The school offers classes in advanced placement, foreign language, fine arts, technology and a core college prep curriculum. It's the financial aid program that provides the economic diversity. They can aspire to any kind of goal. That's what we teach them. We remove the gender walls.
Students learn how to build a network of computers, troubleshoot and repair.
Every eighth-grader goes to the Big Island and studies volcanoes. The March event raises money to pay for the school's financial aid program. In the fall, the school has a Children's Fair, put on by faculty, students and parents for the community. On the first day of the two-day fair, La Pietra students pair up with students with disabilities who attend other schools. Another event is the Star Party, jointly put on by the Astronomical Society, which brings telescopes for families to look at the stars and planets.