Academic News
Charging straight ahead at full speed, knocking things over, pushing things around, robots are causing lots of excitement in third grade. Thank goodness it’s all on a small scale!
Photos from the LEGO website show different configurations possible from the same kit.
Elementary technology teacher Lori McGregor is introducing programming skills to third grade students using LEGO Mindstorm NXT2.0. With color, touch and ultrasonic sensors, as well as adaptable bodies, the robots...
Fresh from her week at the International Student Science Fair (ISSF), April 30-May 4, freshman Jenna Minami eagerly talks about her experience. IPA was one of only four schools from the United States invited to send students to this annual fair, hosted this year by Fort Richmond Collegiate High School in Winnipeg, Canada. Students from all over the world attend to share their research experience.
Minami with a student from South Africa also attending the ISSF.
Of her five days at the...
Using Skype video exchange technology, the students in Donja Morton's Junior Kindergarten (JK) class have made new friends in Pennsylvania, and Leah Gionet’s class is making friends with students in California. Both teachers are integrating these experiences with units of study in the classroom, and everyone is enjoying getting to know people who live in a different part of the country.
Using a learning exchange made possible by ePals, Morton’s class has contacted the...
There’s a new instructional model that has teachers flipping! It’s called the “Flipped Classroom,” and it is one more great teaching strategy in a teacher’s repertoire that facilitates student learning. It flips around the traditional model of a classroom (where a teacher lectures in front of a room) and creates meaningful, 21st century learning experiences for students.
So what is this new model and what does it mean for students?
The flipped classroom...
Two members of the Class of 2012 are the first IPA students to be admitted to a US Military Academy program. Christian Burgos-Sanchez will be headed to the US Military Academy at West Point, while Amirah Majied will call Colorado Springs home in the fall as she enrolls in the US Air Force Academy Prep School. Both seniors are very excited about the opportunities ahead, but realistic about the tough work and exacting expectations that will be part of military academy life. Both students...
Zenith – the summit, high point, culmination. Zenith - literary magazine at Island Pacific Academy, aptly named because it collects some of the best student writing and visual art by students at Island Pacific Academy. Though it began last year as a publication just for work from students in grades 9-12, this year it was expanded to include material from grades 6-8 and alumni, as well.
The cover of Zenith 2012 edition
Several of this year’s 10-student editorial board were...
IPA students at the Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair.
A number of Middle School students received awards and prizes at the 2012 Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair. They include:
6th Grade
In the Junior Display category with her project about the Hubble Telescope, Ling Yi Tsiang received the Best in Engineering Junior Display ribbon. Chevron awarded her $100, as did the Armed Forces Communications/ Electronics Association.
Alyssa Estenson and Sophia Frasz were...
In its first year of existence, the upper school Robotics Team, emerged from the Hawaii Regional FIRST Robotics Competition on March 23-24 as one of the three schools in the winning team. The NaviBots (IPA’s school nickname is the Navigators) have thereby earned an invitation to the FIRST World Competition in St. Louis, Missouri, April 25-28.
In an exciting finish, the “Red Alliance” team (which also included Baldwin High on Maui and Waialua High on Oahu) outscored...
Demonstrating the old adage that “practice makes perfect,” senior Jaymie-Rae Martin took first place in the campus Poetry Out Loud contest held on February 28. This was Martin’s fourth year to enter the contest. Martin now advances to the state competition held on March 18 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. in the Tenney Theatre at St. Andrews Cathedral in Honolulu.
Hosted this year very entertainingly by faculty member Ken Baldino, the IPA round of competition took place in the...
Of 40 projects that IPA sent to the district science fair, 10 are advancing to state competition. These projects represent the work of 19 students, who will be sharpening their presentations and making adjustments to their displays between now and April 2, when they set up for the Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair at the Convention Center.
All middle school students (grades 6-8) and some upper school students (all of grade 9 and half of grade 10) participated in the IPA Science...