Sacred Hearts Academy, also known as Sacred Hearts or SHA, is located on 3253 Waialae Avenue, in the town of
Kaimuki
Kaimukī is a residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
History
In the 19th century the area was a farm of King Kalākaua, where ostriches roamed wild over the mountain side. It later became the site of a carnation farm f ...
in
Honolulu
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, Hawaii, is a historic
Roman Catholic
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college preparatory school
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for girls founded in 1909 to serve the needs of early Hawaii Catholics in the former
Territory of Hawaii
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. The school maintains a special relationship with
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private Marianist university in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1955 by the Society of Mary, Chaminade is located in Kaimuki, Honolulu at the base of St. Louis Heights. Chaminade offers bachelor's degrees i ...
and the all-boys
Saint Louis School
Saint Louis School, located in the neighborhood of Kaimuki in Honolulu, Hawaii, is a historic Roman Catholic college preparatory school for boys. It was founded in 1846 to serve Catholics in the former Kingdom of Hawaii. Located within the Roman ...
, both administered by the
Society of Mary.
History
Sacred Hearts was originally founded by nuns from the
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the religious order of
Father Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sac ...
. The precursor of the institution was founded as a boarding and day school next to the
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu in 1859.
The current manifestation was founded in 1909 as a boarding school, it grew rapidly within the next decade and, by the 1920s, more buildings were added to accommodate the students. The sisters ran the school until 1990, when it passed into lay administration.
Filming location
Sacred Hearts has served as a filming location for several television shows set and shot on location in Hawaii. The season 6
finale
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of the
ABC series ''
Lost
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History
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'' was filmed there. In ''
Hawaii Five-0'', Sacred Hearts was used as
Grace Williams' school.
Alumnae
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Tia Carrere
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, actress, singer and model
*
Nora Stewart Coleman, former
First Lady of American Samoa
*
Amata Coleman Radewagen
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, Congressional delegate from
American Samoa
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*
Loretta Fuddy, director of the
Hawaii Department of Health (2011–2013)
*
Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole, Hawaiian princess
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Rosalie Keliʻinoi, first elected female Hawaii Territorial legislator in 1925
*
Likelike
Likelike (; Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili; January 13, 1851February 2, 1887) was a princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom and member of the reigning House of Kalākaua. She was born in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu. Likelike' ...
, Hawaiian princess
*
Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, early female judge and cultural writer of Hawaii
*
Faith Rivera
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Rivera learned to play the piano in the first grade at her ...
, singer-songwriter
See also
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
The Catholic Diocese of Honolulu ( la, Diœcesis Honoluluensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that comprises the entire state of Hawaii and the unincorporated Hawaiian Islands.
The Diocese of H ...
Notes and references
External links
Sacred Hearts Alumni Reunions and InformationSacred Hearts Alumni CommunityRoman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
Sacred Heart schools in the United States
Catholic secondary schools in Hawaii
Educational institutions established in 1909
Girls' schools in Hawaii
Private K-12 schools in Honolulu
1909 establishments in Hawaii