ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Where: 2340 'Omilo Lane, Honolulu

Grade span: Pre-kindergarten through eighth grade

Enrollment: 238 students

Race/ethnicity enrollment: Filipino, 54 percent; white, 10 percent; part-Hawaiian, 6 percent; Hispanic, 6 percent; other, 24 percent

Special-education students: None

Computers on campus: 15 computers in a lab, 10 in the library and learning center, 1 in each classroom and sixth- graders each have a laptop.

Principal: Sister Marylou Superio

School nickname: Monarchs

School colors: Gold and green

What are you most proud of? "Our strong Catholic identity," Superio said. "We have a strong family spirit among administrators, teachers and staff, students and parents."

What is your biggest challenge? "To be able to give the best service to our students in terms of academic excellence, spiritual development and financial viability," Superio said.

Special events: School Mass, Christmas presentations, Family Fun Fair, school picnic, May Day celebrations, extracurricular banquet, Christmas caroling, Catholic Schools Week, basketball, volleyball and the end-of-school picnic.

History: The school opened in 1959 and was originally built under the seventh pastor of the parish. The convent building was later added and completed in 1962. The Maryknoll sisters opened and staffed the school from 1959 to 1976. Since then the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines have taken over operation of the school.

Web address: www.sjbshawaii.net

Phone: 808-841-5551