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• yuri
• 2024/05/15 (Wed) 11:03
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I applied to both Hana Hau'oli and MCS this year and had no connections at all.
I am currently attending St. Clements from the age of 3 and wanted to start my child at Hana Hau'oli or MCS from the age of 4, so I was not sure if I would be accepted to both schools.
After numerous questions at orientations and with admissions staff at both schools, we decided to enroll her at MCS.
The criterion for our choice was still the percentage of students going from the middle to the TOP 2.
We are not considering taking the Kinder exam because we want to
be clear about our child's skills and our child's intentions as to what our child wants to do, learn, future possibilities, etc. when he/she enters Middle.
I am not sure if Kinder will be able to identify the strengths of my child since both Punahou and Iolani schools have their own strengths.
Hana Hau'oli also had a good school culture and a high rate of students going to Punahou, but the school culture was more connected and the actual rate of students going to the top 2 middle schools in recent years was
higher at MCS.
We are excited about the Montessori education at MCS.
The admissions staff and school staff are very kind and honest, and the teachers seem to be of a high caliber, as they must have not only teaching credentials but also Montessori teaching credentials
to be able to teach.
I am still enrolled in the school from August, so I hope to share more details as they become available.

• saeko
• 2024/05/22 (Wed) 09:49
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maki-san ！ We also took the Kinder test and were rejected from Iolani, Punahou, and Montessori Community School,
We recently received acceptance letters from Midpac and St. Andrews.

I also received acceptance letters from Hongwanji and Merinole, but I am thinking of sending her to St. Andrews.
It seems that all of the Merinoles have been accepted ！ It seems that at the end of the day, there are fewer and fewer students and all of them are notified of their acceptance.
Iolani, Punahou, and Montessori Communities are notified immediately after the first Enrollment date, otherwise
after that, waitlists almost never come around.
The mid-pack is open after Iolani, Punahou, Montessori, and Le Jordain are announced
so don't give up and wait, the teacher said ！.

• スリッパ
• 2024/05/22 (Wed) 23:11
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#I would like to know what kind of children other than your child can pass the entrance exam. Or, is it more like a child who is very focused and can concentrate on one thing at a time ？?

• maki
• 2024/05/23 (Thu) 13:21
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#15 saeko
Thank you for your reply ！ Congratulations on your advanced acceptance from Midpac and St. Andrews. St. Andrews is also a very reputable school.

We also received a call from Midpac after that. Many of the kids around me have heard from Midpac as well. We decided to decline because Iolani was our first choice and we didn't think we needed to join Mid-Pac from Kinder yet.
Punahou ・ Iolani ・ Montessori seems difficult to move up after the first deadline. There are several children around me who have been accepted to Punahou, but not Iolani. Iolani seems to be narrower than Punahou in terms of capacity.
We got the public school of our choice through GE, so we will try our best at the public school for now and aim for Iolani Punahou. Thank you for all the information ！.

• saeko
• 2024/05/25 (Sat) 16:16
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#18 maki
I knew you got your mid-pack acceptance letter ！
All of us at the school got mid-packs one after another ！

Iolani is still the best academically, by far. Iolani is still by far the best academically, and the university they go to is more advanced than Punahou.
Congratulations on getting into the school of your choice in GE.
We are both taking the middle exam again ！ I'm glad you feel like you have a peer.