HPA Student Achievers Honored

WAIMEA, Island of Hawaii—Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) honored the following Upper School students on May 5 for special achievement in academic studies, the arts, athletics, and community service.

• Alumni Association Prize:  Trevor Cangemi and Rebecca Wong
• John L. Pricher Award:  Summer Borowski and Elliot Kastner
• Holi Bergin Memorial Scholarship Award:  Breanni Kobayashi
• John Y. Iwane Scholarship:  Mariko Fujio-White
• Cy Keala Spencer “Spirit of Aloha” Award:  Amelia Evans
• U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award:  Malia Vitousek and Joe Chun
• Athletic Booster Club Career Athlete Awards:  Malia Vitousek and Junior Fischer

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

• Musical Theatre Award:  Hans Fellhauer and Kim Wolforth
• Theatre Award:  Ian Nelson and Samantha Emmons
• Career Performance Award:  Kassia Dombroski and Samantha Emmons
• Instrumental Music Award: Kathy Yoon
• Vocal Music Award:  Hans Fellhauer and Samantha Emmons
• Andy Ackerman Art Prize:  Kim Wolforth
• Academy Art Prize:  Emily Johnston and Lauren Paisley
• Art History Award:  Candace Rearden and William Hagerman
• Photo Journalism and Yearbook Award:  Shih-Han "Celine" Wang and Alexandra Ferrara
• George Watson Audio-Visual Award:  Louis Polak and Tyler Sakurai

ENGLISH

• Excellence in English Award:  Maia Campbell
• Mount Holyoke College Book Award: Sachi Ainge
• Paul Knauff Award:  Kathy Treacy and Kim Wolforth
• The Composition Award:  Eli Hart

MATHEMATICS

• Algebra I Award:  Austin Dale
• Algebra II/Trigonometry Award: Soo Ji Kim
• Geometry Award: Dean Macy and Katelyn Ho
• Calculus Honors Award:  Amelia Evans
• AP Calculus Award:  Yan "Mandy" Liu
• AP Statistics Award:  Ji Su Park and Joe Chun

SOCIAL STUDIES

• The Miles Walsh History Prize:  William Hagerman
• Ben Dillingham U.S. History and Political Science Award:  Eli Hart
• Cathy Schmidel Award for Excellence in Social Science:  Will Sims
• University of Pennsylvania Book Award:  Kekoa Clarke

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Joseph Martire Biology Prize:  Maia Campbell
• Journeyman Award:  Katelyn Ho
• Thomas Mar Physics Award:  Elliot Kastner
• The Alan Fujimoto Chemistry Prize:  Yan "Mandy" Liu
• Bausch & Lomb Junior Science Scholar:  Samantha Johnson
• The Science Prize:  Kathy Yoon
• Engineering Award:  Greg Walker
• Computer Science Award:  Andrew Hopkins

MODERN LANGUAGE

• French Award:  Adrian Jacobs
• Japanese Award:  Kyle Katase
• Spanish Award (Academic Excellence):  Talia Eschenbach
• Spanish Award (Outstanding Work Ethic):  Todd Powers

INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES

• Institute of English Studies Achievement Award:  Shang-Lun "Sam" Tsai