Christian Academy

This is a great school. My child has gone to both public and private schools. Since going to Christian Academy, my child has been more disciplined and has made many good friends here. She is happy at this school. The staff and Administrators care about the students and families. It is a family atmosphere.
The curriculum is challenging with many reports, debates, quizzes, and tests. There’s also many opportunities to grow in other areas– robotics, foreign language, sports, etc… I was impressed that they teach the students etiquette and speech. We are planning to send our second child here also because she wanted to go here after being in the summer fun program.

This school is my alma mater, and while as aforementioned in the other reviews, no school is perfect, there are a lot of good aspects about this school. The faculty and staff here truly love the Lord and care about the students, and I have grown a lot in my years attending here. I have made lifelong friends, established warm relationships, and I have also learned that God is truly good. When I was in school, to be honest, I didn’t realize the impact that going here could have. I also realize that the criticisms given to the students (especially my class) were done in love, and they were meant to help us, not harm us.
Christian Academy is located in the First Assembly of God church on Red Hill, next door to Kaiser Hospital. It is tiny, not many people know the church houses a school. There are about (I’m estimating) 200 students from the preschool to the senior class. The school is very clever about utilizing rooms, and even has small classrooms downstairs, also. The facilities are beautiful, the courtyard has a fountain, tables, chairs and is air-​conditioned inside. There are 2 rooms used as the cafeterias, one is upstairs and the other is downstairs.
When your child first signs up at the beginning of the year, they send you a uniform catalog. The uniform consists of a polo shirt with the school’s logo, and for girls, a pleated skirt is worn, and for boys, tailored pants are worn. Your child also has choices on a variety of colors for their polo shirts, and I recommend they have at least one of each color. They have choices where you can also order a jacket, and as aforementioned, the facilities are air-​conditioned, so I highly recommend you purchase a jacket from the company too.
The facilities are also closely-​monitored. The First Assembly of God church, and also Christian Academy itself monitors who enters and leaves the premise. I think compared to public schools, and even other larger schools, where it is harder to do this, this makes one feel very safe and secure.
As far as the classes go, they are the same as a regular school, with your college-​required math courses, English courses, history courses and economics classes. So that’s why, I’m not sure what the other reviews mean by «the students are not properly taught and prepared for college.» In fact, most of my highschool classmates are VERY successful people right now. You also have a Bible class, and the students are required to attend a Chapel once a week (the same as other religious-​based private schools.) The Chapel is a good thing to have, it’s like churchtime, and it does help one grow and it is very powerful. Altar calls are done, and it allows you to reflect on yourself and be able to get a bit closer to God.
Also, aside from Project Graduation, the seniors are treated to a «senior trip» at the end of the year. This is a kind gesture from the staff, that not many other schools do. Looking back, I am very appreciative that the teachers and parents took their time to organize that for us.
The tuition is not high here, either. If you’re looking for your child to have an education that is based in the Lord, and also to have teachers who do their best to make sure your child grows up to be a well-​rounded individual (one thing about here is that the teachers genuinely care. Your child is also THEIR child, and all of them are always open to talk and pray with you, if you have anything weighing on your mind).
I have a lot of classmates who are resentful of attending here, and I may get criticism for this review. But as a Unilocal Elite, I am honest. And this is my honest assessment of my Alma Mater. But I want to reiterate: Nobody is perfect, everybody is human. People make mistakes. However, everybody truly loves God, and will do everything in their power to uphold that. Now who wouldn’t want that for their child?

It’s been well over a month since I posted here. After a few days posting about how disappointed I was with the negative comments about CA of Honolulu, I received a private message from someone which I think is best not to mention because we did have a very positive ending. Prayers are powerful! I’ve been praying about the individuals who posted negative comments about Christian Academy of Honolulu. I prayed that whatever it is that drives them to post those negative comments must have been deep seeded and painful. It might not even have anything to do with the school but instead life in general. I’m happy to share that we had a positive outcome of exchanges of thoughts and experiences. Keep praying for each other. Prayers are powerful. It can turn a negative experience to a positive one and if not immediate positive, there’s opportunities for healing and exploration of feelings. Praise be to God who is all knowing. Remember, With God Anything is Possible!

