First day of summer

shot from Duke's Waikiki restaurant on Saturday -- great view and yummy food!

Today is officially the first day of summer, but for us at Hickam Elementary, summer made its appearance the day school let out a week and a half ago. The last week of school was chock-full of parties, awards assemblies, report cards (!) graduations, leis, and farewells.

Both students and teachers will have to pack their fun and relaxation into a shorter amount of time this summer. The single school calendar has us returning on July 27th, almost a month earlier than in previous years. This means that we'll get more breaks during the school year, but that the summer will go by more quickly than before.

But hey, we're in Hawaii, where almost every day is like summer, if you don't count the 46 straight days of rain we had in March and April!