Momilani Elementary School

April 8, 2024

Aloha Momilani 'Ohana,

The Pearl City High School Project Grad 2025 Team has asked us to share the news that on Saturday, May 4, 2024, there will be a Spring Craft Fair at the Pearl City High School  Cafeteria.  

It will be a great opprtunity to shop for items to help you celebrate our Mothers, Teachers, and Graduates.  

For more information about the event, please contact the Project Grad Team at the email listed in the flyer above.  

Thank you for helping us to partner with our friends and neighbors up at Pearl City High School.  

Mahalo for your support and we hope to see you there!  

Aloha,

The Momilani Staff

March 25, 2024

Aloha Momilani 'Ohana,

Here are two informational flyers for this year's upcoming Family Fun Night.  

Written By:  Sophia K., Katelynn S., & Arianny M.

On April 2, 2024, the kindergarten class performed Biomes: Animals and Plants in Their Habitat, their first ever drama performance!

The Momilani Kindergarteners performed Biomes, which is about how different species of animals escaped from the zoo to find their biome. Sure, these animal heroes are cute, but looks aren’t everything in a world of distinct and tough environments. To survive (and be able to sing all their catchy songs), they’ll have to learn about desert, forest, grassland, freshwater, tundra, and marine areas for which they are especially adapted.  Jersaia S. wants to share more about his character, so here he is! “I had a really good time because I was a cobra and they are cool!” Amazing job Jersaia! What a cute cobra you were. 

The reason for drama performances is to expose students to the arts of theater. It also helps students find what they are good at. Want to know more about why the arts of theater are so amazing! These productions would not be possible without our great school staff, parents, students, and the AMAZING Ms. Winpenny. Thank you for all of your support!

Biomes are a great complement to these students' life science curriculum and a fabulous way for students to learn about animal and plant habitats. This show can be used to improve reading, vocabulary, reading comprehension, performance and music skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and numerous social skills. All while enabling these Kindergarteners to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget! Kindergarten Kylie M. would like to share her experience of her very first drama performance. “It was really fun because I danced a lot and sang a lot, but I was nervous to perform in front of the whole school.”  Good job Kylie, you did amazing!

Kindergarten did amazing for their first drama performance. Good job, Kindergarten! 

Article Written By: Herbi A., Sasha H.S. and Colbie H.

Have you ever dreamed about going on a field trip with your siblings and friends? Well now you can because Momilani Elementary has gone on a school wide field trip. On March 11th 2024, Momilani Elementary School students had a school wide field trip to the beach! 

We helped a volunteer group called the “Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii” and as a school, we all helped make our home and our beaches a better and cleaner place! We go on these field trips to ONE, bond and TWO, clean the beach 400 times faster. 

We are thankful that our principal Mr.Arakawa has given us an opportunity to make our "Moku" (land division) on our island a better place by helping out with cleaning. We did so many fun activities and helped clean the beaches. We even have some inspiring words from our handsome Principal Mr. Arakawa and our spectacular art teacher Mrs. Lee. 

Mr. Arakawa said, “I think it was a great opportunity to help with the issue concerning our world today and I am happy our students could come together to remove microplastics from the beach.  Hopefully our students can leave Momilani with disposition and commitment to help others. ”

Mrs. Lee said, “It was special getting to see the whole school come together to have fun and take care of our coastlines!”

We all should work together when problems like these come into our world and we all should show compassion for our planet and keep it safe even though the problem is big or small we should always come together and show love to one another being able to help our community. 

Article Written by:  Arianny M., Nathan S., & Samson P.

On Thursday, February 22, 2024. Our Momilani 3rd graders have performed their drama performance titled “The Environmental Show”. They have amazed everyone with their hardworking play!

The Environmental Show was about three kids called the energy wasters in which they started littering in the forest and elsewhere. This made the trash and litter come to life to show them a lesson. So, the energy wasters go through a series of scenes on learning how to prevent and save the environment from trash and waste. The performance was really fun and educational and there were a lot of cool characters and costumes such as the refrigerators, the cars, the bananas, water bottles, and so much more! But, there was one particular group that stood out the most, was the R group. This group played an important role in the story as they represented reduce, reuse, and recycle!

Akemi Valenzona, one of the performers from the third grade, said “I think my drama performance was good because we had so much fun putting drama costumes on.” One of the sixth graders in the audience, Amaziah Williams, said “I thought it was really inspirational on how to help the environment”.

After all that has been said and done, I think that the third graders did an amazing job this year! And we are really looking forward to seeing what the other grade who haven’t performed yet can do!

Article Written by: Colbie H.

Assisted by: Brooklyn M. and Brianna A.

Do you love your grandparents? Well, at Momilani Elementary School every grade gets a chance to have a grandparents day. This time of year it is 4th grade’s turn, and during this grandparents day the 4th graders ate lunch with their loved ones.

On February 28, 2024, the 4th graders had lunch with their grandparents at the Momilani Cafeteria. Every grade gets a chance to do a grandparents day at different times of the year. They each eat with their grandparents while Mr. Rabacal, our music teacher, plays songs. Later, the children get called to come on stage.

When the 4th graders went on stage they sang Wind Beneath My Wings & One Love. “It was a great opportunity to show appreciation to our grandparents,” said Savannah.

In Conclusion, you should always appreciate your grandparents, because they will not always be around to help you or spoil you. You should use every chance you get to show appreciation and love.