Waiakea Elementary School

This school has a Vice Principal who does not care about the students that attend. Students that are under section 504 are not being seen on a weekly basis as intended. This school is one of the worst schools on the island!
--Submitted by a parent

From seeing my grandchildren having the hardest time in school and not wating to go... to placing them in Waiakea and seeing them be in the TOP 100 of all schools in Hawaii to go to a Geographic Bee. I have seen nothing but wonderful teaching/ and teachers that love what they are doing and really care about the children. I had always been told that it's better for a child to go to a 'smaller' school. I have news for you.. this is so not true. My grandchildren have soared since going to Waiakea. We are 2nd generation of children going to waiakea.. and am so happy to have them there. Way to go Waiakea!
--Submitted by a parent

Our daughter is in Kindergarten, and she's having a great experience. There is a reading coach that makes recommendations and provides materials for individual students, and the kids already are getting reasonable amounts of homework. For me the most important thing is the school's emphasis on civility and appropriate behavior. They have a very strong anti-bullying program in place and appropriate behavior is consistently reinforced. There is also a good after-school A+ program run by the YMCA.
--Submitted by a parent

My son loves this school. We like the Gifted and Talented program and the way this program is structured to ensure continuity in the child's learning, and to provide stimulating challenges to those students who are able to handle them.
--Submitted by a parent