Front desk ladies are better than any other schools! My kids first day was a mess for me.. and one…read moreof the ladies went above and beyond and helped me to both my children's classrooms. We originally had my daughter enrolled in two different private schools that accepted her. We couldn't make up our mind on sending her to these really expensive schools. Of course, any parent wants their children to have the best education and that's all we strived for. It was a big dip in our bank account, we felt it was worth it. Nearing the end of summer, we backed down. We remembered how tough it was having both our children on different schedules. Our daughter was in Kamehameha preschool and our son at Royal Elementary (public school). We struggled finding someone to babysit for two different schedules. Yes, private schools do have more "off days". On days that we couldn't find a sitter, we would have our daycare as our back up. Being that private school this year was literally 3/4 our savings, we didn't think we had cushion to constantly send the kids to daycare if we couldn't find a babysitter. So we made the decision to have her in the same school as brother who is in enrolled in SPED. Our fears of robbing our child's education began. She didn't have as much homework as Kamehameha Preschools gave out, which may be a thumbs up for most parents. I actually enjoyed homework time with her. But we still do other things to make up for it. I do see a small decline in her academic interest but, were working on getting her back up. We can't rely solely on the school. The big 5 star review goes out to my sons SPED Preschool class: Ms. Angela and his teacher aide, Vanessa! Amazing, amazing, amazing people with beautiful souls! They truly do their best to help improve all my sons needs! It's been maybe a month in school and my boy is improving so much. I owe it all to these awesome ladies and his therapists! I warned them of my sons lack of immunity due to his condition, and they amaze me at how prepared they are. They sanitize everything a child touches and cleanliness is a must in this class. This schools SPED preschool was actually full at the time of admission, however, due to some personal issues with another school, the principal at this school accepted my son! I can see why their program was full. I plan to keep my son at this school for all his elementary days. So impressed with the quality of care. I almost cringe at the thought of him entering another classroom. I admire these women for all they are. His teacher, Ms.Angela has an app called Bloomz that allows us to message her about our son and she sends us updates as often as she can. She does her best to do daily updates but we don't expect that as she is a busy lady herself. She shows that she really loves what she does and has a passion for it. These are the teachers that deserve the best pay raise ever! If I was her boss, hands down.. her salary would double! Thank you ladies! Thank you Pearl Harbor for accepting my kids on such short notice!

This is a really good school. Sure not all schools are perfect. The girls in the office are…read morefriendly and helpful. Every teacher I have dealt with here has been really good and communicating with parents and working with the kids.

#ThankYouThursday…read more Seriously! Thank you to all the teachers who are dedicated to the educational endeavours of the students. Special thanks to 4th grade teachers Ms. DeSa and Mr. Manuel. We all know how difficult these past 8(?!) months have been but, these teachers show no sign of falter. EVERY.SINGLE.MORNING they are promptly online and actively engaging with students who have had to readjust to the new form of schooling. Some mornings when I am out walking, I even see their cars on campus. Knowing they probably have their own children to attend too and still manage the learning of multiple students is impressive and worth recognition! Even their communication with parents is consistent. Every time I have had to contact them, they respond promptly and in a timely manner. If something is going on at the school that requires parents' attention, they will send out a flyer or email with the details. Thank you, teachers! Your efforts don't go unnoticed!!

Too much students here for a new school! Should have built…read moreit bigger, considering the big empty space behind the school property!

I love the Hawaii public school system! I know you don't hear this often enough but our experience…read morethrough Makalapa has been great compared to the school system we left in Oregon. If you pass by the school on Salt Lake BLVD in the morning rush hour you might think it is a world of craziness with commuters zipping by, teenage drivers rushing into Radford and general mayhem of getting all those people off Salt Lake BLVD into the school. The reason it works is because you have the principal, assistant principal, teachers and even the stern crossing guards taking their responsibilities very seriously. They are present all around the school, calling the kids by their names, greeting the parents. We go to several events and the teachers and administrators show a servants heart towards the kids and the families as well. The programs and activities available to the kids are great and keep them enthusiastic about going to school. Mrs. Miyamoto's music class is an especially great program that both my kids are involved with. I think the school system sometimes takes an unnecessary beating and the prominence of private schools here seems to overshadow the great things happening at places like Makalapa. There is every opportunity to thrive at this school and I look forward to sending the rest of my kids there in the future.

I remember my 3rd grade year here. I miss it so much. The teachers were so nice and always had the…read morestudents successes at heart. I am glad to say that my experiences at this school has made ma the student i am to this day.

I give 4 stars to Nimitz with an asterisk. Comparing to other schools my children have attended it…read moreis at the bottom. The teachers have been fine, but what is lacking is the weekly activities. P.E is once every other week, just like art. There aren't enough clubs for after school, no chess. There isn't much technology either, no smart boards. All in all it isn't the worse Oahu public school, but it would be on the lower end in many other states. It is more of a Hawaii state issue than the school.

