Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Virtual Catholic high school for Oahu’s north shore in the works

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The idea of a web-based St. Michael High School is sounding like a pretty good idea about now By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald With COVID-19 sweeping the country and much of the world, students everywhere have switched to both social distancing and distance learning. But online schooling isn’t a new idea for St. Michael […]

Picturing God’s call

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The Hawaii Catholic schools office recently announced its winners of the Vocations Awareness Art Contest for students in Catholic schools from kindergarten through grade eight. The theme for this year’s vocations awareness art contest was “Vocations — Listening to and Acting on God’s Call to Serve,” commemorating Vocations Awareness Week, Nov. 3-9. The schools office, […]

Catholic School good news stories

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Superintendent Mike Rockers points to some of the positive things happening in Hawaii’s Catholic schools this year By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Catholic Schools superintendent Mike Rockers would like more people looking over his shoulder. “I mean if people could be in my shoes and they could follow me around, I don’t think […]

Meet three new administrators for the school year

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HEAD OF SCHOOL, SACRED HEARTS ACADEMY Scott Schroeder Sacred Hearts Academy, an all-girls school in Kaimuki, has chosen Scott Schroeder, dean of the School of Business and Communication at Chaminade University of Honolulu, as its first male head of school. He succeeds Betty White. Schroeder has also held faculty or administrative positions at Antioch University, […]

Half-off tuition: four schools offer a deal for new families

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Looking for a really great deal on a local Catholic education? Several Hawaii Catholic schools are participating in a promotional offer for half-off tuition to new students. The 50% off deal is being overseen by the Hawaii Catholic Schools department and presented through Salem Media. The promotion has been advertised on local radio stations. In […]

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: AI technology helps Instagram tackle bullying

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  CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Over the next few weeks our kids will be heading back to school. While some look forward to the first day of school, others dread being back on campus. In fact, a recent ABC News report found that nationwide 160,000 kids per day stay home because they are afraid of being […]

Catholic schools diverge over status of teachers in same-sex unions

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By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Two Catholic high schools in the Indianapolis Archdiocese took different actions in late June over employees who are in same-sex marriages. Cathedral Catholic High School announced June 24 that it was firing a gay teacher to avoid “forfeiting” its Catholic identity just three days after the Indianapolis […]