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Iolani School
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563 Kamoku StHonolulu, HI 96826
(808) 949-5355
9 reviews for Iolani School
O Iolani, at thy call we gather
To pledge anew our loyalty and love.
Bound fast to thee by bonds no power can sever,
We rise for thee, our firm faith to prove.
We will stand strong and with proud hearts salute thee;
Love stands supreme, our faith shall not move.
thank you, mom, for sending me here for 6 wonderful years.
i actually cried after graduation because i didn't wanna leave.
#1 in academics... not-so-#1 in athletics. the rivalry with Punahou is like UCLA vs USC, where admissions at Iolani/UCLA cannot be bought.
Liz T. writes
Ok, enough verbose digressions. I graduated from Iolani--look how I turned out! =P
Love S. writes
Sheyit, I went public-- look how I turned out.
Oh Iolani at thy call we gather...
So someone under me wrote that a famous Chinese communist leader graduated from Iolani, but first of all 1)Sun Yat Sen was NOT a Communist leader, and 2) he also attended Punahou (yep, check it on wiki if you dont believe me!).
I guess Iolani did produce good ole Mufi, mayor of Honolulu...but oh Punahou, how you must outshine us with Steve Case, Michelle Wie, and of course the President-elect of the US. Trumped.
Nonetheless, I am an Iolani-lover. i attended the school for 13 years and found the teachers to have never-ending care and pure love for their jobs. And while I can't speak for everyone I think that most students are happy. I kind of miss the place.
Iolani offers many opportunities. I tried everything: Band, Orchestra, Choir, Drama, student council, basketball, diving, newspaper, etc. They really want their students to be well-rounded.
The campus is definitely safe...to a point that I think I'm too sheltered. I've never seen a physical fight.
The tuition is the same for elementary, middle, and high school...and while I think it's worth it for middle and high school, I'll never understand why my parents spent that much for me to learn how to multiply and then be supervised while I napped.
The stereotypical Iolani kid is studious, kind, and Asian. Of course there are outliers, but the student body distribution doesn't stray too far from the mean. What does this translate to? Competition in the classroom. I was definitely pushed just because I saw the determination in everyone else. My classmates were bright and good-natured and I learned with and from them. A good number of them ended up being National Merit Semi-Finalists (they represented more than half of the state's finalists).
The only complaint I have is that Iolani only has one college counselor for the entire senior class. I love Mr.Fleming and I really feel bad that he has to deal with all 240 students. Nonetheless, the other counselors are more than willing to help the students out. Fortunately, the result is that Iolani kids go to great universities.
Above all, Iolani helped me get in to a great college, and prepared me for the competitiveness of this university.
People are yelping about private schools? Time to jump on the runaway bandwagon.
Across the Ala Wai Canal from Waikiki, lushly nestled in what was once swampland, Iolani has a beautiful campus with a diverse study body. Academics are demanding and rigorous, but there's time for sports and other activities.
I don't know why some think Punahou kids are more well-rounded; Iolani students do it all as well. I mean, it's requisite in this day and age for admission into Tier 1 colleges--you can be easily rejected with a 4.0 GPA and 1600 SAT if you don't have leadership experience or sportsmanship qualities.
Ok, enough verbose digressions. I graduated from Iolani--look how I turned out! =P
P.S. Iolani has half as many students per grade as Punahou, yet Iolani has 32 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists while Punahou has 17. There was less than 70 total in Hawaii (2008).
Iolani trumps Punahou any day of the week and I don't really care what you say. My mom even regrets sending my brother to Punahou and wishes he went to Iolani so he would be more motivated today. Class sizes at Punahou are huge so the teacher to student ratio sucks. They lack supervision there... one of my elementary school classmates was supposedly kicked out for doing drugs there and he was such a smart goody two shoes back in sixth grade... Iolani owns Punahou. The end.
Crazy good school. xD Face it. We're cool. Iolani is academic and Punahou is athletic. In the end, doesn't brains triumph bronze? I'm still going there now. I could never manage to memorize the song... except at promotion - wait, I lipped that one.
A famous Chinese Communist leader graduated from Iolani. Guess who?! I'm not telling...
I've heard Iolani academics are better than Punahou, but who knows? I know that Iolani teachers generally get paid less than Punahou and PUBLIC school teachers. Crazy!
Math & language departments are supposed to be pretty good. Iolani hosts a lot of outside orchestra-related events; that's nice of them.
Iolani's history is cool: Opened as an Episcopal school for boys by King Kamehameha III. It remained a boys school for a very long time, with St. Andrew's Priory being it's girls' school counterpart.
Iolani has a nice new parking lot. Yay!
Went there. Loved it! Most in Hawaii will agree that it's one of the top two academic schools (along with Punahou) in the state.
The 'rival school' of Punahou, Iolani, just like Punahou, turns out over-achievers past, present and future. The testing procedure is pretty much the same as Punahou and once you get in, you don't leave! The list of potential candidates are aplenty and there are more than enough people vying for the spots -- makes one wonder, are there THAT many people in Oahu having kids every year?
