Maryknoll School President Position Statement Honolulu, Hawaii July 1, 2021 MARYKNOLL SCHOOL President ~ July 1, 2021 OVERVIEW Maryknoll School is the largest K-12 Catholic, coeducaonal instuon in Hawaii. Today, the School stands as a premier Catholic school of over 1,100 students, 150 faculty and staff, and thousands of alumni, with a rich history and enviable commitment and dedicaon to serve children through culvaon of knowledge, self- discipline, creavity, and spiritual and physical growth. Since its founding in 1927, the School has grown and flourished. The School is housed on two campuses, two blocks apart. The Grade School campus (serving students in K-8) has 600 students and the High School campus (serving students in 9-12) retains 500 students. The impressive faculty, staff and administraon, represent a collecve body of professionals commied to reflecng the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church with a strong mission of engaging the enre student body in value- centered educaon. The President of Maryknoll School must be a praccing of Directors, and acvely leads The School is fully accredited by Catholic in full communion with the School with assistance from the Western Catholic Educaonal the Roman Catholic Church and the Vice President of Academic Associaon, the Western must be able to present Affairs. Under Canon Law, Associaon of Schools and sacramental records for Maryknoll School is a parish Colleges, and the Hawaii verificaon to date. Maryknoll school of the Diocese of Associaon of Independent seeks a leader who reports to Honolulu and is a parochial Schools. the Pastor and Maryknoll Board school of Sacred Heart Parish. Resource Group 175 Page 2 MARYKNOLL SCHOOL President ~ July 1, 2021 MISSION AND PHILOSOPHY “Rooted in the Catholic faith, Maryknoll School is a nurturing and welcoming community that values academic excellence, lifelong learning, service to others, and the courage to imitate Jesus by word and example.” The School strives to go beyond academics by developing individuals of moral integrity and personal responsibility as evidenced in thought and deed. Students are encouraged to discover social atudes through the exercise of jusce, respect, and equality without regard to religious, social, and cultural backgrounds. Maryknoll School aspires to prepare current and future generaons of creave Evidence of the School’s adherence to taught classes. Within four years, thinkers, innovave problem solvers, its central values is omnipresent. the Sisters understood the gravity of effecve communicators and Inspiraonal quotes, aspiraonal their work and knew that expansion emerging leaders, guided by the iniaves, ethical guidelines, and was necessary. In 1931, the first Catholic faith, to influence and serve value-infused programs fill the halls freshman class was enrolled and in our local and global communies for and classrooms of the School, and the 1935, the first thirteen graduates of the greater good of humanity. embrace of these values by all the only Catholic, coeducaonal constuencies — alumni, board high school in Hawaii received their members, teachers, staff, diplomas. The high school division administrators, parents and students connued to operate on Dole Street — stands out as a signature of this unl 1948, when it was moved to school community. the former MacDonald Hotel on Punahou Street. There is no queson that the School’s moOo, Noblesse Oblige, which means Today, Maryknoll is a high-tech, “To whom much is given, much is innovave and comprehensive expected,” resonates and thrives in educaonal instuon with 1,100 the life of all associated with the students across grade levels, K-12. School. The Grade School campus along with the Maryknoll Community HISTORY Center, located on Dole and The School began with a young Alexander Streets serves priest and six Maryknoll Sisters kindergarten through eighth grade more than 90 years ago. The early students and the High School student body was comprised of 93 campus located on Punahou Street, boys and 77 girls. The Sisters in a accommodates students in grades one-story building on Dole Street nine through twelve. Resource Group 175 Page 3 MARYKNOLL SCHOOL President ~ July 1, 2021 CAMPUSES AND LOCATION Maryknoll School is located in Honolulu, the capital and largest city in the State of Hawaii. Honolulu is a thriving and diverse city of approximately 395,000+ residents. It is the main gateway to Hawaii and a major portal into the United States. It is a significant hub for internaonal business, military defense, tourism, and is host to a variety of East-West and Pacific cultures, cuisine, tradions and experiences. Honolulu is ranked high on world livability rankings, and has been ranked among the safest cies in the United States. It boasts a semi-arid and tropical climate and thrives on numerous parks, public trails, year-round sports, museums, and tourist aracons. The Maryknoll campuses are purposefully built, renovated and aOenve to needs of teaching and learning. The campuses are safe, aracve, and well maintained. Light- filled buildings are well-designed, well- furnished, and developmentally appropriate