On August 2, HBA students woke up, dressed in uniforms, and reported to the first day of the new school year while many other private school students remained asleep in their beds. While some private schools only begin school in late August, HBA's school year begins in the first week of August and includes a …
There are nine new teachers and staff at the middle and high school this year. To help the student body get to know them a little better, the Eagle Eye asked them to share a few things with us about themselves. English teacher David McElrath, who is teaching English 10 and 12, spent his childhood …
Not since the spring of 2020 had HBA students attended in-person school five days a week. Thus on August 2, as students arrived for the 2021-2022 school year, there was an added sense of newness as the schoool scheduled resumed with a regular in-person school for all students, every day. Last school year was a …
As students emerge from a year of pandemic related quarantines, many still have questions about their safety, along with how things will be run from this point forward. With HBA now having its students attend in-person school all together, and the rapid spread of the COVID Delta variant, a variety of concerns have risen about …
With a late start to the in-person school year, many sports like volleyball have had their seasons delayed. Tryouts for girls volleyball, which are usually done in the fall, took place in March this year, alongside the boys tryouts. The combined season of girls and boys volleyball started in the beginning of March and ended …
HBA’s junior-senior banquet, commonly referred to as prom, was not held in a hotel or a resort this year. Instead on April 24, juniors and seniors, dressed in their formal wear, arrived at the high school mall and gym for a banquet unlike any other. Planning this year’s banquet was much more complicated than previous …
The class of 2021 has experienced a year no other senior class has ever experienced before. Online classes, modified sports seasons, and cancelled events are just a few of the many changes culminating in a very unexpected and often dissappointing year for this year's graduating class. However, many of my classmates have made a concerted …
Students voted for next year's high school student council officers today. Here are the results: Treasurer: Timothy ShimizuRecording Secretary: Ella LimCorresponding Secretary: Jolie WongVice-President: Ryan FukuiPresident: Aaron Omon Watch their election speeches here.
The 2021-2022 Student Council Elections will take place on Monday, May 3 via online voting. Voting forms will be emailed to students. Below are the speeches from the candidates running for office.President: Aaron OmonVice-President: Ryan FukuiCorresponding Secretary: Randie Lueder and Jolie WongRecording Secretary: Caley Chun and Ella LimTreasurer: Timothy Shimizu and Mia Takahashi
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 …
