This school is great in general but some teachers like Ms. Gum is not a great example she would target the Chinese kids even thought she is Chinese herself. She also made a Chinese kid cry which is very bad and she should just quit and retire plus nobody likes her and wants her here. She told a kid to shut your mouth several times probably over 10 times by now. Also her assignments makes no sense and she would also take the 8B social studies teacher Mr. Flatts work and assigns them to us and I don't get why she won't make her own work as she has so many time plus sometimes the class would be waiting outside her classroom and she wouldn't open the door until the bell rung and we would be technically all late or she's in the office doing her work and would be late to her class and it's really unprofessional of her and even worst is there's a bunch of reports probably over 100 reports about Ms. Gum and she isn't fired yet and some staff in the school doesn't like her. The students here are both bad and good I got sexually harassed two times by a kid and there's barely and good people because in my own experience some of my "friends" I made in this school aren't really that nice and they don't keep your secrets and once someone finds your secret or something that happened to you that would be hot topic for weeks. The school can improve by firing Ms. Gum or letting her go and hire a new teacher read more

I am in 8th grade and my honest opinion on this school is ehh. i don't like their uniforms and it's a waste of money. some of the teachers here like Ms. Gum shouldn't even be here. some of the students here honestly suck and can be assholes because they always talk shit behind your back whether they don't know you or do. it's an ok school but i don't know at the same time. read more

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So many good and bad memories here. Teens full of raging hormones. Selfish needs and stressful adolescence. So glad its over. No school school theatrical performances since auditorium suffered a fire on the roof. One firemans theory was that a little bird dropped a lit cigarette on the roof. Hate it when those pesky chain smoker birds don't put out their ciggs. Yes Mr. Anbe in control @ my time. TYVM Mr Suzuki or Mr Moustache was pretty cool. He would roll eyes at me with my stupid jokes. Mrs. Hakoda was a dragon during school hours but at lunch time would watch soaps on TV with her. She taught me what sable is. Classy lady for sure. Mrs Kimura sparked my cooking and sewing hobbies. Ffwd 2018 Sitting in office waiting to meet current 6th grade counselor. Watching front desk admin better than skits on Saturday night live. OMG Gwen is a comedian with small kind student shaming. " what's a matter? Forgot how to spell your name?" Or " Were you ever on time to school?" I luv,luv,luv her. HILARIOUS! Probably a good sense of humor comes in handy when dealing with little kolohe knuckle heads all day. Cherish her... read more

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As of now, I am a Sophomore in high school. I had lots of good memories when I went here, but there are some bad people here, who just by themselves degrade the entire middle school experience. Middle school should be a place for transitioning students from a primary school phase to a secondary school phase. Most teachers and students here are extremely nice. Take for example my previous 8th-grade science teacher, Mr. Hankins. He made the class fun, which is hard to do for most teachers. The same applies to Mr. Flatt, one of two current social studies teachers in eighth grade. As I said before, there are some bad apples at Kawanakoa Middle, and I am not just talking about students. For example, my previous seventh-grade science teacher, Mr. Forrest, copied all the worksheets he gave to us from Quizlet (a website that tries to help students study for quizzes). Sometimes when students asked us questions, Mr. Forrest asked us to look at our notes and wouldn't answer us directly. Although he tried his best to make sure we all got a good grade (I respect him for that, although I believe that if someone isn't trying they shouldn't get a good grade), he seems more of a substitute teacher than a normal teacher. Another teacher that is substandard to the rest of the teachers is Mr. Albritton, who was my 8th grade English teacher. Two things made him look amateurish. First before that? I just wanted to note that congratulations to Mr. Albritton for having his first baby! Some of my friends still at Kawananakoa told me about this. Getting back, Mr. Albritton typically waits a while to grade assignments (even assignments as small as a reading log). The typical waiting time for getting your grade is around a week per assignment, with some huge outliers. Sometimes he grades assignments within an hour of submitting them, and sometimes you have to wait a whole month after it's due. Another thing that made 8th grade one of the worse years in my middle school career is that Mr. Albritton sometimes marks papers as 0% if part of it is similar (not copied!) from a website. It's not an incredibly huge deal but if you spent over ten hours perfecting your essay and then got it graded marked as a 0% because part of it was, unknown to you, similar to another website, it would infuriate me. Last, we do have not a teacher, but a vice-principal at the school. Her name is Bebi Davis. She would yell at us for anything, whether it was getting too much food (for example if a friend didn't want his macaroni so he gave it to you), to not wearing our name tag in a visible place. I remember once that she yelled at us for playing the game "infection" during lunch recess (infection is tag but everyone who was "it" stays "it"). Hopefully, she tries to not be so mean towards future students. One of my memories from 8th grade was when a whole group was hanging around on the field, then one of us saw and shouted "IT'S MRS. DAVIS!" and the whole group ran away from her. If you read the whole thing, thank you. I know that these teachers can do better, and I hope they do. Ka naauao me ke aloha Kawananakoa! read more

