Our journey to the United Kingdom began at 5:00 AM at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport as 45 bleary-eyed but chipper students dragged their luggage across the airport, eager to begin their English Literature adventure. After about 26 hours of travel—including two flights, two transits, a brief confrontation between Frankfurt’s airport security and an …
2023 started off with a bang at the middle and high school with Spirit Week on the second week of the semester. This year’s theme was “Before They Were Famous,” which featured what fast food chain mascots were doing before the chains became multi-billion dollar businesses. Every day that week, grades 9 through 12 came together …
On February 9, 2023, the boys varsity basketball team played Kohala in the semi-finals of the Heide & Cook/Division II boys basketball championships. The Eagles lost 45-61 to Kohala and finished fourth in the championship. Photographs by Brendan Aoki ('24).
Bleachers shook, crowds clapped, and chanting filled the air...two years ago. Spirit Week was one of HBA’s most exciting times of the year until Covid-19 ended all-school assemblies. In the last two years, HBA's Spirit Week has struggled to retain its excitement as it adapted to pandemic-related restrictions. This excitement was precisely what HBA’s student council …
Hawaii Baptist Academy strove to put the “social” in social distancing in its 2021-22 Winter Banquet. The event took place at the Ko’olau Ballrooms on Saturday, February 5, with doors opening at 4:30 p.m. and closing five hours later. Close to 200 students booked their seats, eager for the school’s first off-campus dance in almost …
The boys varsity team finished 4th in the state championships this year, the highest placing (also in 2015 and 2008) for the school. Prior to the state championships, they capped off an impressive ILH season and finished on the top of the Division 2 league with a 10-1 record. Photo Gallery - HBA vs Hanalani …
Spirit Week took place from April 12 to 16 this year in a modified format. Seventh graders through seniors participated in separate grade-wide assemblies during the week, competing for points through events like capture the flag, donut eating, and advisor balloon toss. Here are some pictures from the week. Photographs by Justin Mayeshiro ('22), Brendan …
Even though the ILH season was cancelled for basketball this year, HBA ran a basketball "experience" for its athletes. At the start, the athletes began participating first in individual drills outdoors. Then they were allowed to move into the gym. Then they began drills where they were allowed to share basketballs. In mid February, they …
This year on April 22, most of us in the United States will be celebrating Earth Day at home. The COVID-19 stay-at-home order in Hawaii, which began at the end March, has halted all non-essential activities both indoors and outdoors. As we logged more and more hours staying-at-home, many of us have come to realize …
When I tell people that I only spend half the year with my father, they mostly come up with just these three conclusions: One: He is in the U.S. Military;Two: My parents are divorced; orThree: He is an absentee parent. Well, he is none of these things. My father is a ship captain for Matson, …
