Our Personal Best
Holy Nativity School Students are known and loved by all. Our teachers inspire students to be motivated, collaborative, and inquisitive. Each child’s education is designed through a concerted effort between students, family, and educators to ensure developmentally appropriate growth. An HNS student is confident, self-directed, and engaged. Each day our students are challenged, involved, and personally successful.
Individualized Learning
Children are individuals who learn at different paces and styles. Our curriculum is designed to assess, set goals, facilitate, and inspire students to learn, dig deep, and communicate their understanding. Teachers at HNS know and understand their students, designing programs so students are both supported and challenged to make learning both effective and efficient. Upon graduation at sixth grade, students are prepared for the next step in their education, at a school of choice well-matched to their interests and needs.
HNS 6th Grade Graduates & Beyond
HNS provides a complete elementary school experience and preparation for middle school. The sixth grade year at HNS deliberately prepares students to competently and confidently begin middle school. Graduates depart HNS with academic and leadership experiences that stretch them and provide a genuine understanding of themselves as learners and members of a community.
How do we prepare our students for the transition to 7th grade?
Our program is designed for Keiki 3s through Grade Six. We build a home/school partnership with regular communication. We offer a wide range of specialist classes, solid curricular foundation, independence and character building experiences such as experiential learning and leadership opportunities. Specifically during the 6th grade year we offer SSAT prep, mock interviews, and personalized leadership opportunities. We write individual letters of recommendation for each child.
Where do our graduates go after Holy Nativity?
Graduates from 6th grade over the last twenty years have attended the following schools for grade seven: Punahou (56), Mid-Pacific Institute (56), Iolani (28), La Pietra (17), Kamehameha (14), Maryknoll (11), Star of the Sea (9), St. Louis School (3), Assets (2), Damien (2), Sacred Hearts Academy (2), Hawaii Baptist Academy (1), Hawaii Preparatory Academy (1), Le Jardin (1), Other [Public, Mainland, International, Home School] (22)