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Friday Letter 4/21/23

Upcoming Events

April

  • 4/28 – Canefire Color Walk (pledge forms sent home)
  • 4/29 – Junior High & Upper Elementary Basketball Tournament @ Kamehameha

May

  • 5/3 – 5/7 – Senior Trip
  • 5/4 – Junior High Program
  • 5/5 – Junior High Escape
  • 5/5 – 5/6 – 8th Grade Trip
  • 5/9 – Elementary May Program (see flyer below)
  • 5/13 – Junior/Senior Banquet
  • 5/18 – 5/20 – High School Play @ Rosie O’ (Details coming soon)
  • 5/23-5/25 – Half Days due to Finals
  • 5/23 – High School Athletic Banquet
  • 5/24 – Preschool Graduation
  • 5/26 – High School Graduation

Canefire Color Walk 2023

Aloha CLA Families,
Thank you for the amazing support that all of you have showed CLA over the past few years. The eruption of 2018 and the COVID Years were tumultuous times but the Lord provided insurmountable grace to successfully navigate through the treacherous waters. CLA’s history is a testimony to God’s gracious provision. At just the right time God provides the funds and the people to help accomplish the next step in our development.

CLA is ready to take the next step towards making our Lower Campus Facility fully operational. We have a serious need to provide more bathrooms down by the Fieldhouse and the Rosie O. We are in the development stages of this project. As all of you know, acquiring all the necessary plans for such a project is quite expensive. The budget for these plans comes in at just under $10,000.00. The proceeds for this yearʻs Canefire Color Walk will be used for the development plans for new bathrooms at the Fieldhouse and also the covering for the concrete slab. We are asking students to get people to sponsor them as they walk for one hour around a quarter-mile course. The theme for this year’s walk is “Walking to the Finish,” as we are trying to finish the area around the Fieldhouse to make it fully functional.  Please consider helping us raise the funds for this much needed addition to our facility.

Thank you and God bless.

Donate to the Canefire Color Walk here!

Mother’s Day Flower Sale

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In this week’s Parent Corner, we asked some Teens and Pre-Teens “What are your parents doing right?”, and “If you could give your parents advice on parenting, what would it be”. We explore those answers and highlight the importance of getting feedback from your kids.

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 4/22 – CLA @ HPA Round 2 Playoffs
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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 4/14/23

Upcoming Events

April

  • 4/28 – Canefire Color Walk
  • 4/29 – Junior High & Upper Elementary Basketball Tournament @ Kamehameha

May

  • 5/3 – 5/7 – Senior Trip
  • 5/4 – Junior High Program
  • 5/5 – Junior High Escape
  • 5/5 – 5/6 – 8th Grade Trip
  • 5/9 – Elementary May Program (see flyer below)
  • 5/13 – Junior/Senior Banquet
  • 5/18 – 5/20 – High School Play @ Rosie O’ (Details coming soon)
  • 5/23-5/25 – Half Days due to Finals
  • 5/23 – High School Athletic Banquet
  • 5/24 – Preschool Graduation
  • 5/26 – High School Graduation

Watch Canefire Chronicles – “Prayers of Power”

Premier: Friday, March 24 at 5:00 p.m. on the Canefire Production YouTube Channel. The Director’s Cut of Canefire Productions 2022 Project has finally been finished. Please help us reach our goal of 10,000 views so the project qualifies for one of the online streaming services.

“Jess, a high school senior close to graduation, deals with the reality of spiritual warfare as she struggles with her bitterness. Through the influence of some new “spiritual” friends, she realizes how ineffective she has become in the lives of her friends and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. Jess realizes that bitterness only hurts herself and it does allow all kinds of evil to begin to take root. She also is confronted with the amazing name of Jesus and how powerful his name can be when used in prayer. All it takes is one faithful prayer warrior to make a difference.”

Here’s this week’s Parent Corner. Today we’re going to talk about the importance of self care. Here are three areas where we believe we need the most attention when it comes to us taking care of ourselves.

