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Attachment G1: Sample Themes and Topics

  • aerobics exercises
  • alternate energy
  • animals
  • animal camouflage
  • Asian and Pacific cultures
  • astronomy
  • athletes – amateur and professional 
  • banking
  • being a good neighbor 
  • bicycle safety
  • birds
  • collections
  • campus beautification
  • career awareness
  • carnivals and bazaars 
  • citizenship
  • community helpers 
  • computers
  • concave and convex 
  • concrete and abstract 
  • cooperation
  • customs and manners 
  • dinosaurs
  • dress up week
  • electricity
  • emergencies
  • endangered species
  • energy conservation 
  • expansion and contraction 
  • families
  • favorite books
  • festivals
  • fire prevention
  • flight 
  • folk tales and tall tales
  • friends
  • friendship across the ages
  • ghost stories
  • government
  • Hawaiiana
  • health and wellness
  • heroes and superheroes insects
  • kitchen science
  • kites
  • land and sea
  • lines and shapes
  • living with colors in our world
  • machines
  • magic
  • metamorphosis
  • movies and television shows
  • movie stars
  • my neighborhood 
  • non-competitive games
  • our community
  • physical fitness week 
  • patterns and design in nature
  • peace
  • pets
  • plants, flowers, and trees
  • potatoes
  • problem solving
  • puzzles, riddles, and jokes
  • quiet games
  • recycling
  • rockets
  • rocks and minerals
  • safe playing
  • safety in the streets
  • seasons and holidays
  • sharing
  • simple and complex 
  • sounds
  • static and moving
  • stores and supermarkets
  • surfaces and texture
Leighton Heusinger

Leighton started in the healthcare field in nursing. Shortly after college he shifted to training medical and dental software in the field. After 5+ years of customized training and software development, he moved on to work at Tesla where he continued working in technology. Leighton worked for the Department of Education as an Administrative Services Assistant creating paperless workflows and helping office embrace new technologies. After the COVID-19 Pandemic he moved on to start his own technical assistance firm where he had clients like eXp Realty, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, and Chipped and Faded Transformations. He continues to contract with the State of Hawaii and the Department of Education to further the use of technology.