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MEDIA RELEASE Want to go to Mars? The journey there is already happening. Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s top science students are monitoring and maintaining a key link in a long-term experiment to prepare for the first future human missions to the Red Planet. HPA’s science students are in charge of the instrumentation for the HI-SEAS (Hawaii […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Two Big Island high school seniors have been named 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Zoe Sims, 17, of Hawaii Preparatory Academy, and Paul Gregg, 17, of Parker School, were the only two students included in the list from Hawaii. They were among the 141 students recognized for their accomplishments in academics or the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Looking for an exciting way to spend the summer? Experience summer at HPA! Summer programs are open to all—from toddlers to students entering grade 12. For registration and information about these and other summer programs, contact the Auxiliary Programs Office at 808-881-4088 or summer@hpa.edu. Mini-Stars Tennis: May 27-August 16 Junior Tennis: May 28-August […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Zoe Sims, a senior at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, has been named one of about 550 semifinalists in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from more than 3,900 candidates on the basis of superior achievements, leadership qualities, personal character, and involvement in community and school activities. Sims is the school’s […]

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MEDIA RELEASE “The Magic of Motown” is the theme of this year’s Twentieth Annual Ukulele Festival at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. The special twentieth anniversary event is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2. The performance, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Gates Performing Arts Center, located at HPA’s Upper Campus. More […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Ka Makani Players present Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at the school’s Gates Performing Arts Center. Tickets, which only are available at the door, are $10 for adults and $5 for students. HPA theatre instructor Marina Tichotsky is the director, with set and lighting design by […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) is hosting a series of admission events for prospective K-12 and post-graduate students. Experience Kindergarten, for prospective kindergarteners and their families, is 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 at the Village Campus. Students and families will meet kindergarten teacher Hope Soo, and observe her kindergarten class. Soo also will meet […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Zoe Sims, a senior at Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), has been named a semifinalist in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Martin Ferrell, HPA’s dean of academics, made the announcement. Sims will continue in the competition for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Andrew Kelsey, director of college counseling at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, has been invited to serve as a member of the Government Relations Committee of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC). Kelsey will serve a three-year term beginning in October 2012. NACAC’s Government Relations committee works at both the state and national […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gregory Mooers has been named chairman of the board of trustees at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Mooers will serve a two-year term, effective July 1, 2012. Outgoing chair Laurie Ainslie will remain on the board. Mooers, a Waimea resident, joined the board in September 2003. He has extensive experience in West Hawaii real estate […]

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MEDIA RELEASE In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, announced Shane Brostek of Hawaii Preparatory Academy as its 2011-2012 Gatorade Hawaii Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Brostek is the first Gatorade Hawaii Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii CHPS Criteria (HI-CHPS), a resource used to design and construct healthy, high performance, green schools, has been released for public use. Hawaii becomes the 13th state to adopt a CHPS high performance school Criteria. HI-CHPS was approved by the Board of Directors of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, a national […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Two Hawaii schools — Ewa Makai Middle School and Hawaii Preparatory Academy — were among 78 U.S Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools announced during Earth Week that were recognized at a national ceremony June 4 in Washington, D.C. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined White House CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley, EPA […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Heartbreak for No. 3 seed Kamehameha Schools Hawaii in the boys volleyball Division I finals as No. 1 Punahou hung on to take the fifth and deciding set, 15-13. However, Kamehameha’s Evan Enriques earned individual honors and was named the Division I Most Outstanding Player for the tournament. Teammate Daniel Aina, Jr. […]

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