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 Betty White took a break from school work in mid-June to attend the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools annual meeting in New Orleans and participated in a day of service with the St. Bernard’s Project.
This is a voluntary organization that helps rebuild and refurbish houses of low income home owners whose houses were badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
The spirit of the New Orleans people is so positive and uplifting, and constantly, I was reminded about our good fortune to be living in Hawaii.
Senior Selected to Prestigious Science Camp
 Senior Adrienne Fung was one of two Hawaii students selected to attend the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia. The month-long program honors academic excellence in science and promotes leadership through its lecture series, hands on research, educational activities and outdoor adventures.
This prestigious camp encourages students to pursue scientific careers and apply their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education skills. Each State selects two students to attend this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Expenses for Fung's participation, including travel, will be paid by the National Youth Science Foundation.
Fung will be attending Princeton University in the fall, where she will pursuing a degree in engineering or science.
 Recent graduate Caitlin Mori was recognized during the Presidential Scholars’ Recognition Week June 19-22.
One hundred forty-one graduating seniors were honored for their academic, artistic and civic achievements. All are National Merit or AP scholars, standouts in their schools as well as their communities.
The highlight of the week was the opportunity for students to meet and take photos with President Barack Obama.
Mori was accompanied to Washington, D.C., by her mother and grandmother and teacher Gaylen Isaacs.
Mori will be attending Yale University in the fall.
Concert Band Earns Superior Ratings
April 9th marked the third time that the Academy’s Concert Band, under the direction of Maestro Matthew Martin has participated in the Oahu Band Directors’ Association’s High School Parade of Bands. The festival featured more than 30 bands from both public and private schools all over Oahu and is adjudicated (judged).
This year, the Concert Band performed two challenging selections. The first, Festivo by Vaclav Nelhybel, is a standard among literature of the band world, while the second piece, Arabian Dances by Brian Balmages, is a new contemporary work. The Academy’s performance impressed the audience and judges, who both rated the band’s performance a “Superior”…the highest rating category possible. Congratulations to the girls of the Academy’s Concert Band!
Join them for their final performance of the year where you can hear these two works and many more performed live on May 10, 2010 at 6pm at Mamiya Theater. Admission is free!
Ka Leo
Sacred Hearts Academy’s student newspaper, Ka Leo, won several awards in the 2010 Hawaii State High School Journalism contest for public and private high schools, sponsored by the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Newspapers in Education. Ka Leo staff won district awards (private schools on Oahu) in sports writing (Vanessa Freitas), editorials (Caitlin Mori) and editorial comic (Jody Hasebe). The editorial asking legislators to ban fireworks and the editorial comic about teens’ obsession with texting also won at the state level. After all the points were tallied in the many categories, the Ka Leo took third place in the state after Campbell High School and top school, Mililani.
Hands-on experience with Japanese “Little Sisters.”
 In March, after exchanging several emails and letters, along with pictures, a great hands-on opportunity became a reality for 12 Sacred Hearts Academy students who hosted 13 junior high school students from Nagaoka, Japan.
Erica Fang, commented, “I wanted to experience communicating with Japanese people in a non-tourist environment and we all learned that customs differ greatly in different countries.”
Megan Martin, another sophomore, thought it was a really good experience. “Not only did I have fun, but I also learned something new about myself: that I really enjoy speaking Japanese and I am now considering studying it in college,” she said.
Jacqueline Arelliano shared that she had been given responsibility and had learned how to interact with new friends, even though there was a language barrier. She also learned that there was much in Hawaii that she had not noticed before, but after exploring Hawaii with her Japanese “sister,” she learned to appreciate better what she had here in Hawaii.
Lancer Robotics
 The Lancer Robotics team traveled to Atlanta, GA for the World Championships for FIRST Robotics. The team placed 41 out of 86 teams in their division.
This was the third competition the team attended this year, along with the San Diego Regional and Hawaii Regional.
Six other Hawaii teams competed and their standings can be viewed at http://www.hawaiiroc.org/, along with more pictures of the competition.
41st Annual Radio KZOO Japanese Speech Contest
 Juniors, Veronica Wong and Eun Ji Jang, represented the Academy this year. They delivered outstanding performances before more than one hundred people including Dr. Kyoko Hijirida from University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (chief judge) and Consul General of Japan Mr. Yoshihiko Kamo.
