Four students from Sacred Hearts Academy have been selected to represent Hawaii next year in the American Choral Directors Association’s National Honor Choir for boys and girls in grades 5-7. Emalani Burns, Bella Kuvac and Kyra Tong, class of 2031, and Taely-Rae Kuamoo-Rivera, class of 2032, were among nine students from across the state chosen […]
The School News: Nov. 8, 2024
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Sacred Hearts Academy celebrates 115 years
Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Academy marked 115 years of providing Catholic education this month with a weeklong celebration highlighted by an assembly and pep rally on Sept. 12. The all-girls college preparatory school was founded by 11 Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary sisters, who in September 1909 opened a campus […]
Seven schools across state welcome new administrators
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
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SHA students get head start on college
By Sr. Malia Dominica Wong, O.P., Chaminade University instructor Special to the Herald In the fall of 2023, 17 Sacred Hearts Academy juniors made an unprecedented commitment to their academic pursuits. In partnership with Chaminade University of Honolulu, they enrolled in Chaminade’s Early College Program which will allow them to graduate from SHA with their […]
Zita Leimomi Mookini Lum, Sacred Hearts Academy alumna: In time, answers always come
Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Daughter of a mighty father, Maiden patron of the May; Angel forms around thee, gather, Macula non est in te. (There is no stain in thee.) (Catholic Youth Hymnal, 1871) Ever since I was a little girl at Sacred Hearts Convent, I […]
A new Academy playground for its littlest keiki
Using holy water, salt and ti leaves, Sacred Hearts Father Christopher Keahi gave a Hawaiian blessing Sept. 6 to Sacred Hearts Academy’s new playground for some very excited preschool to third grade keiki. The ribbon was cut by the new head of school Scott Schroeder, who was assisted by a few kindergarten students. Gold, yellow […]
As she retires, Betty White leaves behind her mark on the school where she’s worked for nearly 50 years
‘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. […]
