Campus Life News
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...
May Day 2012 was celebrated on April 27, again under the direction of Momi Kuahiwinui (IPA kindergarten teacher) with help from Veronique Braithwaite, Ruth Ann Babas and Laura Gabriel.
Kuahiwinui, Veronique, Babas, and Gabriel
With a “Hawaii Calls - Hapa Haole” music theme, students from all grades, faculty, staff and parents danced hula to a variety of songs familiar to everyone.
Middle school dancers do a number from their 2011 Sheraton Bowl performance.
May Day...
The Interact Club (High School Rotary International Organization) has joined the Kapolei Adopt a Block program. The group joins a number of other organizations throughout Kapolei including Target, Goodwill, St. Nicholas Episcopal Church (which meets at IPA), and the Kapolei Rotary Sunset Club, which sponsors the IPA Interact group, and coordinated by Lorraine Gershun from Kapolei Sunrise Rotary Club.
Working along Haumea Street, Interact Club members pick up trash.
Interact has...
On April 18 The Junior Kindergarten students at Island Pacific Academy took part in a Trike-a-Thon to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. At 9:45 that morning the parking lot at IPA became a restricted “Tyke Trike Track,” with the children making their laps for a good cause. Having gathered pledges for the event, the students pedalled energetically to fulfill their end of the bargain. Proud parents were on hand to cheer them on and take photos....
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...
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...
Representing the NaviBots and the robotics program at IPA, freshman John Black was invited for an interview on “The Conversation” on KIPO radio on March 12. The early morning show on public radio with Chris Vandercook and Beth-Ann Kozlovich shares conversations with people from all over the state about a variety of topics.
“The Conversation” weekly radio talk show on Hawaii Public Radio co-hosted by Chris Vandercook & Beth-Ann Kozlovich.
Vandercook chatted...
A contestants' table at the IPAPA Chili Cook-off.
Howdy! If you missed the 2012 IPA Chili Cook-off this year, on February 24, you missed some good eats and lots of fun. In the words of Emily Brown, IPAPA President, the event “was a rip roarin’ success and a rootin’ tootin’ good time,” with lots of great chili and other snacks.
Younger students found lots to do on the big lawn.
Live music by IPA's very own International Rockalaureates (a...
The fifth annual Middle School musical debuts this weekend: Annie Jr. Called the Middle School musical because the vast majority of the character roles are filled with students from grades six to eight, the production nonetheless involves students, staff, and parents from across the Secondary Division. (Previous productions such as Willy Wonka Jr. and Seussical Jr. even had appropriate roles for Elementary students.)
There will be three performances of Annie Jr. Opening night is...
IPA proudly announces the signing of a Sister School Agreement with Suzhou Lida Middle School, one of the leading middle schools in Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Province is known for its academic leadership and home to 75 million people. “The future interaction with Lida Middle School will provide many benefits to students at IPA,” said Headmaster Dan White. “We are very excited to have this formal relationship with such a fine school as Lida.”
At the...