Academic Overview

Academic Dean’s Office
Patricia Rickard, Academic Dean
1618 Lower Main Street
Wailuku, Hawaii 96793
(808) 244-4190 x222; (808) 242-8081 (fax)

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA), and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools (HAIS), Saint Anthony Junior Senior High School provides a college preparatory and comprehensive general education curriculum of the highest quality. We pride ourselves on our counseling and library services. Our student/teacher ratio is about 1:15, and over 98% of all Saint Anthony graduates continue on to college.

Saint Anthony offers an AB Block Schedule in which the school day is divided into three 85-minute instructional periods which meet on alternating days along with one traditional 50-minute period which meets daily. The school year is divided into two, eighteen week semesters. Students enroll in seven courses per semester for a total of fourteen per year. The daily schedule allows for in-depth, focused, and organized concentration on fewer subjects. Research has shown such a schedule to be positive for students and teachers.

 The AB Block Schedule can enhance the student’s academic environment in a number of ways, such as:

The AB Block Schedule can enhance the student’s academic environment in a number of ways, such as:

• Students concentrate on fewer courses per day

• Students spend less time changing classes, and teachers spend less time getting students settled and handling administrative tasks

• Sufficient class time for a variety of learning experiences

• Positive student/teacher interaction
• Increased attendance rates
• Improved discipline
• Greater opportunity for group work, problem solving, and project-based learning
• More course choices available to students each year