Posted on: Thursday, March 24, 2005

EDUCATION BRIEFS
Immunized kids to be rewarded

Advertiser Staff

Sixth-graders need up-to-date shot records before starting the seventh grade or they will not be able to attend school.

Students who submit their seventh-grade immunization cards by May 5 will receive surf stickers from Hawaiian Island Creations, and sixth-grade classes in which all students return their immunization records will receive free sandwiches from Subway restaurants.

Hawai'i law requires all students entering seventh grade to have the following vaccinations:

• Three Hepatitis B,

• Two measles, mumps and rubella,

• One or two varicella (chickenpox).

For more information on Hawai'i's school immunization requirements, visit www.vaxtoschool.com or call the Hawai'i Immunization Branch at 586-8323. Calls from the Neighbor Islands are toll-free at (800) 933-4832.

Recycling tour set for teachers

Teachers interested in learning more about recycling and waste processing on O'ahu are invited to participate in the third annual Teachers' Tour de Trash from 8:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. April 2.

The workshop, which begins at The Honolulu Advertiser's Kapolei print facility, includes visits to Island Recycling, Waimanalo Gulch Landfill, the H-Power waste-to-energy plant, Hawai'i Metal Recycling, Hawaiian Earth Products and Roll-Offs Hawai'i.

The free event includes lunch at Kapolei Hale featuring guest speaker Mindy Jaffe of Wakiki Worm.

The registration deadline is Tuesday. For more information, contact The Advertiser's Newspaper in Education coordinator, Jennifer Dang, by calling 525-7660 or at jdang@honolulu.gannett.com.

Teen chosen for leadership event

Maryknoll School freshman Albert Moniz has been selected to attend LeadAmerica's 2005 Congressional Student Leadership Conference in San Diego.

At the conference, he will choose an academic area and work with national and international leaders and participate in workshops and activities.

Students are accepted to the program based on academic achievement and extracurricular or community involvement.

Moniz has received several science awards, participated in the August Adventure Winners' Camp Hawai'i Leadership Training and played clarinet for the Saint Louis School band. He plays on the Maryknoll junior varsity golf team, participates in a mentoring program at Manoa Valley Community Theatre and is an altar server at his church.