Damien Memorial School

Damien Memorial High School
Address
1401 Houghtailing Street Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817  United States
Coordinates	21°19′52″N 157°52′04″W / 21.33124°N 157.86781°W / 21.33124; -157.86781Coordinates: 21°19′52″N 157°52′04″W / 21.33124°N 157.86781°W / 21.33124; -157.86781
Information
Type	Private, All-Male
Established	1962
President	Bernard Ho
Principal	Peter Zawot
Enrollment	580  (2008)
Color(s)	Mauve and Gold
Team name	Monarchs
Accreditation(s)	Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Website	http://www.damien.edu

Damien Memorial School is a private Roman Catholic prep-school for grades 6-12 located in Kalihi, Oahu, a section of Honolulu, Hawaii. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, the school is sponsored by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.^[2]

History and origins

At the end of World War II, the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu saw the need for a second Catholic School on Oahu. The new school was named after the saint Damien de Veuster who was a local priest. The Congregation of Christian Brothers, students, and parents volunteered to turn the land, which included 4 acres (16,000 m²) of taro patches and a good deal of uneven swampland into a school campus, because the company that started the construction on Damien went bankrupt.^[3]

Alumni

Famous alumni include:

• William Joseph Hill (1987), Actor, "A Cigar at the Beach","Wipeout"

References

1. ^ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". http://www.acswasc.org/directory_search.cfm. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
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3. ^ The Companies We Keep by Bob Sigall and his students at Hawaii Pacific University