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• 趣味人間
• Today 13:16
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Sorry, it was submitted without showing the confirmation page and there was a mistake here and there.
My apologies💦.

• M
• 2026/02/06 (Fri) 15:43
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Have you found a swimming class in Japanese? I teach swimming in Honolulu, but at just 2.5 years old, he/she is too young to join a group class, so I would suggest a baby class where one of the parents is in the water with the child, or a private one-on-one lesson with an instructor. If the purpose of having your child learn to swim is for water safety, you can have an ISR instructor come in and teach your child to float on his/her back when in the water.

As far as I know, unfortunately, I have not heard of any swimming classes in Japanese, but I hope you can find one.

• ハイビスカス
• 2025/08/14 (Thu) 19:30
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Mother of class23 ！ I was very interested to hear the detailed story from a recent Punahou graduate with a child ！
The importance of the early childhood foundation, the reason why many students go to UH, the state of the Japanese language level. It all made sense to me. It is true that the price of university is different depending on whether you live in the university of your choice or not. I had forgotten that in Japan we don't have to worry about such things.
Medical school is even more expensive, unless you have a real
family with money coming in like a spring.

• tomo
• 2025/08/18 (Mon) 13:06
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Hello. My child graduated from Public's Elementary this past May.
I really wanted to start 6th grade at Punahou this August, and was going to take the middle （ and 6th grade ） SSAT last November, but I could not reach the SSAT passing line
to get into Punahou, and the tutor and tutors told me that there was almost no chance of getting in even if I took the SSAT. I was told by the tutor and tutors that I would have no chance of passing the SSAT even if I took the test, so I will continue to prepare for the SSAT this year by sending 6grade to another private school for one year
and will take the 7th grade entrance exam this November.

My son has been the top student at Public since the 2nd grade, and his teachers have repeatedly suggested that he attend Private, and he has attended TUtor and cram school since the 3rd grade, but
even with the top Public scores, he could not catch up to Punahou's acceptance line.
I tried my best, but it is a really tough passing line.

I am working hard with my son, dreaming of being able to attend Punahou this time next year. We have a family like this. lol

• ハイビスカス
• 2025/08/18 (Mon) 22:43
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Tomo Thank you for your comment ！
I knew that it is also difficult to reach the level of Punahou's examination even if you have a tutor, even if you get an advice from a teacher at Pavlik School Top. Fear not, Punahou. I'm sure your child was frustrated, but it's wonderful that he is willing to try again. I really appreciate all the comments from different people.

• アーミー
• 2026/02/04 (Wed) 09:46
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Hi, I am taking the middle exam this year and waiting for the announcement. I am taking the middle exam this year and waiting for the announcement.
We live near the Punahou campus, and I am always amazed at the number of cars that parents drive to and from school （ lol ）
It is amazing how many Porsches there are in Honolulu. Not only Porsches, but also Bentleys, Maseratis, and Ferraris are seen picking up and dropping off passengers.
Mercedes, Lexus, Audis, BMWs, and Teslas are seen countless times.
Especially, we are near the entrance and exit of Kinder ＆ Elementary.

We are trying from the middle, so I am relieved that the kids who entered from the middle don't seem to be such rich kids. Anyway, it is still the same as Keio in Japan.
Anyway, it is the same as Keio in Japan, with the kindergarten graduates and the commoners who enter from the middle.
However, Punahou has very good kinder graduates, and I heard that only kinder graduates go to IVY, Stanford, MIT, etc.
We tried from the middle （ We have not even been accepted yet. I have not even been accepted yet.... ） I am not sure if I will be able to keep up with the brains of the kinder kids at Punahou, but my child herself has said she wants to go to Punahou ！ and I am praying every day that she will be accepted. It's a long time until the acceptance announcement. 、、、、、、、、

• 桜咲け！
• 2026/02/05 (Thu) 10:27
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I'm in the same frame of mind, waiting for the acceptance announcement for 6th and 4th ！ Yes, we have two siblings taking the exam （ Sweat ）
They both took the Kinder exam and were not accepted, the oldest son also tried 4th and was not accepted, I hope the cherry blossoms bloom for them both this year ！
Punahou is I mean, once you enter any school from the middle, it's already child-centered and there are almost no school parent participation events, so there doesn't seem to be much
for the parents to get to know each other and become friends. I wanted to join the Punahou family. ！
Even if you think you will get a lot in Middle, there are only 40 boys and 40 girls each. There were over 800 appliers.
Let's wait patiently to see each other's acceptance ！ ！ ！ ！

• inumama
• 2025/07/30 (Wed) 17:42
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My dog has been barking more since he became a senior.
I play relaxing music when I go out. Loudly scolding a dog when he barks is counterproductive. They think they are being cared for.
I recently purchased Pet Hemp oil for dogs and have been experimenting with it. It seems to be good for reducing excitement and relaxing them, as well as for appetite loss.
I think it might be worth a try to help senior dogs with their day/night cycle.
I think 100% organic products are better.
You can buy it on Amazon and other places.
I have only just started using it, but it seems to relax them somewhat.

