Hawaii Preparatory Academy

Hawaii Preparatory Academy
File:Hawaii Preparatory Academy - Upper Campus.jpg Upper Campus
Address
65-1274 Kawaihae Rd. Kamuela, Hawaiʻi 96743 United States
Information
Type	Independent Primary and Secondary
Established	1949
Founder	Harry S. Kennedy
Grades	K to 12
Gender	Coeducational
Number of students	Approx. 600
Campus	Village Campus, Upper Campus
Campus type	Rural
School color(s)	Red and White
Athletics conference	Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division II
Mascot	Ka Makani
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Museum	Isaacs Art Center
Tuition	(high school)= $23,100 (Day) $45,600 (Boarding) Tuition (middle school)=$19,800 (Day) Tuition (lower school)= $17,900 Tuition (international)= $53,600
Website	http://www.hpa.edu

Hawaii Preparatory Academy (also known as HPA) is a coeducational, boarding, independent school in Kamuela, Hawaiʻi teaching kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Founded in 1949 by The Right Reverend Harry S. Kennedy, Episcopal Bishop of Honolulu, the school came of age under the leadership of James Monroe Taylor II, Headmaster from 1954-1974. Originally the school was located on the grounds of St. James Episcopal Church in Kamuela in buildings that were built as barracks for the United States Marines during World War II.

Currently the nationally recognized high school features three dormitories- Perry-Fiske Hall for boys, Carter Hall for girls, and Robertson's Hall, the co-ed and smallest of the dorms.

While the town is known as "Waimea", because there are multiple locations in Hawaii with that name, the term "Kamuela" is used by the USPS to distinguish it from those other locations.

HPA is now divided into a lower school, middle school and upper school. The lower and middle school together compose one campus in the ranch region of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. The upper school is located at the foot of the Kohala Mountains. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

The upper campus has a weight room, wrestling room, pool, school library, an indoor tennis facility, baseball field, gym, bookstore, as well as a new (2008) softball field, a newly repaired football/soccer field and a new rubber track. The school also is host to a cross country course. Along with classrooms, an art building, multiple Mac equipped computer labs and a theater, and an Energy Lab, the only of its kind in the world. There is also a church on the property built before the school moved to its presents site.

The village campus is in the middle of the town of Waimea, and features the only school-owned professional art-gallery in the State, Isaacs Art Center. The village campus also has two soccer fields.

The school also has a successful boys cross country team. Two male champions in the recent years include Mac Crommett (Class of '07) and Emmett Weatherford (Class of '05). Their girls cross country team has also been successful.

The HPA robotics team is the recent state champions of the 2009 Botball competition.

The school colors are red and white. The school's mascot is Ka Makani, which is Hawaiian for "the wind". (The campus is noteworthy for the steady winds which blow around it at speeds averaging 20 MPH)

Noteworthy alumni

• Ed Case, U.S. Representative
• Graham Salisbury, Author and musician
• Stephen C. Stearns, Evolutionary Biologist and Professor, Yale University
• Peter Vitousek, Ecologist and Professor, Stanford University
• Jeff Hubbard, Bodyboarder, 2006 World Champion
• James C. Kennedy, Chairman and CEO of COX Enterprises
• Max Unger, Second Round NFL Draft Pick
• Daniel Te'o-Nesheim, NFL defensive end
• William C. Koch, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice

Gallery

• Hawaii Preparatory Academy - Upper Campus Entrance.jpg

  Entrance to HPA's Upper Campus

• Hawaii Preparatory Academy - Village Campus.jpg

  At HPA's Village Campus

External links

• HPA Official site
• The Association of Boarding Schools profile