On the final day of Spirit Week, students dressed in black, white, and gold to model the school's colors. Friday was each grade's final opportunity to earn points, and students scrambled to donate money to the NHS Ho'ola Na Pua fundraiser and prepare for that day's assembly, where they competed in the All School Cheer and the Platform Jam. For …
For many students, the highlight of Spirit Week is day four: Pepper Squad day. At HBA, Pepper Squad is a skit performed by each grade during Spirit Week meant to promote each grade's theme as well as to boost school spirit, hence the "pepper". Preparations begin in the second quarter, when the Student Council announces the …
Every year during Spirit Week, the middle and high school students raise money to donate to an organization. This year, the donations will go to Ho‘ola Na Pua, a local organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating underaged sex trafficked victims. The organization provides support and healing for girls, through health, education, advocacy and reintegration. NHS chose this organization because …
The third day of Spirit Week was a spectacular show of fashion faux pas. Mismatched prints, gaudy color combinations and simply awkward accessories ruled the day as all but one class rallied to pull off a perfect score for dress-up participation. Instead of an assembly activity, grade representatives competed in a trivia competition during lunch. Here …
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 …
