Sacred Hearts Academy, also known as Sacred Hearts or SHA, is located on 3253 Waialae Avenue, in the town of Kaimuki in

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, Hawaii, is a historic

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for girls founded in 1909 to serve the needs of early Hawaii Catholics in the former

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. The school maintains a special relationship with

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and the all-boys

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, both administered by the Society of Mary.

History

Sacred Hearts was originally founded by nuns from the

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, the religious order of

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. The precursor of the institution was founded as a boarding and day school next to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu in 1859. The current manifestation was founded in 1909 as a boarding school, it grew rapidly within the next decade and, by the 1920s, more buildings were added to accommodate the students. The sisters ran the school until 1990, when it passed into lay administration.

Filming location

Sacred Hearts has served as a filming location for several television shows set and shot on location in Hawaii. The season 6 finale of the

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series '' Lost'' was filmed there. In '' Hawaii Five-0'', Sacred Hearts was used as

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' school.

Alumnae

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, actress, singer and model * Nora Stewart Coleman, former First Lady of American Samoa *

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, Congressional delegate from

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* Loretta Fuddy, director of the Hawaii Department of Health (2011–2013) * Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole, Hawaiian princess * Rosalie Keliʻinoi, first elected female Hawaii Territorial legislator in 1925 *

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, first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Hawai'i (1978–1982) *

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, Hawaiian princess * Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, early female judge and cultural writer of Hawaii * Faith Rivera, singer-songwriter * Shanlyn A. S. Park, Judge, U.S District Court for the District of Hawaii

Notes and references

External links

Sacred Hearts Alumni Reunions and Information

Sacred Hearts Alumni Community

Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
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History

Filming location

Alumnae

See also

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