"Scoop" Shot lifts HPA on Senior Night
The clock expired after HPA senior Jonas Skupeika (Kaunas, Lithuania) hit a floater in the lane to give his team the home win over Pahoa High School (Daggers) 38-36 on Senior Night, February 6. In what...
View ArticleA Senior Send-Off
By Sydney Cooper '16The atmosphere was buzzing with excitement and school spirit down at the soccer pitch on Tuesday, February 2, as the Ka Makani Boy's senior soccer game played their final regular...
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By Jordan Virtue '16The HPA girls soccer team's seventh consecutive Division II BIIF championship win on February 6 is extraordinary by any standards. The feat is even more impressive, however, with an...
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Three Seniors Named Finalists in 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program
Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy (HPA) seniors Tristan Kilkenny, Jordan Virtue, and Will White have been named finalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Martin Ferrell, HPA's dean of...
View ArticleVIPs Visit Village Campus
Very important people, none other than 85 grandparents, visited students grades K-5 at the Village Campus on February 12. They came from near (Kamuela) and far (Japan and the mainland) especially for...
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HPA Community Book Club Meeting Is March 10, 2016
The Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy Community Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, in the Dyer Memorial Library, Upper Campus. Community Book Club meetings are free and open to the public....
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Middle School Students Participate in 2016 Hawaiʻi District Science and...
Five Middle School students were invited to participate in the 2016 East Hawaiʻi District Science and Engineering Fair held at the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo on Saturday, February 13. HPA...
View ArticleTwenty-Third Annual 'Ukulele Festival - "Beach Boys: The California Sound"
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beach Boysʻ seminal album, Pet Sounds, the theme of Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academyʻs 23rd Annual 'Ukulele Festival is "Beach Boys: The California Sound." The...
View ArticleGrammy Award-Winning Songwriter Visits Lower School
On February 16 and 17, students in grades K-5 enjoyed working with Red Grammer whose songs about oneness, character, conflict resolution, and community are popular around the world. Grammer spent time...
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Students Present at International Sea Turtle Symposium
Three Hawai'i Preparatory Academy students will travel to Peru to present their projects at the 36th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation February 29- March 4.The students, eighth...
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Themes of Joy
Jordan Virtue '16 Helicopters whir over campus, students shout with delight soaring across lush gulches on a zip-lining adventure, fresh ingredients sizzle in preparation of a delicious lunch, and...
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Fed Cup Tennis: A Student's Perspective
By Jordan Virtue '16I had a highly unusual 2016 Super Bowl weekend. It was spent with Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens, Coco Vandeweghe, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Some of these names may be more...
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HPA Junior Named To USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team
HPA junior Jackson Evans earned a spot on the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America (SAA) Team with a time of 58.59 in the men's 100 yard butterfly while maintaining a 4.0 GPA during the 2014-2015 school...
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Lupe Diaz Named State Winner Of Of High School Coach Of The Year Award For...
Lupe Diaz, veteran boys cross country coach at HPA, was recently named a state winner in the second annual High School Coach of the Year awards program for cross country. The award sponsor, U.S. Track...
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Here's What Happens When HPA Students Intern With an Editor of the Washington...
By Kate Sensenig '16 As a new senior at HPA, I have been amazed at the opportunities I have been given within just a single semester. I've acted in student videos, performed stand-up comedy, and surfed...
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Gaining Altitude: The Washington Post at HPA
From HPA's Digital Journalism Class, edited by Jordan Virtue '16 Students of the HPA Digital Journalism class were privileged to have Fred Barbash, creator and editor of the Washington Post's Morning...
View ArticleOlympics 2016 Day 1: Let the Games Begin!
By Chris Rowe '16Monday March 7. The last Monday before spring break. The last day of classes. All of HPA is jittery. The feet of students tap ceaselessly as their vigilant eyes command the clock to...
View ArticleOlympics Day 2: From Campus to the Beach
By Benjamin Newton-McGrathMovement and form are the two words that sum up the second day of HPA Olympic events. As the events continue and competition between grades grow, hundreds of students flocked...
View ArticleOlympics Day 3: The Final Countdown!
By Alexa Montenegro '16The final day of the HPA Olympics, Wednesday March 9, kicked off with Circle Sit, where students from all classes embodied skyhigh sportsmanship and enthusiasm in their efforts...
View ArticleOlympics Day 3: A Night of Song, Dance, and Unity
By Alexa Montenegro '16Minutes before the show started, students quickly filled in GPAC's empty gaps. There were no predefined seating arrangements, just friends sitting with friends whether they were...
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