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It’s safe to assume that most students at HBA have celebrated Halloween in some fashion, or have at least participated in Fall dress up festivals. Halloween is, after all, one of the stand-out holidays of the year for children, being a time to dress up in fun costumes and get free candy to hoard for …

Hawaii is known as a warm paradise, generally safe from extreme weather conditions.  However, despite Hawaii’s tropical climate, according to a *survey conducted by the HBA Eagle Eye, many HBA students report that the island’s summers in recent years have felt hotter compared to previous years, and over half believe the rising temperatures are partly …

Music genres are ever evolving, and with greater distribution and access, music listeners now have more variety in what they listen to. With the increased use of music streaming apps, users have millions of songs at their fingertips, from classical symphonies to mumble rap. One of these apps, Spotify, had over 365 million active listeners …

While many high school students look forward to the prospect of college, the process of getting there is nonetheless daunting and stressful. Many students delay researching universities till senior year or feel weighed down by the pressure of the college decision process. When the time comes to make a decision, most students find themselves lost …

Ever since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, HBA students have experienced many modifications and cancellations to traditional community building events at school. The middle and high schools' annual Spirit Week and grade-wide camps at Camp Pu’u Kahea have served as the biggest venues for building community and belonging at HBA. It is these two …

Whether young or old, fans of the Disney kingdom would say that its appeal or "magic" does not get old. According to a The New York Times article, nearly one-third of people who visit Disney resorts are adults who come without children, "a Disney demographic so established that there’s an official name for them: “nonfamily …

On August 2, HBA students woke up, dressed in uniforms, and reported to the first day of the new school year while many other private school students remained asleep in their beds. While some private schools only begin school in late August, HBA's school year begins in the first week of August and includes a …

There are nine new teachers and staff at the middle and high school this year. To help the student body get to know them a little better, the Eagle Eye asked them to share a few things with us about themselves. English teacher David McElrath, who is teaching English 10 and 12, spent his childhood …

Not since the spring of 2020 had HBA students attended in-person school five days a week. Thus on August 2, as students arrived for the 2021-2022 school year, there was an added sense of newness as the schoool scheduled resumed with a regular in-person school for all students, every day.  Last school year was a …

As students emerge from a year of pandemic related quarantines, many still have questions about their safety, along with how things will be run from this point forward. With HBA now having its students attend in-person school all together, and the rapid spread of the COVID Delta variant, a variety of concerns have risen about …