Damien Memorial School

Damien Memorial High School
Damien Memorial High School
Address
	1401 Houghtailing Street; Honolulu, Hawaii 96817; United States
Coordinates	21°19′52″N 157°52′04″W / 21.33124°N 157.86781°W
Information
Type	Private, coeducational
Motto	Viriliter Age (act manly)
Established	1962
President	Bernard Ho
Principal	Daniel Casey
Gender	Co-Ed (as of 2012)
Enrollment	472 (2012)
Color(s)	Mauve and Gold
Team name	Monarchs
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Website	http://www.damien.edu

Damien Memorial School is a private Roman Catholic prep-school for grades 6-12 located in Kalihi, Oahu, a section of Honolulu, Hawaii. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, the school is sponsored by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.^[1]

History and origins

At the end of World War II, the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu saw the need for a second Catholic School on Oahu. The new school was named after the saint Damien de Veuster who was a local priest. The Congregation of Christian Brothers, students, and parents volunteered to turn the land, which included 4 acres (16,000 m²) of taro patches and a good deal of uneven swampland into a school campus, because the company that started the construction on Damien went bankrupt.^[2]

Beginning in the fall of 2012, Damien fortunately became co-educational, ending nearly 50 years of all-male education and tradition.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
^ The Companies We Keep by Bob Sigall and his students at Hawaii Pacific University
^ "Damien to admit "girls" in Fall 2012". Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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[WASC-Accrediting_Commission_for_Schools-1] WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 2009-08-04.

[2] The Companies We Keep by Bob Sigall and his students at Hawaii Pacific University

[3] "Damien to admit "girls" in Fall 2012". Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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