The following is a response to two student editorials on the recent change to the school’s handbook policy regarding “zero-tolerance offenses.” To see an explanation of the original decision, click here. First off, I wanted to take the time to thank Danielle Woo and Alex Mai for their well-thought and articulate editorials. As I stated …
From the April/May Eagle Eye Print Edition | By Vice Principal Ryan Frontiera In this month’s print edition of the Eagle Eye there are two editorials regarding the recent change to HBA’s automatic dismissal policy in the case of a zero-tolerance offense. While the student pieces will no doubt raise good questions, I was asked …
From the April/May Eagle Eye Print Edition On February 14, 2014, HBA administration enacted a landmark decision when it changed its Zero Tolerance Policy from an automatic dismissal to a case-by-case review. That decision, in my opinion, was a foolish one. Perhaps one can analyze the context of the decision and defend the administration. A recent …
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, …
By Kayci Kumashiro ('17) | Junior Staff Writer Metal lockers line the walls of hallways as they are filled with jovial chatter about summer vacation. Folders, papers, and pencils, still in their original packaging, are stacked neatly on shelves. It was August 2013, the start of a new school year at HBA, and for 122 students, …
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: 1. When students ask, "Did I miss anything?" …
Just like the teachers here at HBA, high school students were also asked to express any pet peeves they have when it comes to teachers. This is what they had to say: 1. I dislike when teachers favor certain students just because they do better in that class. It doesn’t give the other students …
Hawaii Baptist Academy's Eagle Eye newspaper and website staff won six state awards and finished third place overall at the 45th annual Hawaii High School Journalism Awards. By Bryn Yasui ('14) & Joshua Fasi ('15) Students from both public and private schools gathered for the awards luncheon in the Pagoda Hotel Ballroom on April 23 …
The 2014-2015 Student Body election results are in. After hearing what the candidates had to say at a special assembly on Tuesday, students voted for who they saw fit to run the next student council. PRESIDENT Jantzen Nakai ('16) VICE PRESIDENT Joshua Kishaba ('15) CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Rylie Sumimoto ('15) RECORDING SECRETARY Sydney Lau ('15) TREASURER …
