Bio

Aloha all!
I teach about 145 seventh grade students science at Kalama Intermediate School in upcountry Maui. Kalama Intermediate School serves five Maui communities, receiving 900 students from Paia, Makawao, Kula, Pukalani and Haiku elementary schools. Located in small town Makawao, Kalama is the intermediate level site for the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program and is a TRIBES school, where staff and students strive to provide an orderly and supportive environment essential for students to become academic achievers, contributing citizens, and effective communicators. Our school goals include increasing student achievement in math, especially measurement, data analysis and interpretation, reading, and technology integration. To that end, my students do scientific research on water quality and near shore plankton at Waihe'e Land Preserve. My students collaborate with two Alaskan Schools in a project we call 'One Ocean On Earth.' (www.oneoceanonearth.blogspot.com) Thanks to Maui Economic Development Board, Ke Alahele Grant, and Women in Technology's patience and time, we are taking this student data, mapping it, trying to interprete it using GIS. This is tough work people! I can only do it with a whole boatload of support. I loop with my seventh graders into 8th grade next year, and look forward to continue my learning adventure with them and you!