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 4/7/23

Upcoming Events

April

  • 4/7 – Good Friday – No School
  • 4/10 – 4/11 – SAT10 make-up testing (1st to 9th grade)
  • 4/11 – 8th Grade High School Visit & Parent Meeting (see flyer)
  • 4/12 – SAT *11th grade only
  • 4/10 – 4/14 – Homecoming Week
  • 4/28 – Canefire Color Walk
  • 4/29 – Junior High & Upper Elementary Basketball Tournament @ Kamehameha

May

  • 5/3 – 5/7 – Senior Trip
  • 5/4 – Junior High Program
  • 5/5 – 5/6 Junior High Escape
  • 5/13 – Junior/Senior Banquet

Thank you to everyone that supported our CLA Mission trip to Italy last month. Here is a highlight video to show what we were able to do because of your prayers and support. Thank you again and may God bless you!

High School Spirit Week Schedule

Preschool, Elementary, and Junior High Spirit Week Schedule

Upcoming 9th Graders & Parents

Watch Canefire Chronicles – “Prayers of Power”

Premier: Friday, March 24 at 5:00 p.m. on the Canefire Production YouTube Channel. The Director’s Cut of Canefire Productions 2022 Project has finally been finished. Please help us reach our goal of 10,000 views so the project qualifies for one of the online streaming services.

“Jess, a high school senior close to graduation, deals with the reality of spiritual warfare as she struggles with her bitterness. Through the influence of some new “spiritual” friends, she realizes how ineffective she has become in the lives of her friends and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. Jess realizes that bitterness only hurts herself and it does allow all kinds of evil to begin to take root. She also is confronted with the amazing name of Jesus and how powerful his name can be when used in prayer. All it takes is one faithful prayer warrior to make a difference.”

Here’s this week’s Parent Corner. Today, we’re talking about the how and why of raising children that are prepared for independence. It doesn’t happen automatically. It takes intentionality, investment and prayer. Let’s talk about it!

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 4/7 – Kaʻu @ CLA 11:00AM
  • 4/11 – CLA @ Kohala 5:00PM
  • 4/14 – HPA @ CLA 5:00PM
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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 3/31/23

Upcoming Events

April

  • 4/3 – 4/6 – SAT10 testing (1st to 9th grade)
  • 4/7 – Good Friday – No School
  • 4/10 – 4/11 – SAT10 make-up testing (1st to 9th grade)
  • 4/11 – 8th Grade High School Visit & Parent Meeting (see flyer)
  • 4/12 – SAT *11th grade only
  • 4/10 – 4/14 – Homecoming Week
  • 4/28 – Canefire 500
  • 4/29 – Junior High Basketball Tournament @ Kamehameha

5th Grade Mochi Fundraiser

Click on this link to pre-order your $10 box of mochi by April 4th!

Watch Canefire Chronicles – “Prayers of Power”

Premier: Friday, March 24 at 5:00 p.m. on the Canefire Production YouTube Channel. The Director’s Cut of Canefire Productions 2022 Project has finally been finished. Please help us reach our goal of 10,000 views so the project qualifies for one of the online streaming services.

“Jess, a high school senior close to graduation, deals with the reality of spiritual warfare as she struggles with her bitterness. Through the influence of some new “spiritual” friends, she realizes how ineffective she has become in the lives of her friends and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. Jess realizes that bitterness only hurts herself and it does allow all kinds of evil to begin to take root. She also is confronted with the amazing name of Jesus and how powerful his name can be when used in prayer. All it takes is one faithful prayer warrior to make a difference.”

Upcoming 9th Graders & Parents

Today’s Parent Corner is about how to overcome feeling inadequate as parents. We can trust that God has placed us and given us all we need to be successful. Let’s learn how to overcome together.

