How We Are Unique
Unique School Model
We have collaboratively built a public school model alongside of community stakeholders that has a vision, mission, and design centered on leadership and identity development for the purpose of building local change agents committed to our islands.
Our school reports to a local board, our families, and our children. We are nimble and flexible to the demands of our local community and context.
Core Competencies
Voice - Identity - Servant Leadership - Community - Consciousness – these are the five “CORE COMPETENCIES” that our children develop as part of our curriculum, programming, and culture. This is what makes our kids different. This is what will differentiate our graduates.
Our Own Curriculum
We developed a curriculum through different learning and development frameworks that accentuates leadership development and identity transformation.
Iterative Growth Process
DreamHouse will be built one grade at a time, allowing strategy and thoughtfulness to shape the course of our growth and impact as we build from 6th to 12th grade over the course of seven years.
2019 - 6th grade begins at Laulani Village.
2020 - 6th grade rolls up to 7th, new 6th grade cohort joins, and growth site opens at Kalaeloa.
Add one grade at a time until 2025-26 school year at which DreamHouse will reach capacity with 700 students across grades 6-12.
Unique Schedule
Beyond core courses, we have daily student-led learning tutorials as well as a dedicated leadership and identity development block called LEAD; our students are at the center of learning spaces that are differentiated and unique.
First Middle School Charter in the Campbell-Kapolei Complex
We are 'Ewa Beach’s first charter school and the only charter school to serve middle grades in the Campbell-Kapolei Complex, Hawai‘i’s largest complex with over 17,000 children. We are the only public school in the region that has the academic and organizational freedom to truly innovate and build unique programming in a small, dynamic learning environment.