St. Anthony School (Wailuku, Hawaii)

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St. Anthony School of Maui is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Wailuku, Hawaii in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.

History

St. Anthony was established as a boys school in 1848 by the Sacred Heart Fathers. The Marianists (Society of Mary) took over in 1883. The Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse established a girls School in 1884. The Girls and Boys schools merged in 1968.[1][2]

St. Anthony Junior Senior High School Band

St. Anthony has symphonic, concert, marching/pep, jazz and ukulele bands. The musicians traveled to New York in April 2013 to perform in the National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall.[3] The band recently took their second trip to Carnegie Hall. They also traveled to Washington D.C. to perform in the Festival of States.

Notable alumni

  • Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano, 1949, U.S. Army Pfc. Medal of Honor (Korea)
  • Shane Victorino, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

Notes and references

References

  1. 1."About Saint Anthony - History". Saint Anthony Junior Senior High School. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  2. 2."History". Wailuku, HI, USA: Saint Anthony Junior Senior High School. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  3. 3."Carnegie Hall, here they come: St. Anthony High School band heads for the big time". www.hawaiicatholicherald.com. March 15, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2018.