What are you most proud of? "Bringing our school vision to life by creating a community of lifelong learners: Every child reading, writing and learning. Every family engaged in their children's education. Every staff member holding students to high expectations," said Faye Ogilvie, Honaunau Elementary School principal. "Partnerships with parents. At Honaunau School, parents have many opportunities to learn along with their children through regularly scheduled "Read With Me" and "Count Me In" parent/student activities."

What is your biggest challenge? "Keeping up with technology and providing opportunities for students to learn and apply technology in their everyday learning," Ogilvie said. "Living in a rural community on the Big Island, our students have limited exposure to the world outside of Honaunau School. One of our challenges is bringing the world to our students and teaching them to dream big."

Special events: Community events: May Day, Spring Fling, Portfolio Day; parent activities: "Read With Me" and "Count Me In."

AT A GLANCE

Where: 83-5360 Mamalahoa Highway, Captain Cook. Hawai'i West complex.

Grade span: Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade

Enrollment: 158 students

Race/ethnicity enrollment percentages: Part-Hawaiian, 46 percent; Hawaiian, 2.9 percent; Hispanic, 13.9 percent; Filipino, 13.1 percent; white, 9.5 percent; black, 2.2 percent; Samoan 2.2 percent; and other 12.2 percent. 21 percent of the school's students are English as second-language learners.

Special education students: 13 percent.

Computers: Each classroom has two computers for students to use. The school has a computer lab and a Community Technology Center in partnership with the University of Hawai'i Cooperative Extension Service.

Principal: Faye Ogilvie, eight years as principal

School nickname: Honaunau Bulldogs

School colors: Blue and yellow

Free and reduced-price lunch eligible percentage: 88 percent qualify for free or reduced lunch.

History: Honaunau School held its first classes in 1901. The original school building was destroyed in an earthquake. The present campus was opened in 1952 and serves a rural community where agriculture and fishing are the main industries.

Testing: 2006 Stanford Achievement Test. Listed is the combined percentage of pupils scoring average and above average, compared with the national combined average of 77 percent. Third-grade reading, 94 percent; math, 94 percent. Fourth-grade reading, 65 percent; math, 83 percent. Fifth-grade reading, 75 percent; math, 85 percent.

2006 Hawai'i State Assessment test. Listed is the combined percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards. Third-grade reading, 71 percent (state average: 50.2 percent); math, 24 percent (state average: 30 percent). Fourth-grade reading, 47 percent, (58.1 percent); math, 35 percent, (32.5 percent). Fifth-grade reading, 45 percent, (43.5 percent); math, 5 percent, (24 percent).

Web address: http://power2.k12.hi.us/index.cfm?siteID=195

Phone: 808-328-2727

Reach Suzanne Roig at sroig@honoluluadvertiser.com.