• Dog lover
• 2025/07/31 (Thu) 15:14
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Search Amazon for Anti barking dog collar or Citronella dog bark collar or something like that and you'll find a lot of stuff. If it is reported to the Humane Society, you will receive a letter and if the complein continues, you will be fined, or you can do something about it and ask the neighbors how they are doing these days ？ in a low and apologetic way to show that you are concerned and that it is effective.
I took a simple snack, gave them my phone number, and apologized to them to let me know if they were being too noisy, and it subsided.

• ワンコ
• 2025/08/01 (Fri) 16:44
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It is an aging behavior and is not expected to improve.
If he is 11 years old, he is a senior and the only way is to consult a veterinarian.

He needs care just like humans do.
My dog was the same way as a senior, but there was no solution.
First the barking, then the wandering around the room, and on and on it goes.
So we had no choice but to make sure that the family members took turns to stay at home until his last day.
During those years, family trips were not possible, and we did not eat out.

Please take care of her until her last days.

• TOP
• 2026/01/23 (Fri) 11:34
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There were quite a few complaints about my parents' dog in Japan, and he had surgery to remove his vocal cords, but the surgery failed and he was lost during the surgery.

• ワンちゃん
• 2026/02/01 (Sun) 00:36
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Do you know what he is barking at? ？ You could try putting up curtains so he can't see outside as much as possible, or close the windows so he can't hear outside as much as possible. Do you have a crate or something that he can usually stay calm in? ？ It is also a good idea to have enrichment toys for him to play with while you are away from home.
Also, I recently found this relaxing music and started using it. My dog is sleeping calmly while I am away from home.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxreuAkYo8lypgG8-MFIM3A

• green
• 2026/01/25 (Sun) 09:10
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I'm the same way ！ I want to know but I don't know how to find out...
I'm not fluent in English and I'm afraid to call them.

• mii
• 2026/01/25 (Sun) 19:38
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I have a different name, but I was not rejected.
By the way
Passport
Hanako Yamada
Green Card
Hanako Yamada Smith
Like this.

• green
• 2026/01/29 (Thu) 12:51
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Thank you very much MIL. I will apply for the same pattern.

• Kii
• 2026/01/31 (Sat) 13:12
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Like Mii, I put my middle name into my Japanese surname, so I wasn't rejected.

• ABC
• 2026/01/29 (Thu) 16:04
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I'll report this to my landlord because I like my current room, the location and the price, and I don't want to move as much as possible. When this noise started, the dog from the house next door was barking in response, but he hasn't been barking lately.

• ハワイ大好き
• 2026/01/29 (Thu) 17:32
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You should record it first ！ they won't take up the conversation without proof. I was also bothered by this for many years, FYI.

• John
• 2026/01/29 (Thu) 23:34
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This is a counter-prescription for when I was in Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles, noise is out between 10:00 and 7:00.
Hawaii is the same way, so
report it to the management company and if it hasn't improved,
it's perfectly acceptable to call the police.
Also, as other users have said, preservation of evidence is important and
necessary when notifying the noise source of a breach of contract.
Also, nationality depends on race, but there is a good chance that
the police will only come once and
it will stop. In my case, the landlord terminated the contract quickly after two reports.
However, if it is discovered that you are the one who reported the incident, the same thing can happen to you, and you can get upset
because of your race and nationality.
The strongest recording is a video with a clock and date and time.

• Copilot
• 2026/01/30 (Fri) 05:16
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City of Honolulu （ City&County of Honolulu ） Noise Standards

In Honolulu, City Ordinances （ Revised Ordinances of Honolulu ） in addition to state law set specific numeric standards The city of Honolulu has established specific numerical standards.

