This year a few HBA faculty members—who, combined, have worked at HBA for 69 years—will be retiring. Past elementary school students will remember having lunch in Mrs. Murphy’s room, or learning how to play the recorder or square dance in Mrs. Lovett’s music class. Students of Mr. Hu remember his anecdotes filled with humor and …
This coming August, HBA plans on bringing back all students for in-person classes with only one day of online learning. The school will continue its current safety protocols for students on campus. According to high school principal Marsha Hirae, masks will be required, temperatures will be taken in the mornings, regular hand sanitizing and washing …
Spirit Week results were announced virtually today by the student council. More details to come later today. Final standings:1st: Seniors (239 pts)2nd: Sophomore (183 pts)3rd: Juniors (165 pts)4th: 8th grade (130 pts)5th: Freshmen (125 pts)6th: 7th grade (119 pts)
Last Wednesday, HBA won the Best-in-State in the 53rd Annual Hawaii High School Journalism Awards — for the seventh year in a row. HBA’s Eagle Eye team gathered together in a socially-distanced lunch to watch the awards ceremony virtually, waiting with anticipation until HBA was declared the overall winner over 11 other schools, both private …
When school resumed after spring break, there were many changes on campus. In addition to a new artificial lawn by the senior pavilion and sleek new cafeteria doors, seventh through ninth grade students were back on campus together instead of being split up into Alpha-Omega groups. As announced via email by HBA President Ron Shiira, …
Spirit Week is going to play out much differently this year than years past. Each class will have their own Spirit Day assembly this week consisting of an assembly in the gym, an advisor water balloon toss, a flag relay race, a donut-on-a-string eating contest, and Kona Ice and pastry snacks to end the day. …
Last spring, ILH directors weren't sure whether or not there would be a competitive cross-country season, but fortunately for the dedicated runners on the HBA team, this past March has brought a handful of modified races. Although runners must wear masks and are only allowed to race with their own team, it seems as though …
Following the abrupt release of her surprise album, folklore, nobody suspected Taylor Swift to pull a similar stunt just six months later with the release of folklore’s sister album evermore. I certainly wasn’t, but it was not an unwelcome surprise. In fact, I personally enjoyed evermore more than I enjoyed its predecessor, because evermore presents …
At the start of fourth quarter, every HBA campus will be using a screen-monitoring tool called Classwize. Classwize allows teachers and administrators to view and guide students’ online activity on school-issued Chromebooks. In an email announcement sent to parents and guardians, the school administrations said that the purpose of Classwize is “to help their students …
HBA senior Johnson Lin describes the college decision period as an anxious one, especially the last hours leading up to the final verdict. "I remember thinking if I get in, I get in, and if I didn't then that's okay," he said, all the while refreshing his email inbox over and over instead of paying …
