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WINDWARD
Classes deal with emotions
Castle Complex parents can learn about managing children's emotions at two separate workshops this month.
The first workshop, Managing Mixed Emotions, is geared to parents of intermediate and high school students and will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 6 at the King Intermediate School cafeteria.
Staff from the Suicide & Crisis Center will present the workshop and will focus on suicide awareness, and prevention and dealing with the ever-changing emotions of adolescents.
The second workshop is for parents of elementary school students and will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 13 at Kapunahala Elementary School.
Dr. Bruce Chorpita, from the Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, will explain how parents can recognize and help a child cope with anxiety, stress and depression.
To register and assure adequate childcare, call Sandra at the School Renewal Office at 233-5755.
'Aikahi fair scheduled
'Aikahi Elementary School will hold its annual Fun Fair, including family activities, games booths and a silent auction, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on the school grounds, 281 Ilihau St. in Kailua.
The fair will feature a petting zoo, pony rides and a separate area for children with a bouncy house and age-appropriate games.
Kailua restaurants will provide some of the food, and a bake sale will include Spam musubi and shave ice.
EAST HONOLULU
Building plan on agenda
Schuler Homes will discuss its building plans for a single-family home development on land near the farmer's plots in Kamilonui Valley at 7 p.m. today at the Hawai'i Kai Neighborhood Board meeting at the Haha'ione Elementary School cafeteria.
Area lawmakers also will give legislative updates to the community.
The board meetings are broadcast at 9 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays on Olelo Channel 54.
HONOLULU
Superintendent to talk of goals
Schools Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto will discuss her vision and goals for public education and present her regional governance plans for the state Department of Education at a town meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Stevenson Middle School cafeteria in Honolulu.
A career educator in Hawai'i, Hamamoto began teaching in the public schools in 1975 and entered school administration in 1983. Before being selected to head Hawai'i's public education system following Paul LeMahieu's resignation last year, she had been deputy superintendent since 1999.
Sen. Carol Fukunaga and Reps. Sylvia Luke and Brian Schatz are co-sponsors for the meeting titled, "Building Excellence in Education."
Event teaches Frisbee basics
John and Dayna Hillcrest, world-class Frisbee disc players, will hold a free Frisbee event for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 16 at Kapi'olani Park.
Beginners are welcome at the event, which will feature Frisbee disc throwing and catching lessons and instruction on how to play Ultimate Frisbee and Frisbee golf.
The World Ultimate Club championships will be held on O'ahu Aug. 4-10, with competitors from 24 countries expected to participate.
To reserve a place at the event or for details, call 521-3811.
Students help cancer fight
Students at O'ahu and Big Island schools will continue collecting spare change to help fight cancer through March 8.
More than 60 schools are participating in the Pennies for Patients program, which educates students about blood-related cancers while encouraging them to bring spare change to classrooms to benefit local patients and families.
Since 1994, Pennies for Patients has raised more than $10 million nationally Last year, O'ahu schools raised $54,000.
"We take any coins. We take checks, or cash. We'll take anything," said MEA Neal, of the Hawai'i office of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Each day, nearly 300 Americans are diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma. Lymphoma is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer for Filipino men and the fifth most for Hawaiian men. Leukemia and lymphoma are the leading fatal cancers in men and women under age 35.
For details on the local Pennies for Patients program, call Neal at 534-1222. For national details, call (800) 955-4572 or visit leukemia-lymphoma.org.
