After a week of intense competition, the Class of 2019 emerged as the overall winners of Spirit Week 2019, taking the Mana Cup in their first Spirit Week win. The juniors and sophomores took second and third place, respectively. The seniors managed to seize first place in the Class Banner, Mascot, NHS Donation Drive and …
Spirit Week excitement continued on Thursday as each grade presented their Pepper Squad routines. Since the last quarter, classes have been gearing up and preparing for their Pepper Squad performances. The Pepper Squad is a seven-minute skit performance which incorporates musical, dance, and often comedic elements that showcase the Spirit Week theme. This year’s theme …
At the the end of the third day of Spirit Week 2019, the senior and junior classes are tied in a tight race for the coveted Mana Cup after the day's main event: Platform Jam. Each grade had one minute to fit as many students as possible onto a platform and then remain on the …
Classes competed today in Capture the Flag. The game was played in three rounds: boys, girls, and mixed. Each class fielded two boys and two girls. Here is the latest tally: Dress-Up (Tourist Tuesday): 5th: Seventh grade (79%) 4th: Eighth grade (96%) 3rd: Freshmen (97%) 2nd: Sophomores (98%) 1st: Tie between seniors and juniors (100%) …
HBA’s 2019 Spirit Week—themed "Sidekick Story"—officially began this week Monday, January 7, with a lot of fierce competition. Groups of middle and high school students formed individual squads and came to school dressed up in costumes reflecting one theme. For instance, the entire senior class banded together and all showed up to campus as “senior …
On September 30, students from the Japanese 3, Japanese 4, and AP Japanese classes flew to Japan and explored the food, sights, and language of the beautiful country. The ten-day trip took students to places like Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, and Hiroshima. The first day of the trip was mostly spent traveling on a nine hour …
From September 29 to October 11, a group of HBA Soldiers of Light (SOL) and Halau members traveled to Texas and Oklahoma to perform for and worship with members of the Mainland Advisory Council. Choir director Todd Yokotake prepared the group for multiple performances in churches and care homes, and they also visited several colleges …
This past October, HBA’s varsity girls team for cross country made history by being the first HBA team to win the Cross Country Division 2 State Championship title. Junior Kacie Kwan also won the individual title of Girls ILH Champion with an outstanding time of 20:19. The boys varsity team also defended their Division 2 …
With only four weeks left before Spirit Week 2019, middle and high school students at HBA are hard at work, eagerly preparing for the highly anticipated week full of competition and fun. Student council president Rena Takatsuka explained that this year’s theme of Sidekick Stories was chosen at one of the student council’s brainstorming sessions …
Three HBA students performed with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra at the Hawaii Youth Symphony’s Side by Side concert at the Blaisdell Concert Hall on Thursday, October 26. Sitting among musicians from Hawaii’s premier professional symphony, Natalie Narito (‘20), Vincent Ogasawara (‘20), and Aaron Omon (‘22), members of the Hawaii Youth Symphony I (HYSI), performed four …
