It’s not just about winning and losing, but it’s about grit, it’s that tenacity, it’s learning how to work through adversity.”
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Upper School Faculty
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It’s always the relationships that you get from being part of a team that are special.”
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Sometimes it’s good to see our work as teachers in terms of coaching; we can coach those qualities that lead to success in the classroom, like grit and stamina.”
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In my own art practice, the most powerful work comes from a personal place. So as a teacher, I encourage my students to act as investigators in their own lives: what resonates for them is what will resonate for the viewer.”
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I’ve been body surfing since I was five and learned from some of the very best watermen in Hawai’i. The thing is, it’s so simple. All you need is fins and a pair of shorts. Simplicity trains your mind, and simple becomes elegant.”
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I just really want to see electrons spinning. We talk about molecules all the time, but it’s so abstract because you can’t see anything that small.”
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At HPA, students and teachers treat each other as nuanced individuals. They teach and learn from each other. They respect and care for each other.”
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Art history at HPA has inspired students to pursue architecture, art restoration, design, graduate studies in art history, and other fields. The interdisciplinary nature of art history expands our understanding that art is created within a cultural context.”
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Perhaps what I love most about the garden is the diversity of opportunities that it offers for students to learn and create across curriculum and discipline—from conservation to community-building and everywhere in between.”