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Kaiser Complex and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

Posted on October 14, 2019

As a parent, you may be wondering what all the fuss over this International Baccalaureate (IB) program is. The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) First, from the IBO website: The IB offers an education for…

Tutors in Hawaii: Luckiest if you’re a public school student

Posted on August 25, 2019

As the school year starts up in full swing, I’m posting a reminder of the FREE math, science and writing tutors available to public school students.  For math and science, tutors are…

From Honolulu to Tokyo – A transit guide for the transit clueless

Posted on November 7, 2016

In going from Honolulu to Tokyo, one of my bigger travel worries, other than the language barrier, was the transit barrier.  Regarding mass transit, I spent a number of years both living…

Traveling Tokyo by Smartphone

Posted on October 20, 2016

US Smartphone Coverage in Japan If you’re currently on either T-mobile or Sprint’s phone plan, you’re in luck.  For most plans, both companies offer free text and 2g basic data roaming  in…

My One-Year Foreign Language Test in Japanese

Posted on October 17, 2016

I give myself a low B- Earlier, I had written about why I thought world language in high school was a questionable endeavor. To prove my point, I spent an entire year…

What is the AVID (college readiness) program?

Posted on August 19, 2016

At the end of his Niu Valley Middle School eighth grade year, my son was given the option of applying for AVID at Kaiser High School. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual…

Calculators approved for AP, SAT and IB testing

Posted on August 19, 2016

In the first week of his freshman year, my kid’s high school math instructor presented him with one of two graphing calculator suggestions.  The choices were the Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX and the Texas…

The Maker movement in Hawaii – A day at Mini Maker Faire 2016

Posted on July 19, 2016

Mini Maker Faire 2016 at Iolani School: A recap  Mini Maker Faire in Honolulu wrapped up on June 25, 2016 and I finally made it to the event in their third year….

Learning Japanese in Hawaii: what is working

Posted on July 1, 2016

Niu Valley Middle School has a world language core requirement, either Mandarin Chinese or Japanese.  Once that language is selected, if your child goes on to Kaiser, they must continue in that…

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