Aloha Kai Academy
1445 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao
280-4281
954 Baldwin Ave, Paia
280-1582
Ages: 12 mos.-3 years and 3-5 years
School enrollment: 43 Makawao, 31 Paia 30
Teacher/Student Ratio: Infant Toddler 1:5, 1:12 Preschool
Tuition: Varies
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: N/A
Accreditation: None
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:15am – 5:15pm
Potty Training Required for Aloha Kai Academy Makawao
We incorporate necessary aspects of your child’s development during these formative years. Through our school atmosphere, outstanding staff and well-planned curriculum we prepare your child for Kindergarten and a life long love of learning!
Carden Academy of Maui
55 Maka’ena Place, Pukalani, HI 96768
573-6651
Average Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:16
Tuition: Pre-Kindergarten $9500
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 15%
Accreditation: HAIS and WASC
Potty Training Required
With our classical curriculum, Carden Academy offers a well-rounded education. Along with proven academic courses, foreign language, PE, music, art, dance, and drama are all part of everyday life for our students. Technology use is also integrated into the Middle School curriculum.
Children of the Rainbow Nursery and Preschool
142 Baker Street, Lahaina
661-8281
www.thechildrenof therainbow.com
1:7 (preschool) 1:6 (nursery)
We offer a play-based curriculum. We work with each child at their own level and build on their experiences. Our yard is huge and a wonderful place to explore many outside options.
AM/PM Care: 7:30am – 5:00pm
Potty Training: Not Required
Grades or Ages: 2 to 5 years
School Enrollment: 39 (preschool), 12 (nursery)
Accreditation: NAEYC
% receiving tuition assistance: 8%
Tuition:
Preschool- $580/month 7:30-5pm ; $530/month 7:30-3pm
Nursery – $610/month 7:30-5pm ; $550/month 7:30-3pm
Children’s Garden
2140 Kanakanui Rd, Kihei, HI
879-8786
Ages 2-6 years
School enrollment: 41 per day
Teacher/Student Ratio: Average 1:7 (varies depending on age)
Tuition: Varies
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 10-15%
Accreditation: none
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:30am – 5:30pm
Potty Training Not Required
Children’s Garden is a quality preschool/daycare that emphasizes academics and social and communication skills, and offers language, creative movement and reading programs. We nurture children with love, care, guidance, patience and understanding.
Christ the King Child Development Center
211 Kaulawahine St, Kahului, HI
877-3587
Ages 2.5 to 6 years
School enrollment: 59
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:8 to 1:12 (depending on age of child)
Tuition: $6300/year 7:15-3:15pm ; $7300/year 7:15-5:15pm
% of students receiving tuition assistance: Varies
Accreditation: NAEYC
Preschools:
AM/PM Care: 7:15 – 5:15
Potty Training Required
Christ the King Child Development Center is a learning community. It’s more than little kids; it’s families and little kids.
Doris Todd Christian Academy
519 Baldwin Avenue, Paia, HI 96779
579-9237
Preschool
Teacher/Student: Average 1:16
Tuition: $5933 – $7000
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 15%
Accreditation: ASCI (Assoc. of Christian Schools International)
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:30am – 5:30pm
Potty Training Required
Our mission is to provide an education that instills the desire and practice of academic excellence, moral integrity, patriotism, and church involvement that is Christ-centered and biblically directed.
Emmanuel Lutheran School and Preschool
520 West One Street, Kahului, HI 96732
873-6339 (Preschool)
Ages 3-5 (Preschool)
School enrollment: 36 (Preschool)
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:8 (Preschool)
Tuition: Please call
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 30%
Accreditation: In Process
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Required
The purpose of Emmanuel Lutheran School is to provide a high quality, Christ-centered education. Our educational practices are based on the belief that each child is capable of doing three things: learning, leading by example and serving. Emmanuel Lutheran School is licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools.
Fun, 2, 3 Preschool
100 Keokea Place, Kula, HI
878-2602
Ages 2-4 years
School enrollment: 14 per day
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:7
Tuition: $650/month (full time); $335-$590/month (part time)
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 20%
Accreditation: none
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 6:45am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Not Required
Fun, 2, 3 Preschool is a small play-based program in a rural setting. Fun, 2, 3 Preschool builds a strong foundation for learning through curiosity, exploration, social skills and community building.
