Star of the Sea School Blog

What's for lunch you ask?   Check May's menu here by clicking on this link =>  LUNCH MENU

The April lunch menu is now available online.   Click HERE to access directly.

LEI DAY PROGRAM

Lei Day is quickly approaching ... Friday, May 4th, 2012!   Your child was sent home with an invitation to this Lei Day program.   In case you didn't see it, click on the link below for more information.   

LEI DAY INVITATION

EAST HONOLULU FOOD FESTIVAL

May 5th, 2012

The 7th Annual East Honolulu Food Festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 5th.   Come join the fun!  For more information about the event and the latest list of the delicious food providers go to our EHFF Information site at www.starofthesea.org/EHFF or click on the EHFF logo on our school website home page.   Order your tickets now! 

Michi's lunch menu for March is now available online.  Here is a direct link to it ...

March 2012 Lunch Menu

This year's Augustine Educational Foundation Tuition Scholarship Program forms are now available on our website.   Go to "Admissions" and then click on "Financial Aid" to download what you need.   Deadline is March 9th!

Michi's February Lunch Menu is now available online.   You can also get it here by clicking on the link below.

FEBRUARY 2012 LUNCH MENU

Nā Hōkū to perform holiday favorites

in the first Christmas concert of 2012

      In what is being billed as the very first Christmas concert of 2012, the Star of the Sea School choir will perform a program of both secular and non-secular holiday favorites at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, February 2, in the Star of the Sea Church, in Wai`alae.  The concert is part of Catholic Schools Week, and is free and open to the public.

     "The choir sounded so good at performances during the recent holidays that we decided to do a concert for everyone," said Principal Carola Souza.  "And why wait until December to do it?  They're ready now, so we will do it now."  In December, Nā Hōkū performances included concerts at Kāhala Mall and Koko Marina Shopping Center.

     Mrs. Souza said there is also something special about being "first." 

     You'll see and hear 26 boys and girls from grades 4-8 at the 65-year-old Catholic School in Wai`alae wearing Santa hats and Christmas leis, playing bells and ipus.  And you'll hear them singing such favorites as "Jingle Bells," "Jingle Bell Rock," "Silver Bells," all complete with bell accompaniment.  The choir will be backed by a row of Hawaiian drummers -- each with an ipu -- on "Little Drummer Boy."  They'll sing local Hawaiian favorites, including "Mele Kalikimaka," "Christmas Lū`au" and "Mele Kalikimaka iā Kākou." 

      One of the choir's trademark songs is a medley of "Stille Nacht" and "Silent Night," in an arrangement that features a soloists and ensembles from the choir taking the lead in German, Hawaiian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and English.

     "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "Here Comes Santa Claus," "Feliz Navidad" are among the other favorites.

     Among the popular traditional non-secular songs, you'll hear "Joy To The World," "Deck The Halls" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem."

     As always, choir members will open the concert with our state song, "Hawai`i Pono`ī," and close the concert with "Hawai`i Aloha," the most famous Hawaiian hymn, singing all three verses of both songs, "as they should be sung," says Keith Haugen, their director.

     "After this Christmas concert, we'll regroup and work on new (non-Christmas) material to be ready for other concerts during the year," said Haugen. "This spring, watch for Nā Hōkū in your favorite shopping center."

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT KEITH HAUGEN AT STAR OF THE SEA SCHOOLS,

734-0208 OR ON HIS CELL PHONE, 951-4332. hakumele@aol.com

Happy New Year !

The year 2012 has started and we are off and running with our 2nd Semester.   January's Newsletter and Lunch Menu are now online.   Here are direct links to both resources:

January 2012 Newsletter

January 2012 Lunch Menu

The December Lunch Menu has been uploaded to our website.   Click HERE to go directly to it.