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• GE考え中
• 2025/11/18 (Tue) 10:00
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Nice to meet you ！
I'm considering GE because I live in a condo in Waikiki and the school in my school district is Jefferson and I haven't heard good things.
I have to give her GE the month after next, but I'm not sure how to choose a school. I think my daughter will probably need ESL classes. She understands and speaks English, but her first language is Japanese.
In terms of academics, I'm still thinking Waislae, Wilson, Jefferson, and Royal, but not for now.

Waikiki Elementary is close, but I have seen many Japanese people there, so I would prefer a less Japanese environment for my daughter who needs ESL.
I hear that Manoa also has a lot of Japanese recently.

I am considering Nuuanu, Hokulani, Liholiho and Noelani.
Also, I would like to send my child to Punahou from the middle school, but how many students go to Punahou from the middle school?
Actually, I have a neighbor whose child goes to Iolani, and I heard that there are very few Punahou and Iolani middles from Public Elementary. They say that every year there are zero or one child who takes it and gets accepted. I can't financially afford to send my child from Kinder to Private, but I wonder if most of the Public Elementary people are also Public middles.

• おでん
• 2025/11/18 (Tue) 15:52
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There are kids who take Punahou and Iolani from Public every year, but as your neighbor said, there is really only one or two kids from each school who get accepted from Public.
The middle test, the SSAT, is not up to par with what is taught at Public. That means that Punahou and Iolani are already being taught that level of content study.
The only way to take the test from public is to start tutoring at least a year in advance. It is up to 2 years ahead of what is taught in school plus 2 years.
Look up the details of the SSAT, which is given up to the 8th grade.

No one from Manoa, Waikiki, Kahala, or Nuuanu passed this year. One person from Noelani passed Iolani and one from Hokulani passed Punahou.
In the middle, private kids from Hana Hau'oli, Rujardin, and Midpak take most of the Punahou and Iolani recruiting slots.
The same jiu-jitsu student as my son entered Punahou from middle two years ago from Hana Hau'oli, but his grades are below average at Punahou.
Hana Hau'oli is an elementary school for fairly good kids, but I think Punahou and Iolani have such high standards.
And Punahou seems to have 800 applicants for a quota of only 80 or so. Well, I think most of them are cut off by the SSAT passing criteria.
My child is also applying to Punahou and Iolani middle school this year from a private school, but I don't think he will get in based on the SSAT results. 😭

• そうなのかな
• 2025/11/25 (Tue) 16:17
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I have been wondering if this information is true, as it seems that almost no students enter Punahou after graduating from public elementary school, but let me share it with you.

I have seen this information on Vivinavi for a long time, so I asked a family who graduated from public school in 2024 and entered Punahou how they studied, and they replied, "Yes ？ ！ Another student was accepted from the same school, and I know another who entered from another school. I know someone who got in from another public one," was the answer.

That school, where my child also attends, is a school that is shunned by academically oriented families. We recently went to see the Lion King, a Punahou stage production, and found out that the child who graduated in 2023 is also in the school.
I have a feeling that perhaps Punahou is not only judged on academics, but also on some extra talent that shines through, such as music, athletics, musicals, etc.

I think you may be able to increase your chances of acceptance by developing some special skills in addition to your studies. （ If parents are enthusiastic about the practice for the sake of it, though, the child may feel suffocated. ）

• 皐月
• 2025/11/25 (Tue) 16:45
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I am the parent of a child who is taking the Punahou exam right now.
My son is also public.
Punahou will consider SSAT 90th percentile or higher, or 85th percentile ➕ arts, sports and … ！
But SSAT 85th percentile is difficult without at least academic level.
They say it's because you can't keep up with the class.
But it's still difficult from public …
I haven't heard of 3 or 5 publics getting accepted.
I've seen the classes are very different from the lower grades.

He has failed twice, Kinder and 4th grade, so I hope he gets accepted
for the third time. He wants to go there ….

• 難しいですよ…
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 11:37
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Good morning.
It's not all Punahou from Public, but it's quite difficult. Perhaps the mothers who attend Punahou say this with humility. I took the middle school entrance exam three years ago and was not accepted even after one year of tutoring. Three years ago, I took the middle school entrance exam and was not accepted even though I tutored for a year. Punahou has the highest passing line for Middle, so here is a link I got from two different tutors when I was attending them both as a reference regarding the SSAT. Other tutors and other schools seem to refer to this as well.

https://ssatpracticetest.com/web-app/admissions/punahou-hawaii.html

https://ssatpracticetest.com/web-app/ admissions/iolani-hawaii.html

https://ssatpracticetest.com/web-app/admissions/mid-pacific-institute-hawaii.html

• プリン
• 2025/11/23 (Sun) 21:42
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Hana

Hello. I think the information board is better than here, since this is a rather private discussion.
What I can tell you, even in the public, is that you are insured for 10% of hospitalization costs. I was not insured for 10% hospitalization costs when I was hospitalized
I was surprised to get a bill of several thousand dollars at the time. I then switched to a 10% hospitalization cost policy.

