The cheerful clique of Catholic high school students greeting guests at the Augustine Educational Foundation’s annual donor appreciation reception Sept. 25 at the Halekulani Hotel’s Hau Terrace Lanai represented the life-changing potential of the scholarship-granting organization. They were the PWH scholars, 16 students handpicked from public middle schools and given a remarkable opportunity — a […]
The right response to Pono Choices
The Pono Choices curriculum, an unintended teen pregnancy and sexually-transmitted disease prevention program for middle school students in Hawaii’s public school system, has (again) been in the news. On Sept. 4, the Hawaii State Department of Education announced its approval of an updated version of the curriculum. The DOE also changed its policy from parents […]
Photo: That’s cold
Sister Joan of Arc Souza of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities took the popular “Ice Bucket Challenge” Sept. 23 to raise money for the ALS Association, which promotes research for a cure to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sister Joan of Arc, head of school at St. […]
Photo: Happy 50 years
Students at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City sing loud and proud during a special liturgy marking the school’s 50th anniversary, Sept. 11. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel parish for the school’s students, staff and community supporters. (HCH Photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)
After a steep 8-year slide, school enrollment goes up
St. Anthony School students gather at the Kalihi parish church Sept. 5 for Friday morning Mass. Students dressed in aloha attire and brought canned good donations from each grade level to the altar during the liturgy. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Good news on the Hawaii Catholic school front: for the first […]
Sister Agnes Vera Hino, at 91, is still passing on lessons her parents taught her
Franciscan Sister Agnes Vera Hino ‘God has kept me going’ Saint Francis School will host its annual gala Sept. 20 at the Pacific Beach Hotel Grand Ballroom to benefit its tuition assistance program and honor five alumnae who have made an impact on the school and community. This year’s theme is “Taking it Back to […]
For 20 girls from two schools, new program offers chocolate making and other life lessons
Twenty girls in a chocolate shop, what could be more fun than that? Well, for 10 fourth graders from Palolo Elementary School and 10 fourth graders from Sacred Hearts Academy, a whole lot more. The two groups from the neighbor schools merged for a month for Ka Lei ‘Ike (Embrace the Knowledge), a brand new […]
School superintendent in favor of public funding of private preschools
The superintendent of Hawaii’s Catholic schools and the executive director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference have come out in favor of a ballot measure in the Nov. 4 Hawaii general election that would amend Article X, Section 1 of the Hawaii State Constitution to permit the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education […]
Bishop to educators: Foster heroism in imitation of Jesus
Oahu Catholic school educators pray during the Holy Spirit Mass, the liturgy for the opening of the school year, at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe, Aug. 14. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Bishop Larry Silva told Oahu Catholic school teachers Aug. 14 at the Mass of the Holy Spirit at St. Ann Church […]
Photo: Principals’ retreat
The Hawaii Catholic Schools office held its first retreat for principals and school administrators Aug. 10-11 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. The group gathered for Mass at the St. Stephen chapel Aug. 11 with diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor, Father Dennis Koshko, diocesan adult faith formation coordinator Kristina DeNeve and superintendent Mike Rockers. (HCH […]
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