Kahaluu

Parent engagement activities all through the year. Teachers and staff make you feel welcome from the minute you step on campus. Its like a big 'ohana there, and its like coming home. Great campus, and their May Day program is unbelievable!!

Good physical facilities. Caring staff small class sizes. Our daughter needed some special services and she got them right away. They took a long time doing her assessment so that they could provide her with the appropriate level of instruction.

Ahuimanu was rated well on Zillow 7/10. Two of my kids attended this school (1 in Kinder and the other in the 2nd grade). My 2nd grader had an awful experience and struggled because he could not understand his teacher. (1) His teacher spoke and wrote in "pigeon", a form of broken English spoken on the islands and, (2) maintained poor control of her classroom. My wife and I requested a change to another class via the Principal. The Principal denied the request stating that "if they allowed one family to switch classes then other families will want to switch". This reponse diminished my trust in their ability to provide an adequate education to my children. As a result, I removed both of my kids and placed them in a private school (Christian Academy). Now my son (the 2nd grader) is in the 4th grade and is in the top of his class this year and the last with a much stronger curriculum. My other child is thriving as well.

My child spent the majority of his early education @ St. Ann's. No complaints about their Early Learning Center but the upper grade levels leave much to be desired. There seems to be no room or tolerance for parent interaction other than for monetary or physical help. It was very also disturbing when I found out that they children were instructed by the principal to not reveal anything negative happening in school. Needless to say, I noticed that since the children were barely finishing 1/2 of their textbooks for the entire school year, I opted to transfer my child to a pricier but better suited school.

My daughters attended kindergarten and 3rd grade here and I thought they did an excellent job! The student to teacher ratio is great and it has tremendously helped my girls academic and spiritual growth! Such a great decision!