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the

Friday Blast Hawaii Technology Academy

DATES TO
KNOW
April
26
‐
Maui
Open
House




Featured HTA Student on April
30
‐
High
School
Prom

NSSA Site 

May
6
‐
MS/HS
Awards

FINN McGILL
Assembly

Finn is one of the hottest groms to emerge out 

of the Islands. He went ballistic at the Hawaii May
9‐10
‐
Camp
Erdman

Regional Championships with double victories (grades
6‐8)

in the Open Mini Groms and Explorer Super 

Groms. He will be the #1 ranked Hawaii Mini May
10:
Elementary
Ice
Cream

Social
/
Awards
Night

Grom and Super Grom going into the 2011


Nationals. After his Regionals sweep, the May
14
‐
May
Ho'ike

talented 10-year-old will now focus on claiming (showcase)

his first National title. Clearly after his 

outstanding performance at Regionals, he has May
20
‐
Kindergarten

Graduation

the potential of taking home Nationals gold!


This is on the home page or the National May
21
‐
End‐of‐Year

Scholastic Surfing Association website. Celebration

Congrats Finn! 

May
23
‐
27
‐
Face‐to‐face

www.nssa.org conferences
macadmin Saturday, April 9, 2011 6:33:37 AM HT 00:23:df:93:28:8a
 THE LOREM IPSUMS BOOK CLUB SPRING 2012

Mrs. Perez will be holding a Elluminate Book Club on Monday’s at

10AM starting April 18. The book is “How to Eat Fried Worms”.
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=559&password=M.CC24A0995DFC
6CB44CD06C28AFD5356CB44CD06C28AFD535

SAVE THE DATE

End-of –Year celebration will be on Saturday, May 21, 2011. This is

a great opportunity to celebrate all the work you and your student has
accomplished. More information coming soon…

Thisis Danaea Davis. She is in the 8th grade

at HTA and she is currently the Jr. Division
Hawaii State Level 10 Gymnastic
Champion. She competed in the Hawaii State
Gymnastics Competition on March 25, 2010.
The competition was for all the optional
gymnastic for all the islands of Hawaii was
held at Aiea Municipal Gym. She scored a
9.45 on Valut for 1st place, 9.125 for Bars for
1st place, 8.6 for 3rd place on balance
beam and 94.0 on floor. Her all around score
was 36.575 for the Jr. Division. She will now
fly to Pullman Washington on April 13 to
compete in the Region 2 USAG Regional
Competion. If she
scores well she can
advance for to the
USAG Jr Olympics National Competiton in
Long Beach California in May. Congrats
Danaea and Good Luck!
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 More Achievements from HTA Students
THE LOREM IPSUMS SPRING 2012

Please
check
out
4th
grade
Kauai
student
Sara
Funtanilla’s
YouTube
link
where

she
creatively
presents
a
Writing
In
Action
assignment
“Poetry.”



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAOXJdc4LZY

Scrantron Testing Coming soon…

May 9-13, 2011 will be scrantron testing for

students. Please note that there will be no LC
classes during this week!

Were
you
at
HTA's
Spring
Fling
at
the
Oahu
LC?
Well,
the
Spring

Fling
Photo
Album
is
online!
Test
your
web
navigation
skills
and

knowledge
of
your
school's
website.
Find
the
photo
album
in
the

Student
Government
Blog.
Enjoy!

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 Mr. Piontek Receives an Award

Our own Mr. Jeff Piontek

received the 2011 Professional
of the Year in
Education &
Authorship. This
Cambridge Who’s
Who award is a true
honor. Congrats
Mr. Piontek!

This was a great event. Thank you

to all the eighth grade families in
attendance. Your transition to
High School will be great.
macadmin Saturday, April 9, 2011 6:33:37 AM HT 00:23:df:93:28:8a