Lawakua Kajukenbo Club Academy Scholars

Saturday, January 26, 2019
Sacred Hearts Academy Lawakua Kajukenbo Club Scholars

Education is a key component of the Lawakua Kajukenbo Club training and provides significant educational support for its students.

Betty White, Sacred Hearts Academy Head of School, congratulates and celebrates these Academy Lawakua scholars on their achievements both in and out of the classroom! 

Abigail Aguirre holds a 4.0 GPA and is addicted to STEM and Lancer Robotics; Tettaenia Francis has a 3.8 GPA and excels in playing the euphonium in the Lancer Band; Natrimaj Francis, as a 5th grader, is hooked on Digital Art, Math and Science; Adeline Garcia has a 4.17 GPA and is interested in STEM and JROTC; and Serina Ti'a is excelling as a freshman in the pre-nursing program at HPU on a full scholarship! Way to go girls! 

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Honolulu District Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Academy students, Sara Inao and Anna Casupang, for their outstanding participation in the Honolulu District Spelling Bee held on January 26th, 2019. Both girls advanced to the 3rd round of the Spelling Bee and are excited to prepare for next year's competition. Great job girls!

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CyberPatriots Place in State Rounds, Advance To Semi-Finals!

Results are in! After a grueling CPXI State Round, where teams were tasked with securing 3 computer images (Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Ubuntu 14), taking a Cisco Networking Challenge quiz, and a Packet Tracer exercise requiring completing a computer network.

The Sacred Hearts Academy CyberBeans placed 3^rd in Hawaii in the Platinum Tier and the CyberLlamas placed 4^th in Hawaii in the Gold Tier! Both CyberLancer teams advance to the Semi-Finals Round where the challenges will increase in intensity once again!  Also advancing to the Semi-Finals Round will be Cyber team H2A – our middle school team! Congratulations to all!  

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Academy Student Recognized by AFCEA

AFCEA Hawaii  (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Hawaii Chapter)  recognizes deserving Hawaii high school students for their accomplishments in cyber, computer science and technical arenas. Sacred Hearts Academy senior, Aiyana Arnobit, received the AFCEA Hawaii  Student of the Month Award for October 2018.  The award was presented at AFCEA Hawaii’s January meeting.  Aiyana and guests were treated to lunch and a stirring presentation by Capt. Kurt Mole, Commander NSA Hawaii.

As captain of her CyberPatriot team, she encourages thorough preparation and focused effort during competition.  She is driven towards success and  inspires her team members towards maximum effort.  The Air Force and NSA mentors who work with her are impressed by her quick wit, positive attitude, and creative problem solving.  We congratulate Aiyana for this honor!

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Lancer Robotics Headed to World Championship

Saturday, January 12, 2019
University of Hawaii at Manoa
VEX Robotics Hawaii State Championship

Congratulations to Lancer Robotics freshman girls, Ayla Hakikawa, '22, Kammiee Ardo, '22, and Nanami Mehring, '22, on an outstanding performance at the #VEXRobotics State Championship! The trio comprise the first ever Academy  #VEX team to qualify for the World Championship! 

This year's game, #TurningPoint, is played on a 12’x12’ square field with two Alliances composed of two Teams each. Teams compete in matches consisting of a fifteen second Autonomous Period, followed by a one minute and forty-five second Driver Controlled Period.

The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the opposing Alliance by High Scoring or Low Scoring Caps, Toggling Flags, and by Alliance Parking or Center Parking Robots on the Platforms.

The VEX Robotics World Championship will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, starting with the VEX Robotics Competition and VEX U portion of the event from April 24-27, followed immediately by VEX IQ Challenge portion held April 28-30.

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Alumnae Forum 2019

On Tuesday, January 8, Sacred Hearts Academy held its annual Alumnae Forum. This was a great opportunity for recent graduates to come back to the Academy and share their college experiences with our current students in grades seven thru 12. 

The 2019 Alumnae Forum boasted a record number, 33, of participating graduates representing nearly 20 different colleges and universities. Colleges such as St. Martins University, Boston University, Creighton University (NE), Fordham University (NY), George Washington University (DC), St. Bonaventure University (NY), Waynesburg University (PA), George Mason University (VA) and the University of Hawaii were represented.

Special guest speaker, Roxanne Solidum Bruhn, Sacred Hearts Academy alumna from the Class of 1973, shared her educational journey while providing

good insights to the senior and junior divisions during the forum.

“I felt in my heart that I had a message to share with them about college, about life, and about the education given at the Academy. It is an honor to be allowed to participate!” -Roxanne Solidum Bruhn, '73

Following the formal portion of the Forum, alumnae gathered in the Academy's gymnasium to host a mini

college fair with opportunities for students to ask questions of the alumnae directly and gather information on their respective colleges.
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