Digital Media

Make every image count

In a world where visual communication is increasingly important, we equip our students with the tools they need to produce and evaluate compelling images, messages, and digital works of art. We will encourage you to make innovative connections, solve visual problems, and design collaborative products in our photography, content creation, and mixed media classrooms. How will you fill your blank screen?

Lower School

With plenty of devices on hand in our classrooms, our digital-native students incorporate image-making into a wide variety of assignments. In our mini production room, they have access to a green screen and cameras to enhance their projects and creative work.

Middle School

Our introductory course for sixth-graders introduces the basic skills, techniques, and vocabulary of the digital arts. In grades seven and eight, students can move up to a semester-long digital media elective, which includes the basics of iPhoto and iMovie as well as designing the Middle School yearbook.

Upper School

Our Digital Media program offers students the opportunity to explore storytelling, marketing, and publication through hands-on, real-world media production. Through courses such as Digital Storytelling, Social Media and Marketing, and Yearbook, students develop skills in photography, writing, design, branding, and multimedia content creation using professional tools like Adobe Creative Cloud. Many projects are produced on structured timelines and published on digital platforms such as HPA’s Instagram or in the annual Ka Makani yearbook, giving students practical experience in media production, audience engagement, and ethical digital communication.