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MEDIA RELEASE Mariko Thorbecke, a senior at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, has received the 2012 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. The award, sponsored by Bank of America and the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), recognizes young high school women for their computing-related achievements and interests as part of an effort to encourage [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) will hold two Open House events for prospective K-12 and post-graduate students. Families with students entering grades 9-12 are invited to attend the Upper School Open House beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16. Prospective students and families will meet teachers and administrators, attend various classes, learn about [...]

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Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) has received a $70,000 grant from the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, according to an announcement today by HPA Headmaster Lindsay R. Barnes, Jr.

The grant was used to purchase two buses that will transport HPA students to their many off-campus activities.

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Preparatory Academy welcomes the holiday season with a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at the school’s Gates Performing Arts Center, located at the Upper Campus. The concert is free and open to the public. About 65 students will perform under the direction of Upper School music instructor Marina Tichotsky. The [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) will offer two three-credit online courses at Hawaii Preparatory Academy during the 2012 spring semester. Introduction to Sociology (SOC 1000) and Research, Argument, and Writing (WRI 1200) are open to Big Island juniors and seniors and adult community members. Introduction to Sociology will run Jan. 25-May 11 and Research, [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Award-winning author Garrett Hongo and Capt. Charles Moore, founder and research coordinator of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, will read from and discuss their latest books in two separate presentations at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Both authors will be available to sign their books at the respective events, which are free and open to [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Preparatory Academy Middle School Handbell Choir, under the direction of Georgia Polakova, will offer a series of free public performances to welcome the holiday season: * Thursday, Dec. 1, 5:30 p.m., Parker School Tree Lighting * Friday, Dec. 2, 5:30 p.m., Parker Ranch Tree Lighting at Puuopelu * Saturday, Dec. 10, [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE A miniature Christmas Village created by beloved island painter and Kona resident Martha Greenwell is on display at the Isaacs Art Center at Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy through January 5, 2012. The Christmas village, affectionately known as “The Mouse House,” made its first Big Island appearance in December 2005 at the Kona Historical Society [...]

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Allison Holt Gendreau (Oahu), Hannah Kihalani Springer (North Kona), and Chatt G. Wright (Oahu) have been appointed to the board of trustees at Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA).

Laurie T. Ainslie, chairman, announced the appointments after the board’s recent meeting in Waimea.

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MEDIA RELEASE Two Big Island high school students are among five winners of an essay contest sponsored by APEC. They will be attending a function with President Obama and other world leaders during APEC week. They also received an Apple iPad and will have their essays placed on the APEC Hawaii Host Committee website at [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kyle Matsuda, a senior at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, has been invited to participate in the Vail Jazz Workshop, a 10-day jazz performance program for dedicated and gifted high school musicians. Matsuda is the first participant ever selected from the state of Hawaii in the program’s 16-year history. The workshop – open to students [...]

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Hawaii Preparatory Academy will offer a Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) course on the HPA campus during the 2011 fall semester. Analyzing and Writing Arguments (WRI 1100), which will run from September 6 to December 9, is open to Big Island juniors and seniors and adult community members.

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