Haleakala Waldorf School
4160 Lower Kula Rd., Kula, HI 96790
878-2511
Birth through K
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:12 (Preschool)
Tuition: $6600-$12,400 (Preschool and K)
% of students receiving tuition assistance: 38%
Accreditation: WECAN, WASC, HAIS and AWSNA
Preschools:
AM/PM Care: PM until 5:00
Potty Training Required for Preschool
Haleakala Waldorf School provides a developmentally based curriculum. Academics are taught through artistic and creative experience. Students learn to love learning, to express their innate creativity in thinking as well as in doing, to live with reverence for life, to serve as self-directed, engaged members of the greater community and are prepared to thrive in the global 21st century.
Holy Innocents’ Preschool
561 Front Street, Lahaina, HI
667-9058
www.holyimaui.org/preschool.html
Ages 3-5 years
School enrollment: 34
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:12
Tuition: $470/month – $580/month
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 20%
Accreditation: NAEYC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:30am – 4:30pm
Potty Training Required
Holy Innocents Preschool has a long-held reputation for quality early childhood education. Daily classes are held year-round behind Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in its Parish Hall and courtyard, complete with tree house.
Iao Preschool
2371 West Vineyard St, Wailuku, HI
242-1995
Ages 3-5
School enrollment: 40
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:8
Tuition: $650/month
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: Varies
Accreditation: NAEYC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Required
Iao Preschool is committed to developing the whole child. Emotional, social, cognitive, physical and spiritual growth are parts of the wholeness we seek.
Imua Preschool
* 3-5 Years Old
* Play based curriculum to encourge development of communication and social skills
* Creative Play Space
* 68 years of chidhood development and expertise
* Community Field Trips
* Student to teacher ratio 8:1
Always moving forward. Imua Family Services announces the opening of its newest early childhood program, Imua Preschool. The inception of Imua Preschool has been over three years in the making. The concept was to create a state of the art inclusion preschool that includes typically developing children in the same classroom as children with developmental concerns and special needs; this new paradigm is called “inclusion”. Inclusive programs celebrate children’s similarities as well as their different abilities and cultures. In inclusive classrooms, children with special needs take part in the general education curriculum so that all the students learn together. They are not put into separate classrooms, but rather the curriculum and the environment are adapted to meet all the children’s needs.
To apply please download the Prospective Student Application, fill out and return to the original copy to our office.
Mailing/Drop-off Address: 161 S. Wakea Ave. Kahului, HI 96732
For more information please email [email protected] or give Brian Nagami a call at 808-244-7467.
Kahului Baptist Preschool
309 South Puunene Avenue, Kahului, HI
877-7243
Ages 2 years, 8 months to 5
School enrollment: 72
Teacher/student ratio: 1:8
Tuition: $675 Per month
Percentage of students receiving tuition assistance: 50%
Accreditation: NAEYC
Preschool:
AM/PM care: 6:45am – 5:15pm
Potty training required
We’ve been loving children for over 60 years! Children are a gift from God and deserve our very best. We are a faith based preschool with a literacy based curriculum. Pre-K class is offered to late born children and older four year olds.
Kahului Hongwanji Preschool
291 South Puunene, Kahului, HI 96732
877-7998
Ages 3 – 5 years
School enrollment: 42
Teacher/Student: 1:12 (not including aides)
Tuition: $700 per month
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 21%
Accreditation: NAEYC pending
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Required
Kahului Hongwanji Preschool has been in operation for 33 years. Class size is small, with 10 children per class. All teachers have 10-30 years of teaching experience.
Kahului Union Church Preschool
101 West Kamehameha Avenue, Kahului, HI
871-6955
Ages 3-6 years
School enrollment: 30
Teacher/Student: 1:12
Tuition: $315 – $600 per month (depending on days and pick up times)
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 30%
Accreditation: No
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:15am – 4:30pm
Potty Training Required
KUC Preschool’s curriculum is God centered and fosters Christian beliefs while integrating art, music, physical and language development, math, science, social studies, and life skills into the daily program.
