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.

Campus map is very easy to read. Straight sidewalk in the middle of campus takes you from one end…read moreto the other and all the buildings are along the way. Although some of the buildings arnt labeled you can assume whats the library, whats the gym, etc. New stadium is very nice but parking is very tight. At least the high school is in a residential area so if you have to park off-campus and walk, its do-able. The gym, which is by the stadium, is clean. Restrooms are clean but with few stalls and they dont use paper towels - only hand dryers. The gym also sells school gear! Water bottles, shirts, etc. can be bought there. Its a brick gym so its hot. Fans sold inside.

I called the office to inform them that there students were parked on the sidewalk adjacent the…read moreHighschool. A lot of foot traffic travels on that already thin piece of asphalt, many of them being August Ahrens Elentary students on there way to the school bus stop on Awalai st.. I've watched these small children and elderly have to walk on the ROAD with all the heavy traffic!!. The office lady oblivious tells me the residents has to call the police?! Like wth. Is it really that hard to let the students know that they need to be courteous & aware of there surro

Nice school and activities. Totally should come here when your trying to find a school to register…read moreat

Very happy to be a teacher here. I love working with the administration and students. Proud of the…read moreJr Marauders!!

Do NOT go here ! They are ridiculous ! The director is the worse director I have ever experienced …read more She is -rude -mean -unaccomadating -fake -nepotism -NOT helpful -unprofessional -not safe -there was an incident of a child walking around the parking lot.. walked right out the front gate right past her into the parking lot and she had no idea who the child was! If she's the director she SHOULD know every single child! But she didn't !!!!! - she gave our spot away after we paid registration on time, she then tried to suggest I go somewhere else where there's an opening! She lost my paper work & I had to make a huge deal just to ensure my spot, that I PAID for and registered on time. -- got forbid you have a teenager that can pick up your toddler , she will NOT allow it. Even if he's 17, high school graduate, drivers license and a safe car. She will refuse to let your own toddler go home with his own sibling ! -- every single time you go you need and ID. So you go 100 days show your ID; you forget your ID once... NOPE can't take your kid home! No ID no kid. This is ridiculous , not one other school in the area does this! But guess what, her own daughter can show up and pic up her kids without an ID ??! Interesting right ?? Why the favoritism. Ohh say you have your ID on your phone.. nope she needs a hard copy! -- she is NOT helpful & lost documents on more than one occasion. ---she is NOT nice at all. A few other parents we talked to about it had very similar experiences and relocated their child as well. This is my 4th child in preschool and the worse experience I have ever had. DO NOT go here !

Cornerstone Early Education Center is a wonderful preschool program. The staff is loving and…read morededicated to the students and families. A neighbor recommended this school and I am very glad that they did.

Hello, *Aiea intermediate school* I just wanted to stay that when I went inside the bathrooms, they…read moresmelled like SHIT straight to the point that janitors gave up on cleaning the bathrooms, rats in the bathrooms, cockroaches, worms, all that type of SHIT in that damn bathroom. Next reason is that the floors look dirty, everything in the bathrooms are hella dirty, When ever you try to take a huge shit, you'd be thinking your having privacy, BUT NO a rat is actually watching you pooping , so the bathrooms a 1 star DO NOT RECOMMEND (2) I wanna give the janitors a recommendation, they should use a product called "Scrub daddy" see scrub daddy can ACTUALLY help the bathrooms look like Heaven instead of a NYC subway station bathroom , if you do not know what I'm talking about here is a quick picture of what I mean, but anywho if you see this *Aiea intermediate school* Please know that the bathrooms are extremely nasty, and looks like a homeless person was living in it. I'd give the school 3 STARS only because of the DAMN BATHROOMS Sincerely, Carlos

Leading students from the middle into the future with an amazing administration, staff and…read moreteachers. It's a happy place and fun!

Good teachers. Lousy everything else…read more Recess does not include any organized play of any kind. Problems aren't addressed pro-actively by staff. Parking sucks. Classrooms are hot. The food is garbage.

It's easy to complain about a business, government organization or school, but I'll leave my review…read moretaking into consideration the school does what it can with the resources made available to them. I would have left four stars, but the poor kids go without air conditioning. First, my child has been coming here for four years, and this makes year five. I've eaten breakfast probably four times over time, and it's pretty bad. I had some type of breakfast burrito and it had some yellow gooey egg creation....sorry, it was horrible. Another time I had a cinnamon roll that was dry as a desert....again, horrible. I know school isn't really about what is served for breakfast, but there is room for improvement. There are probably many items served that are great for the kids I'm not aware of. I haven't eaten their lunch, so I cannot comment. The classrooms are roomy with a private bathroom in "some" of the classes, not all. I think there is one made available for the lower grades. I haven't had any real problems with the teachers so far. In fact, my child has had really good teachers...we'll keep our fingers crossed! I would like to see more physical fitness or organized activities at recess. Kids are stuck with tons of homework every day, so they are limited on time they spend doing things to keep them healthy and fit. There are a lot of fund raisers, which I would highly support if I knew where the money was being spent. Sure, a letter comes out from the Principle saying the many areas money "can" be spent with the funds raised, but each fundraiser should be very specific on what it is focused on....a field trip, continuing education for teaches, a scholarship for a Campbell High School Student(which I don't agree with), or maybe school supplies. I know the school raises thousands of dollars on fundraising, and I don't like the idea that all of that money simply goes into a "pot" to use at their discretion. Transparency is a good thing!!! The appearance of the school needs some improvement. Get a new fence on the front of the school and clear out all of those weeds and stuff. The fence looks dilapidated and old. Get a new school sign...that one looks like it was from 1950 or something. The grassy area under all the trees (toward Ft. Weaver Road) could be made into parking lot, because Parents DO NOT have many options for parking at the school. Why don't we do a fundraiser for that project??? I'm sure it would garner much support!! None of these comments are meant to sound rude or disrespectful; they are simply suggestions I hope get heard. I really like the school's new website. It's full of useful information and has a cool look!!! Great job!!! My child seems happy attending this school, so that is important. It's not like parents get a real choice of where their child gets to place thir child anyway right? It's based on zoning or where you live.

