Campus Facilities

Upper Campus

The HPA Upper Campus is located on 220-acres in the foothills of the Kohala Mountains and is home to the Upper School (grades 9-12 and postgraduate). Boarding students enjoy the beauty of the campus and the multitude of opportunities the facilities provide. Academic facilities include 22 classrooms, a lecture hall, Institute of English Studies (IES) classroom, music and rehearsal rooms, science laboratories, and an engineering garage. Other facilities:

Energy Lab

The new $3.7 million Energy Lab, opened during the 2009-2010 school year, is an ambitious new learning space, where students and teachers alike will utilize 21st-century methods to learn about energy, its generation and conservation, and how to integrate sustainability into our lives. The 6,112 square foot facility has been designed with new learning practices in mind, practices that will be promoted and fostered by collaborative spaces featuring video teleconferencing capabilities, open creative zones, and a hands-on workshop for construction and testing of student-created projects.

Gates Performing Arts Center

Seating for 360 people. It houses a proscenium style stage, a sprung dance floor, a backstage dressing room, classroom, shop area, two costume rooms, and a rehearsal dance floor.

Davenport Music Center

Large rehearsal room with instrument storage cabinets containing guitars, violins, violas, cellos, string basses, flutes, clarinets, French horn, trumpets, trombone, and drum pads. Three pianos and a drum set are available in practice rooms. Two Macintosh computers with Sibelius and Garage Band software, as well as ear training, music history, and composition software.

Gerry Clark Art Center

Large, flexible open space available for project work. Includes a ceramics room and lecture lab.

John Dyer Memorial Library

The library is home to 17,000 volumes and 800 periodical volumes including 70 current subscriptions, an electronic retrieval information system (OPAC and Resource One) and a rare Hawaiiana collection.

Technology Center

Three computer laboratories are equipped with Macintosh and Windows computers, printers, and scanners. Also housed in the Technology Center is the HPA Network Operations Center providing connectivity to the Internet and file, Web, and database servers.

Davies Chapel

James M. Taylor Commons

This building, completed in 1968, houses the digital media center, administrative offices, guidance counseling center, infirmary, kitchen, and recently-renovated dining hall that seats 350.

Ko Kakou Student Union

The 4,100 square-foot center offers students a place for entertainment, relaxation, and recreation.

Residence Halls

There are three residence halls at the Upper Campus. All rooms have telephones, computer hookups, and high-speed Internet access. Each dorm’s common area includes a student lounge, laundry facilities, Macintosh computers, table games, TV, DVD player, and fireplace.

Annaʻs Dormitory
Robertsonʻs Dormitory
Hartwellʻs Dormitory

dorm room

Athletic facilities

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Castle Gymnasium

Colson Courts for volleyball and basketball, wrestling room, locker rooms, athletic training room, and equipment and drying rooms.

Nakamaru Fitness Center

This 2,000 square-foot center features the latest in free weights and fixed-weighted equipment.

Herbert M. and Laura N. Dowsett Pool

Outdoor, heated, 25 meters x 25 yards, with two one-meter diving boards. A pool manager supervises during lap times and classes.

Rutgers Tennis Center

Four covered, lighted courts. Honored by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) as one of the best facilities in the U.S. (1999).

Cross Country Course

The 3.1 mile cross country course winds through the HPA campus and includes a challenging hill along with downhills and flats.

Stanford W. Shutes Track

The Stanford W. Shutes Track, opened on September 13, 2010, is a 400-meter, eight-lane, all-weather synthetic surface track with synthetic infields in the “D” zones at each end for the high jump, pole vault, and long jump track events. The track will be designed and built in compliance with National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) standards governing high school and international amateur competitions.

Playing Fields

Football field - resodded as part of the track renovation in 2010.
Softball field
Soccer field
Bishop Kennedy Baseball Field - named after Bishop Harry S. Kennedy, the schools founder

Equestrian

Polo field, stadium jumping area, dressage area, and cross-country course. The school herd consists of 30 animals on pasture that are collected daily into the corral/tack house area. Western and English tack.

Boats

Two vessels (22 and 17 feet) and a 13 foot inflatable used for scuba, marine biology, Sea Turtle Research Program and student activities.

Outrigger Canoe

Kai Hala‘i (referring to the calm sea) is the HPA outrigger canoe used by students and is kept at and maintained by Kawaihae Canoe Club. It is used for practice during the summer regatta season and practice and racing during the spring and fall long distance seasons. The canoe was acquired by HPA and named by the team during 2004-2005.

Village Campus

The Village Campus encompasses eight acres and houses 13 classrooms for students in grades K-8, including music, drama, art, and computer rooms. Other facilities include the Lynn Taylor Library; the dining room, which seats 120; single- and double-room dormitories; Isaacs Art Center (shown right); and recreational areas adjoining the campus.