Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

St. Francis, Damien, Holy Family and Sacred Hearts, Lahaina, get new administrators

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ST. FRANCIS, MANOA Casey Asato Head of School For the first time in its history, St. Francis School will have a male leader. Casey Asato, a Damien Memorial School graduate and the current director of curriculum at Seabury Hall on Maui, will take over. Before Asato, all previous St. Francis heads of school were members […]

Decade saw a 20 percent drop in enrollment, school closures

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The last decade has not been a good one for Hawaii Catholic school enrollment. According to figures from the Hawaii Catholic Schools office, the number of students in preschool through grade 12 has dropped 2,279 since 2008. That’s a more than 20 percent decrease, an average of 228 students […]

Keeping Catholic school tuition affordable requires creativity

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By Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Making Catholic education accessible to everyone has been a mission of the church in the U.S. for centuries, but keeping it affordable in modern times has required innovative methods. Religious orders and parish schools labored in the 19th century to bring education to everyone, […]

Back to school 2017: Inspiring minds, sharing faith

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Hawaii Catholic Schools superintendent highlights strides and strengths in ‘Catholic identity’   By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald “Catechists and Catholic school teachers of all subjects have a special role to play in handing on the faith to our children and youth and preparing them to be evangelizers.” Faith formation for all ages […]

Back to school 2017: Choosing a Catholic high school

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After a positive elementary level experience, these eighth graders want to continue a religious education By Deborah Manog Special to the Herald There are 24 elementary/secondary Catholic schools in Hawaii. About 75 percent of these schools are smaller, parish schools that serve students up to the eighth grade. After middle school, many of these students […]

Back to school 2017: Meet Hawaii’s new Catholic school administrators

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Betsey Gunderson Hawaii Catholic Schools, Interim Associate Superintendent Personal: She was raised on Oahu. Her father Richard Hughes grew up on Maui and her mother, Sallie Wingfield Hughes, was from Virginia. She is the eldest of nine children, a 13-year graduate of Maryknoll School, with five children and eight grandchildren of her own. Education: Undergraduate […]

Back to School 2014 | Hawaii Catholic school enrollment continues to drop hundreds a year

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Hawaii Catholic schools continue to lose several hundred students a year, a trend that has been consistent for the past decade. It is the equivalent of one grade school closing every 12 months. According to figures provided by the Hawaii Catholic Schools office, the 2013 school year opened with 9,110 preschool, elementary and high school […]