Island Pacific Academy

Island Pacific Academy
Location
909 Haumea Street
Kapolei, Hawaii 96707
United States
Information
Type Private
Motto I Mua Me Ka Ha'aheo (Go Forward With Confidence)
Established September 13, 2004
Headmaster Gerald Teramae
Grades K-12
Age range 4–18 years old
Enrollment 465
Color(s) Navy Blue, Gold and Silver          
Athletics conference Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH)
Nickname Navigators
Website Island Pacific Academy

Island Pacific Academy (IPA) is a private, independent, college-preparatory school operating in Kapolei, Hawaii. The school was founded in 2004 and enrolled its first students in September 2004. school year. The school now enrolls nearly 500 students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade. The school has graduated six classes of seniors beginning May 2010. There are over 80 staff and faculty at Island Pacific Academy. IPA is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School authorized to offer the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP, Grades K-5), Middle Years Program (MYP, Grades 6-10) and the Diploma Programme (DP, Grades 11-12). By offering all 3 IB programs, IPA has achieved IB World Continuum School status, a designation for schools offering the IB program to all grades K-12; there are currently only 35 schools in the entire Western Hemisphere with this distinction. The curriculum stresses critical thinking, learning through inquiry and collaboration, creativity, and application of skills and knowledge through problem solving - all important skills to develop for success in the 21st century. Central to the IB program is the development of international mindedness. For athletics, the school is part of ILH Interscholastic League of Honolulu. The school motto is "I Mua Me Ka Ha'aheo", which translates from Hawaiian as "Go Forward with Confidence".

Buildings

The school currently has two buildings: one for the elementary division (grades Jr-K to 5), and one for the secondary division (grades 6-12). A campaign to raise funds for a future gymnasium was first introduced in 2008.

Elementary Division

The elementary building encompasses 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m2) on two floors, and includes a science room, music room, world languages room, technology lab, and visual arts studio as well as academic classrooms, all with wireless connectivity. The lower school opened its doors to students on September 13, 2004. The building supports Jr. Kindergarten (4-years) to grade 5. The academic program stresses inquiry based learning and the curriculum includes art, music, design and technology, world languages, technology and PE. Of special note is the Engineering is Elementary program in which all students from Kindergarten through grade 5 participate. This program engages students in hands-on engineering activities as they work together to apply STEM knowledge to real-world problems.

Secondary Division

The secondary building has approximately 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) on three floors. In addition to classrooms and the main office complex, it includes two art studios, a ceramics studio, recording studio, music classroom, a multi-purpose room used as a cafeteria and auditorium, middle school (grades 6-8) science lab, three upper school (grades 9-12) science labs and a library/resource room. All classrooms have SmartBoards and wireless internet connectivity.


Extracurricular activities

IPA students compete in many different ILH sports at Intermediate, JV and Varsity levels. While IPA fields its own teams in most sports, some students participate through Pac-Five and Westpac (groups of smaller schools that make one team).

Awards & Championships: Basketball: The boys varsity basketball team took the ILH Division II league title in 2011, and 4th place overall in the state tournament. Since the 2010/2011 season, an IPA senior has been awarded the ILH Player of the Year Title. Bowling: State Champion 2013 (Jaymie-Rae Martin '13) Sporter Air Riflery: girls junior varsity team took 1st place in the ILH 2013, girls junior varsity top shooter in the ILH 2013. Swimming: State Champion 100-yd backstroke 2012; State Champion 200 meter IM, 100-yd breaststroke State Champion (and new state record), Swimmer of the Year 2013;(Austin Hirstein '13) Track and Field: 2014 ILH Intermediate 3000 meter champion (Frank Condello III '18); Sports in which IPA students compete include the following:

  • Bowling
  • Basketball
  • Baseball
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Golf
  • Football
  • Swimming
  • Air Riflery
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Cross Country
  • Track and Field
  • Intramurals

Other extracurricular activities include Student Government, Rotary Interact Club, Newspaper (Ho`okele News),Yearbook, Student Literary and Art magazine (Zenith), drama productions, and the LIFE program.

Students may become eligible to be members of five honor societies in grades 10-12: The National Honor Society, the National Japanese Honor Society, the Spanish Honor Society, the National Arts Honor Society, and the International Thespian Society.

References

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