Special needs among students are important to address but it can be difficult to do so in a Catholic school setting By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Tehani Rawlins attended Sacred Hearts Academy for 13 years and is the third generation of women in her family to go to the all-girls school in Kaimuki. So, […]
OBITUARY: Michael Chu was a longtime Catholic school teacher, administrator
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Retired Catholic school educator Michael “Mike” Chu, 77, was a longtime youth basketball referee and president of a community basketball league. He was also a former Marianist brother. Chu died Nov. 6 after a stabbing attack while on duty as a security guard at Windward City Shopping Center. The […]
Catholic educators gather to pray for the new academic school year
MASS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Aug. 18 marked the return of all faculty and staff of Oahu Catholic schools to the Mass of the Holy Spirit. The Mass, which took place at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe, is held at the start of every school year but has been reduced in size and divided into […]
Best of the Hawaii Catholic Schools’ Class of 2022
Click here to see a pdf of the best of the Hawaii Catholic Schools’ Class of 2022.
St. Anthony, Kailua, student has best in her grade-level handwriting in the country
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A fourth grader at St. Anthony School in Kailua has some of the best handwriting in the country. That’s according to the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. Apollina Recupero made it past several other levels of competition to be judged the best fourth grade entrant across the country and that […]
Top teacher
Rica Velasco, right, of St. Joseph School in Waipahu is the 2022 Golden Pineapple Teacher of the Year awardee. She was recognized at the annual Hawaii Catholic Schools Recognition Luncheon on May 19 at the Natsunoya Tea House in Honolulu. The award is given by the Hawaii Catholic Schools office, Chaminade University of Honolulu, and […]
Catholic schools office employee retires after 58 years
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Barbara Yamasaki doesn’t want us writing about her retirement. The fast-talking, jovial administrative secretary has been with the Diocese of Honolulu’s Hawaii Catholic Schools department since 1964, making her one of the longest-serving lay diocesan employees ever. But that doesn’t mean we should make a big deal about her […]
Red Mass: Superintendent tells how schools fought COVID with faith, science
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald On the day the COVID-19 infection rate roared to a new single-day record of 6,252 in Hawaii, a positive message was being heard at the annual Red Mass, Jan. 18, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace — the story of how Hawaii’s Catholic schools faced down […]
All school COVID cases originated elsewhere, superintendent says
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald checked in with superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools Llewellyn Young in early October to ask about the COVID-19 case numbers in parochial and private Catholic schools in Hawaii. Here are some highlights of his response. At the end of the 2020-2021 school year, 40 total […]
Five Hawaii Catholic schools offering free and reduced-price meals
Five Hawaii Catholic schools are offering free and reduced-price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2021-2022 school year. When the information is known by the school, the school will notify households if their children are eligible for […]
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