I spent a good portion of my school years at Christian Academy. In fact, had things gone off without a hitch I’d have probably graduated from here as well. But things didn’t, and I can’t say that I’m all too regretful especially when I think about the thousands of dollars my parents wasted on this place in order to give their daughter a «good education.»
If you’re looking to place your child in a good private school, Christian Academy is not the place you’re looking for. That is, unless you wish to train your child to become an arrogant, narrow-​minded, overindulged imbecile. Take it from someone who has been there and done that, and paid more than her fair share of reparation for it. I cannot stress enough how there is too much focus on Christianity and not enough on the actual academics; it’s a wonder why parents are even paying at all when all their kids are being taught is that Jesus is the way, and the rest of the world will eventually burn in hell with Satan (a lesson taught for free at Sunday school FYI) unless converted. Sure, it’s a great lesson – if you’re into that sort of thing – but there’s a right time and place folks, and a school is a school for a reason, even if it’s closely affiliated to a church. But perhaps the worst damage is the fact that they don’t practice what they preach.
It’s preposterous how they teach the Ten Commandments, the Beattitudes, and all of these other Biblical principles, when the moment they turn around, they are gossiping about students and their family situations, or treating people they consider beneath them like dirt. Or better yet, telling people what they’re doing wrong to have caused certain predicaments or circumstances. Perfect example was when I was in my freshmen (and final) year at Christian Academy and had been going through a rough time both physically and mentally, and had missed so many days that my mother had asked to meet with the principal in order to see what my options were. Instead of listening or even taking into consideration what had been going on, the principal proceeded to ignore my mother and randomly asked whether or not I’d been praying every day. I’d replied with a no, because at that point and time, I’d not had a relationship with our dear Lord and Heavenly Father for quite some time. We were separated if you will. In any case, I don’t know what I’d expected as a response but it was anything but this: «The reason you’re sick is because you don’t pray enough.» I’m sorry, but regardless of whether you’re part of a religion, professionally, that was the wrong thing to say. It just goes to show how they can’t even comprehend that they’ve overstepped their boundaries because they don’t consider themselves to ever be in the wrong. So instead of an apology, the principal had told us that we’d needed to leave because she had another appointment coming in and should consider transferring to another school. And that’s exactly what I did.
I learned more in the short time I was at Kalani High School than I ever did at Christian Academy. I became both more aware and much more respectful of the choices and lifestyles others had chosen even though perhaps they were not things I’d consider for myself. My best friend was even gay, and he was one of the nicest people I’d ever met. If it weren’t for him, I don’t know how I would have been able to adjust to Kalani. He was just one out of many that I’d had the opportunity to meet at the high school, and each and every one of them have impacted me in ways that I’d otherwise would not have even bothered to regard. This would have never occurred had I not been more or less asked to leave C.A.
The bottom line is that if Christian Academy understood that it’s possible to have differences without being disrespectful or condescending, the school would be much better off. Before teaching your kids to become good Christians, you should consider teaching them how to be decent human beings.

I tutor a student that goes to this school. This means that I have to help her on many ridiculous assignments.
I am respectful of religion and the fact that some people can be very hardcore about their religions… but this school is seriously brainwashing its students. I attended a Christian school as well as a Catholic school and I have never experienced this degree of brainwashing.
For example, one of her assignments was to do a research paper about Katy Perry. Turns out, though, is that all of the research had been done for her. Her teacher had printed out a few things from the internet and highlighted the main points. My student was only allowed to use this information in her research paper. Not only that, but the assignment was to specifically write about how Katy Perry became a bad/​un-​Christian person… not what my student’s opinon about Katy Perry was. Basically, my student was forced to write an essay that said Katy Perry used to be a good Christian girl but now she is an evil person because she sings about kissing girls and shows too much skin. I don’t know about you, but I think education is about teaching kids how to think on their OWN… teaching them how to form their OWN opinions and going out and doing their OWN research to back up their ideas. Furthermore, I resent the fact that they are trying to spread hate rather than teach acceptance and tolerance.
That is just one example of the many ridiculous assignments she gets.
The teachers go on Facebook during class.
The faculty speaks openly about how being gay is wrong and also speaks openly in class about personal political opinions. For example, one teacher actually told her class that she was disappointed that Neil Abercrombie was elected governor because now gay people would be allowed to get married.
Christian Academy uses its power as an educational establishment to push the students to become the type of Christians that Christian Academy thinks that they should be. They don’t put any emphasis on actual academics. I don’t think it is wrong to teach Christianity, but I know it is wrong to teach HATE.
Parents, I can’t imagine why you would want to send your kids to this school. Please save the $ 6000 a year and rather send your kids to a public school where at the very least they won’t be brainwashed (I highly doubt the academics at Christianity Academy are superior to that of public schools).