Makaha Elementary School is located in a residential area. I have not attended the school…read morepersonally. I only go to the school during election years. Residents of Makaha would head on over to the school on primary and general election days. Voting takes place in the cafeteria. Residents are able to read the proposed laws poster that is provided on the wall. There's also a listing of voters names. Find your name then you're in the right place. Find a deceased loved ones name then inform the election worker that the individual had passed away and gone to a better place. Stepping inside the cafeteria there are tables set up with election workers. Head to your last name initial line to show identification card and sign in. Proceed to the designated voting booths. Each voting booths are covered with curtains and a pen is provided for the residents. Done filling out the forms...head on over to the exit door to cast the votes. Slip the forms in the machine and the machine will say "Thank You for Voting". Cafeteria itself was very hot. There were few fans turned on to help cool down residents and the election workers. In order to avoid a hot room on voting days...it's best for residents of Makaha to do early voting at Kapolei Hale or other early voting locations. 173/200

To start, I'd like to say I honestly wouldn't have wanted to grow up at any other school. This…read moreschool was very much run like a family and the teachers were honestly amazing educators. Back when I attended, we had what was called IRA, which was a rotational class every week or every other week where we did art, science, farming, music and hawaiian culture. After Makaha, I went to Kamehameha Schools starting 7th grade and let me tell you... of all the people I've met over the years at Kamehameha, none has ever told me of an elementary school experience like the one I had. Makaha Elementary to me, is honestly one of the most "Hawaiian" cultured schools on the island. In Hawaiian culture class, and throughout our normal homeroom curriculum, we learned about hawaiian values. There was a different value every module and in each module, there was a story that taught the value and had a moral to it. Also in culture class, we made crafts, learned and sang hawaiian songs, chanted, and I believe we even danced hula. I can't tell you how important it is to learn culture at such a young age and to have it taught as a normal part of curriculum and not as a "novelty" like hula might be taught in other schools. We were brought up with a hawaiian mindset and I really think it helped me to be a better person. In addition to culture, sustainability is SO important. To my knowledge, not many other schools teach about farming and sustainability, let alone have their kids actually INVOLVED in it. They didn't just teach us about it from a textbook, we grew up participating in it on Mr. Gigi's farm. Each grade was in charge of a different project on the farm. We planted seeds in the nursery, planted and harvested beans (and fried them into string bean fries mmm), grew and harvested bananas, created and maintained a model of the polynesian triangle, and we even built structures on the farm. We helped to build the woodworking house and we also helped with the gazebo though I think by now it's been completely re-done. If the curriculum was the same in the future, I would send my kids here. There was so much I gained from going to this school that I wouldn't have if i had gone to a more privileged school with affluent students and families. I do not at all regret not getting into Kamehameha in kindergarten. I don't think I was meant to go there, because I was meant to understand the importance of what I learned here so I can encourage it and teach it when I got older. The only reason I did not give Makaha 5 stars is because of the state of some of the facilities at the current moment. It would be amazing if they could get funding for a complete renovation because this school does so much for these west coast kids, more even than other schools. I hope one day that more students and others also see how valuable the education is at Makaha, and that it will afford them better facilities and more programs for the kids.

A few notable experiences in elementary:…read more 1st grade - Wow, a computer!! Oregon Trail?! 2nd grade trip to Maui - chorus performance 4th grade trip to Big Island - learned about Hawaiian culture 5th grade sleepover at Bishop Museum - played all night long with friends 6th grade Camp Erdman trip - played and bonded with friends 31 Yelps Review Challenge - 20 of 31

This school is soooo slow at doing anything. Their website is NOT updated on time, they do not have…read morehelp for student (i.e. tutoring) for K-1, I had to hire a tutor because my child was not getting the attention needed and there is very little or delayed communication from the teacher to the parents (i.e. in class performance & grades on their tests, we don't see that until the following week). I do not know about you but my child gets rewarded for having a good week and getting 100% on his tests, but what kind of reward is it when it is not until the following week? There are simple ways to solve the schools short comings but it is if they truly want to; 1. Update and continuously update your website (i.e. calendar, teacher lists, events...) 2. Have an online classroom for parents to look at to make sure their child is doing the homework and has their daily/weekly progress reports (FOR ALL GRADES!). This would alleviate sooo much miscommunication between teacher and parents. (i.e. homework online used for online access to homework assignments, study materials and lesson notes and a parent portal that provides parents access to student attendance, progress reports, and report cards). Today our society is technologically savvy and so are the kids, why not keep up and in the process help the kids? Maybe if they did these updates there school might raise from a 6 on greatschool.com to maybe an 8 or 9.