Honorably serving classes from preschool (age 3) through sixth grade.
Hale Keiki School is honored you are taking the time to learn more about our school. We are proud to have been educating children in Hawai'i for 77 years.
HKS students acquire the tools to become lifelong learners, effective communicators, productive thinkers, respectful and responsible individuals, collaborative workers, and health-conscious participants of life.
Primarily made up of children of United States Active Duty Military, HKS welcomes students from all backgrounds. We encourage students both civilian and military to come and see what great opportunities HKS can offer.
If you would like to enroll in the current school year, please contact the administrative office for availability and openings.
If you are interested in enrolling your child in the next school year, please see our Registration page for materials and more information.
Hale Keiki School, Inc. admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Admissions for the 2024-2025 School Year
We are thrilled to begin our admissions process for the 2024-2025 school year.
Applications are now open and being accepted for next year. You can submit an application any time, invitations to enroll will be sent depending on availability, on your respective enrollment tier date listed below.
To see the Tuition Rates and Fee list for next year please click here.
Applications
Applications for the upcoming school year, are for our new students only. The application will go live on January 12, 2024 at 8 a.m.
Invitations to enroll are sent on a first-come, first-served basis, based on the date and time the application was submitted.
The link to access the application is https://nhk-hi.client.renweb.com/oa/?memberid=2318
Enrollment Dates
Our enrollment season is from January to March and is open in tiers, beginning with our Returning Families and ending with New Civilian Families. During that time, you have from the date of invitation received until the date of the next enrollment tier to fill out and submit your enrollment packet along with the registration fees and tuition deposit collected at the time of submission. Invitations for new students to enroll are valid for 48 hours, if we have not received a response, the enrollment will be closed.
January 12, 2024: Enrollment opens for returning students and new Preschool students
January 26, 2024: Enrollment opens for all other new students
We maintain a rolling enrollment throughout the year, until spring break (mid-March 2025)
Screening
All New Students must participate in a 5-day social, emotional, and academic screening for the first 5 days of school (08/05/2024-8/9/2024). Our screening takes place in the classroom and does not disrupt your student's schooling experience but instead uses that as a tool of observation.
During the screening, students are required to be walked in and signed in at the office, and a member of the administrative team will escort your student to their classroom. They will be brought to the office at the end of each day and will need to be picked up from there.
Enrollment is conditional until screening is completed.
*If you enroll after August 4, 2024, please contact HKS Administration to discuss your start date options.*
Family Interview
All new families must attend a Family Interview with a member of the Administrative Staff. Returning families with new students may skip this step.
You will receive a link in your enrollment confirmation email to schedule an appointment.
Please do this as soon as possible to prevent delays in enrollment confirmation.
NOTE ABOUT HOMESCHOOL TRANSFERS
Being that the past couple of school years provided a lot of academic strains, we understand more and more people opted for homeschooling their students for all or a portion of the year.
If you fall under this category, please note we will require the following, in addition to any other required documentation for your application to be accepted:
- Quarterly Report Cards that include grades for Language Arts (including handwriting and reading), Social Studies, Science, and Math.
- Work Samples for each graded subject
- Curriculum used for each graded subject
- and/or any completed standardized testing
This only applies to students entering 1st-6th grade in the 2024-2025 school year who have been homeschooled (not the same as distance learning) for any amount of time in their academic history.
This page will be updated regularly with more information, including tuition costs, as it becomes available.
Mahalo!
updated 1/25/2024