Kahakai Elementary School

"This is the greatest school I have been to and great teachers and great staff"

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"I'm a graduate of this school (I'm in high school right now) and I thought this school was really good. It definitely helped prepare me for middle school."

"Kahakai is the public elementary school to the south of Kailua-Kona. My children who have attended the school have all enjoyed the experience and their education has progressed well - the teachers are wonderful to the kids and a have been a pleasure to deal with as a parent. There is an point relating to Hawaii's public schools that I would like to address: Before we moved to Hawaii, we heard much anecdotal evidence that white children from the mainland were picked out and bullied at the public schools, but I am happy to report that my children have had no such problem here. Based on our family's experience, I would recommend this school to other parents without any reservations."

"This was back in the 70's when my blond haired, blue eyed daughter, who is and was very bright, attended elementary school there. She was punched in the stomach and verbally abused by other kids because it was a fairly rural area back then. There was, and possibly still is. a very anti-haoli (mainlander, new comer, white), sentiment amongst many "locals". This was true even though she lived there from 5 years old to 18 years old and her younger sister was born and raised there. Don't get me wrong, please. I grew up in NYC, now live in New Mexico and dearly love Hawaii, and have a love, respect and knowledge of the many cultures that co-exist and thrive there. My only objection is the attitude of the administrators of many of the local schools, who not only tolerated but promoted and encouraged that bigotry. Wherever it exists and is perpetuated all over the world, bigotry harms so many people! This is true regardless of which of the varied races, cultures, ethnicities, physical types and/or sexual, religious or political orientations are targeted. In spite of some of those experiences both of my daughters maintain a deep love for Hawaii. When not deeply damaged by bigotry, and with diligent parental/community/clerical/family support and guidance, these experiences can, and in my my daughters' cases, did, increase their sensitivity to the often insidious but sometimes blatantly cruel damage that type of mindset and behavior can wreak on others. However it obviously never taught me how to write without the overuse of grueling, laboriously long winded, run-on sentences!! lol :-("