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• ハイビスカス
• 2025/08/14 (Thu) 22:30
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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) 16:06
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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
• 2025/08/19 (Tue) 01:43
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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) 11:46
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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) 12:27
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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 ！ ！ ！ ！

• green
• 2026/01/25 (Sun) 11:10
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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) 21:38
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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) 14:51
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Thank you very much MIL. I will apply for the same pattern.

• Kii
• 2026/01/31 (Sat) 15:12
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Like Mii, I put my middle name into my Japanese surname, so I wasn't rejected.

• るる
• 2026/02/15 (Sun) 17:21
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I recommend the v Line clinic in los altos.

• M
• 2026/02/06 (Fri) 17:43
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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.

• 水泳
• 2026/02/09 (Mon) 19:10
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Thank you for the detailed information. I guess there are no swimming classes available in Japanese.

• M
• 2026/02/09 (Mon) 22:23
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We have two Japanese-speaking intra-company acquaintances, but the classes are taught in English.

Although Hawaii is an environment where the ocean and pools are very close by, surprisingly many people cannot swim. If you are planning to send your child to a private school, some private schools in Hawaii offer PE swimming lessons, so it would be a good idea to make sure your child can swim to some extent. We recommend that you have a Japanese-speaking intranet come to your home or condo pool or, if you are temporarily back in Japan, take a short class at a Japanese swimming school to improve your swimming and Japanese skills.

• 水泳
• 2026/02/13 (Fri) 23:52
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It's a good idea to have her learn it when she comes back to Japan temporarily. I will refer to it ！.

• SP
• 2026/02/12 (Thu) 14:23
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I would love to know too. Since the oven has more space than the toaster, it would take longer to heat up the oven itself first. The toaster heats up in a matter of seconds, so I think this alone makes a difference in the electricity bill. We don't use a toaster in our house, but we have a two-layer upper and lower oven, the top is a regular oven but the bottom has a convection function.
The top is about one-third the size of a regular oven and the bottom is about two-thirds the space of a regular oven, so I always use the top when baking small items, but it takes less time than baking in the regular size open.
When I bake a smaller turkey or whole chicken, I also bake it on top, and it takes about half the time that the internet says, so this alone should lower your electric bill.
In my opinion, a toaster would surely be cheaper than this, but I would love to hear what others think.

• S
• 2026/02/13 (Fri) 12:32
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SP, I was using a stove oven even though I was really curious 😢
Copilot, thank you for the very clear comparison ！ ！

I think I will still buy a toaster oven ！.

• 倍金萬.
• 2026/02/08 (Sun) 09:41
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Is the psychic who calls out to you Japanese?

• いちご大福
• 2026/01/26 (Mon) 21:45
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Good luck when you find it ～ ！

• たれぱんだ
• 2026/02/07 (Sat) 02:03
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There was suddenly a special section selling stickers at the Kasumi supermarket in Kisarazu, but the design is a bit deliberate.

• いっちー
• 2026/02/07 (Sat) 02:00
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There are schools closed in Ichihara City, too.