By Deborah Manog Special to the Herald The nineteen Hawaii Catholic Schools that participated in the 2016 Catholic Relief Services Lenten Rice Bowl raised a whopping $25,000 for local and international aid programs created for the elimination of hunger and poverty. The donations from the 19 schools, about half the number of schools in the […]
Aloha, Cathedral Catholic Academy
Students, families, faculty, alumni celebrate the last day of the Nuuanu school with pride, gratitude, tears By Mary Adamski Hawaii Catholic Herald June 3 was a time of awards, songs and hugs at Cathedral Catholic Academy as the doors were ceremonially closed on the last day of class forever at the 80-year-old Nuuanu school. Students, […]
Four ‘graduations’ reflect transitions coming to Maui’s St. Anthony schools
By August 2017, according to Marianist Brother Fred Silbereis, a reorganization will result in a single St. Anthony School, comprised of four divisions: the pre-school, the primary school, the middle school and the high school.
Photo: Invasive alien algae
Tyla, a seventh grader at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City, displays a handful of invasive algae at Paiko Beach on Maunalua Bay in East Honolulu. On April 11, the school’s sixth through eighth graders donned gloves and tabis to help the environmental organization Malama Maunalua remove the unwanted plants that are […]
Taking the Rice Bowl challenge
More than 300 students in Hawaii Catholic schools participated in the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl “App Challenge” this Lent, which aimed to connect their prayers, fasting and almsgiving in a tangible way to the poor and vulnerable around the world.
A joyful spirit at fourth annual schools choral festival
The Maryknoll Community Center gym filled with the joyful sounds of 11 school choirs March 4 at the Hawaii Catholic Schools’ fourth annual choral festival. This year’s theme was “One Ohana: Love is Our Mission.”
At Our Lady of Good Counsel School, reading has its rewards and ‘penalties’
By Ginger Kamisugi Special to the Herald Reading — besides enlightening, instructing and delighting the reader — has a number of additional fun and unexpected rewards at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City. Each year, school librarian Heidi Valencia challenges the students to read a certain number of books for her annual […]
Kauai’s Catholic preschools receive Weinberg tuition assistance grants
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A representative of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation went to Kauai March 5 bearing gifts for preschools — generous grants for tuition assistance for children from low income families. Two of the beneficiaries were Catholic schools, St. Catherine Early Learning Center in Kapaa and, on the other side […]
Faith, hope and tenacity
Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of faith. The tenacious boys varsity basketball team from St. Joseph School in Hilo demonstrated that this month as they capped off their season with a thrilling run that led to an unexpected shot at a state title.
Saint Martin’s University honors local alumnus
Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington, this month honored Art Fillazar, the director of admissions at St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School in Wailuku, as one of its five 2016 distinguished alumni.
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