🚨Noise Standards for Residential Areas🚨
🌞 Daytime （ 7:00-22:00 ） ： 60 decibels 🌛 Nighttime （ 22:00-7:00 ） ： 50 decibels

This If it exceeds this level, it may be a violation, but if it is less than this level, it is useless to report it.
The police will properly measure the noise in your room and will go to you if the noise is above the legal limit.
However, the police will only give you a police report, so
you will be told to take the police report to the Housing Court to file an appeal.

It is useless to complain to the owner of the room if you do not exceed the legal standard.

The first step is to measure if the noise is of legal standard because you can measure it accurately with an app on your phone.

• ABC
• 2026/01/30 (Fri) 17:42
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Thank you all for the adbus ！
I have to record it and leave evidence, and the noise standard has to be exceeded. And it could go to court ！ ？
If it goes that far, this case may be at the unpleasant sound level of noise.

• ミドル
• 2026/01/16 (Fri) 15:43
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＃ Thank you, 48.
I still think 78% is strange. I thought it was strange because they stopped announcing it on their website and the percentage didn't change even though only 3 out of 9 students were accepted. 30%? I was wondering if I should send my daughter to Pre, but I will consider it ！ Thank you for the accurate information.

• タコパ
• 2026/01/18 (Sun) 11:43
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I am a parent considering transferring my child to Montessori 3rd grade starting August 2026. I have confirmed with the school that they have quite a few vacancies and are looking for students in all grades. it seems that the school has up to 6th grade and then 30% of the students are accepted and go on to Punahou middle and the rest are Mid-pac and Public. I know there is a difference in academic ability, but I wonder if they can keep up with their studies if they are accepted from middle school to punahou or Iolani … Of course, I know it is impossible to take the middle school entrance exam without a tutor.
I would like to know the actual situation of children who went from Montessori to Punahou or Iolani in the middle school. Thank you in advance.

• minami
• 2026/01/24 (Sat) 17:47
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Nice to meet you, my oldest entered Punahou from middle from MCS about 5 years ago.
At that time, about 80% of MCS graduates were accepted to Punahou, and my second child took the Punahou exam from MCS the year before last and was not accepted.
That year, 11 students took the Punahou exam and only 4 passed. Therefore, the older child is in Punahou and the younger child is in another middle school.
To enter Punahou middle school from MCS, you must have a Tutor. All of us had a Tutor. The school says it is not necessary, but it was impossible without a Tutor.
Since I entered Punahou Middle, I have had a lot of difficulties every year. The kids coming up from the bottom of Punahou are really smart. The kids coming up from the bottom at Punahou are really smart, a little surprising.
At MCS, my older son was able to come in at the top of his class, but once he entered Punahou, he felt inferior, and he was shocked.

We can't play tennis, swimming, or soccer in the MCS facilities; PE itself, we raised them in a situation where there was no place to do PE. There is no ground.
I grew up in a small group and did not notice the difference in academic ability. Now I am struggling a lot in Punahou. The MCS graduates who entered Punahou with me
are also not at the average level. I realized that there is such a big gap in academic achievement after I joined Punahou.
As others have said, many families at MCS have siblings attending together, and it was a very small, non-competitive, and relaxed environment.
I feel that if I only knew MCS as a school, I would have become an MCS believer. I think I became a believer in MCS because of the totally unfounded rumors that "MCS is a popular school, if you are in MCS, you can get into Punahou, Iolani from the middle, the acceptance rate is high, and even after getting into Punahou, Iolani, MCS graduates are at the top" and so on.
I also believed this until my two children took the entrance exam and went to other schools, but the reality is completely different.
MCS graduates do not reach the average level of Punahou. The percentage of MCS to Punahou acceptance is already below 30%. In fact, the numbers are clear in the school's announcement. Currently, the acceptance rate continues to drop dramatically, so it is not released publicly, but only announced to current students via email at graduation.
As a parent, I also regret that I believed the rumors within MCS and believed the fictions inside MCS such as 90% of Punahou pass and that you can be very high ranked even after entering Punahou. It seems like brainwashing.
In fact, 80% of the kids who go from Punahou to IVY or equivalent are from Kinder.

As well as the facilities of MCS schools, without being a weird MCS believer, and with an eye on reality, Elementary does not recommend MCS.

