Description: Kamehameha strongly supports the need for early childhood education and has dedicated significant resources to provide preschool opportunities to Hawaiʻi keiki. KS enrolls over 1,500 3- and 4- year-olds in 30 preschools statewide.
The preschool program, which emphasizes the development of social and emotional skills created the community-based preschools because the earliest years of life from before birth until 8 years of age is the most critical time in a child’s development. About 90 percent of brain growth occurs before age 5, when the foundations for thinking, language, vision, attitudes, aptitudes and other characteristics are established. Quality early education is key to future success in school and often in life.
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He’eia Preschool is a clean, efficiently-operated preschool that focuses all of its curriculum, activities, communications and preparations on the welfare and development of its students.
Staff have obviously worked earnestly at developing proven systems, procedures and objectives to benefit the children’s psychological, emotional, social, physical and spiritual development. It’s evident that Kumu Evana, Kumu Darlene and Kumu Lacie all love the kids and mentoring them. They invest their time in to each and every student and communicate very well with parents. grandparents and guardians. Their organizational skills and efficiency are displayed in the way the classroom and activities are laid out. More importantly, all of their efforts, efficiency and dedication are manifested in how much my grandson is growing, learning and becoming all he can be!