Kahului Preschool, Kama‘aina Kids
50 South Papa Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732
877-7256
Ages 12 months to 8 years
School enrollment: up to 59
Teacher/Student: Meet or exceeds all State of Hawaii Department of Human Services ratios for all age groups
Tuition: Please visit our website for full tuition information
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: Unavailable
Accreditation: NECPA
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:30pm
Potty Training Not Required
Voted # 1 Childcare Provider for 10 years by the readers of the Hawaii Star Advertiser. Safe, nurturing environments with a variety of locations on Maui and Oahu.
Lahaina Preschool, Kama‘aina Kids
553 Wainee Street, Lahaina, HI 96761
667-0422
Ages 6 weeks to 7 years old
School enrollment: up to 76
Teacher/Student: Meet or exceeds all State of Hawaii Department of Human Services ratios for all age groups
Tuition: Please visit our website for full tuition information
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: Unavailable
Accreditation: None
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:30pm
Potty Training Not Required
Voted # 1 Childcare Provider for 10 years by the readers of the Hawaii Star Advertiser. Safe, nurturing environments with a variety of locations on Maui and Oahu.
Little Explorers Maui Preschool
1050 Lower Main St, Wailuku, HI
2103 Wells Street, Wailuku, HI
244-2112
email: [email protected]
Ages 2-5
School enrollment: 30
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:6
Tuition: starting at $520
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 33%
Accreditation: No
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:15am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Not Required
Your keiki will use all 5 senses in activities which encourage them to discover, explore, share and learn. We enjoy circle time activities with reading, singing and dancing. We provide what your child needs to be successful in their next level of education.
Makawao Drop in Center
29 Olinda Road, Makawao
Ages 2-5
School Enrollment: 14
Teacher/Student Ratio 1:7
Potti Trained not required
Tuition $250
Part time classes 2 days per week for 2.5 hours 9:30 a.m. to noon
At the Makawao Drop in Center each day is different with a fun curriculum designed to foster learning through play. In the sparkling clean, brand new classroom, kids get to do art projects based on curriculum themes, storytime, free play with a broad range of fun toys, and music. Classes are 2.5 hours 2 days/week.
Makawao Hongwanji Preschool
223 Hiwalani Lp., Pukalani, HI
572-7883
Ages 3-5
School enrollment: 42
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:9
Tuition: Call for rates
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: N/A
Accreditation: Licensed by Dept. of Human Services
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:15am – 5:00pm, or 7:15am – 2:30pm
Potty Training Required
We are sponsored by Makawao Hongwanji Mission as an outreach to the needs of the community. We are located in a quiet neighborhood of Pukalani.
Maui Evangelical Church Preschool
256 Hina Avenue, Kahului, HI
877-6604
Ages 3-5
School enrollment: 23
Teacher/Student: 1:9
Tuition: $500/month
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 40%
Accreditation: None
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Not Required
The school offers a Christian program which is based on language, motor cognitive and social learning development. The school takes field trips to different educational sites.
Maui Preparatory Academy
4910 Honoapiilani Highway Lahaina, HI 96761
665-9966
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:8
Tuition: $10,200 – $12,750 (Preschool)
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 40%
Accreditation: HAIS & WASC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care:
Potty Training Required
One of Maui Prep’s core values is “Students First.” This value is folded into the daily life of the school, encompassing everything that we do. This dedication to students first is what leads Maui Prep to continually explore ways to meet the needs of our students and our community.
M.E.O. Head Start
99 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, HI 96793
(808) 249-2988
meoinc.charityfinders.com/HeadStart_HS or www.facebook.com/MEOECS
Ages 3-5
School enrollment: varies
Teacher/Student: 1:10 (minimal)
Tuition: Free (family must meet the Head Start selection criteria)
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 100%
Accreditation: NHSA Region IX HSA; HAS – Hawai`i
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: Full day/ Part day (hours vary depending on location)
Potty Training Not Required
Head Start provides Early Childhood development services to families that meet the federal poverty guidelines and selection criteria. Children who will be 3 or 4 by July 31, 2016 are eligible for enrollment. February 1, 2016, the Head Start Program will be accepting applications for the 2016/17 school year. Parents / Legal guardians will be required to bring (1) child’s birth certificate; (2) household income (2 forms: 4-6 current paystubs or TANF financial printout, and 2015 W-2 forms or income tax returns).