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 3/31 – Laupahoehoe @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 4/1 – Parker @ CLA 3:00PM
  • 4/4 – CLA @ Pahoa 5:00PM
  • 4/7 – Kaʻu @ CLA 11:00AM
  • 4/14 – HPA @ CLA 5:00PM
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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 3/24/23

Upcoming Events

March

  • 3/27 – Fourth Quarter Begins

April

  • 4/3 – 4/6 – SAT10 testing (1st to 8th grade)
  • 4/7 – Good Friday – No School
  • 4/10 – 4/11 – SAT10 make-up testing (1st to 8th grade)
  • 4/12 – SAT *11th grade only
  • 4/10 – 4/14 – Homecoming Week

Watch Canefire Chronicles – “Prayers of Power”

Premier: Friday, March 24 at 5:00 p.m. on the Canefire Production YouTube Channel. The Director’s Cut of Canefire Productions 2022 Project has finally been finished. Please help us reach our goal of 10,000 views so the project qualifies for one of the online streaming services.

“Jess, a high school senior close to graduation, deals with the reality of spiritual warfare as she struggles with her bitterness. Through the influence of some new “spiritual” friends, she realizes how ineffective she has become in the lives of her friends and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. Jess realizes that bitterness only hurts herself and it does allow all kinds of evil to begin to take root. She also is confronted with the amazing name of Jesus and how powerful his name can be when used in prayer. All is it takes is one faithful prayer warrior to make a difference.”

Catch up with the missions team on their blog!

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 3/28 – CLA @ Ka Umeke 5:00PM
  • 3/31 – Laupahoehoe @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 4/3 – CLA @ St. Joseph 5:00PM
  • 4/4 – CLA @ Pahoa 5:00PM
  • 4/7 – Kaʻu @ CLA 5:00PM

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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 3/17/23

Upcoming Events

March

  • 3/17 – 3/18 – Rummage Sale
  • 3/13 – 3/24 – Spring Break – No School
  • 3/27 – Fourth Quarter Begins

April

  • 4/3 – 4/6 – SAT10 testing (1st to 8th grade)
  • 4/7 – Good Friday – No School
  • 4/10 – 4/11 – SAT10 make-up testing (1st to 8th grade)
  • 4/12 – SAT *11th grade only
  • 4/10 – 4/14 – Homecoming Week

The CLA missions team created a blog and will post updates throughout their trip. Please be in prayer for them as they travel and seek to serve and spread the gospel in Italy.

Click here to follow along

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 3/28 – CLA @ Ka Umeke 5:00PM
  • 3/31 – Laupahoehoe @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 4/3 – CLA @ St. Joseph 5:00PM
  • 4/4 – CLA @ Pahoa 5:00PM
  • 4/7 – Kaʻu @ CLA 5:00PM

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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 3/10/23

Upcoming Events

March

  • 3/10 – Last Day of 3rd Quarter
  • 3/17-3/18 – Rummage Sale
  • 3/13 – 3/24 – Spring Break – No School
  • 3/27 – Fourth Quarter Begins

April

  • 4/3 – SAT10 testing (1st to 8th grade)
  • 4/7 – Good Friday – No School
  • 4/10-4/11 – SAT10 make-up testing (1st to 8th grade)
  • 4/12 – SAT *11th grade only
  • 4/10-4/14 – Homecoming Week

The CLA missions team created a blog, and will post updates throughout their trip. Please be in prayer for them as they travel and seek to serve and spread the gospel in Italy.

Click here to follow along

Parent Corner

In today’s Parent Corner, we want to talk about showing favoritism. There’s a lot of reasons why we may show favoritism toward one child over another… or it’s perceived to be so. Let’s look at ways we can avoid favoritism and build intentional unique relationships with each of our children.

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 3/10 – Makua Lani @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 3/28 – CLA @ Ka Umeke 5:00PM
  • 3/31 – Laupahoehoe @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 4/3 – CLA @ St. Joseph 5:00PM
  • 4/4 – CLA @ Pahoa 5:00PM
  • 4/7 – Kaʻu @ CLA 5:00PM

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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 3/3/23

Upcoming Events

March

  • 3/6 -3/10 – Preschool 3 – 5th Reading Week (see flyer below)
  • 3/8 Bake Sale
  • 3/10 – Last Day of 3rd Quarter
  • 3/17-3/18 – Rummage Sale
  • 3/13 – 3/24 – Spring Break – No School
  • 3/27 – Fourth Quarter Begins

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Preschool-5th Grade

Parent Corner

In today’s Parent Corner, we’re going to learn how to be intentional with our words. Let’s consider what we say to our kids that will build foundations and plant seeds that will impact them for years.

