Hawaii Baptist Academy
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Hawaii Baptist Academy is a Christian
primary and secondary
co-educational college preparatory
school and serves grades kindergarten
to twelve on three campuses. The school is operated by the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention
.
pledged $125,000 toward a school in Hawaii
. The Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board began the school in 1947, assigning Southern Baptist Convention
missionaries Hugh P. and Mary McCormick to carry out the project.
The school opened in 1949 in surplus Army barracks
on a parcel of land purchased at 1234 Heulu Street in Makiki
with thirty-six seventh and eighth grade students. It graduated its first students in 1954. The school was transferred to the Hawaii Baptist Convention
in 1960. Formerly located near Roosevelt High School
in Makiki, it moved to its present location in Nuuanu Valley in Honolulu
in 1975. In 1987, the elementary school was moved to a second campus one half of a mile away. Hawaii Baptist Academy is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
and is the largest Baptist
school in the state.
Before relocating to the current Middle and High School campus in Nuuanu, HBA held court for some time at Makiki Christian Church.
In 1972, the governing body of the Southern Baptist churches authorized purchase of the Robertson Estate on the Pali Highway for $553,000. Dan Kong resigned his ministry at Olivet Baptist Church in order to become Vice President and Development Director of the school in 1973. In order to raise funding for the purchase, Kong and Hawaii Baptist Academy president Stan Sagert began a fund raising tour among potential mainland donars and institutions. By 1977, they had created the Mainland Advisory Council. Overall, mainland contributions have accounted for 70 Percent of campus building costs.
The Nuuanu Campus, now called the Stan Sagert Campus, welcomed its first students in 1975 with the class of 1976 being the first to graduate from the new campus. The elementary campus shared grounds with Central Baptist Church
until it moved to the former Sacred Hearts Convent in Nuuanu. HBA also had a small elementary campus in Nānākuli (West Oahu), located at Nānākuli Baptist Church. This campus was relocated to property in Waianae
in the mid-1980s, where it remained until it was eventually closed in 1997.
Campus, adjacent to the current high school campus and named in honor of Dan Kong, former president of Hawaii Baptist Academy and pastor of various churches around the island, including First Baptist Church of Wahiawa, Olivet Baptist Church, and Central Baptist Church. He helped form organizations such as the Mainland Advisory Council, which consists of donors from the U.S. mainland.
The middle school campus consists of 14 classrooms, a computer lab, two specially equipped science classrooms, and a multi-purpose room for middle school students. The HBA Middle School Campus was designed by the firm of Walters, Kimura, Motoda and it has been noted to be a LEED
gold facility since it was designed to be environmental friendly and sustainable.
Since 1997, HBA has operated under a modified school calendar, with two-week breaks in October, December, and March, and a two-month summer break in June and July. Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, a modified dress standard with school-endorsed shirts, skirts, and pants was instituted.
In the 2008-09 school year, HBA celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Hawaii Baptist Academy's middle school robotics team placed fifth out of 104 middle school teams in the 2011 VEX Robotics World Championships in Orlando held April 14 to 16. Three of the top five teams in the Orlando championship came from China. In third place was a team from Arizona.
Shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Teach us, Lord.
Teach us, Lord, to wait.
Isaiah 40:31
+ Title of Superintendent was changed to President during Stanley A. Sagert's leadership.
Christian
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primary and secondary
Secondary school
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co-educational college preparatory
College
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school and serves grades kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
to twelve on three campuses. The school is operated by the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention
Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention
The Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state of Hawaii and other pacific regions. Headquartered in Honolulu, it is made up of 138 churches on 11 islands in 6 Baptist associations.-History:Baptist work had its...
.
History
In 1944 the Woman's Missionary Union of VirginiaVirginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
pledged $125,000 toward a school in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. The Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board began the school in 1947, assigning Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
missionaries Hugh P. and Mary McCormick to carry out the project.
