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Coach Stan Shutes: In Memoriam

September 10, 2011
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Coach Stan Shutes: In Memoriam

Long time Hawaii Preparatory Academy cross country and track & field coach Stan Shutes lost his battle with cancer and passed Friday night, September 9, according to Ka Makani Athletic Director Stephen Perry. Shutes was in Stage IV melanoma and under Hospice care at his home in Waimea when he died. While at HPA Shutes cross country and track teams won 36 Big Island Interscholastic Federation titles and two state titles. Six times his teams were the state runner up and in 1983 his boys cross country team won the state championship and in 1995…

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Big Dog Joseph Pays Tribute to Ailing HPA Coach

September 6, 2011
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One thing that we all have in common, no matter rich or poor, in good health or bad, is that everyone will eventually die. “Life is never predictable and dealing with the difficult times takes emotional strength and courage to nurture and expand relationships,” Stan Shutes said. Shutes believes that he is in perfect health, despite having Stage IV melanoma. Shutes was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 1979 when he learned for the first time that he had a serious illness as compared to the few basal cell skin cancers he had removed in the…

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HPA Energy Lab Receives Living Building Certification

May 2, 2011
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The International Living Building Institute has announced that Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Energy Lab has met all of the imperatives of the Living Building Challenge version 1.3.   The Living Building Challenge is widely regarded as the world’s most rigorous green building performance standard.   HPA’s 6,000 square foot Energy Lab is an educational facility that generates all of its own energy through clean, renewable resources, captures and treats its own water, incorporates nontoxic appropriately-sourced building materials, and operates efficiently.  Sensors monitior light and air flow.  The International Living Building Institute also requires the facility to be beautiful.…

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HPA Student Wins $20,000 Scholarship

March 2, 2011
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HPA Student Wins $20,000 Scholarship

Malachi Kobayashi, a senior at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, has been selected as a 2011 Horatio Alger National Scholar.  Kobayashi is one of 104 high school seniors–and the only student from Hawaii–to receive the national award from the Horatio Alger Association.  Each student will receive a $20,000 scholarship to a four-year school of his or her choice and will be honored at the Horatio Alger Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. April 6 to 10, 2011. As a 2011 National Scholar, Kobayashi will travel to Washington, D. C. for an all-expense–paid trip to the National Scholars Conference. …

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