Damien Memorial School in Kalihi has taken a new name, Saint Damien School, in a move its community is treating as a fresh chapter rather than a break with the past.

• The renaming marks 17 years since Saint Damien was canonized.
• Students, alumni, and neighbors gathered for a mass honoring his work with Hawaii's outcast sick.
• The school's motto, "act courageously," was held up as the link between his sacrifice and students today.
• Campus plans are moving too: a bigger multi-sport field for home football and flag football games.
• An existing kitchen may become a culinary classroom to broaden what students can learn.

Outlook: The field expansion and culinary classroom are the next steps to watch as the school builds out under its new name.