Hawaii Baptist Academy's Student News
April Fool's Day is best known for the pranks and practical jokes pulled on innocent and unsuspecting people simply for entertainment and laughs. While the day itself is supposed to be a light hearted and comedic time, the history behind it is not so humorous. Circa AD 276, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus was proclaimed …
During A period on April 1, two students spotted an odd creature making its way down Nu'uanu stream. The freshmen were headed to the counseling office from a first floor classroom when they heard a distant splash from down the stream. The pair snapped a quick iPad picture but was only able to take one …
Seniors were surprised on April Fool's Day with root beer floats by their class council. Following all-school homeroom, vice principal Ryan Frontiera informed the senior class that due to a lack of cleanliness, the seniors had lost the privilege of using the senior area. In addition, their off-campus privileges were suspended. This was actually an …
While many students never had the opportunity to meet Colonel Stanley A. Sagert, the man credited with saving HBA, they are reminded of his name daily as we go to school on the Stan Sagert Campus. Sagert served as President of HBA for 17 years and died on January 25, 2014 at the age of …
Around February 17, over fifty people from different states arrived in Honolulu with a common goal for the week: to see HBA’s mission in action and to celebrate the school’s 65th anniversary. These visitors, known collectively as the Mainland Advisor Council (MAC), have supported HBA through prayer and financial giving. For their first time, MAC …
The Boys Varsity Varsity team placed fourth at the Maui Invitational Volleyball Tournament held at Seabury Hall where they participated in a two-day, ten-team tourney.The boys team traveled to Seabury High School in Makawao, Maui from February 28 to March 1 for the tournament. There were two pools of five teams and HBA's pool consisted …
Photographs by Logan Takeda ('16) To complete the World War II unit in American History, sophomores visited the Pacific Aviation Museum, Arizona Memorial, and Battleship Missouri on Monday. Students got to see the planes and battleships involved in the war and learn more about what took place during the Pearl Harbor attack. At the Pacific …
Photographs by Walden Butay ('14) On February 21, HBA's Interact Club gathered at Roosevelt High School to participate in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. At Relay for Life, participants spend a night walking around a track to raise awareness for cancer, and to honor cancer survivors and those who have lost their lives to …
The HBA high school Science Olympiad team took third overall on Saturday at the Science Olympiad State Finals Tournament. The middle school team finished sixth overall, out of 15 teams. The high school team won a total of eight medals, and beat eleven other schools in order to take third place. Iolani School and Millilani High …
On the week of February 24, HBA hosted its first Intramural Basketball Tournament and Entrepreneurship Day at the high school. The tournament was organized by history teacher Robert Weismantel. Entrepreneurship Day was an opportunity for students to sell goods such as t-shirts, beanies, desserts and other handmade items to benefit a charity. [one_third] “If you …
