Kalaheo is a good school. The administration and teachers are both extremely helpful and well educated. The best thing by far about Kalaheo is the teachers who are dedicated and caring. The students themselves generally are very disrespectful or apathetic with the exception of the AP and honors courses.
... Read more Athletics are good, however too much emphasis is placed on it. Facilities are okay, however a renovation is needed. There are a certain amount of cliques as well, as like any school has. Basically, the teachers are awesome and the school itself is okay, and there are hardworkers and those who dont care. Overall, a good school. Read less
Posted by a student on 07/26/09
My eldest child will be a senior at Kalaheo next year. She loves this school, especially the AP program. We have also hosted an exchange student who attended Kalaheo and loved it. Also great sports opportunities. You get out of it what you put in it!
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Posted by a parent on 07/13/09
After hearing horror stories about public schools in Hawaii, we still decided to give it a try, and were pleasantly surprised. My 9th grader attended Kailua Intermediate for 2 years before attending Kalaheo this year. Before KIS, we were on the mainland. She's getting just as good an education here
... Read more as she would in a private school, and in my opinion, just as adequate as any normal high school on the mainland. My only beef with this school is the EXTREMELY lax dress code. My daughter feels safe at Kalaheo H.S., gets great grades, has made lots of friends, and overall is very happy. They also have a very good NJROTC program. They get a little less homework than I would like to see, but it doesn't seem to be having a negative affect on her education. Don't waste your money on private schools! Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/23/09
We hosted an exchange student from Germany a while back and began to get a very disturbing picture of the poor quality of the teaching going on at this school. In one Biology class our exchange student was taking, they didn't do a single lab while he was there. Students were shown videos daily. His teacher
... Read more wasn't certified to teach Biology. Kids were very disruptive and disrespectful to the staff and each other. The class was taught that UFOs, alien space ships are real, along with many other examples of factually incorrect knowledge. We saw very little homework out of his classes. In short, this was a lost year for him and he had to repeat elements of his senior year when he returned home. We had to come rescue him from a riot that broke out on campus one day. Our ranking at #48 tells it all. Read less
Posted by a other on 02/07/09
Kalaheo is like all other schools public or private. You get what you put in. At private schools parents do not need to be as involved as they do at public schools. Parents need to work harder to push their children at public schools. Just imagine if all the parents were required to put $15,000 worth
... Read more of work/attention into the public schools. I bet all the kid's would do real well at any school! Kalaheo has the same problems that all the private schools have. I know from personal experience that drugs are everywhere no matter what school you go to. The teachers and councilors are great. Ms Inouye, the college councilor is fantastic. I just wish the Military would stop portraying our public schools as being substandard and give them a chance. No need to scratch and scrape for a good education in Hawaii, just get involved! Read less
Posted by a parent on 11/16/08
Kalaheo is an okay school. I hoped thing would get better once Dr. Schlosser left. Somethings have improved but some have worsened. I have had 3 children attend over several years. I think that too much emphasis is place on extra curricular things than academics. However, my children were not behind
... Read more when we moved to the mainland. Just like any & all schools you get out what you put in. Read less
Posted by a parent on 11/16/08
I am pleased so far with Kalaheo High school. My son has been attending for 3 years. The teachers have been helpful in providing feedback to me regarding his strengths and weakness. The parent newsletter is helpful and they are more organized and strict on following policy than Kailua High school.
... Read more All public schools have their problems and Kalaheo isn't free from them but i have to say that i am overall happy with this school so far and i wish Dr. Schlosser well. Thank you for making Kalaheo what it has been so far. Read less
Posted by a parent on 05/29/08
I'm sorry, but an education is not purely academic! For those who think private school is all what it's cracked up to be...don't fool yourself. I learned more about life, living and friendships at Kalaheo than I did attending Iolani or the likes of Punahou. If I could change any part of my high school
... Read more experience at Kalaheo, I wouldn't change a daggum thing! How many people could honestly say that about their high school experience?? I live thousands of miles away from Hawaii right now, and my best friend from Kalaheo lives right down the street. Kalaheo will always give you what you expect out of it, and then some!! Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/05/08
Kalaheo isn't the best school in the world. Children will get out of it what they put in. Being so close to a military base, we recieve many new students each year, most of them entering with a pretentious attitude seeing class as a joke before they even enter the room. This is part of the problem and
... Read more part of the reason why parents see the school as a 'joke.' If a class is too easy for a student, the school openly listens to the complaints of the student and his or her parents and moves them into a an honors or Ap class. I attend Kalaheo AP classes & do very well. When I go to the mainland, I don't feel dumber than the residing students. If your kid is smart enough to be a good student, they will do well. No kid is 'too smart' for Kalaheo. Read less
Posted by a student on 10/31/07
The teachers are great and will bend over backwards to help your kids, however, the rest of Kalaheo is a joke. Lots of marketing about how great it is but not there. We had two children there, 1 for two years the other for only 1. Both were moved to private schools and have done very well. Scrape,
... Read more Borrow, and Beg, but send your kids to Private Schools! Read less
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Kailua schools — Kalaheo High School is located at 730 Iliaina St, Kailua HI 96734. 730 Iliaina St is in the 96734 ZIP code in Kailua, HI The school district for Kalaheo High School is the Windward Oahu School District. Kalaheo High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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