Aliamanu Middle School

My daughter and son goes to this school. My daughter attended last year, was beat up, phone stolen, and money out of her backpack during PE. They do not have lockers you can use. I have had two bad experiences with the Vice Principal and the Principal. Neither seemed to follow thru with any actions. When asked to provide a students statement from the student's parents to validate my daughters claim that she was identified as a victim early on they "lost" the statement. How convenient. Now this year my daughter's phone was stolen from the teachers desk. DO NOT send your children here if you have a choice. Very reason I WILL NOT be extending my tour here.
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This school is horrible...my child has only been attending this school for about 3 months and has had several incidents with a bully...I have went to the school and have not been able to get anything resolved. They do not take bullying seriously at all. They have called the police department on one of the bullies before but the same student is still freely walking the halls of the school terrorizing more and more kids. I guess nothing will ever get resolved until someone is seriously hurt. I have pulled my child from this horrible school and if you are zoned for this school I do advise you to rethink letting them attend this school. The teachers don't seem to care, and the administration don't seem to care as well. The principle is never in the office. This school is not safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From the moment the Newcomers Orientation began I knew I was going to be disappointed. I have never encountered a principal so out of touch with the very people he should be reaching out to. After speaking with him briefly I was certain that he is far from an administrator. Of course he holds that title, but he lacks the credentials and sadly so do much of the staff. It appears the teachers here ventured into education for the purpose of the check and not so much the impact they would have on students. Upon finding out that my family and I were headed to Hawaii I was overjoyed INITIALLY. Oddly enough you come to realize that the experience of what is supposed to be paradise is NOT AT ALL worth your child's education. It has been almost a month since school began and if you could see the quality of work my daughter is bringing home you would gasp. Students are allowed to write in Language Arts the same way that they shorthand a text message. The learning environment is very chaotic. Students who want to learn are certainly at a disadvantage. Entering high school after attending a school like this is an absolute setback. Trust me I have heard several horror stories.
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My child begins school here tomorrow so reading the aforementioned reviews, I have to admit I am a bit concerned about the quality and safety of the school. However, my experience with the staff and school have been wonderful during registration and a Spring orientation that we attended in February. I would home-school my child (I'm licensed in another state) but she really wants to be in middle school and paying thousands of dollars to send her to private school' seems over the top. I plan on giving this school a fair chance. I will post a review in a few months. By the way we are a miltary family. The site made me rate the school so I just went for "average" until further notice.
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I have read several reviews and can unfortunately say I agree with this school's poor rating. Like others, I have had bad experiences with the administration and a couple of teachers at this school. Students are asked to adjust their ratings of the school/staff when completing surveys, which is highly unethical behavior. I attempted to work with the staff and administration to address some concerns but they were unreceptive. At one point, my daughter felt as if she were being harassed by some of the staff members--being called out in front of the class and other teachers. When asked about this behavior, the staff members had little I would NOT RECOMMEND this school to anyone. When you move to paradise, be prepared to homeschool your precious ones.
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If I could I would rate this school a zero. The principal has never had any social skills with me. If none with me as a parent then I would assume none with the children that go to this school. The most of my child's teacher reflect the same non caring attitude and demeanor of the principal. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL TO ANYONE!!!
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I am a parent of a student in AMS. My daughter recently got into drama. I contacted the Administrators & they didn't do anything to help the situation. My daughter was getting harassed & they STILL didn't say anything to help the situation. I know there is only 3 more months of school, butj I might think about switching her, because all of this hasn't changed; I actually think it's gotten worse.
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I am a parent of a 7th grader that is going to this school right now we moved here for the military station. This school does not know how to educate a child with learning disablities at all. I was actually told by the principle to take my daughter to a doctor and ask them what else I could do to help her because they dont know what to do to help her. she only has Test Anxiety and they dont know what that is. They actually said they have no idea what it is .
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We moved here from MD and my son went to a national and state blue ribbon school where he was on the honor roll. He also has a mild form of ADHD and therefore requires a little extra help. Sense attending Aliamanu he has failed two classes and almost failed two others. I had a meeting with the teachers in the beginning about my sons issues. It was like talking to a brick wall. My son has a couple of teachers that are hard to understand and can't even figure out their own lesson plans. There is no way we could afford private school and I can't home school. Also the school liaison isn't any help either. This is like punishing our children. This has been a problem for a very long time and something needs to be done.
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military families beware. If this is your only option: home school. My son did not attend school the last day of the year--It is known as "beat the howlie day". The textbooks' pages are torn and the monkeys are running the zoo
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