I totally agree with this review. I have had 3 children attend this school. The classes is overcrowded (due to the fact that the state keeps on building home, without the proper schools in place) KHS has no control of this. But the pods are not conducive to learning and the projects are ridiculous.
... Read more Security is a joke!! There are some exceptional teachers and staff, but if you do not know them you will be in the blackhole revolving voice mail system. The new edline system is great to be kept informed. I also think the new principal, Mr. Esmeralda, will make a BIG difference. I have worked with him in the past and he has the heart and leadership quailities that can make KHS a scool we all can be proud of. Read less
I am an alumni from this school, although I just recently graduated in 2005 I have seen how much of a downfall this school has taken since just 4 years ago. It seems that somewhere from then to now, Kapolei High School has lost any pride it may have had, and its identity that us earlier alumni tried
... Read more so hard to build upon, I'm talking about our 'One team caring, dignity & integrity' attitude that really differientiated the first classes there to the ones you'll see now. I have younger siblings now attending the school, and even they notice the lack of pride and especially the lack of authority at the school. The principal is all show, he does nothing constructive at all for the school or more importantly for the students. I am disappointed and ashamed for what its become, its become just another low class Hawaii public school. Sad. Read less
Posted by a student on 07/03/09
I wish that I could give the school a lower rating than 1 star. The communication to home and to the students is horrible. Students attending every day did not know what activities or events were happening. Girls wear pajamas to school to then later change in the day. There are no classes for gifted
... Read more students and in the freshman or sophomore years, all students are made to take beginning math no mater what they had in middle school. Classes are over crowded, pod set up is not conducive to learning. Group projects usually mean only one or two of the group of 4 or 5 will do all of the work, but everyone will get the credit/grade. We parents call the office to get information about events no one knows anything and you get transferred into the black hole of the voice mail system and with no call back. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/10/09
my child attended this school 9 - 12.... the communication between school and home is horrible. Parents never know what is going on until it is to late... newsletters come home 1 every quarter with info on events that have already happened. Information that is sent home requires a signature and return
... Read more to school, leaving the parent with nothing unless you take it to kinko to be copied before you return it. I am so glad my child has graduated, I do not feel he is prepared for college. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/09/09
My son just graduated from Kapolei High School after attending 9th through 12th grades there. It is true that communication is very bad. The current principal would not return my phone calls, and after 4 messages left with the office, I contacted the superintendent of schools. Only then did I get
... Read more defensive return phone call, which did not resolve any of the problems I had with the school. I had asked to be informed of my sons absences, but never got a notice until it was too late. I got a call the last week of school, saying he would be failing a class. Luckily it was a class that was not needed for graduation. Had I been able, I would have had him attend a different school. Almost any other school would have been better! Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/09/09
Kapolei HS is a very large school. However, if your student is serious about school he/she needs to take the hardest courses possible. Take all the AP courses you can. There are some very good teachers at Kapolei that will come in early and stay late to help students. I have two sons that attend the
... Read more school. The only reason students would fail at this school is because they don't do the work. The administration does need to crack down on the dress code policy. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/23/09
As a senior from this school, i hear a lot of parents that complain to teachers about their child failing. Ohnestly parents should blame themselves and not the teacher. My opinon is that the teachers are doing their job and like college its up to you as the student to succeed in the lessons given or
... Read more fail quietly. One of our GLO(General learner outcome) in school is 'Self-Directed Learner'. This applies to the many that do their best in their classes. If their parents are complaining then they should talk to their child concerning why they are failing. But overall I am proud to attend this school. =] Read less
Posted by a student on 02/16/09
I agree with the students not being held accountable for not turning in their work on time. Our child is always being questioned if their homework is done. Our child does the work and then tells us that an extension was given because no one does the work. The real world is not like this - extensions
... Read more are not given when the work is not done or completed in a timely manner. I think students need to be held accountable. Especially when they are asked to bring a book to read the first 10 minutes of class for three of their classes each day and can't manage to do that! Hope to see some changes in the system. Read less
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2,285
Students per teacher:
Full-time teachers:
23
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general intellectual ability or talent - high intelligence test score (usually two standard deviations above the mean), and high levels of vocabulary, memory, abstract work knowledge and abstract reasoning;
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English as Second Language
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Kapolei schools — Kapolei High School is located at 91-5005 Kapolei Pkwy, Kapolei HI 96707. 91-5005 Kapolei Pkwy is in the 96707 ZIP code in Kapolei, HI The school district for Kapolei High School is the Leeward Oahu School District. Kapolei High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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