kodomo No Ie

KNI Newsletter

June 2010

1: This month’s goals
2: Let's sing! - Songs of this month
3: Star Festival (Tanabata) at the Huntington Library on July 3rd (Sat.)
4: Register Now for KNI Summer School!
5: Register Now for the new school year!
6: Nice to meet you!
7: Many Thanks


Despite windy conditions, this year’s Sports Day was spectacular with all the parents, students, committee members, volunteers, high school volunteers and teachers uniting as one to produce a truly memorable day. Deep gratitude to the Sports Day committee for all their hard work!

June is here at last, and the end of this school year is approaching. Let’s acknowledge and celebrate each child’s development and growth.

Also, summer vacation is just around the corner, and we hope to see you again in our summer school. Please have a wonderful and safe summer!

This month’s goals


June 4th: Cavity Prevention Day - Increase awareness on cavity prevention and help develop a good habit of brushing his/her teeth.
June 10th: Time Day – Promote interest in numbers and time.
June 20th: Father’s Day – Enhance appreciation for father through making his present.
Sakura Class – Create lasting memories, rejoice and look forward to graduation and the next stage in life through year-book & mug productions, field trips, graduation rehearsals, etc.
Lower & Middle Classes – Recognize and understand the upcoming class advancement in the fall and look forward to the next level.

Let's sing! - Songs of this month


Renge, Momo, Sumire … Tooth brushing song, The clock song, The snail song, School song
Kiku, Ume … Graduation song
Sakura … Graduation song

Please feel free to take a copy of sheet music placed on the sign-in table, and enjoy singing along with your child!

Star Festival (Tanabata) at the Huntington Library on July 3rd (Sat.)


Time: 13:30~15:00

Please join us for our annual Star Festival (Tanabata) celebration. Students are encouraged to wear yukata.

Register Now for KNI Summer School!


We will be providing exciting, fun-filled summer school program for the children!
We are looking forward to seeing all of you.

Register Now for the new school year!

Have you registered for the upcoming school year?
Please refer to your friends!

Nice to meet you!

I am Ms. Yamashita, and I joined Kodomo no Ie in May.
Everything was new for me and I didn’t know left to right when I first arrived, but I’ve gradually acclimated to my new life in the US.
The children’s smiles energize me everyday, and I am looking forward to working with them! -Emi Yamashita

Many Thanks

Thanks to all of you, another great year is about to culminate.
We are truly grateful to the following committee members for their dedication and hard work as leaders in enriching our school year. We would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude for their contributions.

Class mothers:
They attended monthly meetings, helped us with school events, and worked as liaisons between the school and parents.

Mrs. Nakagawa, Mrs. Adachi, Mrs. Rother, Mrs. Hayashi, Mrs. Yeh, Mrs. Hirano, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Osorio, Mrs. Tetsumoto, Mrs. Tsukamoto, Mrs. Allen

Christmas committee, Mochitsuki committee, Sports Day committee:
KNI's three big annual events were a great success thanks to the dedicated members of their committees.

Mrs. Herrera, Mrs. Dewan, Mrs. Shimada, Mrs. Haishima, Mrs. Trueter, Mrs. Kamioka, Mrs. Nagai, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Ebata, Mrs. Gonzalez, Mrs. Anicichi, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Takada, Mrs. Sugiyama, Mrs. Lo, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Ribas, Mrs. Sakamoto, Mrs. Sakamoto, Mrs. Tanaka, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Hanai, Mrs. Tetsumoto, Mrs. Siegel, Mrs. Nemoto, Mrs. Kikekawa, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Carey, Mrs. Adachi, Mrs. Hagiwara, Mrs. Aoyagi, Mrs. Hayashi, Mrs. Hamagiwa, Mrs. Coppock, Mrs. Hanamoto, Mrs. MacLaine, Mrs. Nakamura, Mrs. Naono, Mrs. Otake, Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Sugita

Library committee:
They organized KNI Library, kept books in order.

Mrs. Yamasaki, Mrs. Ludes, Mrs. Nakamura, Mrs. Tatsuki, Mrs. Fischman, Mrs. Hironaka, Mrs. Casper, Mrs. Sofronas, Mrs. Yamaguchi

Scrip committee:
We generated great profit this year thanks to these members.

Mrs. Hartzberg, Mrs. Otamura, Mrs. Speaks, Mrs. Goldstein, Mrs. Nishii, Mrs. Okamoto

Translation committee:
We appreciated their translation work for the church members and the increasing number of English-only families.

Mrs. Pfeiffer, Mrs. Ohnsman, Mrs. Fujita, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Kikekawa, Mrs. Kurata, Mrs, Hagiwara, Mrs. Gwen, Mrs. Ryerson, Mrs. Haenschke, Mrs. Kunimasa, Mrs. Aoyagi, Mrs. Tan, Mrs. Ono

Recycle committee:
They generated a great amount of profit. We believed in the importance of recycling and they shared our school principle with us and took action!

Mrs. Hayashi, Mrs. Machida, Mrs. Carey, Mrs. Barr, Mrs. Kato, Mrs. Winn

T-shirts committee:
We are very pleased that they introduced new items with KNI logo.

Mrs. Feeney, Mrs. Coppock, Mrs. Okura, Mrs. Kamioka, Mrs. Izumi, Mrs. Irihara, Mrs. Tan, Mrs. Sekihara, Mrs. Furukawa, Mrs, Church, Mrs. Terabayashi

Kids Art committee:
We are pleased that they introduced new products.

Mrs. Masciandaro, Mrs. Nakamura, Mrs. Winn, Mrs. Fischman, Mrs. Graham

Cooking class committee:
They assisted Chef Hirose to run this popular cooking class smoothly.

Mrs. Otoguro, Mrs. Murata, Mrs. Kamata, Mrs. Waters

[B Website committee:
They update our wonderful KNI website.

Mrs. Adachi, Mrs. Hanamoto, Mrs. Tetsumoto

Bazar committee:
They organized the wonderful bazar.

Mrs. Akama, Mrs. Nagai, Mrs. Murata

Newsletter committee:
They published KNI newspaper, "Papas & Mamas".
We all enjoyed reading their interesting, informative articles.

Mrs. Hayashi, Mrs. Ohnsman, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Barr, Mrs. Anicichi




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