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.
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. […]
Academy’s head of school receives national recognition
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 […]
All-girls Sacred Hearts Academy names first male head of school
Sacred Hearts Academy announced the appointment of the first male to head the 110-year-old all-girl school at a morning assembly Feb. 28. Scott Schroeder, a dean and professor at Chaminade University of Honolulu, was introduced to the student body and faculty by Sister Regina Mary Jenkins, president of the Sacred Hearts Academy Corporation, and superior […]
Academy head of school announces her retirement in 2019
Sacred Hearts Academy’s longtime head of school, Betty White, has announced that she will retire on July 1 of next year. White has been the chief administrator of the all-girls Catholic school for 27 years, following a career in teaching. In a Sept. 5 news release, White said she was thankful for the opportunity to […]
Photo: First from Hawaii
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 […]