Hope you all had a nice Fall Break. I did. I took a 2-week trip to Japan where I picked up some neat prizes for RAP. Unfortunately I was disappointed to see the slow start we are having with RAP this school year. Last school year we started with 95% participation. For September we had 88% and October we went down to 84%. What is causing this problem? Unfortunately in looking at the statistics I find that the problem may be with our new teachers who need to encourage our students a little more. Parents, please do your part too. I know the teachers say that it’s written in the students’ planners that RAP is due and yet many children do not do it. Our lower-grade students are young and need the help of our parents.
Here are the stats for September and October:
100% Participation:
September: 10 classes: Gr K/PS: Room K5 (Ms. Wong); K4 (Mrs. Muraoka). Gr 1: Room A2 (Mrs. Goo); A3 (Mrs. Shiroma). Gr 2: Room B2 (Mrs. Alvarez); B3 (Mrs. Imai); B5 (Ms. Evans). Gr 4: Room B8 (Ms. Gamiao – new teacher); B10 (Mrs. Fujiwara). Gr 6: Room P4 (Ms. Balles).
October: 7 classes: Gr PS/K: Room K5 (Ms. Wong); K1 (Mrs. Teruya); K4 (Mrs. Muraoka). Gr 1: Room A3 (Mrs. Shiroma). Gr 2: Room B3 (Mrs. Imai); B4 (Mrs. Suehiro). Gr 6: Room P2 (Ms. Pontes)
Missed by 1:
September: 4 classes: Gr 2: Room B4 (Mrs. Suehiro). Gr 4: Room B9 (Mrs. Vincent). Gr 5: Room A6 (Mrs. Isaacs); B1 (Mrs. Chinen)
October: 2 classes: Gr 2: Room B2 (Mrs. Alvarez). Gr 4: Room B8 (Ms. Gamiao)
Missed by 2:
September: 7 classes: Gr K: Room K1 (Mrs. Teruya). Gr 1: Room A5 (Mrs. Lau). Gr 3: Room A8 (Mrs. Kiriu); A10 (Mr. Boll). Gr 5: Room B6 (Ms. Encomienda). Grade 6: Room P1 (Mr. Dumlao); P2 (Ms. Pontes)
October : 7 classes: Gr 2: Room B2 (Mrs. Alvarez); B5 (Ms. Evans). Gr 3: Room A7 (Mrs. Sumida). Gr 4: Room B8 (Ms. Gamiao). Gr 5: Room B1 (Mrs. Chinen). Gr 6: Room P3 (Mrs. Akau); P4 (Ms. Balles).
Missed by 3:
September: 1 class: Gr 6: Room P3 (Mrs. Akau)
October: 2 classes: Gr 1: Room A2 (Mrs. Goo). Gr 5: Room B6 (Ms. Encomienda)
In September there were 6 classes who missed by 4 or more (some as many as 13 & 10 students). For October there were 10 classes who missed by 4 or more (1 class missed by 19 with only 9 participating).
Let’s do our best and have a better showing in November. The prize for this month is the Japanese eraser. November’s prize will be the Japanese Memo/Post-it Marker. Happy Thanksgiving!