Manoa Elementary School

Nice, well kept campus situated in beautiful Manoa valley. Excellent staff and teachers!

Had many many great memories going to school here years ago. Still is a beautifully maintained campus w a growing green space/​district park adjacent to it. Great surrounding community and seemingly very safe still like Hawaii was 50 years ago (safe community and high traffic roads are away from the classrooms).
Would love to live here in the area, little more rainy with even more rainbows. A great place to raise kids.

Our sons have recently transferred to Manoa elementary and They have never been so happy. I had heard a lot of controversy about the school but I have to say except maybe one person in the office… all are welcoming, professional, helpful and very nice! The academics are on top and both are doing much better than where they where before!

Remember that movie «Summer School» and how no one wanted to be there, including the teachers?! Well that’s how I always felt about Summer school, so I have to admit that I felt a bit guilty about having my son go to school during his school break.
The American parent in me says «Oh let him enjoy his childhood. He’s only a kid once.»
The Tiger mother in me says «Sure, let him skip Summer school. You’ll have yourself to blame when he ends up in remedial English and can’t graduate from high school!»
The American parent in me says «He’ll be fine. Children have their own way of succeeding in life.»
The Tiger mother in me says «Success is not an accident. Anyone who thinks so rarely finds it.»
Tiger mother almost always kicks American parent’s ass when it comes to reasoning. In fact, I think Tiger mother would happily knife American parent if she had the chance. She’ll honestly do anything to make sure her kids succeed.
So in the end my son went to Summer school at Manoa Elementary and driving him there every day made me want to live in Manoa. As Jonn D wrote, Manoa Elementary is ranked #4 in Honolulu Magazine and like any great school, it is the community around it which makes it so strong. The school is attached to a beautiful park and the campus, although built awhile back, has been kept up very nicely. Summer school was only $ 127 (a total deal!) and I was very happy with his teacher. He’s struggled with reading comprehension and I’m happy to report that he’s progressed very well over the Summer. I think it’s going to make going into the first grade much less stressful for both of us. Thanks Tiger mother, you rule!

Rating: ⁵⁄₅
Date (s) visited: 2007−11÷12÷2010
Cafeteria: ³⁄₅
Staff & Teachers: ⁵⁄₅
Atmosphere: ⁵⁄₅
This school is ranked #4 in «Honolulu» magazine’s May 2010 issue:
Cafeteria:
Food is good and they even allow parents to eat breakfast with their child in the mornings. I think that’s cool!
Staff & Teachers:
The Best Hawaii has to offer! Very very very helpful. Some of them are very attractive too.
Atmosphere:
Very comfortable, clean and organized.

This place brings back a lot of memories. I made a lot of the friends I still have today at Manoa Elementary. The school was good academically, but I absolutley hated those May Days. They were so embaressing yet I endured six years of it.