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Hawaii Preparatory Academy will offer a Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) course on the HPA campus during the 2011 fall semester. Analyzing and Writing Arguments (WRI 1100), which will run from September 6 to December 9, is open to Big Island juniors and seniors and adult community members.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Thirty-Fifth Annual Hunter Trials and Play Day will be held at Hawaii Preparatory Academy at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 8, at the school’s Upper Campus in Waimea. The Play Day show will begin at noon. “This show welcomes riders from throughout the state,” show manager Judy Folk said. Cathy Darrow, of Pepeekeo, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Preparatory Academy will present “Journey Through Broadway” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21 and Friday, April 22 at the school’s Gates Performing Arts Center. Tickets, which only are available at the door, are $10 for one night and $15 for both nights. “We have so much music to offer that each night […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker Ranch Foundation Trust (PRFT) has announced distributions for 2011 to its four beneficiaries totaling $2 million. This is the second consecutive annual distribution of $2 million. Bob Momsen, chairman of the board of North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc. (NHCH) said, “As proud as NHCH is of its recent progress in meeting the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s 19th Biennial Scholarship Auction is Saturday, April 9 at the Fairmont Orchid in the Mauna Lani Resort. Tickets are $150 per person and a limited number of table sponsorships still are available. Bank of Hawaii is the event’s lead sponsor. The biennial fundraiser is the brainchild of the late […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Second and third grade students at Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) will present “Of Mice and Mozart,” at 1:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. The musical performance, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Gates Performing Arts Center on the schools Upper Campus. “Of Mice and Mozart” is a rhyming […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Preparatory Academy Middle School Handbell Choir, under the direction of Georgia Polakova, will offer a series of free public performances to welcome the holiday season. The schedule is: * 9-10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 20, Parker School Farmers Market * 5:30-6:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 3, Parker Ranch Tree Lighting at Puuopelu * […]

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Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) is hosting an admission expo for prospective K-12 and post-graduate students and their families from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, November 3, at the school’s Castle Gym, located on the Upper Campus. HPA administrators, teachers, coaches, parents, students, and alumni will be on hand to speak with prospective students and […]

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Marc Rice, director of the Sea Turtle Research Program at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, recently assisted with the satellite tagging and release of eight three-year-old hawksbill turtles at the Underwater World Singapore. The international project was conducted in cooperation with Underwater World Singapore, the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Japan, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration […]

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Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Kulia Fund, has received a new major gift of $750,000 from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. HPA Headmaster Lindsay R. Barnes made the announcement. This three-year pledge, which follows a recent $400,000 gift, brings The Kulia Fund’s total in gifts and pledges to $2.3 million. The Kulia Fund’s goal is […]

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MEDIA RELEASE High school students and teachers from the Big Island, Maui, Oahu, and Colorado will gather at Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) June 1-4 for the Third Annual Student Congress on Sustainability 2010. About 80 students are expected to participate in the free, four-day event hosted by HPA and The Kohala Center. The mission of […]

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The Hawaii Preparatory Academy awarded diplomas to 76 members of the Class of 2010 at commencement exercises May 21 at Castle Gymnasium. Photos and video.

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DIVISION I ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 1st base: Brock Shishido, Baldwin 2nd base: Kaulana Ching, Baldwin 3rd base: Rick Nomura, Punahou Shortstop: Ryan Yamane, Punahou Catcher: Kaiana Eldredge, Punahou Outfield: Kainoa Crowell, Punahou Outfield: Michael Suiter, Punahou Outfield: Nikolas Alarcio, MPI Utility: Ryan Muraoka, MPI Pitcher: Chase Tokunaga, Baldwin Pitcher: Alakai Aglipay, Punahou Most Outstanding Player Zachery […]

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Hawaii Preparatory Academy will offer a summer basketball day camp for rising sixth through ninth grade students June 7-11 at the school’s Castle Gym. The camp will run from 1 to 4 p.m. There is a $65 fee for the camp, which includes a camp basketball.

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