Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

All grades to close at Saint Francis at end of school year

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All grades at Saint Francis School will close at the end of this academic year, the religious order that sponsors the Manoa pre-K to 12 Catholic school announced on Feb. 14. Saint Francis students received the news at an assembly at the end of the school day, which was also live streamed to the school’s […]

Grand giveaway at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School family fair

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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 […]

Michael Rockers: Where Catholic school students ‘end up’

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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.’

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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 […]

Photo: First from Hawaii

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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 […]