instruconal and meeng spaces, arts facilies, offices, Grade School Media Center, and Learning Commons are augmented with outdoor playgrounds, safe carpool drop-off and pick-up lanes, and ager-school facilies. The halls and classrooms are welcoming and are beaufully decorated with student wring and art as plenful evidence of the School’s academic programs for parents and visitors. The Clarence T. C. Ching Gymnasium is a standout and plays an important role in the School’s athlec program and also serves the enre community well in the multude of year round acvies it hosts. It is clear that a number of renovaons and all-School capital improvements have been completed since 2014 that enhance the campuses and support instrucon. Resource Group 175 Page 4 MARYKNOLL SCHOOL President ~ July 1, 2021 COMMUNITY The Maryknoll Community is warm, diverse, welcoming, engaged and aspiraonal. Teachers are commied to an outstanding academic program and insll deeply held values that serve graduates long ager they graduate from the School. Students are happy and joyful, alumni thrive, and are passionate about their alma mater, and all underscore the rich Maryknoll experience. Students “Walk through the campus of Maryknoll, and you’ll experience joy and engagement. You will observe students holding doors open for friends and guests, collaborang on projects, and high-fiving teachers and administrators.” Maryknoll Parent, 2020 Maryknoll students enjoy close and respecul relaonships with their teachers and fellow students. They are known, nurtured and described as happy, thoughul and engaged learners who are ready to discover what kind of great they want to be. Students and their families hail from parts of the island of Oahu, retain a variety of faith backgrounds, and are gently guided to develop their spirituality as they parcipate in daily morning prayer, monthly Mass, and community outreach. Although the majority of students and families are not Catholic, Maryknoll School has an effecve and strong Catholic identy, which remains inclusive and welcoming of students and families from all walks of life. The program develops well-rounded, healthy students through an engaging academic program, rich arts offerings, joyful play and team athlecs, along with plenful opportunies to explore individual interests and affinies, whether athlec, arsc or scienfic. Resource Group 175 Page 5 MARYKNOLL SCHOOL President ~ July 1, 2021 Faculty of the Maryknoll Student, the arrival faculty evaluaon process, to the The 150 faculty and staff consist in January, 2019 of a new Pastor who arculaon within grade levels for primarily of laymen and women is an acve, engaged, and widely interdisciplinary and curricular who are truly dedicated and respected leader for the enre connecons, and the carving of commied to the vitality, longevity community (and who has re- dedicated me necessary for and strength of this comprehensive energized the Board and been vital to teachers to effect meaningful change K-12 Catholic School. building the Presidenal Search and a stronger alignment with the Commiee), the clear faculty en:re K-12 curriculum). The faculty is a deeply dedicated evaluaon process with its focus on group of professionals. Each is goal seng aligned to the School’s Administraon and Staff clearly loved and respected by Strategic Plan, and the development The School maintains a highly students. While teachers have of strategies for teaching to the range effecve and dedicated endured the stress of the recent of qualified learners at the School. administrave leadership team. It pandemic and have been includes the Interim President, the connually dedicated to their Teachers enjoy working together, and Director of Admissions, the Director students’ educaon, growth, and there are countless examples of of Instuonal Advancement, the well-being, they are eager to return iniaves that were launched by Grade School Principal, the High to a state of calm professionalism, teachers eager to build engaging School Principal, the Director of and hopeful about the future of opportunies for their students Technology, the Director of External the School. All spoke posively of (examples range from project-based Affairs, the Business Officer, the collaborave efforts and recent learning professional development, Facilies Manager, the Director of improvements including, but not to the math and science shared areas Athlecs and the Execuve Assistant limited to the formaon and needing focus to align subject maOer to the Interim President. It is clear publicaon of Ten Character Traits content, to a clear and effecve that all work together in managing Resource Group 175 Page 6 MARYKNOLL SCHOOL President ~ July 1, 2021 and coordinang the needs of the Parents local community members, and the dual campuses and all the students “This community is like a family. The Pastor. The Board of Directors and personnel at the School. community is so loving, so kind, you clearly understands and acts on its just want to be here.” Maryknoll responsibilies, ensuring that its The School’s administraon Parent, 2020 size, composion and pracces effecvely leads the School in enable it to be effecve.