17th Ave
Honolulu, HI 96816

Excellent. A+. A little harder coursework than other high schools but with matched student outcomes.

My little sister gets bullied and ignored everyday. She always says hi to everybody but most people ignore her. She has autism but hers is not as severe, the kids in this school are the worst and most entitled little brats I've seen and heard from, from my sister. This school needs to do better and address this problem and focus more on special needs kids. They need to teach these little brats not to think there so much better then a kid with Autism, the girls are the worse and they do way more awful stuff to her that she doesn't even want to talk about because she feels to ashamed because the other girls make her apologize for them making fun of my sister. The parenting thats going on in this school is really a reflection on how terrible they are as parents and human beings. Waialae needs to do better to look into these problems

My 2 kids started here this year, after distance learning last year and being shuffled about in country-wide confusion. I could not be more impressed with the 7th grade school counselor, Mr Craig Yamada. He is very communicative via email and takes the initiative to work through challenges with students before they become overwhelming. He knows what kids this age need. He will not push anyone to talk to him more than they may want to and will ask for parental feedback before approaching any issues students are having. I have emailed him questions at 9:30pm, when I’m finished with my day, and he’s gotten right back to me with resources for answers, passwords, phone numbers, or anything I may need. He is like an on-call liaison between parent and school that I’ve never experienced. I have told everyone I know about how amazing this man is— forwarding helpful emails he has sent to educators, telling friends at the DOE, and talking to clients at the mental health practice I run, in hopes of spreading his amazing work around our school systems. If all schools had just one counselor who worked as well as Mr Yamada, I feel that we would have communities of happier teachers and parents working as one.

This school is great, clean, close by.

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