For the first full week of the third quarter HBA students competed in the annual Spirit Week. As students from middle to high school joined together to promote school spirit, each grade set out to best the others’ performance for the grand prize: the Mana Cup.
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 …
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 …
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 …
This fall, the student council organized an Olympics-themed intramural that spanned two weeks. Students formed teams of seven and competed against each other in handball and dodgeball games. To determine the winner, the the overall top three teams advanced to the relay race phase, where Team Yessai defeated its competitors to take the win in the end. …
On Thursday, September 22, 2016, the freshman class boarded three buses to travel to Pu'u Kahea Conference Center in Waianae for a three-day camp. There, students got a chance to fellowship and relax as well as to learn more about Jesus' crucifixion and the significance of His sacrifice. Photographs by Kaycee Nakashima ('20) and Joel Lau …
On August 26, the Advanced Mixed Media and Basic Mixed Media classes visited the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House to view the current exhibit, Plastic Fantastic?, and made a lei out of household plastic items. Through various displays, the students learned about the good, the bad, and the future of plastic.
On May 5-7, 2016 the theatre class presented their annual spring play at the HBA Elementary auditorium. Showings on Thursday and Saturday featured the Varsity cast while Friday featured the Junior Varsity cast. Titled "Most Likely To: Senior Superlative Monologues," the play was set around monologues of high school graduates and featured all types of students including …