The school opened in 1949 in surplus Army barracks
Barracks
Barracks are specialised buildings for permanent military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and esprit de corps. They were sometimes called...
on a parcel of land purchased at 1234 Heulu Street in Makiki
Makiki
Makiki is an area of Honolulu, Hawaii located northeast of downtown Honolulu generally stretching east to west from Punahou Street to Pensacola Street and north to south from Round Top Drive/Makiki Heights Drive to Lunalilo Freeway. Punchbowl, an extinct tuff cone, and Tantalus, tower over the...
with thirty-six seventh and eighth grade students. It graduated its first students in 1954. The school was transferred to the Hawaii Baptist Convention
Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention
The Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state of Hawaii and other pacific regions. Headquartered in Honolulu, it is made up of 138 churches on 11 islands in 6 Baptist associations.-History:Baptist work had its...
in 1960. Formerly located near Roosevelt High School
President Theodore Roosevelt High School
President Theodore Roosevelt High School is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve...
in Makiki, it moved to its present location in Nuuanu Valley in Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
in 1975. In 1987, the elementary school was moved to a second campus one half of a mile away. Hawaii Baptist Academy is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. The Western Association of...
and is the largest Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
school in the state.
Before relocating to the current Middle and High School campus in Nuuanu, HBA held court for some time at Makiki Christian Church.
In 1972, the governing body of the Southern Baptist churches authorized purchase of the Robertson Estate on the Pali Highway for $553,000. Dan Kong resigned his ministry at Olivet Baptist Church in order to become Vice President and Development Director of the school in 1973. In order to raise funding for the purchase, Kong and Hawaii Baptist Academy president Stan Sagert began a fund raising tour among potential mainland donars and institutions. By 1977, they had created the Mainland Advisory Council. Overall, mainland contributions have accounted for 70 Percent of campus building costs.
The Nuuanu Campus, now called the Stan Sagert Campus, welcomed its first students in 1975 with the class of 1976 being the first to graduate from the new campus. The elementary campus shared grounds with Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church (Honolulu, HI)
Central Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist Church in the Makiki neighborhood in the city of Honolulu.-History:Central Baptist Church was constituted on April 1, 1951...
until it moved to the former Sacred Hearts Convent in Nuuanu. HBA also had a small elementary campus in Nānākuli (West Oahu), located at Nānākuli Baptist Church. This campus was relocated to property in Waianae
Wai'anae, Hawai'i
Waianae is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP population was 10,506.-Geography:Waianae is located at ....
in the mid-1980s, where it remained until it was eventually closed in 1997.
Current
In 2006, HBA opened the Dan Kong Middle SchoolMiddle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
Campus, adjacent to the current high school campus and named in honor of Dan Kong, former president of Hawaii Baptist Academy and pastor of various churches around the island, including First Baptist Church of Wahiawa, Olivet Baptist Church, and Central Baptist Church. He helped form organizations such as the Mainland Advisory Council, which consists of donors from the U.S. mainland.
The middle school campus consists of 14 classrooms, a computer lab, two specially equipped science classrooms, and a multi-purpose room for middle school students. The HBA Middle School Campus was designed by the firm of Walters, Kimura, Motoda and it has been noted to be a LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....
gold facility since it was designed to be environmental friendly and sustainable.
Since 1997, HBA has operated under a modified school calendar, with two-week breaks in October, December, and March, and a two-month summer break in June and July. Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, a modified dress standard with school-endorsed shirts, skirts, and pants was instituted.
In the 2008-09 school year, HBA celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Hawaii Baptist Academy's middle school robotics team placed fifth out of 104 middle school teams in the 2011 VEX Robotics World Championships in Orlando held April 14 to 16. Three of the top five teams in the Orlando championship came from China. In third place was a team from Arizona.
Alma Mater
They that wait upon the LordShall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Teach us, Lord.
Teach us, Lord, to wait.
Isaiah 40:31
Presidents
- + Hugh P. McCormick
- Stanley A. Sagert (1970–1987)
- Ronald D. Boggs (1987–1988)
- Daniel H. C. Kong (1988–1993)
- Richard T. Bento (1993–Present)
+ Title of Superintendent was changed to President during Stanley A. Sagert's leadership.