MPSA presents RENT, School Edition!
What:
The rock opera RENT, Directed by Linda Johnson, performed entirely by students
When:
7:30 p.m. Fridays--Nov. 7, 14, 21
7:30 p.m. Saturdays--Nov. 8, 15, 22
2 p.m. Sundays--Nov. 16, 23
Tickets:
973-5066
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Mahalo, M Club!
The Mid-Pacific athletic department is very grateful to the M Club for donating a Dodge Ram pickup truck. The funds for the truck were raised at the annual M Club Gala. The department mainly uses the truck to tow the kayaking and the canoe paddling trailers, and to transport equipment to and from the athletic department.
The mission of the M Club is to foster pride in Mid-Pacific Institute athletics and to enhance the competitive excellence of the Mid-Pacific athletic program. Through its service to the school, and through its club activities, the membership will encourage fellowship amongst all members of the MPI athletic community while promoting the highest levels of sportsmanship, character, and service amongst MPI's current student-athletes.
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Elementary School News
Developing a mathematical disposition
I began to understand how to do long division the other night. Well, I learned how to do long division in third grade, that is, I memorized the procedure or algorithm, but I can't say I understood the relationship from one step to the next. I and about 75 other parents from preschool through fifth grade listened to national math consultant Gail Parrino explain multiplication and division using the methods now taught to our students in our curriculum program, Math Investigations. Using arrays, a grouping of squares in rows and columns to form rectangles, Gail demonstrated how the use of arrays provides children with a visual representation of multiplication. I will no longer view the multiplication table in the same way, as a grid to find answers when I forget what 8 x 9 equals. Now I see this table as representing relationships among numbers. I learned that mathematics is about patterns and relationships and how to think and problem solve, radically different from the traditional focus on end products of knowledge, such as using formulas or breaking knowledge into disconnected segments. Focusing on individual pieces and rules is contrary to promoting coherence in mathematics or in learning. Student learning must go beyond the learning of specific skills. Middle School News
1st Quarter Recognition Assembly
The Middle School 1st Quarter Recognition Assembly was held on Friday, October 17 in Mills Gym. The following students were recognized for their efforts and achievements.
6th Grade Awesome Owls (pictured top left to right) Cameron Hirose, Tristan Green, Cyrus Maunakea, Christan Gutierrez, Jordan Lee (bottom left to right) Frank Rego, Taylor McMackin, Noah Sills, Evan Suemori, Cassidy Apo.
High School News
HAYES HONORED AS 2008 YOUTH HERO
Morganna Hayes was named the 2008 Red Cross Youth Hero and will be honored at a Red Cross Heroes Breakfast on September 27, 2008. Morganna is a senior at Mid Pacific Institute who organized their Red Cross Club and has served as club President for the past three years.
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