St. Andrew's Priory School
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224 Queen Emma Square Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813 United States |
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| Type | private, College-prep |
| Motto | Kulia I Ka Nuʻu Strive for the Highest |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Established | 1867 |
| Head of school | Ruth R. Fletcher, Ph.D. |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Number of students | 550 (approx.) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Athletics conference | Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) |
| Nickname | "Pride" |
| Newspaper | Ke Kukui |
| Yearbook | Ka Alele |
| Website | http://www.priory.net/ |
St. Andrew's Priory School is a private all-girls college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1867 by Queen Emma Kaleleonālani, wife of King Kamehameha IV, the school enrolls students in kindergarten through grade 12. The enrollment is 550, with a student-teacher ratio of 8 to 1. Today, the school is affiliated with the Episcopal Church (United States). It is administered by a Board of Trustees and is the oldest all-girls school in Hawai'i. More than half the faculty have advanced degrees and virtually 100% of graduates attend four-year colleges and universities across the country.
Raised in the Anglican faith, Queen Emma recognized the educational needs of the young women of Hawaiʻi and founded St. Andrew's Priory so that Hawaiian girls would receive an education equivalent to what was traditionally offered only to boys. Her mission of establishing a girls' school in Honolulu took her to England to seek the counsel of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Under his authority, the Sisters of the Church of England returned to Hawaiʻi with Queen Emma to begin their work.
The school opened on Ascension Day, May 30, 1867, under the direction of Queen Emma and Mother Priscilla Lydia Sellon of the Society of the Most Holy Trinity of Davenport, England. In 1902, the Episcopal Church of the United States assumed administrative control of the school. Until 1969, the Priory was run by the Sisters of the American Order of the Transfiguration. Since 1969 the school has been led by a headmaster. Father Fred 'Fritz' G. Minuth was the Priory's first headmaster from 1969 until he was succeeded by Father David K. Kennedy in 1981. As of 2009[update] the headmaster was Sandra J. Theunick. The current Priory Head of School is Ruth R. Fletcher, Ph.D. The Priory remains as an all-girls school.
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