Jang, an overseas student from Korea and has studied Japanese less than one year won the 1st place in her division. Jang delivered a 60-second speech, in which she introduced herself and talked about her future dream to go to Japan and study language there in a dignified manner and with a very natural Japanese accent.
Wong competed with other strong speakers in Japanese 4 division received one of the Special Awards. She delivered a three and half-minute speech talking about how she got interested in Japan and its language and culture in her childhood, how she has been learning Japanese at school, and her summer plan in Japan. Her poise, confidence, and outstanding pronunciation made some judges think that she was a student from Japan.
Hawaiian Language Ho'ike
 The students of Hawaiian Language IV presented a Ho'ike, including a play, Puamae'ole, and a mini sustainablility fair.
The play was written and produced by the students. It was first developed by identifying the main themes in the Kumulipo chant. In the play, Puamae'ole is a girl who learns about the importance of being a good steward of the land.
The level IV students taught a song and dance to students form SK thru 3 to perform in the play. The Art I students designed and painted all the backdrops. The Art II students created many of the costumes. Hawaiin II students sold the fresh lei that they created in class, and the 8th grade Art students sold the jewelry they made from recycled materials.
All who attended the Ho'ike were able to enjoy live music by a group of Hawaiian students.
They were also treated to fresh foods gathered from the land and sea, such as taro, poi, poke, dry fish, and salad. It was an educational evening for all who attended, as we promoted the importance of living more sustainably to ensure a grener future for all who call Hawai'i home.
Thank you...Very Much!
 Just in time for Mother’s Day, sixth grade student Kaitlin Lau received a big surprise at school on Tuesday, May 4th. General manager of Lex Brodie’s Scott Williams, Tiny Tadani, and Kaitlin’s mother arrived at Sacred Hearts Academy to give Kaitlin news that she was selected as a recipient of the Thank You… Very Much! Award. This award is sponsored by Lex Brodie’s and is given to one student per month who has written a letter of appreciation to someone in their life. Not only was she presented with a check in front of her peers, the entire event was filmed for Tiny TV on OC 16. The footage is scheduled to air during the month of June. Kaitlin received a variety of prizes and will get the chance to read her letter aloud on the Perry & Price morning show on May 22nd. Kaitlin also will be donating a portion of her prize money to a charitable organization.
Hearts Were Opened For Haiti
 In April, Tom Price, senior communications manager for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), traveled to Haiti armed with toys and well wishes from Dioceses across the United States.
His treasure trove of gifts included hearts with messages of encouragement penned by Academy students during their “Hearts for Haiti” campaign to aid the earthquake relief effort. During the effort, members of the Academy community raised $5,200 for CRS Haiti Relief, and the hearts were given to children (pictured holding the hearts) at the Foy Ti Zanmi Jezi (Little Friends of Jesus) Orphanage in Port au Prince, Haiti.
Photo: CRS
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  The Sacred Hearts Academy After School Care Program has been going on field trips on Thursdays this summer. So far they have visited the Foster Botanical Garden, UH Manoa Glass Studio, and the East West Center. The students range from grades 4 to 8 and have been enjoying their learning experiences outside the classroom.
Sacred Hearts Academy’s Choir program's 2010 Spring Concert
One of our parents brought a guest Friday, and the guest was so impressed with the girls, the program and the new PAC building.
She said, “I had no idea it would be this good. I am so glad I came."
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 “Legends, Myths and Fairy Tales” made Sacred Hearts proud!
The concert, produced by the hula and dance classes, featured the students of Pohai Souza and Micki Kolberg, and they were outstanding! My favorites were the excerpts from the traditional ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
I left the concert as a very proud principal!
Betty White
Head of School
Haiti funds raised
 The Sacred Hearts Academy family came together in February to assist the victims of those in Haiti who were affected by a devastating earthquake and subsequent after shocks. Students, parents, faculty, and staff gave generously and raised $5,200.
The funds were given to the local representative of the Catholic Relief Services who will forward it to the organization in Haiti.
The people in the picture are (from left to right): Iwie Tamashiro, Colby Rosado, Suzy Cho, and Chantal Seitz.
This has been an excellent year with regards to college admissions. 100% of the class have been admitted to colleges throughout the mainland, Hawaii and foreign countries.
We had a record number of applications submitted, and had a record number of colleges accepting our seniors. The list includes Yale University, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, UCLA, Univ of California-Berkeley, Cornell University, Brandeis, John Hopkins University, USC, UCLA, Notre Dame, Boston College, Northwestern, University of Pennsylvania, Babson and Smith College.
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