• ハナ
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 00:29
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Puddin

Thanks for the advice. I have posted it on the information board. Thank you for your continued cooperation.

I'm sorry, but does 10% of the hospitalization cost mean that 10% is self-paid? ？

A friend of mine came to Hawaii on vacation, got sick, and spent $70,000 from ER to surgery and hospitalization. All out of pocket, no travel insurance, no credit card insurance, etc. I was wondering what the co-pay would be if this is covered by Hawaii's medical insurance.

However, the surgery was very fast from the examination to the surgery, and I was able to have the surgery within a few days. As expected, I thought that the medical care in the U.S. is humane and amazing.

• こーの字
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 10:58
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The Out-of-pocket maximum is also important for medical insurance here, along with the co-payment percentage.
This is very simplified, but if you have a 10% co-pay and the out-of-pocket maximum is set at $ 3,000, your co-pay will be $ 3,000 if you receive $30,000 of medical care, and after that you will not have to pay any co-pay until the end of the year.
Plans with lower monthly premiums have a higher out-of-pocket maximum.

• こーの字
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 11:16
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I would like to add
> Also, if you used company medical insurance such as HMSA, how long were you able to take off from work ？
This has nothing to do with your medical insurance, but depends on your company benefits （ how many hours of Sick Leave you are eligible for ） such as how many hours of Sick Leave you can use.

• Delivery man
• mail
• 2025/11/23 (Sun) 22:23
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No, it will be delivered from person to person or store to store.

• viatom
• 2025/11/24 (Mon) 20:02
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So is it impossible to go to an office on the 5th floor of a building, pick up a package, and have it delivered to an office in another building?

• プラヤ
• mail
• 2025/11/25 (Tue) 16:55
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https://www.uber.com/us/en/item-delivery/

Why don't you read the above site ？
Make the effort yourself first.

• シルクドソレイユ
• 2025/11/12 (Wed) 19:36
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I just went the other day ！ highly recommended ！
I purchased a Kama'aina ticket, they checked my ID. I think you will have to buy a regular price if only you are a kama'aina and your family does not have a Hawaii state ID.

• Jazz
• 2025/11/13 (Thu) 08:33
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Thank you very much, Cirque du Soleil.
Yes, there was an ID check at the entrance, some people said just show the QR code and others said you need an ID, so the information from those who have recently been there was very helpful.
When purchasing online, it is a bit of a hassle to have to split the purchase into two separate purchases, one for my wife and I at Kama'aina and one for the two of us from Japan at the regular price.

• アナ
• 2025/11/19 (Wed) 16:56
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Right now they have a Black Friday offer with the same discount rate as Kamaaina :)

• Jazz
• 2025/11/23 (Sun) 09:30
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Thank you very much for the information, Ana.
I will contact my family, since they got their plane tickets the other day and I was just thinking that it is about time to get Auana's tickets too.
Thank you very much.

• 今年5月に卒業した母
• 2025/10/31 (Fri) 13:31
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Hello. I am the mother of a child who has been a student at Central Union for 2 years, graduated this May, and is now attending Kinder.
Regarding enrollment, we were also unable to get into the preschool that was our first choice, and we waited for a while for an alternate to come forward, but none came.
I was told to come and see the school, so I went to see the school, filled in the application form, and was admitted.
There is an examination, but it seems that all applicants on the alternate list are notified of their acceptance by March or April. Looking at the situation
where we were able to get in because there were still openings on it, I think the exam is only ostensibly a performance thing.

Kinder exams, but I think that almost all Punahou took the exam, which is really not an exaggeration to say all of them, and about 80% of Iolani took the exam as well.
Punahou was by far the most popular. We all wear Tutor and I go to Tutor almost 3-4 days a week.
Central Union is not a feeder school, but a preschool where all the children go to take the Kinder exam
where the families who send their children to the school wear Tutor, go to cram school, and attend IQ Math classes in Kahala.

I do think the acceptance rate was low this year. There are quite a few children in my child's class who are currently attending Public.
Unfortunately, we were not accepted to Punahou and Iolani, so we have started attending another private school.

