Academy Roboticists Need Your Help!

The Sacred Hearts Academy Lower School Robotics Team needs your help to prepare for their upcoming First Lego League (FLL) competition in November! Sixth grade team members Kylee and Chloe share how you & your family can help the Academy's team.

"This year's theme is Trash Trek and our competition consists of four parts – robot design, robot performance, project, and core values (teamwork).  We have been busy building our mission pieces, designing our robot, researching our project and developing our teamwork skills.  We are having so much fun!  For the project portion of this year’s competition we have to research a piece of trash, come up with a unique solution, and present our project to our community and a panel of judges. 

We have chosen Styrofoam trays and we would really appreciate your help. Last week we went on a field trip to Times Supermarket to see how many food items use Styrofoam trays and we asked the meat and seafood department questions.  

Now we need to know how our community uses Styrofoam trays. Please help our team by taking a quick five question survey - you can simply follow the link here: http://goo.gl/forms/5HVsvVoZDR. 

We are also trying to collect as many Styrofoam trays as we can for our project and presentation.  We would appreciate it if you could wash your trays and bring them to school. Our team mentors, Ms. Lacey Teshima, and Ms. Jennifer Arthur, will have a donation box outside their classrooms. We will be collecting trays from now until Friday, October 9, 2015. Thank you for your cooperation!"

Mahalo ladies of LS Robotics for sharing! Best of luck with your FLL challenge this year! #GoLancers

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Leo Club Braves Weather for YWCA Kokokahi Community Fair

Community service is a big part of the curriculum of the Academy's Campus Ministry​.  Service clubs like the Sacred Hearts Academy​ Leo Club, sponsored by the Kamehameha Lions Club & Foundation​, often provides opportunities for its members to be active in their community. 
Leos Jordan Higuchi and Angelina Gomes assisted at the YWCA’s Camp Kokokahi Community Fair. The girls braved the stormy weather to man one of the activities booths. This annual event celebrates the Windward community and our Hawaiian heritage; it featured local entertainers, a craft fair, and helped local organizations to raise awareness for their causes. 

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Sisters Celebrate Academy's 106th Birthday

It was only appropriate that an enthusiastic week of celebrating the 106th anniversary of Sacred Hearts Academy end where it all started—with the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts. A group of administrators and students visited on Sunday evening with whom Sr. Helene Wood calls the “Golden Sisters” and also some who are still active in the school. Most of these ladies have many years of teaching at the Academy and take great delight in hearing about current happenings from today’s students.

1st row, seated: Sister Marie Dominic Reantaso, Sister Jane Frances Leandro, Sister Julie Louise Thevenin, Sister Anne Marie Tamanaha, Sister Angela Gregorio.

2nd row, standing: Sister Mary Josephine Araki, Sister Regina Jenkins, Sister Georgene Perry, Sister Helene Wood, Sister Katherine Francis Miller, Sister Irene Barboza, Sister Dolores Marie Pavao, Sister Vandana Narajan.

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The Road to Oz, on Sat. Oct. 24

The Sacred Hearts Academy Band Boosters cordially invite you all to join and support the Sacred Hearts Academy band students at The Road to Oz, on Sat. Oct. 24, 5:30-8:00 pm in the Clarence T.C. Ching Student Center. 

Students in the Intermediate Band, Concert Band, and Wind Ensemble will play selections from the Wizard of Oz and Wicked. Cost is $25 and tickets must be pre-ordered by Oct. 5th. This event includes a paniolo style meal with chili, rice and cornbread plus a silent auction and will support general band expenses such as replacing musical instruments, paying for new formal jackets and paying for performance costs. For additional information and questions please contact Debra Chong, SHA Band Boosters, at debchong@yahoo.com or call (808) 721-0133. 

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Support Lancer Athletics Through SHOP and SCORE

Support the Sacred Hearts Academy Lancer Athletics program through Times Supermarket's SHOP AND SCORE from September 9 through October 20, 2015! 

You can help the Academy earn a share of $250,000 in equipment and uniforms! SHOP AND SCORE is a program that allows high schools in Hawaii the opportunity to earn a share of $250,000 in Adidas® equipment and uniforms. Help the Academy by earning points by purchasing participating products at TIMES, BIG SAVE, SHIMA’S and FUJIOKA’S WINE Supermarkets. 
For details, please visit: www.TimesSupermarkets.com/score

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Give Aloha 2015

Have you heard about Give Aloha 2015? Did you know that if you shop at any Foodland, Sack N Save or Foodland Farms store from September 1-30 with your Maikaˋi shopping card, spending between $1 to $249, your total expense will count as a donation that goes directly toward Sacred Hearts Academy! Even more exciting is that your donation will be matched by Foodland and the Western Union Foundation! Say you spend $50, the foundations will match your donation with $50, so your total donation will count as $100! All donations will remain anonymous and are tax deductible! Upon check-out have your Maikaˋi card ready and provide Sacred Hearts organization number: 77123. Happy shopping and thank you for giving back to our community!

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First Grade Explores Plants

Academy first graders recently visited the Lyon Arboretum as a supplemental field trip to their class curriculum to learn about plants. In class, the girls are learning about plant parts and what plants need in order to survive. In a classroom activity, Ariane N. and Cherish M. drew their observations of a Morning Glory plant.

At the Lyon Arboretum, Rylee N. and Kayla K. enjoyed the hands on activity to find the tree trunk, or stem of the tree, that fits perfectly with its matching "tree belt". Mahalo to Academy first grade teacher, Dr. Sharon Fukayama for sharing the great photos!


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Start a Fire in Our Souls

“Start a Fire in Our Souls!” The Mass of Holy Spirit was celebrated this morning at Sacred Hearts Academy! It is in one spirit that the Academy 'ohana gathered together for First Friday Mass in celebration of the word of the Lord. A special mahalo goes out to Sacred Hearts Academy's Campus Ministry for organizing this morning's mass with Sr. Irene, Sr. Katherine Francis, Fr. Tony Biswas, ss.cc. and the Academy's 2015 LIFE Team.

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A is for Apple

The Sacred Hearts Academy students in Ms. Knebel’s JK class celebrated Apple Day!  Students ate a red apple, green apple and a yellow apple to determine their favorite apple taste! The girls also created a graph to see how
many friends liked each apple! 

Then they used their thinking skills to see how many bears heavy an apple is. What an apple-astic time! Who knew that something as simplistic as an #Apple could have so many educational and mathematical aspects! 



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