M.E.O. Kahi Kamali`i Infant/Toddler Center
99 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, HI 96793
(808) 249-2988
meoinc.charityfinders.com/HeadStart_KK or www.facebook.com/MEOECS
Ages 1-3
School enrollment: 15
Teacher/Student: 1:5
Tuition: $1006
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: Varies; based on income eligibility
Accreditation: None
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:30am – 4:00pm, or 8:00am – 4:30pm
Potty Training Not Required
Parent / legal guardian to complete application at the MEO Early Childhood Services office, between 7:30am – 3:30pm, Monday – Friday. For more information, please contact the MEO Early Childhood Services department at 249-2988.
Montessori Eagles International
535 Wainee Street, Lahaina
463-7735, 463-9355
www.montessorieaglesinternational.com
Ages:2-6 years old
School Enrollment:17
Teacher/Student: 1:10
Accreditation: None
Tuition: Varies
Tuition Assistance: 20%
AM/PM Care: 7:00am-6:00pm
Potty Training Required
Bilingual Montessori School in Lahaina. Montessori education helps children to become independent with self-esteem to become our great leaders of tomorrow. Learning for life! The sky is the limit!
Montessori Hale O Keiki
100 Kulanihakoi Street, Kihei, HI 96753
874-7441
Grades Pre-K to 8th
School enrollment: 65
Teacher/Student: 1:12
Tuition: $10,150 to 11,800
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 35%
Accreditation: HAIS, WASC, AMS
Preschool:
PM Care: 3:00 pm– 5:00pm (M,T,Th,F) 1:30pm – 5:00pm (W)
Potty Training Required
MHOK’s Montessori curriculum and environment empowers each child to develop to his/her highest potential. Children are introduced to the joy of learning at an early age and provided with a structured framework in which intellectual and social discipline goes hand-in-hand.
Montessori School of Maui
2933 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, HI 96768
573-0374
Ages 18 months through Primary
Teacher/Student: 1:12
Tuition: $12,743
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 26%
Accreditation: HAIS, WASC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:30-8:00am and 3:00-5:30pm
Montessori teaching methodology is based upon observation, peer learning, tactile learning materials and intrinsic motivation, and provides a collaborative learning environment, stimulates critical thinking skills, and cultivates inquisitive minds and decision-making.
Noah’s Ark Preschool
777 Mokulele Highway, Kahului, HI 96732
871-2477
Ages 2-4
School enrollment: 65
Teacher/Student: 2 Yr.-2:16 ; 3-4 Yr.- 2:24
Tuition: $550 (FT) $350 (PT) – 2 Yrs. ; $500 (FT) $325 (PT) – 3-4 Yrs.
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: N/A
Accreditation: None
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Not Required for 2 years old
“Changing Hearts To Renew The Mind” and “Establishing life long Christians in order to develop a Heritage of Faith with servitude to the church, community, and other.” Romans 12:2
Piilani Preschool, Kama‘aina Kids
10 Manino Circle, Kihei, HI 96753
874-8844
Ages 6 weeks to under 6 years old
School enrollment: up to 88
Teacher/Student: Meet or exceeds all State of Hawaii Department of Human Services ratios for all age groups
Tuition: Please visit our website for full tuition information
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: Unavailable
Accreditation: NECPA
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:30pm
Potty Training Not Required
Punana Leo O Maui
103 S. High St, Wailuku, HI
244-5676
Ages 3-5 years
School enrollment: 30
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:7
Tuition: $675 / month
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 90%
Accreditation: NAEYC, WINHEC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: Full Day Care
Potty Training Required
The Pūnana Leo initiates, provides for and nurtures various Hawaiian language environments, and we find our strength in our spirituality, and love of our language, our people, our land, and of knowledge.
Roots School
740 Haiku Road, Haiku, HI
250-7988
www.rootsmaui.com [email protected]
Preschool (3-5 yrs.)