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 3/7 – CLA @ Kona 5:00PM
  • 3/10 – Makua Lani @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 3/28 – CLA @ Ka Umeke 5:00PM
  • 3/31 – Laupahoehoe @ CLA 5:00PM

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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 2/24/23

Upcoming Events

February

  • 2/25 – CLA Hiker’s Club (see flyer below – High School Only)
  • 2/27 – PSAT 9th Grade
  • 2/28 – PSAT 10th Grade

March

  • 3/6 -3/10 – Preschool 3 – 5th Reading Week (see flyer below)
  • 3/10 – Last Day of 3rd Quarter
  • 3/17-3/18 – Rummage Sale
  • 3/13 – 3/24 – Spring Break – No School
  • 3/27 – 4th Quarter Begins

Click here to order your Canefire Cap!

Preschool-5th Grade

Upper Elementary Intramurals

Parent Corner

Today’s Parent Corner is about practical tips for parents that feel overwhelmed. God wants to help us manage through all we’re carrying.

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 2/24 – Kanu @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 2/28 – CLA @ Honokaʻa 5:00PM
  • 3/2 – St. Joseph @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 3/4 – CLA @ Parker 10:00AM
  • 3/7 – CLA @ Kona 5:00PM
  • 3/10 – Makua Lani @ CLA 5:00PM

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Friday Letters

Friday Letter 2/17/23

Upcoming Events

February

  • 2/20 – Presidents’ Day – No School
  • 2/22 – Bake Sale (see flyer below)
  • 2/25 – CLA Hiker’s Club (see flyer below – High School Only)
  • 2/27 – PSAT 9th Grade
  • 2/28 – PSAT 10th Grade

March

  • 3/6 -3/10 – Preschool 3 – 5th Reading Week
  • 3/10 – Last Day of 3rd Quarter
  • 3/17-3/18 Rummage Sale
  • 3/13 – 3/24 – Spring Break – No School
  • 3/27 – 4th Quarter Begins

Cell Phone Reminder

In order to have the best learning environment possible, free of distractions, we ask that all communication from parents to students, and students to parents, be done through the school office phone. Thank you for your cooperation and support!

Upper Campus Ph: (808) 966-8445
Lower Campus Ph: (808) 966-8866

*For further detail on our cell phone policy, please reference our student handbook on our website here.

This month seven CLA students participated in the astronomy division of the Hawaii District Science and Engineering Fair, and two of their projects qualified for States. For her project, Bethany DeLoach verified the Tully-Fisher relationship in a galaxy that is over 500 million light years away, while Caleb Vogt and Christian Lee measured the amount of dark matter in the same galaxy. Joshua DeCleene and Blayk Hanoa reported on spectra of solar system planets, and Makala Hayashida and Seth Glenn determined the ages of two star clusters (Messier 3 and the Pleiades). Makala and Seth won 3rd place in astronomy (6th place overall), and Caleb and Christian won 2nd place in astronomy (5th place overall); both of these projects qualified for States. Based on the quality of his project, Caleb Vogt received the UHH Chancellor’s Award, consisting of a year’s tuition to the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Congratulations to all of these students for their hard work!

Upper Elementary Intramurals

Volcano Art Center workshops:

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High School Sports

Boys’ Volleyball

  • 2/17 & 2/18 – Round Robin
  • 2/24 – Kanu @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 2/28 – CLA @ Honokaʻa 5:00PM
  • 3/2 – St. Joseph @ CLA 5:00PM
  • 3/4 – CLA @ Parker 10:00AM