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• かなこ
• 2025/11/09 (Sun) 12:34
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Hi Winter,
My daughter attends HBA. I was at a loss after taking the Kinder exam to only 2 schools, Punahou and Iolani, and being rejected from both, I thought I had decided to go to the public school I attended for GE
but I contacted HBA, Kaimuki Christian, Merinole, and Hongwanji to see if I could get in, and they said all 4 schools had not yet reached their capacity
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They still accepted her at the end of April after Punahou and Iolani had announced their acceptance. > I contacted HBA, Kaimuki Christian, Merinole, and Hongwanji, and they told me that they had not yet filled the positions at all four schools, so I contacted them and they accepted me even at the end of April, after Punahou and Iolani had announced their acceptance I submitted applications to HBA and Hongwanji, had brief interviews （ both probably less than 15 minutes ） and within 2 weeks I was accepted at both HBA and Hongwanji
I was accepted at both schools. > I passed.

Last year, the same Puli girl failed Punahou and Iolani and was in trouble, so I told her about our situation and she told me that HBA, Kaimuki, Hongwanji, and Merinol were still accepting applications in early May as well
because they had not reached capacity, so I think it is the same situation every year.
Yes, the number of children is decreasing these days and Punahou and Iolani are the top two schools in Hawaii by far, so the popularity is concentrated in the two schools and other private schools are struggling to attract students
Yes.
HBA is not an academic school like Punahou or Iolani, but it has a lot of local kids attending.
The school culture is pretty laid back.

• ビール
• 2025/11/09 (Sun) 19:05
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We are also HBA.
Like Kanako, I could not pass Punahou and Iolani. I thought too easily that I would be accepted to one of them, and now
I regret it.
I applied after the announcement of Punahou Iolani's acceptance, or rather, after we graduated from Pre and started our summer vacation （ sweat ）
But HBA still accepted me. ！
We also contacted Hongwanji and Merinol in June and were accepted, but we chose HBA which is closer to our home.

It is definitely not an academically oriented school and there are many local families. You should visit the school once ！.

• 2026soon
• Yesterday 20:14
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HBA is pretty much always aplicable and accepting ！
It's not an acceptance school like Punahou or Iolani.
You can get in with an application, a brief interview and some interviews.
As others have said, it is the same as Kaimuki Christian and Merinol.
We also got into HBA from Kaimuki Christian.
There are many local families. There are so many local families that some people say that their whole family is HBA.
Academic level is the same as Kaimuki Christian.
Many students go to the University of Hawaii rather than the mainland universities.
I just happened to see this and thought I would comment.

• トマト
• Today 19:13
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Our daughter is also an HBA. I don't want to reveal my grade so I won't. lol

My daughter was rejected from Punahou and Iolani in Kinder.
She entered HBA and tried Punahou again in 4th, but failed miserably and was not accepted.
I also tried Middle, but was also rejected, reminding me of the high level of Punahou.

But my daughter is not ready to give up on Punahou yet and is going to try again
She has been going to a cram school every day since her 2nd year … It costs a lot of money these days
Academically, HBA is not that bad as you all say
I am sure that the University of Hawaii will be very good. If you can get to the University of Hawaii, hooray, and none of the IVY types.
To be honest, it's a very laid back school with a strong local feel if you don't consider academics important ！.

• シュワちゃん
• 2025/12/20 (Sat) 23:17
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I'm not sure if they deliver AMAZON to post office PO boxes ？
I think it's usually just USPS deliveries.

• リセット
• 2025/12/22 (Mon) 08:50
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People who want different results but can't change their ways
Relationships have a huge impact on your life
Who you commit to makes a huge difference in your life

• あられちゃん
• 2025/12/22 (Mon) 22:14
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↑
The person posting that post is mistaken about the USPS people using taxpayer money for something that is not FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, and maybe Amazon delivers to 7-11
boxes or PHYSICAL ADDRESS, and the post office PO
box will not accept it. I don't think I'd accept it in a Box. BTW, UPS/FEDEX should not deliver to USPS PO boxes either.

• ななしのごんべい
• 2025/12/26 (Fri) 14:26
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No driver brings a 20lb package and brings it back without leaving it for delivery.

• よくある話し
• Today 08:22
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I was surprised when I ran to the bathroom at home because I couldn't stand to use the bathroom and it was dirtier than my own.

I remember a coworker of mine who was very clean and had a dirty car 😂

I also heard of a celebrity friend who bought a 5-bedroom condo in a luxury residential area.

• チャプター
• 2025/12/20 (Sat) 21:35
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？ What do you do with your children's English books when you go back to Japan for long periods of time, such as summer vacation?

The library near my parents' house has almost no English chapter books and I couldn't borrow them, so I guess I will have to bring them next year, but they are so heavy. I feel like it's kind of a waste of luggage to bring it back to the U.S. after reading it.

How is everyone else doing ？?