School enrollment: Preschool 16
Teacher/Student: 1:8 Preschool
Tuition: $8100 Preschool
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: tuition assistance available in preschool
Accreditation: HAIS
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 8:30am – 3:30pm M-F
Potty Training Required
Roots curriculum is based on project based learning, with dynamic hands on experiences, so that children may develop a deeper knowledge of subjects and skills that they will need as adults.
Sacred Hearts Preschool
239 Dickenson St., Lahaina
661-4720
Full Time, 7:00am-5:00pm
Tuition: $6750 Preschool
Potty Training: Required
Celebrating 150 years of education on the west side. Sacred Hearts School is proud to carry on the legacy of excellence that is evident in the quality of students graduating from our middle school. We develop Kids with character!
Smart Start Christian Preschool
55 Makawao Avenue Pukalani
Ages – 2-5
Enrollment 34
Ratio -1:8
Tuition:
2 day – 430.00
3 day- 550.00
5 day – 700.00
Hours- 7:30 – 5:30
Potty training required for 3-5 years; not required for 2 years.
Smart Start only employs loving qualified teachers that are crazy about kids. Our curriculum encompasses all the different concepts that prepare them for kindergarten. We spend one-on-one time with each child ensuring they have mastered each skill. Call today!!
St. Anthony Preschool
1627-B Mill Street, Wailuku, HI
242-9024
Ages 3-5
School enrollment: 48
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:10
Tuition: $730/month (7:15am – 4:45pm); $630/month (7:15am – 3:00pm)
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 25%
Accreditation: NAEYC, WASC, WCEA
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:15am – 4:45pm, or 7:15am – 3:00pm
Potty Training Required
St. Anthony Preschool provides a Catholic education enabling students to develop positive attitudes and habits for growing, living, and learning. We share a campus with the St. Anthony grade school and junior-senior high school.
St. Joseph Early Learning Center
1294 Makawao Avenue, Makawao, HI 96768
572-6235
Ages 2 years, 9 months through 5
School enrollment: 42
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:11
Tuition: $685/month (7:00am – 5:00pm)
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 50%
Accreditation: NAEYC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Required
Serving upcountry Maui families for more than 30 years.
The Preschool at Kapalua
5960 L. Honoapiilani Rd, Lahaina, HI
669-5577
Ages 2-5 years
School enrollment: 31 per day
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:12
Tuition: $560 / month (full time); $325-$420 (part time)
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 10%
Accreditation: None
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:30am – 4:45pm
Potty Training Required
We believe that each child is made in the image of the infinitely loving and creative God. To this end, we are here to help the children develop their full physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual potentials.
Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool
Upcountry, Kahului, Kihei, and Lahaina
(Mon & Wed – Upcountry & Lahaina; Tues & Thurs – Kihei & Kahului)
249-2430
Ages Birth to 5 years
School enrollment: 50 per site
Teacher/Student Ratio: Caregiver comes with the child
Tuition: Free
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: N/A
Accreditation: No
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 8:30am – 10:30am
Potty Training Not Required
Tutu and Me aims to meet the developmental needs of young children and to support the grandparents and caregivers. Teaching teams, comprised of early childhood educators, travel to pre-selected communities where they set up, conduct, and facilitate the program.
Wailuku Hongwanji Mission
144 Kaniela Street, Wailuku, HI
244-9545
Ages 2 years, 8 months through 6
School enrollment: 62
Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:10
Tuition: $675 per month
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 35%
Accreditation: NAEYC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:15am – 5:00pm
Potty Training Required
We provide a positive, nurturing, challenging, and developmentally appropriate learning environment for each student to develop into a caring, self-fulfilled and compassionate person.
Wailuku Union Preschool
327 South High Street, Wailuku
242-5950
Grades: 2-6 Years
School enrollment: 32
Teacher/Student: 1:5
Tuition: $700/month
Percentage receiving tuition assistance: 75%
Accreditation: NAEYC
Preschool:
AM/PM Care: 7:00am – 4:45pm
Potty Training Required
Wailuku Union Preschool provides a Christian learning environment that minister to the needs of the whole child. This includes a loving, positive, supportive, safe and healthy environment that encourages the growth of your child in all areas of development.
