Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sacred Hearts Academy celebrates 115 years

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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

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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 […]

SHA students get head start on college

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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

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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 […]

As she retires, Betty White leaves behind her mark on the school where she’s worked for nearly 50 years

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‘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. […]

Academy’s head of school receives national recognition

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The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools board of trustees has named Sacred Hearts Academy’s head of school Betty White as the recipient of this year’s Ransome Prize. White will be recognized on June 25 in Los Angeles at the 2019 NCGS Conference. The Ransome Prize, an annual award named for NCGS co-founder Whitty Ransome, honors […]

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