• .倍金萬
• 2025/12/22 (Mon) 18:24
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#4521 Chapters,

It's only been two days and I haven't seen any "responses".

Since the subject is about your child's "English education", even those who have ideas about it may not come to this category.

You might want to start a "Topic" by itself.

. In my case, long, long, long ago, I met my present wife in this area, married and had my first son, who is now in his 50's. We have two grandchildren and a granddaughter. He is now in his 50's. We have two grandchildren, and my granddaughter is now in college. So I didn't have the same problems as Mr. Chapters.

I guess it must be very difficult to educate your children when you eventually return to Japan.

My oldest son ・ and my second son are both LAUSD teachers for some reason.

• チャプター
• 2025/12/25 (Thu) 22:37
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Thank you.

I have no plans to return to Japan for now. If I go to Japan, I can find books in Japanese, but not in English. I can't buy a lot of chapter books for early elementary school children because they don't read the same book over and over again, and moreover, what a task ？ to bring them back to Japan and then bring them back to the US

Last time I brought 10 books and finished them in about 5 days. I was in trouble because I didn't have any more books to read. I feel like I've been away from English since I have zero English books left for the rest of my summer vacation.

• .倍金萬
• 2025/12/27 (Sat) 10:16
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Chapters,

＞ Is there any way to have the students read the books in order again

after they have finished reading them in about 5 days and have no more books to read?

If they have run out of textbook books, maybe give them an English magazine or other English books or magazines that have nothing to do with education.

If you run out of English sources completely, you can "give up".

Children will find something they are interested in even if their parents don't give them anything.

If parents take care of everything, children will grow up without pioneering spirit.

• 青丘
• Yesterday 14:21
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Is there any in the library ？?

• .倍金萬
• 2025/12/04 (Thu) 13:07
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Tonight is the day when you can see the "super moon".

A supermoon is a full moon that appears larger and brighter than usual when the moon is at its closest "perigee" to the earth

.


The last supermoon of the year, concluding three consecutive months

https://www.cnn.co.jp/fringe/35241218.html

• .倍金萬
• 2025/12/06 (Sat) 09:23
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The super moon of the day before yesterday was nothing to write home about. Just a full moon.

I took out the super-zooming camcorder I used last time and the batteries were not charged.

The charger is in a junk box, so I smashed the whole box on the bed

I looked for a special charger for the camcorder, but *** nay.

So I gave up on the video camera.

"Why didn't I prepare it earlier?

Peachy, peachy, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku...it's all over now 。。。。 Misora Hibari

• .倍金萬
• 2025/12/08 (Mon) 15:46
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I wonder if it will be erased if I put URL

Hibari Misora

♪ Festival Mambo - Hibari Misora ♪

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIY2oB3YGIs list=RDqIY2oB3YGIs&start_radio=1

August 15, 1952

I guess I did when I was in elementary school. My next-door neighbors were pachinko and smartball parlors

I'd remember the song even if I didn't say a word.

• .倍金萬
• 2025/12/19 (Fri) 10:25
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Once a week, there is a yoga class at the Multipurpose Senior Center, which is managed and operated by the City of LA.

In addition to yoga classes, there are painting and other hobby classes, and free lunch is available, but of course the taste is not good at all. I used to be the only Japanese person who went here before Corona, but back then there used to be 15 ～ 20 people there every time. Now there are at most 8. I was almost the only man. The members who used to come before Corona no longer come. Some of them were over 90 years old at that time, but I think they are no longer in this world.

• .倍金萬
• 2025/12/21 (Sun) 20:27
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Today, after a long time since Corona, my wife and I went up to the mountains or hills or highlands to the north of our house.

The area around there is called O'Melveny ・ Park, a series of bald hills that get higher as you go north. If you take State Highway 5 north of here, you will see

Six ・ Flags ・ Magic ・ Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain
https://www.sixflags.com /magicmountain

. It is called the "Disneyland" of the north with many attractions.
Next time young kids from Japan come to visit us, I will take them to this magic ・ mountain.

• 更新なし
• 2025/12/20 (Sat) 21:21
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No renewal just means they didn't want to pay ？ How can someone who retains but refuses to pay be a citizen

I have a simple question.

• ウリちゃん
• 2025/12/21 (Sun) 09:44
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It has been 40+ years. I wonder if the immigration officer at the
airport will have any distrust if the photo on the
card is different from the person in front of him who submitted it, even though it is a great thing that does not need to be renewed.

• GC
• mail
• 2025/12/21 (Sun) 10:50
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I'm afraid I've lost the purpose of the response and the post.
As for the GC with no renewal, it is legal. You can check it on the Immigration website. So I have never had a problem with custom to enter from overseas including to/from Japan.

Double Kim Man, 70+, I agree with the part about the benefits of citizenship. A long time ago, citizenship was not a benefit and I was not particularly interested in it because I am not rich enough to vote, jury duty, and taxes at the multi-million level, but I honestly feel that the Trump administration's mandates regarding GC retention are a hassle ↪Lo_V162↩(sweat).

