Hawaii Baptist Academy's Eagle Eye news staff took home 25 awards as well as placed first in state overall at the 2015 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards. Every year the Hawaii Publishing Association, Star Advertiser, and Midweek hold an awards luncheon for journalism students in both public and private schools. The banquet was held at the Pagoda …
I used to be quite the reclusive homebody. However, I began venturing out more as I got older, and with that, trying new eateries. I love trying different foods and experiencing the different flavors around us. I hope to share experiences and recommendations, as well as keep an open mind and palette to the treasures …
Starting the new school year, HBA administration will implement a weekly Z Period that is mandatory for all students involved in romantic relationships with other currently enrolled students. “These periods will be a time for students to receive a more in-depth look at our rules regarding public displays of affection,” explains a counselor involved in …
Basorexia - noun; the overwhelming desire to kiss someone. Ever heard that term before? It wasn’t until recently that I realized how horribly small my vocabulary is when it comes to obscure, technical terms for, well, everything. Words like ‘basorexia’ have been showing up all over social media sites like Tumblr and Instagram as fun, …
HBA students share their experiences during the start of the 2014-2015 school year. They reflect on the challenges they faced on the first day back to school, adventures over the summer, and even share their Man-Crush-Mondays/Woman-Crush-Wednesdays. Video edited by Danielle Woo ('15) Filmed by Karly Tom ('17), Kylie Yamauchi ('16), Blaise Takushi ('16), Kylie Takai ('15), Sarah …
You’ve heard this before: Adults complaining that life has been taken over by computers and social networking, and that we are now walking zombies glued to our smartphones. The older they are, the more begrudging these techno-critics seem to be toward today’s advancements. But is technology really ruining generations to come? Is it the cause …
Eagle Eye staff demonstrate a few basic self-defense moves that you can learn. Produced by the Online News Class, Semester 2, 2014. Edited by Danielle Woo (’15) Filmed by Kyle Kadomoto (’14), Kara Marushige (’15), Jaryd Sugihara (’15), Danielle Woo (’15) & Kylie Yamauchi (’16).
From the April/May Eagle Eye Print Edition. We tend to see grace and justice as opposing concepts, each giving a different view to the same situation, like two different kinds of lenses. Justice is the objective lens, shaped by a concrete set of rules that determine what you deserve based on values. Grace, on the …
It’s often mistaken that complimenting someone means that you are required to discredit your own abilities in order to make it sincere. You enter a pathway of telling someone how good they are at something, but spiral down the road until it’s about how you don’t measure up or about your flaws. At this point, …
Teaching definitely has its favorable moments but teachers have no shortage of personal pet peeves when it comes to their daily interactions with students. Some HBA high school teachers were asked to share what specifically irked them during the school day. Here's what they had to say: [two_third] 1. When students ask, "Did I …
