Waikele Elementary School

Whoever makes positive reviews about this school has no clue about the school’s truth. Some of the curriculum is ridiculous and most of the teachers seem to not care about the students’ education. They are all-​talk when it comes to bullying when many students at that school are still troublemakers. Their policies with teaching and behaving is influencing the students in a bad way. The students are being messed up by this school. Most of the staff are arrogant, incompetent and unfriendly.

Beats most schools our child attended on the mainland, private and public. The staff is amazingly dedicated, caring and supportive. The grounds are always well taken care of and there’s a great deal of exchange with parents as well as participation requirements. It does take a village to raise the future generations and Waikele Elementary is absolutely doing its part.

this is the second year of my twins attendance to waikele elementary, and i am so pleased with the teachers, office personnel, and principal. my children enjoy attending and learning with their teachers. the school has many activities that encourages family participation ex. movie night. I am glad i live in waikele and have a great school to boot.

Today is the first day of school, so I thought it would be an appropriate day to review the school.
My son attended this school last year, and I have just dropped him off for the beginning of his second year. He was nervous about new teachers and classmates (as all kids should be) but happy to go back. This is a big deal because he has never attended any school for two years in a row. We have managed to move every year of his school life (Thank you, Army!) so he was worried that he would not want to go back.
I give the school 3 stars because it is just A-​OK. The school honestly tries, just not quite hard enough. My biggest concern with the school is not the academics, but the lack of community. As a parent I do not feel particularly welcomed, and as a neighbor I feel absolutely shut out.
The best way to improve the school would be to have better involvement with the neighborhoods around it. Open houses, movie nights, gatherings to show off the talents of the children. These things do happen, but are not readily advertised and are not open to the true public.
The best way to build a better school is through parental involvement. Bring the parents in and everyone wins.

This school used to be great. It has gone down hill year after year. The teachers do not care about the children’s education. Some of them come right out and tell you to your face that they do not want to be there. Last year my daughter got a tally because she did not have the date on one of her homework. Thank god she gave birth and is no longer there these teachers will give certain kids tons of tally but leave the other kids alone even though that same student did the same thing wrong. Aside from the tallies, it’s the teachers attitude that amazes me that they are still allowed to teach. 1 time my daughter told the teacher that she wasn’t feeling well and the teacher told her that she was fine. When she got home from school she had a fever of a 100. Theres was a few times when she tried telling the teacher something and his response was i don’t care. I used to recommend this school to everyone but now I want to hide my face in shame. If you live in the area, get a GE and send your kid elsewhere. I know people who did that because they no longer care for this school.