Hawaii Catholic Herald Seven Catholic schools statewide, ranging from preschool to high school, have new top officials this academic year. Damien Memorial School, Maryknoll School, Sacred Hearts Academy, St. Anthony Preschool in Wailuku, St. Anthony School in Kailua, St. Patrick School and St. Theresa School in Kekaha all have new administrators. In Wailuku, Kimberly Smith […]
Celebrating Hawaii’s Catholic high school graduates
Click here to see the Herald’s special section honoring this year’s Catholic high school graduates.
Maryknoll national champs in consumer education contest
Maryknoll School is the first Hawaii school to win the LifeSmarts National Championship. The Honolulu co-educational Catholic school beat 42 other teams at the April 27-30 competition in Cincinnati. LifeSmarts is a 29-year-old consumer education program that says its goal is “to create consumer savvy young people who will be well equipped for adult life […]
Maryknoll School converting historic Bachelot Hall to performing arts center
Maryknoll School has begun renovating its 100-year-old hall into the school’s first performing arts center. Bachelot Memorial Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Maryknoll School along with Sacred Heart Parish began a capital campaign in 2021 to raise the $3 million it estimates for the renovation. The center will also serve as […]
Photo: Noblesse oblige ohana
Maryknoll School is honoring the family of the late Arnold Baptiste Sr., founder of the Hawaii Medical Assurance Association (HMAA), as this year’s Noblesse Oblige awardees at the award and scholarship dinner at the Sheraton Waikiki on May 21. Recognized will be Emily Marciel Baptiste, Maryknoll class of ’53, not pictured, Arnie and Joji Jacinto-Baptiste, […]
Photo: Open house, virtually
Lori Carlos, director of admission of Maryknoll School, Honolulu, spoke with prospective families online, during the K-12 school’s first of two live virtual open houses Oct. 25. The event showcased Maryknoll’s academics, emphasis on Catholic values and close-knit community. It’s second open house took place Nov. 8. (Photo courtesy of Maryknoll School)
Photos: Maryknoll mask donation
The Maryknoll School family donated more than 2,500 reusable handmade fabric masks to two local nonprofit organizations, Lanakila Pacific and Navian Hawaii (formerly Hospice Hawaii), May 22, to help kupuna and nurses stay protected against COVID-19. For two-and-a-half weeks, using repurposed Maryknoll aloha-print fabric, families, alumni and community members took up needle and thread to […]
Aloha, President Perry Martin
The outgoing Maryknoll president’s vision for the school parallels the founding sisters’ mission and charism By the Maryknoll Sisters of the Central Pacific Region We Maryknoll Sisters would like to express our deep gratitude to Perry Martin for his leadership, vision and values as president of Maryknoll School for the past 12 years. He has […]
Local Catholic schools to continue distance learning through April 30
Hawaii Catholic parochial schools will extend students’ time away from campus through April 30 due to COVID-19, mirroring the Hawaii public schools’ schedule. “Due to our social responsibility, and in solidarity with our State leaders, all parochial schools will extend the postponement of ‘in-person’ classes through Thursday, April 30, 2020,” wrote Mike Rockers, the superintendent […]
Maryknoll School president leaving for mainland position
Maryknoll School’s president for the last 12 years, Perry Martin, will be leaving his position at the end of the academic year. The announcement came in an email to the Maryknoll School community on Feb. 26. Martin will start his job as president of an unnamed mainland Catholic school in July. Martin said in his […]
