Hawaii Preparatory Academy awarded diplomas to 97 members of the class of 2016 at commencement exercises May 27 at Castle Gymnasium.
Lindsay Barnes Jr., who retired as HPA’s headmaster in June 2015, gave the commencement address. Will White, student council president, received the Head of School Award and Jordan Virtue was named the Senior Scholar.
The following seniors received awards:
• Founder’s Award, Juan Miche Rosales
• Walter Liu ’65 Memorial Leadership Award, Nana Ueno
• Kevin Kitagawa ’77 Memorial Bootstrap Award, Dyllon Ching
• Phyllis A. Richards Theatre Arts Award, Curtis McMackin
• Spirit of 2012 Award, Kosuke Shimamura and Jackson Streiter
• Stanford W. Shutes Athletic Award, Taimane Kamaka and Nate Ladwig
• Athletes of the Year, Justin Perry and Emma Taylor.
The graduates are:
Meiyo Abe, Honu Tea o Te Ra‘i Akau-Nguyen, Hadley Larae Beach, Sydney A. Bonham, Alexander Grant Brost, Kathryn Sarah Byrnes, Rae Ann Cardosa, Clarence Ange Martial Chardeau, Dyllon Kanakamekapu‘uwaihamama Ching, Lokelani Ching, Melia Chobany, Savannah Marlowe Cochran, Sydney N.J. Cooper, Olivia Emma Crowl, Merrin Dickson, Haley Jo Dow, Louisa Merritt Duggan and Kengo Paulo Dupuis.
Erin Rose Evans, Riccardo Falco, Makenna Francis, Allie Hannah Freitas, Kana‘ikai Kuha‘aheo Gaughen, Moritz Zachary Ghella, Erik Kilinahe Kaoleioku Grace, Jordan Thompson Grainger, Catharine Lauren Gussman, Hanako Tanner Makamae Haitsuka, Kyle Kuheana Hollister, Erika Arleen Horton, Christine Im, Kako Ito, Katherine Wellman Jefferson, Elizabeth Jim, Kayla Suzanne Johnson, Taimane Ku‘uleialoha Kamaka, Kincaid Manokalanipo Kawananakoa, Adam Robert Kennon, Tristan Charles Kilkenny, Nathan Patrick Ladwig, Annika Karita Lepik, Sienna Dawn Levine and Keanna Marie Lundy.
Marlie Louise Pe‘le Hepualaha‘ole Mandaguit, Sophia Rose Markstein, Daniel Kenta Matsumoto, Curtis Zachary McMackin, Juan Antolini Miche Rosales, Luke Allen Mitchell, Alexa Montenegro, Benjamin Patrick Newton-McGrath, Kieu-Giang Nguyen, Weixing Nie, Kristen Riley Nielsen, Christine Florence Ocheltree, Jessica Jiyeon Oh, Emma Yukiko Ostrem, Anthony Reno Palleschi, Alice Carolin Patig and Justin Christopher Perry.
Abigail Rose Riley, Amber Jade Rogers, Sarah Marie-anne Rouse, Christopher Anthony Rowe, Dylan Sawyer Ryan, Kathryn Bell Sensenig, Kosuke Shimamura, Zen Alexander Simone, Jonas Skupeika, Maya Daliza Smigel, Amanda Meri Smrke, Justin Kent Smrke, McKenzie Kiana Stake, Kali Stecker, Jackson Rey Streiter, Leslie H. Sung, Kotaro Takaoka, Wei Tan, Takuto Tanaka, Di Tang, Emma Taylor, Kau‘inohea Solomon Taylor and Iolome L. Tufaga.
Nana Ueno, Jordan Elizabeth Virtue, Christian Kotaro Watanabe, Jinzhi Wei, David Lee Westervelt, Bradley Christopher White, Will White, Oscar Arlyn Winsa Henderson, Trenton Lake Wise, Harry Holden Wright, Yue Wu, Wanting Yang, Kaili Perle Yuen and Ethan Colin Zilz.
