Transfer Options for Hālau Lōkahi Students
Home-schooling:
For families that may want to homeschool their child, even for the semester, please complete OCISS Form 4140, Exceptions to Compulsory Attendance, and submit the form to the governing board of Hālau Lōkahi. Families that wish to have their students participate in the Statewide Testing Program will need to contact their DOE Home School in order to participate in testing.
To find your child’s DOE home school, use the DOE’s online School Finder tool to input your street address:
http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ParentsAndStudents/EnrollingInSchool/SchoolFinder/Pages/home.aspx
Form 4140 is available here:
https://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/DOE%20Forms/Enrollment/Exceptions4140.pdf
Information on Homeschooling is available here:
Public Schools:
DOE’s website on Enrolling in School: http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ParentsAndStudents/EnrollingInSchool/Pages/Home.aspx
Use the DOE’s online School Finder tool to input a street address and find the elementary, middle, and high schools that serve the area, along with contact information: http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ParentsAndStudents/EnrollingInSchool/SchoolFinder/Pages/home.aspx
Information on all Hawaii public charter schools can be found here: www.chartercommission.hawaii.gov/#!charter-school-directory/cmvk
Oʻahu Hawaiian Culture-Focus and Immersion Public Charter Schools:
Hakipu‘u Learning Center
45-720 Keaahala Road, Cottage 1
Kaneohe, HI 96744
808-235-9155
Grades 4-12
https://sites.google.com/site/hlctechsite96744/
No current openings
Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School
2101 Makiki Heights Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-945-1600
Grades 4-12
No longer accepting Hālau Lōkahi transfer students
Ka Waihona o ka Na‘auao Public Charter School
89-195 Farrington Highway
Waianae, HI 96792
808-620-9030
Grades K-8
No current openings
Kamaile Academy, PCS
85-180 Ala Akau Street
Waianae, HI 96792
808-697-7110
Grades K-12
http://www.kamaile-academy.org/
Conversion charter school
Limited openings; see below
Elementary: If they are living outside our geographical boundaries, they will need to apply for a geographical exception. They will need to go to their DOE home school and fill out the GE paperwork, and then come to Kamaile to drop off the paperwork. As of today, we are full in our elementary except for a few spots in kindergarten.
Middle School: 7th grade is full, but we have spots in 8th grade open.
High School: We have spots open in grades 9-12.
Please contact the school for assistance.
Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau, LPCS
Immersion School
46-500 Kuneki Street
Kaneohe, HI 96744
808-235-9175
Grades PK-12
Note: Hawaiian medium (Kaiapuni) school: Families thinking about the possibility of transferring to a Kaiapuni school consider the impact such a decision will have on the learning experiences of their child depending on their language proficiency skills and their ability to comprehend instruction through the Hawaiian language; limited openings for kindergarten - please contact the school for assistance
Mālama Honua Public Charter School
41-054 Ehukai Street
Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-5522
Grades K-2
http://www.malamahonuapcs.org/
Limited spaces available in grades 1-2
Other Oahu Charter Schools:
Hawaii Technology Academy
94-810 Moloalo Street
Waipahu, HI 96797
Phone: 808-676-5444
Grades K-12
Blended learning program - limited openings available for former Hālau Lōkahi students only; any interested family should email our Executive Assistant, Chastity Catchings at: ccatchings@myhta.org. Ms. Catchings will immediately set up a meeting for student, parent, member of enrollment team and counselor. At the meeting HTA will work to enroll the family (ensuring that we have all relative enrollment information), place the student in the correct grade level/classes, order curriculum for the student and make a plan for the student to begin classes later in the week. It would be helpful if the family could bring the student's cumulative file or as many of the following documents as possible:
1. Proof of Residence (bill of some sort)
2. Birth Certificate
3. Form 14
4. McKinney Vento (if applicable)
5. Proof of Internet
6. Last report card or transcript
7. Note: All HTA students require a parent learning coach to be available to work with the student up to 4 days a week
Lanikai Elementary, PCS
140 Alala Road
Kailua, HI 96734
Phone: 808-266-7844
Grades K-6
Conversion school - if the student lives in the geographic area, the student is entitled to enroll at the school; for students who live out-of-area, the school currently does not have any space available.
Myron B. Thompson Academy
Grades K-12
Virtual/blended learning program
808-441-8000
No longer accepting Hālau Lōkahi transfer students
The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability (SEEQS)
845 22nd Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: 808-677-3377
Grades 6-8
No current openings
University Laboratory School
1776 University Avenue
UHS Bldg 3, Room 121
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-7833
Grades K-12
http://www.universitylaboratoryschool.org/
No current openings
Voyager: A Public Charter School
2428 Wilder Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-521-9770
Grades K-8
No current openings
Waialae Elementary, PCS
1045 19th Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: 808-733-4880
Grades PK-5
Conversion school - if the student lives in the geographic area, the student is entitled to enroll at the school; for students who live out-of-area, limited openings are available, except for grade 5; for all other grades, please contact the school for assistance.
Department of Education Hawaiian Language Immersion (Kaiapuni) Schools:
Information page on Kaiapuni schools, both DOE and charter schools:
DOE Ka Papahana Kaiapuni contact: 808-305-9724
Note regarding the DOE’s Kaiapuni schools: Families thinking about the possibility of transferring to a Kaiapuni school consider the impact such a decision will have on the learning experiences of their child depending on their language proficiency skills and their ability to comprehend instruction through the Hawaiian language.
Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Ānuenue
2528 10th Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816
808-733-8465
Letter from Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Ānuenue regarding potential student transfers
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