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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.〔http://www.priory.net/〕 More than half the faculty have advanced degrees and virtually 100% of graduates attend four-year colleges and universities across the country. ==History== Raised in the Anglican faith, Queen Emma recognized the educational needs of the young women of Hawaii 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 Hawaii 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.〔http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jul/12/ln/FP607120351.html〕〔http://www.holynativityhawaii.org/about/-staff.html〕 the headmaster is Sandra J. Theunick. The Priory remains as an all-girls school. In 1976, the school assumed non-profit corporation status with a Board of Trustees. The school's charter of incorporation provides a link with the Episcopal Church. In 2013, the St. Andrew's Schools were formed, bringing St. Andrew's Priory School under one umbrella with the existing co-ed Queen Emma Preschool and the newly created St. Andrew's Preparatory School for Boys (The Prep) for boys in elementary school.〔http://www.standrewsschools.org/〕 The school is located at 224 Queen Emma Square, and is named for the adjacent Saint Andrew's Cathedral, which was named for King Kamehameha IV (husband of Queen Emma Kaleleonālani), who died on November 30, 1863, the feast day of Saint Andrew. The current Board of Trustees is chaired by Dew-Anne Nishida Langcaon '81. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Andrew's Priory School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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