Saint Francis School

For other uses, see Saint Francis High School (disambiguation).

Saint Francis School
Quality Catholic Education in a Spirit of Joy.
Address
2707 Pamoa Road Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822 United States
Coordinates	21°18′17″N 157°48′48″W / 21.304778°N 157.813400°W / 21.304778; -157.813400Coordinates: 21°18′17″N 157°48′48″W / 21.304778°N 157.813400°W / 21.304778; -157.813400
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic Church (Franciscan
Patron saint(s)	Saint Francis of Assisi
Established	1924
Founder	Sisters of Saint Francis
Head of school	Sister Joan of Arc Souza
Grades	PK–12
Enrollment	1000
Average class size	75
Campus	Manoa, Hawaii
Color(s)	Carolina Blue & White
Sports	ILH
Mascot	Saints
Team name	Saints
Rival	Damien Memorial School
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges;^[1] Western Catholic Education Association; Hawaii Association of Independent Schools
Newspaper	Ke'Alakai
Yearbook	Troubadour
Tuition	$10,000/year
Athletic Director	Coach Duane Eldrige Chad Konishi
Website	www.stfrancis-oahu.org

Saint Francis School is a private Roman Catholic school located in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was founded in 1924 and provides a college preparatory program. With an enrollment limited to just over 500 in grades PK through 12, Saint Francis School offers an education based on academic promise and does not discriminate based on ethnicity, religion or socioeconomic status. Students from all over Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, Asia and around the world reap the benefits of our academically sound curriculum which develops the whole person: mind, body and spirit.

History

The school started at Saint Francis Convent in 1924 to educate young women who joined the Franciscan Sisters. It was founded in memory of Mother Marianne Cope, who came to Hawai‘i in 1883 with six other Franciscan Sisters of the Neumann Communities in answer to the call for aid of victims of this disease by King David Kalākaua.^[2]

In the fall of 2006, the school announced that it will be a co-ed school. The school became fully co-ed in school year 2012-2013.

Alma Mater

Here in this golden place faces of every race come to discover the world at our door Charting our destiny in the serenity of Saint Francis School.

With grace and intellect faith hope and self-respect blessed by the fathers most bountiful hand. Boldly we make our stars shaping both bind and hearts And Saint Francis School.

Make me a channel of God's ever lasting love filled with the spirit of light and of truth And may we almost be one faithful family called Saint Francis School.

References

↑ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
↑ "Saint Francis school turns 80". Honolulu Advertiser. August 7, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2014.

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Ordinaries	Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands Alexis Bachelot Vicars Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands Louis Désiré Maigret Herman Koeckemann Gulstan Ropert Libert H. Boeynaems Stephen Alencastre Bishops of Honolulu James Joseph Sweeney John Joseph Scanlan Joseph Anthony Ferrario Francis X. DiLorenzo Clarence Richard Silva

Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus Parishes St. Mary Church, Hana Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Hawi St. Joseph Church, Hilo Holy Trinity Church, Honolulu Our Lady of the Mount Church, Honolulu St. Anthony Church, Honolulu St. Augustine by the Sea Church, Honolulu St. Patrick Church, Honolulu Saints Peter and Paul Church, Honolulu St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kailua-Kona Star of the Sea Church, Kalapana St. Ann Church, Kaneohe St. Theresa Church, Kekaha St. Raphael Church, Koloa Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, Kula Holy Ghost Church, Kula Maria Lanakila Catholic Church, Lahaina Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue St. Joseph Church, Makawao Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipahu St. Benedict's Church, Honaunau

Education	Higher Education Chaminade University of Honolulu High schools Damien Memorial School, Honolulu Maryknoll School, Honolulu Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu St. Francis School, Honolulu St. Louis School, Honolulu St. Anthony High School, Wailuku St. Joseph High School, Hilo

Priests	Lane K. Akiona Marc R. Alexander Maximin Alff Abraham Armand St. Damien de Veuster Charles Kekumano Francis A. Marzen Columba Murphy Jules C. E. Riotte Patrick Short John M. Systermans Benedict M. Vierra Arsenius Walsh

Miscellany	Hawaii Catholic Herald Malia O Ka Malu St. Marianne Cope

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