Come one, come all for a day of food, fun, and fellowship at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help School’s Grand Giveaway and Family Fair 2019, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 2, on the school grounds at 91-1010 North Road in Ewa Beach. The grand giveaway grand prize is $1,500. The second prize […]
Gift to expand Mandarin immersion program
Maryknoll School president Perry Martin, left, and alumnus Douglas Ho on Feb. 12 hold a red Chinese envelope which has in it a check for $225,000, a grant from Ho, a 1960 Maryknoll graduate, funding an expansion of the school’s unique Chinese language immersion program. The men are surrounded by Maryknoll School kindergarten and first […]
Michael Rockers: Where Catholic school students ‘end up’
COMMENTARY A recent article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser entitled “Worth the Cost?” caught my eye. In short, the author suggests that, when the variables of family income and background are considered, there is no difference in a private school education and a public school education. The author of the study on which she bases this […]
‘I am a product of your faith.’
Chaminade freshman found her right path thanks to Augustine Educational Foundation scholarship By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Brittney Ganzelli was struggling. It was 2014 and the freshman had just come home with a report card of mostly D’s and F’s. Her father was furious. Brittney’s hanai aunt felt the public school system wasn’t working […]
Academy head of school announces her retirement in 2019
Sacred Hearts Academy’s longtime head of school, Betty White, has announced that she will retire on July 1 of next year. White has been the chief administrator of the all-girls Catholic school for 27 years, following a career in teaching. In a Sept. 5 news release, White said she was thankful for the opportunity to […]
Photo: First from Hawaii
Sacred Hearts Academy middle school teachers, from left, Kana Takahashi, Jennifer Arthur, Dawn Robertson, were selected for the highly competitive Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows program. They attended the Trustey Summer Institute at the University of Notre Dame July 16-28. The goal of the program is to foster continuous improvement in STEM (science, technology, engineering […]
Catholic schools need foundations ‘built on Christ’
BISHOP LARRY SILVA | MASS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald At the opening Mass for the Hawaii Catholic school year, Bishop Larry Silva focused his homily on shoring up the Christian bedrock. “There is only one solid foundation on which to build, namely Jesus Christ,” the bishop said in his […]
Saint Francis selects first layman as new head of school
Hawaii Catholic Herald Saint Francis School in Manoa has named its first male head of school in its 94-year history. The school’s board of directors selected Honolulu-born Casey M. Asato after a nationwide search began in early June. Asato, 46, is also the first person to lead the school who is not a member of […]
Photo: Back to school
Kindergarten and first grade teacher Jessica Russell introduces students to classroom rules on the first day of the academic year at St. Michael School in Waialua, Aug. 1. HCH photo | Anna Weaver
Agents of evangelization
Schools superintendent is encouraged by the role of Catholic education in Hawaii Interviewed by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald spoke with Michael Rockers, superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools, July 31 in his office at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. This interview has been condensed and edited. On Hawaii Catholic schools today Hawaii […]
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