I hear that the feeder schools to Punahou and Iolani now are St. Clements and Unity School, which are very academic.
I think Central Union and Waiokeola are out of the three feeder families. That may lead to them all being accepted, and there being enough openings to accept them at any time without having to take the test. The Montessori community is another pedagogy, and we don't hear much about kinder exams. However, I do hear that children raised in early childhood with Montessori methods
have higher academic achievement. I don't know if this is true or not. It may or may not be a good fit.
When we contacted them, Montessori was full and they would not even let us wait for a substitute.

If you are considering taking the Kinder exam, St. Clements or Unity School will do academics in preschool. However,
if you don't start tutoring and attending cram school at least one year before the exam, it will be difficult to take the Punahou or Iolani exam after Korona.
As someone else mentioned, in the year of our children who are currently in kinder, there were 663 students in Punahou and 403 in Iolani.
The sad reality is that 500 Punahou and 300 Iolani were not accepted.

No matter which preschool you go to, it depends on how much you can prepare for the exam at home, so I think you should visit the preschool and see for yourself.

• LA
• 2025/11/04 (Tue) 12:33
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My second child is currently attending Central Union. We are in the middle of an entrance exam right now.
It's pretty bleak right now. ！ Some mothers are trying to get the upper hand by directly asking the mothers of the children who finished their exams early.
Probably all of them are taking the exam again this year.
My oldest son also took the Kinder exam last year at Central Union, but he did not pass the top two schools and is a public school. Our policy is that the top two schools are worth it to get into private, but if not, go to the top public school ！. Of course, we will let them take the test in 4th grade and middle.
Last year when my oldest son took the test, I think there were about 15 kids from Central Union who were accepted to Punahou. Within Central Union alone, 40-50 were rejected.
There are a lot of kids who went to Public, including ours.

Regarding your question about how to enter Central Union, there is indeed an exam. However, it is said that all students are accepted, so even if you are on the waitlist, you will be accepted.
If you ask whether it is academic or not, I am at a loss to answer. It is not that academic preschool.
Everyone sends their children to Takahashi Juku, other Tutor, IQ, etc., so the academic part is actually supplemented there.
For your information.

• ２歳児のママです
• 2025/11/04 (Tue) 15:11
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Thank you both for your comments. It seems that Central Union is not a feeding school to Punahou after all. I understand.
The acceptance rate is not that high, although all students take the exam. I am glad that I could see the reality and not believe the old rumors. Thank you very much. I have the impression that you don't have to worry much about the entrance exam. I contacted the school and they told me that they have been giving acceptance letters to all students for the past several years. I have submitted my application, but I am not sure if I will actually take the test. I have St. Clements and Unity School as my first choice, and if they all pass, I may try to take the exam as a suppression since the location is close to my home.
I appreciate your valuable feedback. Thank you very much.

• tiger
• 2025/11/18 (Tue) 14:04
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Two years ago, my husband and I, who had no knowledge of preschool entrance exams, had no idea that Central Union had exams, so we contacted Central Union in June, two months before school started, to enroll our daughter at age 3. I was told, "Come on in August ！ I will send you a form to fill out with your application and bank account" and with one phone call I was in. lol

She has been there for 2 years since then and this year she is attending another school in Kinder.
I didn't even know there was an exam, one phone call, one paper, and I got in and graduated ！ I think almost all the families at Punahou took the exam and 80-90% of the families at Iolani did.
However, this year, not many children from Central Union were accepted into Kinder, both Punahou and Iolani.

• りり
• 2025/11/19 (Wed) 14:04
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Unfortunately, it is not a feeder school now. However, Punahou's Baccalaureate is held annually at Central Union. Central Union Preschool → Punahou → Central Union Cathedral at graduation is a special one!

• Prius
• 2025/10/31 (Fri) 10:21
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・ I'm not sure I understand the thinking behind the figure that often sees Prius being bought and sold = lower popularity

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Prius is not a rare car, and there are quite a few on the road everywhere.
If the population is large, they are more likely to be seen in the market...? Buying and selling has been common for a long time and I don't think it will change now.

• しん
• 2025/10/31 (Fri) 17:03
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In case you are wondering, the current Prius has a cool exterior, but its interior is very small ～.
I feel oppressive when I sit down.

• サンシャイン
• mail
• 2025/11/01 (Sat) 00:07
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It is popular in the used car market because of the large number of units sold. As long as the hybrid battery is OK, you can save money on gasoline and maintenance costs. You can change the transmission oil and do it yourself without changing the filter. The problem is that the generator replacement costs about $6,000 and the hybrid battery replacement costs several thousand dollars, but if you replace the battery yourself, it will only cost a little over $2,000. I can sell it for more than any other car. I guess that means I can sell it for more than other cars, so I'll get my balls out of it.

