2nd Quarter

Welcome back to the 2nd Quarter of the school year on October 13. See you online learning on Tuesday. PTO virtual vote on Oct. 13 from 8am - 4pm Let your voice be heard! We are voting in a new secretary to the PTO Board. Please welcome and vote for Nicole Esser on Oct. 13. Nicole is a new parent to our school and is interested in helping as secretary and overseeing our Boxtops program. Once confirmed by your vote, we can change signatures on the bank account. We are still looking for a parent as treasurer, if interested email dkinouyepto@gmail.com Vote on Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DanielKInouyePTO/ , follow us on Instagram (@DKIESPTO) ------------------------------ Oct. 14, 15, 16 from 2:30 - 3:30 Every family is encouraged to drive through and pick up papers and supplies for crafts and most important Federal Survey cards. You can choose which day works for you. As you drive through, we will give you lots of great resources. Please fill out those Federal Survey cards and return them to the school as soon as possible. We are required to get a Federal Survey card filled out properly and turned in by every family. ------------------- The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) Grab-and-Go school meals program will be returning for the fall semester at 203 public schools to provide free meals to children ages 18 and younger. The meals are available to children regardless of whether or not they are enrolled at the distribution site, are public school students, or are eligible for the free or reduced-price lunch program. We are excited to announce that Daniel K. Inouye Elementary School (DKIES) will be participating in this program! Pick-ups will include one lunch for that day and one breakfast for the following day, per child. Distribution will be available Monday through Friday, excluding holidays and designated school breaks. Meal distribution at DKIES will be at lunchtime only between 10:30am -11:00am. This program will run from October 13, 2020 to December 18, 2020. Meals may be picked up without children present but parents and/or guardians must provide one of the following verification documents for each child: Official letter or email from school listing child(ren) enrolled. Recent student report card(s). Attendance record(s) from parent portals of school websites. Birth certificate(s) of child(ren). Student ID card(s). Driver’s permit(s)/license(s) for high school students. State-issued identification for the child. Social distancing is required and masks must be worn at all times. There will be no personal interaction between serving staff and the community. All meals will be placed in to-go containers. This program is made possible through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding, which provided nationwide waivers for the National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option (SSO) to extend free meals to children through December at schools meeting USDA requirements for free and reduced-price meal populations. Using the same SSO funding, HIDOE provided over 1.3 million free Grab-and-Go breakfast and lunch meals at nearly 80 public schools and community locations from March 23–July 17, 2020. Please fill out the following survey if you intend to regularly pick up meals at DKIES. This will inform us with a close estimate on the number of meals to prepare daily. Fill out the form as intention for your family. Last day to complete the survey is on Friday, October 9, 2020. Attached is a flyer for more information. Thank you very much! Survey Link: Grab-and-Go Meal Survey for DKIES Attachment: 2020-HIDOE-Fall-Grab-and-Go-Flyer.pdf