91-1206 Waikapoo St
Ewa Beach, HI 96706

I was optimistic when I initially read reviews about the school but over time it’s proving to be less than stellar. academics aside, I am having a hard time with the amount of inappropriate and unsafe behavior that appears to be tolerated in classrooms and on campus. every year, my children have consistently been placed in class with students who curse at them, make explicit comments, yell at their teachers, and even become physical in the classroom, from pushing others to throwing items and even fighting. me, my partner, and my neighbors having similar problems have spoken to many member of the school staff regarding these problems, but my kids still come home with reports of the same things occurring. i really wanted to give a positive review, but that is very hard to do when i do not feel like the school takes the safety of it students seriously. it doesn’t seem to matter who we talk to at the school. The inappropriate behavior of kids is clearly tolerated, and nobody is being accountable in any way that makes a lasting change. why are these students who don’t seem to want an education able to get in the way of everyone else’s opportunity to learn or at least feel comfortable in class?

My children lasted one week here before my husband and I ripped them out. The office staff seems like they absolutely hate their jobs and parents. The kids there don’t care for children that are white and my boys were targeted in the bathroom based on that alone. Physically target by kids they had never seen or spoken to before. We bought a home in Ewa and love our home and neighbors but the schools are awful. Thankfully we can do private. James Campbells solution to bullying of children is during breaks and lunches, for them to join the other white children outside a teachers classroom every day and stick together in hopes that they wouldn’t be bullied or hurt. They couldn’t even use the bathroom alone without being harassed. There’s a reason they have a uniform dress code there. The kids are unruly and the parents are even worse. We now commute our children to a safer school on the other side of the island where uniforms aren’t required and they are safe and haven’t had one incident since James Campbell. The place is an absolute disgrace to education.

Ewa Makai has an entire class dedicated to health and stress relief. My son is teaching me about "positive psychology." He is being taught how to meditate and do yoga. They learn a new stress relief technique everyday. Some they will like and some they will not but they are learning how to manage anxiety in sixth grade. I got a phone call from my son's teacher to tell me HE WAS PARTICIPATING AND MS. JOY APPRECIATED HIM SHARING HIS THOUGHTS WITH THE CLASS. I have only gotten calls when my sons were in trouble. This school practices what they preach. They have positive discipline and it works. My son is a different student. Thank you to Ms. Joy, Ms. Guy and Mr. Gleeson. We have transfered 6 times. This is the best school they have been to.