919 Wainiha St
Honolulu, HI 96825

I missed open house last year so I made sure I attended this year and it was beyond my expectations. I am so glad I went and I encourage parents to go. You will attend your child’s classes for 10 -15 minutes and get an idea of the years curriculum and expectations. The teachers were extremely welcoming, highly entertaining and have open communication with the parents as well as the kids. I was impressed with the campus, the cleanliness, organization and all around vibration. Coming from a private school background I was hesitant and was initially thinking of transferring him but he is so happy making friends and actually said he loves all of his teachers and they are all “cool” which is rarity! I love this school!

Our experiences have been narrowly focused: mostly watching the outdoor activities & interactions among teachers & students. We had occasion to donate a large amount of crafts items, some holiday-related, all colorful & rather costly. I was tempted to take them to Goodwill, but I had read an article in WOMAN'S DAY that dealt with the hardships schools are facing--both public & private. It suggested donating arts & crafts items to elementary schools for their use in creative projects. In our cleaning out our enormous collection of arts & crafts items we identified many things we thought would make good additions and/or supplements to holiday presentations, homemade greetings, gifts & classroom decorations. We gathered them up & my daughter walked up the street to Kamiloiki Elementary School. She was pretty excited about being able to make a donation that was suggested by a national magazine intended to inspire moms of young children. But her offer was rejected, gently of course. The woman to whom she spoke said, "We don't teach art." She accepted the gift items but reluctantly. My daughter walked home in the heat with disappointment influencing the rest of her day. Why wouldn't the woman who accepted the donations look through the sack to discover what was in it? She probably would see one or two or more items worthy of deed of gift status. Perhaps the students would find things they would like. May teachers would see stuff they'd like. I guess despite all the news stories that announce at every broadcast the loss of funds and shrinkage of curriculum "extras" schools are so wealthy they can afford to refuse good faith offerings & donations of goods that just might be appreciated by someone on the staff or faculty. What about the goodwill toward the neighborhood school that is diminished by a rebuff no matter how objectively delivered, of generosity & thoughtfulness? We probably selected the wrong recipient for our donation. We will go in search of, perhaps, a preschool or private school. Just maybe a seniors' daycare would be the proper place to take our "treasures." I further imagine my daughter expected more effusive gratitude from the person receiving the package. We will expect less and choose more carefully, and I humbly suggest an awareness on the part of Kamiloiki office staff of what it takes for a person (without children) to be inspired by a family magazine to happily give such to her neighborhood school.

I find this school great with special education students . I have received great help in the office for what I need.

This school is great, clean, close by.

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