Exercises Honor HPA Graduates

WAIMEA, Island of Hawaii— The Hawaii Preparatory Academy awarded diplomas to 80 members of the Class of 2008 at commencement exercises May 22 at Castle Gymnasium.

Jay Wilder, Upper School history teacher, who is retiring after 30 years at the school, gave the commencement address. Prizes and awards went to the following seniors: Headmaster's Award, Whitney Harvey; Founder's Award, Louis Polak and Tyler Sakurai; Senior Scholar, Ji Su Park; Walter Liu Memorial Leadership Award, Gene Maness; Kevin Kitagawa Memorial Bootstrap Award, Franz "Junior" Fischer; Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, Bo Hyung "Kathy" Yoon; Athletes of the Year, Junior Fischer and Chelsea Himalaya; Roy Fujimoto Senior Scholar, Cecily Kimura.

Jay Warkentin ‘88, president of the HPA Alumni Association, presented Headmaster Dr. Olaf Jorgenson with a check for $6,000 from the HPA Alumni Association, to be used for financial aid for future generations of students. Warkentin also presented the faculty “At-A-Way” award to Shirley Ann Fukumoto and the Alumni Association Award, the association’s highest award, to George and Shirley Isaacs in recognition of their many years of exceptional service to the school. The Isaacs' daughter, Holly, accepted on their behalf.

The Ellbogen Meritorious Teaching Award was given to history teacher Jay Wilder. The HPA Boosters Club presented Mark Noetzel with the Coaching Excellence Award for 2007-2008.

Seventeen students were named members of Cum Laude, the school's honor society. They were: Sachi Ainge, Summer Borowski, Maia Campbell, Chi Ho Chun, Ellington Chase, Amelia Evans, Eli Hart, Sachi Hiatt, Samantha Johnson, Elliot Kastner, Alexandra Kowalski, Suk Ho Lee, Aubrie Munson, Candace Rearden, William Sims, Kim Wolforth, and Kiana Zakar

The graduates were: Moana Abe, Mari Asai, Alex George Beaton, Alexander Kupono Bell, William Bowman Boynton, Maia Anna Campbell, Beau James Cantyne, Francis John Capelli, Jake Mayre Chancer, Ellington M. F. Chase, Chi Ho Chun, Hannah Conley, Jennifer Maraia Dahlgren, Aaron Scott Dale, Blaise De Lima, Tiare Chelsea Devenot, Kassia Louise Dombroski, Lauren Nicole Emerson, Samantha Lehua Emmons, Hans Ikaika Fellhauer, Alexandra Evelyn Ferrara, Franz Theodore Fischer, Mariko Lori Fujio-White, Jonathan Hiileiali‘i Gendreau, William Pono Hagerman, Allison Elizabeth Harmon, Whitney Marie Harvey, Courtney Alexis Haskins, Kaylyn Erica Hayashikawa, Chelsea Marie Himalaya, Lacey Joy Mitsuko Honda, Joseph Junior Huang, Taro Iwatani, Adrian William Jacobs, Rascha Marie Jelks, David Benjamin Johnson, Emily Frances Johnston, Pattraporn Khli-in, Cecily Anne Emiko Kimura, Amanda Leigh Lawrence, Chih-Pang Lee, Suk Ho Lee, Chin-Fu Liu, Kimberly Lehualani Macy, Houlton Gage Mahaney, Gene Howard Maness, Bryant Dennis Mawhorter, Aubrie Anne Munson, Ian Kas Nelson, Eric Lennon Niebylski, Jordan Mitchell Opdycke, Kristina Brianne Ornellas, Lauren Leilani Paisley, Ji Su Park, Jung Woo Park, Keenan Keahi Parker, Louis Anderson Polak, Robert Lawrence Pollette, Benjamin Todd Powers, Weston James Mana‘o‘i‘o Purdy, Candace Riley Rearden, Tyler Toshio Sakurai, Jasmine Lily Dove Silverstein, Nicole Elizabeth Stomski, Emi Suganuma, Tamara Elisa Surtees, Jordan Lei Swan, Catherine Anne Takata, Ross Tanenbaum Jr., Charnelle Ku‘uleimomi Terawaki, Kathryn Rose Treacy, Dzidzielia Daphne Trevino, Malia Catherine Vitousek, Shih-Han Wang, Jared Douglas Wisniewski, Kim Evelyn Wolforth, Justina Kathleen Wood, Bo Hyung Yoon, Mariko Edithmarie Yoshinaga, and Kiana Brit Zakar.
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