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 …
This morning, the middle school held its biennial Thanksgiving Breakfast and Chapel. This event has been a tradition for the middle school for over 22 years. Students, their families, and middle school staff and faculty gather for a potluck breakfast before attending chapel together. Middle school principal George Honzaki said, “My favorite thing from this …
Seven HBA students explored Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands this spring break as research volunteers with Ecology Project International (EPI) for HBA’s first ever school trip to South America, conducting research and learning about ecology of the islands. For science teacher and trip leader Claire Mitchell, the trip was a fulfillment of a long time dream. “With …
On March 5, the sophomore class travelled to Pearl Harbor for a U.S. History 10 field trip. There, they learned about Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, visiting various memorials honoring those who lost their lives. Students later boarded the USS Missouri, where they participated in a ceremony honoring those who lost their lives serving our …
Living on an Island in the middle of the Pacific ocean, there is no shortage of beautiful places to visit. Magnificent sunrises greet us as we wake up in the morning and in the evening an elegant sunset is there to end the day. I encourage others to leave home and go out into nature. …
Since elementary school, the senior Class of 2018 has been characterized by their teachers and peers as a boisterous, energetic, sometimes overbearing but always spirited group of students. English teacher Faye Takushi remembers meeting students of the class when they were at the elementary campus. "They were a highly relational group of students who enjoyed …
On Thursday, February 15, the class of 2020 stuffed into three buses for their annual Sophomore camp. This year's theme was "Love," which focused on how God is reflected through humanity's five love languages. Throughout the week the sophomores enjoyed both personal testimonies from their advisors and special messages from Pastor RJ that focused on …
The atmosphere inside the gym was electric as classes readied for the final showdown of an already intense Spirit Week 2018. Yet while the inter-grade competitiveness proved no different than years past, Friday's assembly placed special emphasis on school unity. So this year instead of Platform Jam, which was moved to Wednesday's assembly, each class's …
Of all the days in Spirit Week, Thursday has always been the most anticipated, hectic, and action packed, for at the end of the day, each class is tasked with presenting their respective pepper squads.
In an astounding turn of events, the end of the third day of Spirit Week 2018 found the sophomore, senior, and junior classes in a tight race for the coveted Mana Cup due to an unexpected upset during Wednesday's main event: the Platform Jam. For this competition, classes were given one minute to stuff as …
