Hawaii Preparatory Academy honored the following upper school students May 12 for special achievement in academic studies, the arts, athletics and community service.
Alumni Association Award, Jessica Ainslie and Keisuke Anzai; John L. Pricher Award, Eliana Kaplan and Hideyoshi Akai; Holi Bergin Memorial Scholarship Award, Gabrielle Ewing; Cy Keala Spencer “Spirit of Aloha” Award, Kirara Kozuma; Ulrike Katharina “Bieni” Kohler-Johnson Scholarship Award, Noor Sarwar and Tania DuPont; U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award, Kristiana Van Pernis and Alexandro Siordia; Athletic Booster Club Career Athlete Awards, Kristiana Van Pernis and Lii Purdy; Hawaii High School Athletic Association Champion Awards, Emma Taylor, 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles; Girls Soccer Team Division II, Boys Basketball Team Division II.
New members of Cum Laude, the school’s honor society are: Hideyoshi Akai, Luigi Balbo Bertone di Sambuy, Allexandria Blacksmith, Jessica Chow, Scott Fetz, Michael Ho, Roman Kandirovskiy, Eliana Kaplan, Ella Kotner, Cody Lambrecht, Sok Hwan Lee, Jacob McCafferty, Davy Ragland, Leila Takahashi-Ruiz, Alina Sabyr, Noor Sarwar and Kelly Ulrich.
English awards are: Mount Holyoke Book Award, Alina Sabyr; Paul Knauff Award, Kimi Cantyne and Madison Inman; and Excellence in English Award, Kristiana Van Pernis.
In the fine arts department: Ka Makani Theatre Award, Kimi Cantyne; Ka Makani Musical Theatre Award, Miller White; Career Performance Award, Churchill Crean; Phyllis A. Richards Theatre Arts Scholarship, Eliana Kaplan; Vocal Music Award, Joshua Ching; Instrumental Music Award: I-Farn “Ivan” Chen; Andy Ackerman Art Award, Michael Ho; Academy Art Award, Claire Chey; Art History Award, Scott Fetz; George Watson Audio-Visual Award, Michael Spetich; and Photojournalism Award, Alina Katase.
Mathematics awards include: Algebra I Award, Rowen Kotner; Geometry Award: Tanner Riley; Algebra II/Trigonometry Award: Kieu-Giang Nguyen; Calculus Honors Award, Miller White; AP Calculus Award, Hannah Twigg-Smith; and AP Statistics Award, Kelly Ulrich.
In modern language: Chinese Language Award, Miller White; Japanese Language Award, Alexandro Siordia; Hawaiian Language Award, Colin Renfro; Spanish Language Award, Miel Krauss; Institute of English Studies Outstanding Progress Award, Hyunjin “Jin” Choi; and Institute of English Studies Achievement Award, Johannes von Schmettow.
Science awards winners are: Joseph Martire Biology Award, Sidney Vermeulen; Thomas Webb Mar Physics Award, Luigi Balbo Bertone di Sambuy; Alan Fujimoto Chemistry Award, Brittani Boora; Environmental Science Scholar Award, Jessica Chow; Engineering Award, Bo Bleckel; and The Science Award, Lana Poljak.
In social studies: Jay Wilder Award for Excellence in History, Will White; Cathy Schmidel Award for Excellence in Social Science, Emily Patig; and Ben Dillingham U.S. History Award, Jessica Ainslie.