Hawaii Baptist Academy high school students started off the new year with their annual Spirit Week competitions. This year's theme was "Why So Salty?" which focused on the origin stories of many notable Disney villains. This year, the class of 2018 finally seized the coveted Mana Cup after two straight years of heartbreaking second-place finishes. …
Christian Emphasis Week (CEW) kicked off the second quarter for the middle and high school campuses. Main guest speaker Emily Kiaha (YoungLife Area Director) spoke on the theme of “Wonder Why” during chapels that week, looking into the Gospels to answer questions like "Why Jesus" and "Why Me". Throughout the week, students attended a variety …
Freshman Johnson Lin is a Rubik's Cube afficionado. For him, solving a Rubik's Cube is simply a matter of permutations. For many of us, however, it remains a frustrating puzzle. Lin's video is a quick demonstration on how to solve a cube. If you'd like more lessons, there are lots of how-to videos out there …
Not far from HBA's Nuuanu campus lies the lush Nuuanu Watershed area, which features the Nuuanu reservoir and is surrounded by a number of hiking trails. One of these trails—the Lulumahu Trail— takes hikers to the Lulumahu Falls and has become a popular hike with locals and tourists. The trail boasts views of the scenic …
Are you having trouble opening your HBA school locker? Don't know which way to turn the lock or how many times to turn it? This short video will show you how. Filmed and edited by Kaycee Nakashima ('20).
Thursday, May 25 marked the last day of high school for HBA's graduating class of 2017. As the seniors made their official exit from the high school campus, middle and high school students, teachers and staff gathered to send them off and wish them well on the next chapter of their lives.
Filmed during the the second semester of the 2016-17 school year, this short documentary takes a look at what happens during the high school Wind Ensemble class. Featuring interviews with student musicians and band director Brad Shimizu, the film explores the expectations and challenges of being in the most advanced group of musicians in the …
See what happened behind the scenes during Spirit Week 2017 and hear student council members' reflections on that adrenaline-filled hectic week of school.
On December 9, 130 HBA students, along with boats made of cardboard, recycled materials, duct tape, and even 3D printed plastic, departed the campus for the Wet and Wild water park in Kapolei. It was HBA's ninth annual Boat Regatta, and high school students from Physics, AP Physics, and AP Environmental classes had spent the …
For a third year, Hawaii Baptist Academy has continued its tradition of gathering elementary, middle, and high school students and faculty for an all-school chapel. Held at the elementary school, the event is a day for school to grow closer as one body through worship and fellowship. The first all-school chapel for this year was held …
