IPA Families Welcomed Back on Campus for Hoʻike Night
ISLAND PACIFIC ACADEMY was thrilled to invite families back to campus for Hoʻike Night: A Celebration of Secondary Arts after last year’s hiatus. The annual event is organized by the Secondary Art department to celebrate the creativity of IPA’s secondary students and highlight the importance of the arts program in the Secondary curriculum.
Learning through creating: students express themselves through music composition
Students in Ms. Healy’s music class can list music composition on their list of skills now that their music trimester has concluded. And they have their own original pieces of work to prove it. As their final class project, students were asked to compose and write their own original song and lyrics about any topic of their choice, as long as it followed IPA’s 5 agreements of aloha, mālama, hoʻolohe, kuleana, and pono.
IPA Celebrates the Arts at Hoʻike Night
IPA’s Secondary Arts were on display at the annual Hoʻike Night on December 6, 2019. It was an evening showcasing the creative artwork and music of our IPA secondary students.
Elementary Faculty Katherine Jones Honored with Poʻokela Award
Katherine Jones, IPA’s Elementary Sustainability & Innovation Coordinator, was honored with a Poʻokela Award in the “Dance Choreographer/Movement Stage Combat” category for her work in “The Rocky Horror Show” at Mānoa Valley Theatre. This was Jones’ eighth Poʻokela Award, which are given out by the given out by the Hawaiʻi State Theatre Council.
Elementary Multicultural Performance Celebrates Dances from Around the World
The ISLAND PACIFIC ACADEMY Elementary School held its annual Multicultural Performance on February 6, 2019. This special event brings together the Elementary ʻohana to celebrate different cultures through song and […]