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Maryknoll High School Curriculum

As Hawaii’s largest private Catholic school with more than 90 years of academic excellence, we empower students to customize their college prep pathway through our diverse, project-based and passion-driven classes, clubs and teams. In keeping with our Philosophy of Education, students are welcomed into a small school setting where personal development and scholastic achievement are emphasized equally.

THE SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF MARYKNOLL GRADUATES

These six characteristics represent the foundation of what is provided by a Maryknoll Education to students.

Independent Learners

Effective Communicators

Goal-Setting Navigators

Community Collaborators

Spiritual Stewards

Have Technical Plasticity

1. INDEPENDENT LEARNING

Maryknoll students learn to independently use digital, social, and community networks locally and worldwide. They develop their methods to find information and solutions to real-world problems and questions.

Real-world projects are the backbone of Maryknoll’s curriculum. Throughout high school, students have many opportunities to research, experiment, and present on their chosen topics, ranging from science to history.
The senior capstone project is the culmination of a Maryknoll Education. Each student creates an interdisciplinary project that includes research, analysis, and a real-world or community service component. Students present and defend their findings to an audience of peers and faculty judges.

Kimberly Guevara ’19 and Kylie Guieb ’19 created their own skincare line for their senior capstone project.

Our flexible schedule empowers students to manage their own time, meet with teachers during office hours, and focus on independent projects outside of the classroom. Advisors provide guidance during mandatory study halls, and adjust requirements as students demonstrate readiness for responsibility.
Our Early College Program, through partnerships with Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and the University of Hawai'i (UH) System in the Spring 2024 term, provides eligible students with the opportunity to enroll in college classes and earn dual credit as part of their high school coursework.

All students must meet the general requirements which are to be enrolled as a full-time student, be in good academic and character standing, and be in good financial standing with school payments and tuition.

There is an interview and application process to participate in the HPU AA/Dual Credit Program. Students who are accepted attend classes on the HPU campus in the fall and spring semesters.

For interested and qualified juniors and seniors who enroll in an early college class through UH, they attend classes that are taught by the college professor and are held on the high school campus. There are some classes that are offered asynchronously.

Our Maryknoll graduates are continuing at universities, including UH Mānoa, HPU, Stanford University, Columbia University, UC Berkeley, and Cornell University.