MPA0001! A New Discovery by Maui Prep

March 26, 2012

For the next month, students in the Upper School Astronomy course will be working as part of an international collaboration of secondary schools and universities to detect and identify asteroids in our solar system.  As one of 40 schools throughout the world participating in the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC), Maui Preparatory Academy has been [...]

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Congratulations Skyler Hirsch

March 20, 2012

Maui Prep 10th grader excelled at the Western Sectional Swim Meet this month. This meet had approximately 200 swimmers ranging in age from 14-39. There were many college swimmers at the meet, and several Olympic Trial cuts were achieved. Skyler had an amazing meet. He won two of his heats and took time off in [...]

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Jefferies and Trout Bring Home More MIL Swimming Accolades

March 12, 2012

Even though the MIL swim season officially ended in the middle of February, the awards are still coming in. This past week, the MIL All-Star team was selected by MIL coaches. Maui Prep freshman, Danielle Jefferies, was named the MIL Female Swimmer of the Year. Jefferies became Maui Prep’s first ever MIL champion and HHSAA [...]

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An Out of this World Pair: Kindergarten and 5th grade

March 5, 2012

Over the last few weeks, the 5th grade has been exploring what exists beyond our planet, Earth.  Each student has become an expert on a different planet in our solar system and is preparing for their presentations at the Learning Fair, where they will be “selling” their planets to our guests.  This week, the 5th [...]

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Congratulations Maui Prep History Day Students

March 4, 2012

Congratulations History Day students under the direction of Maui Prep History Teacher John Deal.  These are the students who qualified to the State competition in April: Middle School: 1.  Documentary – The Revolutionary Model T  – (Evan Frederiksen, Nick Head, Rich Sargent) 2.  Documentary – Overthrow, Annexation, Revolution: Hawaii’s Last Queen – (Frankie Singer, Cindy [...]

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Pueo Tennis Victorious in First MIL Match

March 1, 2012

Maui Prep tennis is back on the courts, and the boys’ team started the season in similar fashion to last year, with a win. The Pueo tennis players met the Maui High Sabres in the first match of the 2012 campaign. On February 29, the boys’ team won in convincing fashion posting a 4-1 match [...]

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Maui Prep Travels to Moloka’i for Makahiki!

February 27, 2012

Makahiki is one of the most revered and important traditions in Hawaiian culture. Historically, it was a four month festival in honor of the god Lono, during which the Hawaiian people cleansed, worshipped, ceased warfare, and staged games. Each year it is a Maui Prep tradition for our seventh grade class to travel across the [...]

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Two Words: STATE CHAMP!

February 12, 2012

On February 11, Maui Prep freshman Danielle Jefferies made history: she became the first Maui Prep state champion.  Jefferies entered the preliminary round of the OC16 HHSAA Swimming and Diving Championships seeded number one in the state for the 100-yard butterfly and did not relinquish that top spot through either the qualifying or final race. [...]

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Enrichment Activities this spring at Maui Prep

February 8, 2012

To further enrich and broaden our students’ experiences, a variety of programs are offered to lower and middle school students once or twice a week after school in approximately eight-week sessions. We are so lucky to have such talented teachers who have specialties in other areas beyond academics.  Often times, parents also share their talents [...]

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Maui Prep’s First MIL Champion!

January 28, 2012

It was a historic day for Maui Prep Athletics at the Kihei Aquatic Center.  In the final day of MIL swimming, Maui Prep freshman and Pueo Scholar Danielle Jefferies became our school’s first ever MIL Champion.  After making her way through the preliminary heats on Friday night, Jefferies swam in the finals for two events: [...]

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Maui Prep Middle School Science Olympiad Team Advances to States!

January 25, 2012

This past weekend saw the second annual Regional Science Olympiad Tournament at the Maui College campus.   Seven teams from around the island met to compete in a wide variety of building challenges and written tests from bridges and bottle rockets to diseases, rocks and minerals.  Maui Preparatory Academy was represented by sixteen of our 6th, [...]

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Maui Prep Paniolo Night 2012!

January 17, 2012

Maui Preparatory Academy cordially invites the West Maui community to attend our 6thannual Paniolo Night on Saturday, February 11th!  Come enjoy the all-you-can eat BBQ dinner provided by Iron Imu BBQ for only $20 dollars per adult and $10 per child.  Bring all the keiki  as we’ll have horses rides, a bouncy house, petting zoo [...]

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