fireplace. Summer's favorite part about working at LJA is being with her students. JK is her home and she loves seeing the look in her students eyes when they grasp a new concept or the joy on their faces when they are exploring through the classroom. She loves the family feel of the Junior School and cherishes creating bonds with not only her students, but their families as well. We are lucky to have Summer as a part of our family here at the Junior School. Be sure to say hi the next time you see her smiling face in the courtyard! Pictured: Scout has a beautiful butterfly encounter playing in Extended Day Spring Break Activities. Pictured: PK friends showing off their Spring Break balloon creations. Pictured: Ivy climbing to new heights during Spring Break bounce house fun.
CONTACT US:
Josh Masagatani Junior School Interim Principal josh.masagatani@lejardinacademy.org (808) 261-0707 x 1040
Jenny Jamrog Administrative Assistant jennifer.jamrog@lejardinacademy.org (808) 261-0707 x 1150
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