Business View Magazine | May/June 2022

93 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5 Medeiros emphasizes, “We believe that every child is wired differently, and they all come with their own gifts. Our job is to expose them to different areas of knowledge and we hope that in the process they will become proficient in each. But at least in one of those areas, we would like them to approach or reach mastery, because that is their God given talent. We call these our five A’s of Akua. Akua in Hawaii is God. We teach them about God through what the Marianists call the characteristics of a Marianist education. We talk about the importance of family spirit, about faith, about adaptation and change, but then we expose them to academics, to leadership, to athletics, to something we call Aloha, which is relationship-centered, and then the arts. We use our hands to represent the five A’s of Akua. The Akua is the palm and the other five A’s are represented by the fingers.” Summing up Saint Louis School, Dr. Medeiros states, “We are Catholic, we’re Marianist, but we’re Hawaiian also. We’re Hawaiian in a lot of the things that we do. So, I would say those three things are intertwined. The combination of those, and then being an all-boys school, you put all of that together and we have a school that has done very well in building leaders, and also having some wonderful athletes and artists that have made a difference in the world.” Moving into the future, Saint Louis School will continue offering a quality education – celebrating culture and remaining committed to being a school “where boys who want to change the world, become the men who do.” Let us take care of your group health insurance needs • Potential savings on insurance costs • No fixed enrollment period • Wide array of benefit plans • Value-added healthcare solutions Don’t delay … Contact us today! hmaa.com/healthplans • 808.791.7616 SA INT LOUI S SCHOOL