Children raising their hands and participating during class | stock photo
Children raising their hands and participating during class | stock photo
Hawaii Catholic schools are focusing on inspiring the approximately 7,000 students at its 33 schools and helping them grow their faith.
Currently, the schools educate about 7,000 students each year between the 33 schools the website explains. The schools' mission is to foster Catholic identity, while also fostering leadership development, academic excellence, networking and collaboration and operational vitality. It is part of the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Honolulu.
The school system is accredited by the Western Associations of Schools and Colleges, Western Catholic Educational Association and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools.
33 schools are located throughout the islands to help children of Catholic faith learn
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Catholic schools deliver faith-based educational opportunities and that is Hawaii Catholic Schools' focus.
The school system starts with early learning centers for toddlers and preschoolers; all the way up to elementary, middle and high schools. The system also provides tuition assistance for students who need it.
The Catholic schools are on four Hawaiian islands. There are six high schools, 21 learning centers, elementary and middle schools and three schools that are solely daycare and preschool facilities.
Llewellyn Young is acting superintendent of the school system, and Betsey Gunderson is the interim associate superintendent.
The school system has focused on ensuring that students receive a top-notch education, despite COVID-19, which caused the schools to switch to distance learning.
The schools have continued to offer extracurricular programs and STEM education, as well as faith-based learning for the students. Students are continuing to learn important values despite virtual learning due to the pandemic.
The schools focus on ways of fully developing children with a strong core curriculum that includes academic rigor, plus activities and other programs to help students grow in their faith, education and well-being while continuing to uphold their core values of integrity, faith and scholarship.
The Diocesan Board of Education oversees the schools by advising the superintendent, as well as the bishop regarding policies and the schools
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