Hawaii Preparatory Academy honored Upper School students May 11 for special achievement in academic studies, the arts, athletics, and community service. ADVERTISING Hawaii Preparatory Academy honored Upper School students May 11 for special achievement in academic studies, the arts, athletics,
Hawaii Preparatory Academy honored Upper School students May 11 for special achievement in academic studies, the arts, athletics, and community service.
The following students received awards:
Alumni Association Award: Nathan Ladwig and Kaili Yuen
John L. Pricher Award: Hanako Haitsuka and Will White
Holi Bergin Memorial Scholarship Award: Zen Simone
Cy Keala Spencer “Spirit of Aloha” Award: Lokelani Ching
Ulrike Katharina “Bieni” Kohler-Johnson Scholarship Award: Elizabeth Jim and Jordan Zarate
U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award: Hideyoshi Akai and Ella Kotner
Athletic Booster Club Career Athlete Awards: Keisuke Anzai and Gabrielle Ewing
Hawaii High School Athletic Association Champion Awards: Boys cross country team (Division II) and girls soccer team (Division II).
Cum Laude (honor society): Erina Baudat, Abraham Binder, Brittani Boora, Kathryn Byrnes, Megan Canniff, Savannah Cochran, Harmony Graziano, Hanako Haitsuka, Nicole Johnston, Alexander Jones, Adam Kennon, Tristan Kilkenny, Kirara Kiki Kozuma, Weixing Nie, Lana Poljak, Zen Simone, Lauren Sullivan, Jordan Virtue and Will White.
English
Mount Holyoke College Award: Jordan Virtue
Paul Knauff Creative Writing Award: Ariana Datta
Excellence in English Award: Harmony Graziano.
Fine arts
Ka Makani Theatre Award: Colby Camero
Ka Makani Musical Theatre Award: Miller White
Career Performance Award: Miina Shimizu
Phyllis A. Richards Theatre Arts Scholarship: Jackson Streiter
Vocal Music Award: Tanner Riley
Instrumental Music Award: Caylin Kojima
Andy Ackerman Art Award: Michael Ho
Academy Art Award: Won Jeong Claire Chey
Art History Award: Will White
George Watson Audio-Visual Award: Tanner Sakurai
Photojournalism Award: Jessica Ainslie.
Mathematics
Algebra I Award: Kento Komatsu
Geometry Award: Sanghyup Johnny Yoon
Algebra II/Trigonometry Award: Sidney Vermeulen
Calculus Honors Award: Seungyou Bruce Kim
AP Calculus Award: Kieu-Giang Nguyen
AP Statistics Award: Will White.
Modern language
Chinese Language Award: Alice Patig
Japanese Language Award: Daniel Matsuda
Hawaiian Language Award: Leilani Bostock
Spanish Language Award: Jackson Solomon
Institute of English Studies Outstanding Progress Award: Yuxin (Rain) Du
Institute of English Studies Achievement Award: Yerden Suraganov.
Science
Joseph Martire Biology Award: Ella Kotner
Thomas Webb Mar
Physics Award: Davy Ragland
Alan Fujimoto Chemistry Award: Seungyou Bruce Kim
Environmental Science Scholar Award: Jessica Ainslie
Engineering Award: Jackson Solomon
Science Award: Davy Ragland.
Social Studies
Jay Wilder Award
for Excellence in History: Sidney Vermeulen
Cathy Schmidel Award for Excellence in Social Science: Noor Sarwar
Ben Dillingham U.S. History Award: Kathryn Byrnes