• blue sky
• 2026/01/25 (Sun) 10:53
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My child attended MCS in preschool. When it was time to go from preschool to kinder, I took the Punahou and Iolani exams and failed both.
They did not stay at MCS and moved to another school. 8 students from MCS Pre took the Punahou Kinder exam and 3 were accepted. Iolani had 4 students take the test and 2 were accepted. I had heard that Kinder had a high turnout, but we did not even get an alternate at all.
minami's story inside MCS, I heard it many times in my 2 years of pre. （ LOL ） Indeed, ！
many parents of MCS alumni have their children attending or have several siblings attending, so there is some kind of false "internal MCS agaea myth" being spread ！
Punahou likes MCS.................. （ lol ）
The actual percentage of students going to Punahou and Iolani is much lower than the 78% on the website. One of my co-workers has a child who failed the 4th Punahou exam from MCS and was moved up from the 7th Punahou Waitlist and is in the bottom 20% of Punahou students. I heard that some of my friends who entered Punahou from MCS are struggling to reach the average. I think they are the same age as your child.

The preschool was good, including the teachers. However, I think that Elementary has been slipping away to other schools not only because of the facilities, but also because of the quality of the teachers, the decline in academics, and too few students in the same grade level. I am glad I moved my child from Kinder to another school and put her in an environment full of classmates in the same grade level. The Montessori pedagogy itself is only adaptable from age 1 to 6, so I'm not sure there is any point in being at Montessori after that. The only Montessori elementary in Hawaii is MCS because Montessori education is not adapted in elementary.
However, the preschool didn't teach much academically, but my child enjoyed it very much, so I have no regrets ！.

• MCS ALUMNIのママ
• 2026/01/29 (Thu) 12:04
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My son graduated from MCS and went from Middle to Punahou and graduated last year. He is now attending a state college in the Mainland.
Oh no, you can't compare Punahou to MCS. To be clear, MCS graduates have a very hard time getting to the top in Punahou.
The "pure gold Punahou kids" （ from Kinder ） are almost always at the top. At Punahou, we call the kids from Kinder "Punahou Kids".
80% of the students who went on to the Ivy League and the most prestigious colleges were also from Kinder.
MCS is a Montessori school, so academics are appropriate, and from about the 4th grade onward, children aiming for Punahou Middle must attend cram school or Tutor.
Don't expect to get into Punahou or Iolani just by taking MCS classes, the SSAT is very revealing.
Punahou, you need to be at least 90% on the SSAT after all these years of academic improvement.
When my son took the Middle, he got 80%. Anyway, Punahou and Iolani are not just the top two.
Once you get in, it's a matter of whether you can keep up with the Punahou kids or not. Anyway, there was a huge difference between the two schools, so as other parents have said, it is true that I had a hard time studying after I entered Punahou.

• Zoo
• 2026/01/24 (Sat) 23:33
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I have been there a few years ago and last summer. It is in the airport, above the international exit, so it is on the second floor. The airport is L-shaped, and I think there is a sign posted at the corner of the L-shaped airport. The venue, or rather the office, is very small. There are a lot of chairs in front of the entrance, and there are usually a few people sitting there waiting for their appointments. You can walk there from the airport parking lot. If you are worried, call the office directly and check. In my experience, sometimes they answer the phone and sometimes no one answers, and once I was told that the office had moved and I should call this number, but they had not moved. Of course you have an appointment ？

• mahalo
• 2026/01/25 (Sun) 14:46
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Dear Zoo
Thank you ！
I have already made an appointment.
I'm not sure what they will ask me, but I'll do my best ！.

• Zoo
• 2026/01/25 (Sun) 16:47
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The word "interview" may make you feel a bit nervous, but it's okay, because unlike a visa interview, it's just a face-to-face paperwork process. As I recall, even Japanese nationals living in Japan who do not have permanent resident status in the U.S. can apply for the visa now.

• あ
• 2026/01/26 (Mon) 16:36
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Just the basics, like names. The rest is fingerprinting and such. Just answer the questions they ask you, like have you ever committed a crime, and you'll be fine ！ although some people might be annoyed by the bureaucratic nature of it all. It's fine ！.

• ドライバー
• 2025/11/20 (Thu) 11:51
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I definitely do not recommend buses on Honomala day. They are never on time. And if you are going to the airport, you will have to be on time for your flight.
Taxi is definitely the way to go, HANA Taxi can be reserved in advance and will be there waiting for you on time.

• こーの字
• 2025/11/21 (Fri) 14:56
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I believe the information will be uploaded here, but so far it is not listed.
https://www.thebus.org/RiderAlerts.asp

Last year's information was here
https://www.thebus.org/HTMLFILE/TheBus/Files/ 638690714100589134/638690714100589134.htm