Hawaii Baptist Academy

Hawaii Baptist Academy is an independent primary and secondary co-educational college preparatory school and serves grades kindergarten to twelve on three campuses. Founded by American Southern Baptist Convention missionaries Hugh P. and Mary McCormick in 1949, it graduated its first students in 1954. Formerly located near Roosevelt High School in Makiki, it moved to its present location in urban 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.

History

Before relocating to the current Middle and High School campus in Nuokinauanu, HBA held court for some time at Makiki Christian Church. The Nuokinauanu 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 Nuokinauanu. HBA also had a small elementary campus in Nānākuli (Ookinaahu), located at Nānākuli Baptist Church. This campus was relocated to property in Waiokinaanae in the mid-1980s, where it remained until it was eventually closed in 1997.

Current

In 2006, HBA opened the Dan Kong Middle School 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 the middle school students. 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 2008, Hawaii Baptist Academy will be celebrating it's 60th Aniversary. The HBA webisite has a section for the history of HBA's 60 years as a school. This years events will be lead by the Admin along with the Student Council and faculity. This years Spirit Week (lead by S.C. Communicating Secretary Shawn Saito) will offer a new variety of events for the Students of HBA throughout the week.