Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

As she retires, Betty White leaves behind her mark on the school where she’s worked for nearly 50 years

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‘Uncommon but extraordinary’ tenure By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald If you want to see where it all started for Betty White at Sacred Hearts Academy, just look at her office wall. There hangs a framed copy of her original 1972 agreement to be a part-time, substitute teacher at the all-girls Catholic school in Kaimuki. […]

Saint Francis graduates its final class

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  Commencement ceremony at Blaisdell acknowledges school’s closure while celebrating seniors By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald For their graduation song, the Saint Francis School Class of 2019 chose One Direction’s “History.” It was appropriate for members of a senior class about to go their separate ways. But the catchy pop tune also took on […]

Inspired to do more: Motivated by her students, first-year teacher Amanda Mosler helps raise scholarship funds for Kalihi school

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald During a recent morning social studies class at St. John the Baptist School in Kalihi, teacher Amanda Mosler and her seventh graders were wrapping up an American Revolution scavenger hunt. Loyalists and patriots battled it out to be the first to solve the last clue in the game. It […]

Dream come true: a ‘little bit’ Catholic to the real thing

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Conversion story Enrollment in a Catholic school leads to baptism at Easter By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Dream Poe-Shippy transferred from a local public school to St. John the Baptist School in Kalihi at the start of the 2018-19 school year, he was ready for a change. The seventh grader had struggled some […]

Academy’s head of school receives national recognition

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The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools board of trustees has named Sacred Hearts Academy’s head of school Betty White as the recipient of this year’s Ransome Prize. White will be recognized on June 25 in Los Angeles at the 2019 NCGS Conference. The Ransome Prize, an annual award named for NCGS co-founder Whitty Ransome, honors […]

The last bite of the bagel

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Saint Francis seniors savor their final visit with the bishop at their school, which closes this year By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Saint Francis senior class crowded into their gym’s multipurpose room the morning of March 14. It was Career Day during the Manoa school’s Spirit Week, and the twelfth graders were dressed […]

All-girls Sacred Hearts Academy names first male head of school

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Sacred Hearts Academy announced the appointment of the first male to head the 110-year-old all-girl school at a morning assembly Feb. 28. Scott Schroeder, a dean and professor at Chaminade University of Honolulu, was introduced to the student body and faculty by Sister Regina Mary Jenkins, president of the Sacred Hearts Academy Corporation, and superior […]

Catholic schools boys basketball teams win state championships

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s been 35 years for Maryknoll School. And it’s never happened before for Damien Memorial School. In a Catholic schools sweep, both boys high school basketball teams won their respective divisions at this year’s state championships. Damien’s boys basketball team took home its first-ever state title in the Division […]