Momilani Elementary School

Nov. 7, 2024

Aloha Momilani 'Ohana,

The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) is committed to fostering an environment that reflects the spirit of Living Aloha, a culture of respect, cooperation, and mutual support.  In collaboration with the Attorney General's office, the department has established the Visitor Code of Conduct to ensure that interactions with all department employees and the public are conducted in a safe and respectful manner.  The Visitor Code of Conduct outlines clear expectations for visitor behavior, including respectful communication, adherence to personal and professional boundaries, and compliance with school policies and legal requirements.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our school office.  

Mahalo for your support.  

Aloha,

The Momilani Staff

Nov. 7, 2024

Aloha Momilani 'Ohana,

Please review the flyer below which summarizes the HIDOE Visitor Code of Conduct and encourages positive behavior and interactions between HIDOE employees and visitors to Momilani Elementary School. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our school office.  

Mahalo for your support.  

Aloha,

The Momilani Staff

Posted: Dec. 11, 2024

Article By: Aeva E-S and Grace E-S

Red Ribbon week is a national campaign to help remind kids everywhere to stop bullying and to stay drug free. Every year, the students at Momilani Elementary School participate in the Red Ribbon Week festivities by choosing a different clothing theme for each day of the week. The 2024 Red Ribbon Week was an awesome week for the students because of all of the different outfits that everyone wore throughout the week. 

On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, when Red Ribbon Week officially started, everyone wore Momilani School t-shirts or other school club shirts to represent our school unity and pride. On Thursday, we had to wear our brightest outfit to be too bright for drugs and bullying. On Friday, students wore team jerseys. On Monday, October 28, 2024, to begin the second half of the Red Ribbon Week, students wore cozy pajamas. And lastly on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, everyone wore red shirts with our custom made Bully Free stickers to represent the closing of the Red Ribbon Week themes. 

These members of the ambassadors club in Momilani Elementary would like to say a few words. 

Grade 6 student Natsuki stated, “It was a fun experience, especially when I was able to help choose the categories for the Red Ribbon Week daily themes. Watching my friends participate while wearing extravagant clothes helped me to have a good spirit week.” Thank you Natsuki for sharing! 

Grade 6 student Mikayla stated, “Seeing kids in our school participating was very enjoyable and I was especially glad to see many people go against bullying at our loving school.” Thank you Mikayla for sharing those words about our fun Red Ribbon Week! 

We are grateful that the students at Momilani are able to experience Red Ribbon Week together, and we hope that these activities will stay in our minds and hearts forever.  Thank you to everyone for your participation! 

Wednesday -  School Shirt Day

Thursday - Bright Shirt Day

Posted: Dec. 11, 2024

Article by: Lexi A, Asher N, and Grace E-S

Every year, the Pearl City Complex Elementary Schools participate in an Intramural Basketball Tournament for the 5th and 6th Grade students.  Momilani Elementary School has been competing in the tournament for many years and has given many students the chance to represent our school and experience the thrill of competing against other students.

The Momilani Basketball teams were coached by Mr. Gacula, who also leads the Momilani Hoops Academy.  The 5th and 6th grade teachers also assisted Mr. Gacula in coaching the students after school.  While they were playing school after school, our Complex Basketball team continued to exceed all expectations! Everyone of the teammates worked very hard and put their all into each of the schools they had played in the tournament!

Overall, the students performed really well in the tournament, even though they lost the semifinals. The students trained for weeks to build up to this moment.  We're pretty sure that the parents of the Momilani competitors were very proud of all the students!  During the tournament, Momilani's basketball teams played against Pearl City Highlands Elementary, Waiau Elementary, and they had a bye game against Lehua Elementary.

One of the 6th grade competitors, Keani would like to share, “The Basketball Tournament was stressful, but fun. At first we were losing but we thought positive and kept going. Next thing you know, we won. But, when we went up to the semifinals it was hard, but our coaches told us we can do it!” Thank you Keani for sharing how it was like being on the Complex Basketball team. 

Another one of the competitors, Grade 5 student, Cruz, would like to share, “I’m just glad that our team worked together to make it to the semifinals.” Thank you Cruz for also sharing your experience at the game! 

In conclusion, we think that the Momilani Elementary Basketball team had a great experience, and now know what they can do to do even better in the future! We hope that each school we faced had an amazing experience, and a great time there too.

Posted: Dec. 2, 2024

Article by: Brooklyn M., Grace E-S., and Zoe L.

To kick off the Momilani Drama season this school year, we were able to enjoy a performance from the Grade 5 students.  Their show was a Beat By Beat Production called, "Frankie Builds Androids" and was a great story that the whole school enjoyed. 

Here is a short summary of what the drama performance of "Frankie Builds Androids" is all about.

A girl named Frankie always felt like she never belonged when she was at school. The students in her school all have clubs but Frankie felt different and wanted to start her own club. Frankie made a technology club related to working on computers and robot androids, but no one at her school was interested in joining her club. 

Frankie had a friend named Avery and she told her something that she didn’t like, so she decided to avoid her. When Frankie saw other clubs, she wanted to start her own, but everyone just laughed at her. When they laughed at her, she had an idea to turn her classmates into androids. 

Frankie used a shrink ray that her scientist mother built, and shrank all her classmates. She then made Android robot copies of the students to pretend they were her classmates. While Frankie was doing that, Avery was getting suspicious of her and wanted to know what was going on. 

At the end Frankie, her friend, and her classmates came together to stop the androids from doing anymore trouble and and taking over the world. Frankie then realized that not everyone is going to like her or be like her, she just needs the friends she has now who are true friends. 

Mr. Kashiwa, Grade 5 teacher stated, "The students did a great job and their hard work paid off.” Bryce, one of the Grade 5 students said, “The play was awesome!”

Posted: Dec. 2, 2024

Article by: Asher N, Cruz S, and Ava B.

Do you remember your second Grandparents Day Luncheon as First Graders performing for your grandparents? On October 27, 2024, the first graders had their grandparents day luncheon, and their theme was "A Beach Day in Hawaii."

The 1st grade Grandparents Day performance was excellent and truly memorable. The kids went down everyday to the cafeteria to practice their songs and motions for weeks. They worked really hard on their performance and the results showed that their hard work paid off. 

Before their performance, Mr. Rabacal warmed up the crowd by singing, while the 1st graders were eating lunch with their beloved grandparents. The songs the kids sang were, "You’ll be in my Heart" by Phill Collins, and "Lava" by Kuana Torres Kahele. The 1st grade teachers Ms. Vo, Mrs. Hasegawa and Mrs. Hirata chose the two perfect songs for them to sing and we're sure that the grandparents loved their performance! 

Mrs. Hasegawa, Grade 1 teacher said, “The 1st Graders did an excellent job and the grandparents were very moved by their singing and the necklace they made for them."  Grade 1 teacher Mrs. Hirata said, "The first graders did an amazing job. They practiced really hard to get where they were. I’m sure the grandparents were amazed!"

After the performance, the first graders said goodbye, and all the grandparents were smiling about how fun and good this performance was.  All the family members are sure to think that it was worth the while to come to the Grandparents Day Luncheon that day!

In conclusion, the students did an awesome and successful job at performing for their grandparents during the luncheon. We hope that every grade puts the same amount of effort, quality, and fun into their grandparents' performance in the future for their family!