Monday, March 8, 2010

Waipahu High Wins High Achievers Contest !

2010 Achieve 3000 Leadership Conference
(from left-right)
Maggie Cox - BOE Member
Saki Dodelson - CEO Achieve 3000 Inc.
Cindy Arakaki - WHS Language Arts Teacher
Frances Alcantara - WHS Student Winner
Dr Eileen Clarke - BOE Member
Breene Harimoto - BOE Member
Sheldon Oshio - Waipahu Complex Area Sup

Congratulations to Frances Alcantara, a senior at Waipahu High School for winning the Hawaii High Achiever Award representing the Waipahu Complex Area Schools. Frances, along with her Language Arts teacher Mrs Cindy Arakaki received the special awards at the Achieve 3000's 2010 Hawaii Leadership Conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel on February 4, 2010.

This award went to only one class in each complex area whose students completed the most KidBiz/TeenBiz multiple choice news activities from November 17, 2009 to December 20, 2009--with average first try scores of 75% or greater. Frances was the highest performing student in Ms Arakaki's Period 2 class ! Congrats again to Frances and Ms Arakaki's Period 2 class, you made Waipahu High & Waipahu Community very proud !

Achieve 3000 Final Contest of the Year !

You've paved a road of success this year...now get into the exit lane for Achieve3000's final contest!

It's proven that the more students use TeenBiz, the more their reading skills improve. At the Exit to Excellence, you'll find a world of opportunity before you.

Students have already been enrolled in Exit to Excellence and you don't need to do anything but participate. Just complete at least eight multiple choice news activities from Monday, March 1st, until Saturday, April 10th. (These are the activities that come after the article of the day - part of step 3. Each activity has eight questions.)

To be sure you put forth your very best efforts, we're giving out extra points for high scores. Every time a student does an activity, your class earns a point. For every score of 75%, the class earns two points. And for every score of 88% or higher, the class earns three points! The class with the most points (on average, per student) wins a Party-in-a-Package, delivered to your school about 3 weeks after the contest is over.
Achieve3000 will give you the drive to take on the world!