This article discusses the different problems of public school systems in Hawaii. Hawaii's schools face many challenges. They have one of the highest rates of private school attendance, in the U.S. at about 33%, while schools in the single, state-wide public school district, the Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE), are seriously under-funded. Hawaii annually ranks in the bottom quarter of all U.S. states on cost-adjusted teacher pay and per-student funding. In this article, the author talks about achieving cultural fit via guidance, curriculum and family, and multiculturalism in Hawaii. (Contains 1 figure and 1 note.) ["It Takes an "'Ohana" to Educate Young Adolescents in a Multilingual, Multicultural Society" was written with the assistance of John Nippolt, Minette Fernandez, Melanie Kohler, Ronnie Gallardo, Reydan Ahuna, Charlene Watanabe, Ruth Lee Wong, Julie Arakaki, Michelle Blaisdell, Jennifer Kanetake, Heidi McGivern, Margot Adair, Debra Leong, Phaedra Link, Julienne Nakano, Caroline Wong, Derrick Ligsay, Wynne Lee, Rodrigo Acoba, Treena Guerrera and Michelle Rushton.]