For the second day of Spirit Week, students dressed up as babies and toddlers. With bottles, bibs, and pacifiers galore, students reverted back to their younger years in their toddler themed clothes. To end the day, each grade competed in minute-long challenges against one another. From catching marshmallows, shooting rubber bands at cans to unravelling streamers …
On January 9, students of Hawaii Baptist Academy gathered together to celebrate the first day of Spirit Week, an annual tradition organized by the student council in which middle and high school grades compete together to determine which class has the most school spirit. On each day of the week, students compete to win points for their grade …
Spirit Week 2017 kicks off next week starting January 9 and ends with our annual Homecoming Games at the high school. Here's what you need to know to get in the spirit. All the best to everyone and may the Force be with all of you! THEME: OUT OF THIS WORLD! DRESS-UP DAYS & ACTIVITIES MONDAY: Genre …
Voices singing “where I come from” fill the room as actors crowd the stage. Each actor slowly goes down to the floor, and Anon gives his speech. The story begins, and the audience is taken on a journey. At the end of this past fall semester, the theater class performed the play Anonymous from December …
Seventy five years ago, fifteen year old Gayle Andersen witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor from her home on Hickam Field. At the time, her father, William Eugene Farthing, was the commanding officer on the Hickam base. She and her mother were initially evacuated to a friend's house in Honolulu before they ended up at the Nuuanu …
Andy Williams said it best: it sure is the most wonderful time of the year. The air is getting cooler (even in tropical Hawaii), a giant Mr. & Mrs. Claus can be spotted at the entrance of the Honolulu Hale, and the holiday spirit is almost infectious. Almost every convenience store has at least one …
In late October, the varsity boys basketball team began training for their upcoming season. They spent weeks conditioning in the weight room and the gym before playing their first game of the season, which was against Lanai High School on November 17. The Eagles scored a 70-43 win over Lanai. The new season has inspired some players …
The holiday season has finally arrived and food is on everyone’s mind. Personally, I start dreaming about buttery mashed potatoes, juicy turkey, candied yams, but after that Thanksgiving feast, I can never forget about dessert. For the past 10 years, my dad and I have been making spice cake for the holidays. The Spice Cake …
On Friday, October 26, Hawaii Baptist Academy held its first ever Sock Hop. That evening, approximately 100 students from grades 9 through 12 participated in a 1950s themed dance in the gym. Dressed in era-appropriate costumes and hairstyles, attendees enjoyed burgers, hot dogs, and potato wedges for dinner, and then hopped onto the dance floor …
From September 26 to October 6, a group of 66 HBA Japanese language students headed west to the land of the rising sun, Japan. The purpose of this trip was to allow students the opportunity to explore a foreign country, immerse themselves in a new culture, and practice their Japanese. The students visited many places …