Alumni of 2007 here. Mr Hasuko was the best band teacher. I still remember the rendition of Barbara ann we played and my baritone solo. I also remember watching west side story for the first time in his class and the time he threw Leighton Fong's backpack down the hall cause he didnt put it against the wall lol. On the other hand I remember Mrs Van Fossen or however you spell that rat's name. She was the worst teacher ever, would yell at the entire class when she was actually only talking about one student- ME. She would eye me out the entire time too so everyone knew she was yelling at me. I hated her for always outing me as the "bad student" who "didnt give a damn," well I passed her class and I graduated high school after that so Mrs. Van Fossen, if you are still teaching and didnt die of old age, you can suck my eggs cause I know your husband got tired of taking your crap read more

So many memories. Mr Shimada was my band teacher and I also remember Mr Mew who is still there. Meanest teacher was Mr Ochoco whom i remember scolded Bruno Mars sister for talking in class. So many memories. I saw Mr. Andrade at Kahala Zippys couple of years ago and then suddenly hearing about him passing away. read more

For a local kid, who moved around a lot this school really helped me and my sister hone our talents in school and the arts. I attended Kawanananakoa in 2008-2009 for eigth grade. Shoutout to Uncle Freddie who helped me and my sister get into this school. read more

3 teachers who stuck out while at Kawananakoa: 1) Mr. Andrade, who called me "chief" during class, 2) Ms. Pak, who kept on slapping me with demerits and 3) Mrs. Hakoda, who was colder than Siberia... read more

Just got back from 1hr hoops. Played a little two on two with Niles, Zack, and Shawn, nice dudes, couldn't have been over 16 or 17, (there's your shout out fellas!) I love having basketball close by and back in my life. There are only a couple of sounds that can match the swish of a perfectly placed shot, or even the small 'thud' as the ball slides off the back of the rim and through the net. It is so sweet. Came home rolled my Wilson on the grass (Wilsooooooon! Tom Hanks) up the steps, kicked off my Nike's, into the kitchen for a bottle Voss, and ice cold Asahi (super dry!) took off my Lumi Nox, series 1820, with the genuine leather band, blackened stainless steel case, air coated sapphire crystal face, water resistant (sweat?) 300 meters, and kicked back. All I need is some homemade shave ice (Fix?). Can a brother land a endorsement deal? Felt like 'Rabbit Angstrom' (see Updike Rabbit series) sept no heartattack! God, it feels good to be young again!!! read more

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Of course 5 stars! I went here years ago. But Andrade, brings back memories. Good or Bad, it's all good! Haha Big G read more

Class of 2015. Met a lot of good friends and teachers who I miss a lot. Most of all, playing ball with the squad before school, recess, lunch, and after school. Shoutout to Mr. Zalopany for giving me snacks last day of school haha read more

I went here for middle school and yup, I had andrade too. At one point, I knew who invented basketball and all the ref signals for football but sadly, those days are over. I also remember Mr. Chang's shop class where he would call you a "dumb dumb kid" and make you stick your gum on your nose if he caught you chewing it in class. read more

5 Stars for having the greatest P.E teacher ever.. Mr. Andrede... hahaha

As an alumni, the only teachers I actually cared for was Mr. Hasuko for Band and Mr. Andrade for Phys Ed. Hasuko cause he called me a "jackass" (jokingly) whenever I did something stupid, but he was a great teacher, tutor and friend. Andrade, because he never understood how I could unlock my combination lock when it was above my head (I cheated, I did the first two numbers when he wasn't looking and set the third immediately after and only pretended to fumble with the lock). Andrade and I never saw eye to eye since I seemed to outsmart him throughout my 7th grade year. But I always held him in high regard because he emphasized discipline, strength and fortitude. Lessons I haven't forgotten through my High School and College ROTC days. If I do decide to live in Hawaii, I'm sending my kids here. read more

Kawananakoa middle school campus looks old school. From my small history knowledge, it is an old school with a lot if historic aesthetics, not as much as McKinley, but enough to be noticeable. I enjoy the basketball courts and the big field in the background. I know the students love it as well when I drive past and I see their sweaty faces during PE. I do know some people who teach here and a majority of kids say they like it there. I am also certain I saw them in a Honolulu magazine review of all the schools and they bumped up from a "c" to a "b". I believe that says a lot. Yay for education and yay to PE space. read more

Science Teacher Bullying With all the publicity against bullying you would think the teachers and staff at Kawanakoa Middle School would lead by example. Well not so much, it seems there is a bunch of students being bullied by a science teacher. Call me crazy but publically verbally abusing students is not a constructive environment for learning. What is the Vice Principal and Principal doing about this, nothing, it seems this is a long going problem as this science teacher has other complaints and investigations according to the counselor. The superintendent has also been notified of this issue along with the Principal and Vice Principal and yet nothing is being addressed other than "study harder" and move on. When a student is receiving high marks besides this so called "science teacher" and this is an ongoing problem with students being afraid of him and his abusive behavior you would do something right? Well I guess they don't see that, how many cases need to be brought up before Kawananakoa or whoever has autonomy do something? There is still no call back addressing this issue from either the superintendent or Kawananakoa, which they "promise" to do. read more