Teachers are one of the hardest workers you rarely thank…read more My kid attends school here and the teachers really care. I get updates via the seesaw app (available on the apple and google store. Why do I feel like an infomercial? ) I swear teachers never sleep, cause updates are between 10pm and 5am. Thank a teacher cause they help shape the future better then some parents. After reading this, I should attend the upcoming PTA meeting. Weekly as parents, our son get a homework assignment sheets. For us Navy folk, very similar to the POW for homework. There is also a monthly reminder/upcoming events sheet. I like this idea cause it helps me plan for events I would like to attend, in this case the last Ohana Fair. This event is an annual fair held on school grounds. It's a great time for kids and for parents to socialize with other parents. The teachers are out and about but mostly concentrating on running the booth. You don't come here for the food, you come for the stories and smiles. TIP: If you go to the annual Fair, parking is limited. Walk or ride a bike to the place. And if you drive, slow down for the small keikis because we know they like to run out between parked cars. Thank a teacher except the ones that teach CORE math?!?!? They confuse the hell out of me. 2+2=4 people!! Lastly if a teacher is reading this, thank you and stop looking for grammar errors. M

We very much love this school! Faculties at this school provides excellent communication, and…read moreamazing team work to provide families the utmost convenience experience. Although parking lot is one-way, it provides good (and safer) traffic flow and less school congestion. A/C buildings (except cafeteria), ample industrial bike racks in different areas, water fountain with bottle-filling station, all aspects of the school are very clean and well-maintained. I have zero complaints about their education system either. My son hasn't struggled (to the point of exhaustion) and fight me on homework. His teacher is always available to provide extra help should he need it. Lots of field trips allows students to gain knowledge outside of school property and create more fun memories. Very, VERY happy parent here! Mahalo to all faculties of this school for always providing excellency!

I put 5 stars just so u all can see this! This school made…read moremy child go into a class full of Gas.my daughter recently broke her leg and her teacher made her walk to the other side of the school just for a computer.‍‍‍‍

It was a great school until it wasn't. If you would've asked me five years ago, I would've given it…read morefive stars. Ever since Covid now even four years after Covid, there's a huge disconnect between teachers and parents with the inclusion of staff members. The school used to be fun and engaging. parents use too engage and talk to the school employees while taking their children to school, but now, four years after Covid, you are unable to get on school grounds to walk to take your child to class. The only time you meet your childs teacher is for five minutes before the start of the school year, they will only encourage you to use an app to communicate with the teacher, but then will encourage you to set up a meeting with the teacher if there is a concern you have.. there seems to be only 1 staff member that handles any events or coordinations for anything, which is not enough to handle a whole entire school. It's very sad the lack of effort with the office staff members within that school, the website and Facebook page shows it compared to the other schools in the same district also other schools that are in the area has allowed parents to communicate with the staff members and teachers on the regular basis and opened up the school. Now, I understand the safety of the children's well-being, not allowing people within the schools however, if they had volunteers like they used to or staff members that actually patrolled the halls there wouldn't be an issue for safety: there is nothing fun about this school anymore, which is extremely sad. We have chosen to pull our child out of the school. The school is very far behind in regards to technology. No communication is ran on a text system; if an issue happened at school you might receive a email a day or two later. If the school is closed for a water main break you won't know until you arrive at the school. Other nearby schools has a system wide text system. But Iroquois is very old school and sees no issues within their grounds or the way they handle things, but the teacher turnover rate is also very high at this school because of this very reason.

Five stars for roll call at Aliamanu…read more Tarimisu HERE Misuyoshi HERE Yoshimora HERE Morakami HERE Kamikawa HERE Kawamatsu HERE Matsutaka HERE Takahashi HERE Hashimoto HERE Motoyama HERE Yamahara HERE Huffs...smiff....HUFFshind ....Huf ....Jay-chan? ugghhhh HERE Damn those German names. I remember teachers Mr. Motoyama, Ms. Yamamoto, Ms.Stevens and music teacher Mrs Shimizu. The 4th grade trip to Big Island is still etched upon my brain but everything else is just a blur. Come on it was nineteen seve...noneofyourbusiness how long ago it was! Thanks to Jason T for posting our Alma Matter!

Before moving here, I was warned that the public school in Hawaii is not good and Pearl Harbor Kai…read moredidn't prove me wrong. At the beginning of the Covid, they decided to go with the very controversial online platform called Acellus which included racial and biased information not appropriate for learning, and Pearl Harbor Kai did nothing but to keep using it although other nearby schools immediately decided to drop the program. The principal at that time had no intention to listen to concerned parents, but now he is promoted to some position at DOE. How bright is Hawaii's DOE future? I can say there are a few wonderful teachers there if your child get lucky. Unfortunately, my child never had that luck and he was assigned the most notorious teacher that is known to yell and scream hysterically beyond being strict two years in a row. When I confronted, Principal and VP said they never heard anyone complain about that teacher nor heard her yell, which was flat out lie. I know of more than two hands full of families who left the school to homeschool, avoided the school and chose private school path because of the teacher. Unacceptable behaviors such as placing kids outside the classroom the whole afternoon, publicly shaming students, to name a few. A former student who had her said she still had nightmare about that teacher. She should retire for the sake of all the students there. Too sad the only way to get your child a safe, non-yelling environment, is to withdraw from that school and pay for a private school in Hawaii? I was warned about Hawaii public school correct.

My children attended her while my husband was stationed at Pearl Harbor. We loved the school and…read morethe administration. The teachers my kids had were incredible! The staff love the students and want them to do well. We miss Pearl Harbor Kai!!