• ウリちゃん
• 2025/12/21 (Sun) 12:10
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An "unexpired green card" is an older type of U.S. Permanent Resident Card issued before about 1989 （ I-551 ） that does not list an expiration date and is still valid in principle, but is highly recommended by the Citizenship and Immigration Services
USCIS ） to be updated with a
Form I-90 due to inconvenience in traveling and using certain services （ such as Global Entry Due to inconvenience when using Form I-90, it is strongly recommended by the USCIS （ USCIS ） that you update your card to the latest version with Form I-90.
If you do not update your card, you run the risk of longer identification times at the airport, card reading errors, and you may also need a Re-entry Permit （ Re-entry Permit ） for long-term stays abroad.

Are the passport photo and the 40+ year old Grin Card photo the same photo?

• GC
• 2025/12/21 (Sun) 18:06
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Uri,
Thank you again for your response. I would appreciate it if you could understand that my topic is not about GC without renewal, but about the future policy and its direction.

• メリー
• 2025/12/04 (Thu) 07:51
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It was 50 years ago and I don't remember the name.　Sorry ## I'm sorry I said I wouldn't go out with you because people have bad reputations. It was a love that was out of reach and I was stupid enough to give up on you as the bad guy. I will always remember you.

• ずるい
• 2025/12/04 (Thu) 14:57
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Topix, you say Confession, but you don't Confess to anything. You just apologized.

• Puna
• 2025/11/10 (Mon) 10:02
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The reason why the number of applicants for Iolani has decreased is because the age range for taking the exam has been reduced; the exam was available for applicants born in March, one school year earlier, but the age range has been reduced to those born in June since last year or this year.
Conversely, Punahou has expanded the age range since last year. Lateborns can now take the test twice across the year. That is probably the reason why the number of students reached 600 for the first time after Corona.
Either way, it's surely a high turnout, but Iolani has a smaller capacity than Punahou, so I think it's a good target from this year.

• イオラニかプナホウか
• 2025/11/10 (Mon) 11:35
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Iolani finally got under 400 students
As someone who will be taking the test next year, I'm glad to see that the ratio has decreased.
Punahou is my first choice, but if I get in, I am hoping that both schools are good.
I know that Punahou and Iolahou have the same available birthdays from this year.
Iolani seems to have 40 people and waitlists, so I have high hopes ！

Even so, 693 people at Punahou was a surprise, and I applaud the kids who got in ！ I thought 550 people failed, which is horrible … almost everyone failed.

The kids who got both Punahou and Iolani are … well, they are geniuses ！

• Zoo
• 2025/11/10 (Mon) 12:10
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＃ 127 Puna
Punahou had a "June - August" birthday set long before last year. My son is a 3rd grader now, and he already had the same birthday set at that time.
Iolani has been adjusting to Punahou since this year.
I was lucky that the number of examinees was reduced due to the Korona disaster when my son was there ！ but the number of examinees was over 500.
My younger daughter took the Kinder exam last year, and I remember being surprised on the day of the group exam by the surprisingly large number of people who took the exam.
As a result, it was a fierce battle of 693 applicants, and we thought we might do well since our oldest son is already in Punahou, but unfortunately
our oldest daughter didn't even make the wait list. It's a harsh reality!

• 激戦キンダーお受験
• 2025/11/13 (Thu) 12:58
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We were able to confirm last year's Kinder exam details for your reference ！

Punahou had 150 successful applicants, 20 waitlisted, and 693 examinees.
Iolani had 96 successful candidates, 40 waitlisted, and 403 examinees.

These numbers are from last year's Kindergarten （ Kindergarten ） entrance exam. Acceptance ・ information that was officially shared with waitlist families and is a reliable number （ The number of waitlisted students was also included in the waitlist notification email ）.

Including waitlist numbers ：
• Punahou ： 150 + 20 = 170 total slots
• Iolani ： 96 + 40 = 136 total slots

Recruitment Although the number of slots themselves is not significantly different, Punahou has a much higher number of applicants, which means that the acceptance rate is lower and competition is more intense.

Last year, Punahou passed 4 students from the waitlist and Iolani passed 16 students from the waitlist.
Both schools had very competitive admissions.

• お受験戦争
• 2025/12/03 (Wed) 14:56
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I went to the Iolani group exam the other day. I was told that there were still less than 400 people taking the exam and that last year about 20 people were moved up from the waitlist.
When my older son took the exam last year, he said that only about 10 waitlisted students were moved up each year, so
the child who started attending Kinder this August, who passed both Punahou and Iolani, had a much higher percentage of Punahou choices. The Iolani admissions people were truly surprised that there were less than 400 test takers and
that there were 20 advanced admissions. Was the Iolani boom over after about 2 years? Also, as others have mentioned, the 90% Asian race rate was not a lie. Probably 70% Chinese （ Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong ） and 20-25% Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino. For your information.

• 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.