St. Joseph High School (Hilo, Hawaii)

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St. Joseph Junior/Senior High School
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Address
1000 Ululani Street

Hilo
,
(Hawaii County)
,
Hawaii
96720

United States
Coordinates 19°42′52″N155°5′3″W / 19.71444°N 155.08417°W / 19.71444; -155.08417 Coordinates: 19°42′52″N155°5′3″W / 19.71444°N 155.08417°W / 19.71444; -155.08417
Information
Type Private
MottoQuaerite Primum Regnum Dei
(Seek First the Kingdom of God)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1869
PrincipalDr. Llewellyn Young
ChaplainFr. Zaldy Norba, SSS
Grades PK–12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment300 [1]  (2008)
Student to teacher ratio17:1
Color(s) Red and Gold         
Athletics conference BIIF
MascotCardinals
Nickname St. Joe
Accreditation WASC [2]
WCEA
HAIS
YearbookThe Protector
Dean of StudentsKelly Chung
Academic Dean/Vice PrincipalSusan Wehrsig
PastorFr. Wilbert Laroga, SSS
Athletic DirectorMichael Costales
Website http://www.sjhshilo.com

St. Joseph School is a private school run by the Roman Catholic Church in Hilo, the second largest city in Hawaii. It serves about 300 students in preschool through 12th grade. The Junior and Senior High School is described here; there is also an associated Elementary School. [1]

Hilo, Hawaii Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States

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History

In 1869, a small parish school of 42 students was established in Hilo, Hawaii by Reverend Charles Pouzot, under the direction of Fr. Patrick O'Reilly. It was chartered by King Kamehameha V to teach English to Native Hawaiian and immigrant children. [3]

Over the years, the school's enrollment increased to the point that it was necessary to build a new school on Waianuenue Avenue. This school for both boys and girls was dedicated on October 10, 1875 and called Maria Keola. Ten years later, three Marianist Brothers took over the operation and used the name of St. Mary's School. It was blessed on October 25, 1885. In 1900 the Sisters of St. Francis began staffing St. Joseph School for Girls on Kapiolani Street. The Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse (Blessed Mother Marianne Cope’s congregation) arrived in 1900 to assume teaching and administrative responsibilities for the girls.

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In 1948, St. Mary's and St. Joseph's were consolidated into a new co-educational institution built on the present site at the intersection of Ululani and Hualalai Streets. Some 963 students were enrolled the first year. In 1951, the Marianist Brothers were reassigned to new teaching posts, and were replaced with a larger staff of nuns and lay teachers. The opening of the new school year in 1951-52 marked the beginning of St. Joseph as a complete co-educational school directly under the Pastor of St. Joseph Parish, part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. [4]

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Academics

St. Joseph has a variety of educational opportunities for students. The school has six Advanced Placement classes, including European History, English Language and Composition, English Literature and composition, Chemistry, Calculus, and US Government and Politics.

Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board which offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students. American colleges and universities may grant placement and course credit to students who obtain high scores on the examinations. The AP curriculum for each of the various subjects is created for the College Board by a panel of experts and college-level educators in that field of study. For a high school course to have the designation, the course must be audited by the College Board to ascertain that it satisfies the AP curriculum. If the course is approved, the school may use the AP designation and the course will be publicly listed on the AP Course Ledger.

Athletics

St. Joseph School is a member of the Big Island Interscholastic Federation.

Big Island Interscholastic Federation

The Big Island Interscholastic Federation or BIIF Consists of 21 high schools that sponsor a number of athletic sports, including football, basketball, volleyball and soccer. All schools are located on the Island of Hawaiʻi, which is governed by the County of Hawaiʻi.

In 2010, the St. Joseph Cardinals boys basketball team defeated Pahoa High School's Daggers, 51-39 to win the D-II BIIF Championship. [5] The St. Joseph tennis team was able to gain the #2 and #5 seeds at the HHSAA state tournament. [6]

In 2016, The No. 3 seed Cardinals overcame an 18-point deficit and upset No. 1 Honokaa 51-50 in the BIIF Division II boys basketball championship, clinching their first league title since 2010. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Saint Joseph Elementary School official web site
  2. ↑ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools" . Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  3. ↑ "Celebrating 140 years" in Saint Joseph Parish Hilo bulletin July 6, 2008
  4. ↑ St. Joseph Junior/Senior High School web site
  5. ↑ http://www.hawaiisportspage.com/Main/BIIF/BIIFBasketballBoys/tabid/97/Default.aspx
  6. ↑ http://hawaiisportspage.com/main/BIIF/BIIFTennisBoys/tabid/122/Default.aspx
  7. ↑ http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sports/local-sports/biif-division-ii-basketball-st-joe-shocks-honokaa-grab-division-ii-title
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