What are you most proud of? "We are a small school that thinks big and have a dedicated faculty and staff committed to providing an affordable quality education," said St. Anthony School Principal Bridget Olsen. "Our curriculum centers on the development of the whole child and includes spiritual growth, the arts, foreign language, technology, physical education, athletics and diverse after-school activities."

What is your biggest challenge? "Having enough resources to realize our dreams for the school, which include a facility that would accommodate a gym, pool, performing arts and a community center," Olsen said.

Special events: Blessing of the Animals, in the courtyard following Mass in October; a Christmas program that combines band, singing, narrated story reflecting on Christmas and Advent themes; Catholic Schools Week; wine-tasting and silent auction fundraiser held each spring.

AT A GLANCE

Where: 148 Makawao St., Kailua

Grade span: Kindergarten through eighth grade

Enrollment: 385 students

Race/ethnicity enrollment: white, about 56 percent; part-Hawaiian, 13 percent; Hispanic, 5 percent; Japanese, 4 percent; Filipino, 4 percent; and other, 18 percent.

Computers: About 60 on campus.

Principal: Bridget Olsen, three years at the school

School nickname: Warriors

School colors: Blue and red

History: The church was established in 1952; St. Anthony is O'ahu's oldest Windward-area private Catholic school.

Well-known alumni: The Very Rev. Marc Alexander of the Roman Catholic Church in Hawai'i.

Web address: www.saskailua.org

Phone: 261-3331

Reach Suzanne Roig at sroig@honoluluadvertiser.com.