MidWeek West - Feb 15, 2023

FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15, 2023
WORK OF ART
Find out where this Makakilo artist’s work is on display.
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IN THE BARREL
Surf columnist Gary Kewley has the inside scoop on the World Championship Tour. SEE PAGE 6
IPA Lights The Way For Future Leaders
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
Island Pacific Academy’s head of school Gerald Teramae, pictured here with students, welcomes families to an open house from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 25. LAWRENCE TABUDLO PHOTO
WBY ELLISE KAKAZU
est O‘ahu’s premier private school, Island Pacific Academy, is on a mission to educate and raise up fu-
ture generations of leaders who will change the world.
“Island Pacific Academy’s vision is to in- spire and enable students to be navigators of change and go forward with confidence (i mua me ka ha‘aheo) to become caring, contributing citizens who can succeed in an ever-changing world,” states head of school Gerald Teramae.
Setting students up for success, IPA fea- tures a stellar academic program that focuses on project-based learning and design thinking.
“For example, in grade five, the students engage in an American Revolution PBL (proj- ect-based learning) in which students answer the driving question, ‘How do we as artists create a museum experience to teach the community about what we learned about the American Revolution?’” explains elementary principal Samantha Hodes-Der.
“As a part of the unit, students work with
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