• ぷりぷり
• mail
• 2025/11/11 (Tue) 12:22
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There are so many Priuses for sale in used cars
Is there a reason for this ？?

• 倍金萬
• 2025/11/12 (Wed) 20:12
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＞ There are so many Prius in used car sales

They must have been sold a lot for a long time because they are so popular and reasonably priced.

• 名無しの権兵衛
• 2025/11/17 (Mon) 07:58
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The government has announced that a significant number of global entries have been disallowed or revoked.

• 趣味人808
• 2025/11/13 (Thu) 17:20
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For iPhone-to-iPhone, it would be Apple Pay, and for others, Venmo, Paypal, Cash App, and Zelle.

• ななしのごんべい
• 2025/10/21 (Tue) 11:44
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Nakamonos can make any number of fake IDs for you
And you can use someone else's SSN that you stole
There's no way for the company to find out.

• 教えて
• 2025/10/23 (Thu) 10:59
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If I am deported to Japan,
what kind of penalties will I face ？
such as a ban on entry or a fine?
Please let me know if you know more about this.

• ななしのごんべい
• 2025/10/24 (Fri) 08:33
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Which penalty are you asking about ？
You didn't break any Japanese law.

• LAX
• 2025/10/24 (Fri) 19:36
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The current administration has instituted a fine of $ 1000 per day for illegal aliens. If you are arrested by ICE and deported, this fine plus a semi-permanent ban from entering the US will be imposed. However, if you voluntarily return to your home country through the CBP ONE app, the fine will be waived and you will be provided with a free airline ticket. There is also a possibility that you may be allowed to enter the U.S. in the future. For more information, please visit DHS.gov.

• 未だ潜伏中
• mail
• 2025/11/11 (Tue) 12:24
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How is ICE policing now ？?

• KAN
• 2025/11/03 (Mon) 18:57
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>KAN, if you know, I was wondering if it is possible to refuse payment for a civil compensation award in the first place ？
Even if （ it might be difficult in this case, ） I was wondering if I could go through an attorney to get my wages and bank accounts seized through an attorney,
I thought that would be unobjectionable.

＃ Hello 4 Saba.
The process of garnishment, 👇
if the other party is uninsured, you can garnish the bank account, but you must first win the case in court and get a final judgment. If the other party does not pay after the judgment, it is possible to file a motion for garnishment and seize the other party's bank account and wages to receive payment.
Process to seize bank accounts
Filing a lawsuit: If the other party does not pay, file a lawsuit in court.
Fixation of judgment in favor: If you win the case and the judgment becomes final, you will obtain a "title of obligation".
Filing a petition for seizure: Based on the final and binding judgment （ and the title of obligation ）, a petition for seizure is filed with the court.
Identification of property: It is necessary to identify the property （ such as bank accounts ） of the party to be seized.
Execution of garnishment: the court will send a notice of garnishment to the bank, etc., and you can collect the deposit directly.

There is a huge amount of time, effort and hard work involved in the process up to this point.
So although legally it is possible to seize accounts, I don't think many people actually go through with it. Lawyers' fees will also be quite expensive. It will probably exceed the amount of damage.

• Outs
• 2025/11/03 (Mon) 22:24
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In Hawaii, UM is not mandatory, but the coverage has to be Offered. So it's obvious that you're paid since you're also adding UM to your policy. If you have trouble understanding what the insurance company is talking about, ask the agent you bought the insurance from ？
The insurance company can't pay until they assess the damage, so you shouldn't have to wait until they assess the repairs.　Does your insurance not cover rental cars ？?

• ガイ子
• mail
• 2025/11/04 (Tue) 01:01
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#9 Dear Outs
We told our insurance company that Uninsured Motorists Coverage is included in our insurance plan, but they told us that UM is not available in the state of Hawaii. I asked ？ what we were paying UM for then, and they replied that if we were seriously injured in an accident, UM would cover our medical expenses depending on the extent of our injuries.

The car is already at the repair shop.
What does rental car coverage mean ？ is a loaner car while the car is not available?

• MAHALO
• mail
• 2025/11/04 (Tue) 09:58
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I have experience with car insurance that covers rental cars while the car is out of service, so why not check with your insurance company to see if you are covered ？.

• ガイ子
• 2025/11/05 (Wed) 21:02
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#12 Copilot
Thank you for the clear explanation

My car was hit and I contacted my insurance company first. I was told that my insurance did not have collision coverage and that I could use the Tow Truck on my policy, but that I would have to do the repairs myself.

I had insurance for the rental car
Thank you all!