Frequently Asked Questions - Boarding - Middle School (6-8)
Printer-friendly versionNo. Students must bring their own sheets, blankets, bedspread, and pillows. If students do not bring these items, linens may be borrowed from the school until the student can purchase them.
Printer-friendly versionThe school provides free laundry facilities and laundry training is provided. Students need to purchase their own laundry soap.
Printer-friendly versionNo. Refrigerators are available for student use in the boarding lounge and in each faculty apartment.
Printer-friendly versionYes. We encourage you to make friends with day students and to visit their homes on weekends with approval from your parents and the director of residential life.
Printer-friendly versionYes. The boxes will be stored in a secure area until the student’s dorm room is designated. Please mail them as close to the start of school as possible to the following address:
Hawaii Preparatory Academy Attention: Student name (grade/new or returning student) 65-1692 Kohala Mountain Road Kamuela, HI 96743
Printer-friendly versionOn Wednesday and Friday right after school from the administrative assistants. Each family decides the weekly amount; we recommend $25 per week.
Printer-friendly versionThe weekdays are full with academics and activities, with definite breaks before and after school, where you choose how to spend your time. We guide students to choose from a variety of community activities and we transport them.
Printer-friendly versionTwo teachers work and play with you each weekend. The teachers take you to special events, outdoor adventures, sports/activities, cultural events, and want your feedback on what you like to do.
Printer-friendly versionYes. On weekends, we allow overnight guests. You must complete and submit a form for guests, which must be reviewed and approved by the director of residential life.
Printer-friendly versionYes. All dorms are wired by a fire alarm system. HPA staff and local authorities test the system periodically; each campus runs at least one fire drill per semester.
Printer-friendly versionThe first time a key is lost, the student is charged $25 and is issued a replacement key. The second time in the same year, we assume that there is a chance someone else might find one of the lost keys. We change the pins in the lock and issue a new key. The charge is $100.
We do not refund any of the charges if a key is subsequently found. All of the labor involved in key cutting, work order processing, invoicing, etc. already has been expended.
Printer-friendly versionIt depends on the type of medication. Any medications that are classified as controlled medications, e.g. narcotics, are to be administered by the nurses. Other medications, such as antibiotics and inhalers, will be administered by the nurses or given to the child to keep in his/her room and self-administer at the nurse’s discretion. Parents are required to sign a consent form - “Request for Self-Administration” or “Request for Administration/Storage of Medication.”
Printer-friendly versionIf your child is a boarder, s/he should visit the infirmary and have the nurse schedule an appointment for him/her to see the dentist or eye doctor. The nurses will transport boarding students to their health appointments. Parents of day students should schedule their children’s health appointments and transport their children to these appointments.
Printer-friendly versionDuring the school day, your child can visit the school infirmary. Nurses are available to see students between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The infirmary at the Village Campus is located in the main office building. At the Upper Campus, the infirmary is located in the lower level of Taylor Commons (below the dining room.) A nurse is on call whenever the infirmary is closed to give health advice and to transport your child to the emergency room if needed. If your child needs care after hours, s/he should contact her dorm faculty advisor who will contact the nurse on call.
