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Elementary and Secondary students took the opportunity at Island Pacific Academy’s Night Voyage gala on Thursday, November 10, 2022 to share their mahalo with Lance Wilhelm – IPA Trustee Emeritus, alumni parent, and builder of the IPA campus – with hand-crafted gifts for the guests and Wilhelm. Mahalo and kudos to the students, and their teachers, for representing IPA so well to our greater community!

It was a beautiful, starry night last Thursday, November 10, 2022 at Island Pacific Academy’s Night Voyage gala at the Four Seasons Resort O’ahu at Ko Olina. More than 400 guests spent an exceptional evening honoring The Hokupa’a Award recipient Lance Wilhelm, and supporting IPA students. The event was a success, raising more than $200,000 in support of Island Pacific Academy.

Island Pacific Academy students have two new makerspaces on campus thanks to a $50,000 grant from the James & Abigail Campbell Family Foundation awarded during the 2021-2022 school year. “This is a space for exploration of ideas and for cross pollination and collaboration between students and subjects to find creative solutions to everyday problems,” says Jillian Steele, Secondary Design Thinking Department Head.

As part of IPA’s culture of giving back to the community, on October 6, 2022, IPA students in Grades 7-11 volunteered with the Pacific Air Forces Civilian Council (AFCAC) at the PACAF Mahalo Bash at Bellows AFB. Thirteen IPA students, with Ruby Fernandez (Student Activities Coordinator) and Greg Terhnune (Director of Athletics), traveled to Bellows AFB and helped with the day’s events.

After two and a half long years, IPA Secondary students were finally able to get back into the community on Friday, October 7 for IPA’s annual Make a Difference Day. Make a Difference Day (MADD) provides opportunities for IPA students to give back to the community by helping as volunteers at different community organizations.

Kumu Joy challenged her Hawaiian Studies students to reflect on the words of the school oli and create an original piece of art that related to a line from the Hawaiian chant and share why the words are meaningful to them. The project was part of an introduction to their study of ahupuaʻa and recognition that IPA, along with many students, reside within the Honouluiuli ahupuaʻa referred to in the oli.