Teacher Appreciation Week Breakfast 2024

Our teachers and staff were treated like rockstars today at our annual Staffulty Appreciation Farewell Breakfast 2024 🔥🤩 🎉 We want to thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to come down to hang out and share a meal together this morning! Students welcomed teachers with a picture, leis and handmade cards from their own students. Thank you to all teachers for coming out to the cafeteria and letting us students to give back for your hard work and dedication by serving breakfast and bringing out smiles. Big thanks also to our sponsors iHop Pearl City, (Keely Tamayose donation) Starbucks coffee, Highlands PTSA, and our amazing Highlands Cafeteria Staff and Cafeteria Manager Ms. Iris! Cailin Jamora, Assembly Committee

 

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Breakfast 2017

On the morning of May 12, 2017, the Highlands Cafeteria was filled with music, floaties of all sizes and colors, and lots and lots of leis! Teachers were greeted with hugs and high fives and Teacher Appreciation Booklets that the students made for them! Once inside, all of our awesome Highlands teachers and staff were treated to IHOP pancakes, Starbucks coffee, Big City Diner fried rice, and fruit and donuts from the Tugaoen Ohana! Sounds yummy, yeah?!? All of the the teachers, got the chance to win sunglasses, real leis, and floaties during the teacher raffle!  There were lots of laughs and smiles all that morning and they would carry on throughout the day. I think that that breakfast was well-deserved and I know for sure that all the teachers and staff feel a lot more appreciated now :)))  Big thanks to our community event sponsors: Big City Diner Pearlridge, Starbucks Pearlridge, and IHOP Pearl City!!!! Noelani, Student Government President

"A Charlie Brown" Xmas Teacher Appreciation Breakfast

Ever wonder how you can show your teachers how much they mean to you? Teachers are always constantly aiming for you to become the most successful person that you could be, and what do we do in return? The answer is usually “nothing.”  Well, we, the Highlands Student Council thought that it would be an amazing idea to have a teacher appreciation breakfast to give our teachers thanks before the end of the semester. The 8th Grade Council was tasked to plan and organize the event and they eventually decided to make the theme “A Charlie Brown Christmas” theme! We had amazing food sponsored by Starbucks Waimalu, iHop Pearl City, and Big City Diner Pearlridge!  We also had an amazing entertainment by our very own highlands 8th graders -- Jade and Sarah!  Also, we would like to give a big shoutout to our amazing emcees for the event -- Jaeda and Sarah!  They did an amazing job for entertaining our teachers with a lot of raffles and prize giveaways! Lastly, we would like to thank our teachers for not only helping us with our work, but also for supporting us and making us succeed in life. Without our amazing Highlands teachers, we wouldn't be the to-be-successful people that we all plan to be!  Merry Xmas, teachers!!!  Sarah, 8th Grade Secretary

Teacher Appreciation Week 2015 Breakfast "Luau Edition"

Have you ever had that one teacher that has done so much for you and you really wanted to return the favor? Don’t worry -- Student Council has your back!  On May 8th, 2015, we hosted a luau-themed teacher break for all our hard working teachers and staff here at Highlands Intermediate. Even with an earlier start time this year, we had teachers lining up outside around the corner ready to get their eat on!  As soon as the clock struck 7:15 am the breakfast began. The teachers were greeted with leis, Teacher & Staff Appreciation Booklets written by their very own students, they entered a raffle to win luau-themed prizes, a rose for Mother’s Day and mile-wide smiles from all of us.  After that, the teachers hopped in line to beat Mrs. Morihara to the infamous Big City Diner fried rice (since she ate the last bit of it at the Xmas Breakfast). Besides the fried rice, we had all sorts of food.  We had iHop pancakes, Pancakes and Waffle House scrambled eggs, sausages, lomi lomi salmon, kalua pig, assorted fruit, Starbucks coffee, juice, and much much more.  Once the teachers found a seat they were inundated with student minglers who got to hang out and talk story. And get this, we had two live student performances for our special guests!  Kuahiwi, Shayla and Shaylnn were kind enough to share 5 amazing hulas!  The annual breakfast was a smash success thanks to the Highlands Student Council and our amazing sponsors: Starbucks Waikele, Ihop Pearl City, and Pancakes and Waffles. If you’re reading this as a teacher who didn’t go to the breakfast heres a tip: don’t miss the next one ;)  Jalisa, SG Vice-President