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Of the 41 local athletes to receive scholarship support from the foundation this year, seven were from Maui including: Kalia Kaneta and Kaysa Ong of Maui High School; Avery Kirkham of Maui Preparatory Academy; Kamakanōweo Kekauoha-Schultz and Bella Kuailani of King Kekaulike High School; and Kaili McMillin and Sage Ryden of Seabury Hall Academy.

Sadie Stafford, an 11th grader at Maui Preparatory Academy earned an Honorable Mention award for her pencil on paper artwork entitled “Sweet 15.”

A total of 77 surfers — 36 girls, 41 boys from 11 Maui Interscholastic League schools — competed at Lahaina Harbor on Saturday in the first official event inside the burn zone created by the deadly wildfire on Aug. 8, 2023.

The Spartans senior is headed to UCLA after winning a third straight MIL boys individual title. Baldwin senior Anessa Riglos won her third straight MIL girls championship.

Maui Preparatory Academy has a full slate of summer camp offerings on its Nāpili campus this summer. The camps run in weekly sessions, Monday through Friday, with options for students in all grades.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi sent a letter to Maui Preparatory Academy on Wednesday, demanding that the school rescind a policy that it says “targets transgender students.”

Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life at the Maui Preparatory Academy’s Bozich Center in Disney’s High School Musical JR. Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extracurricular activities.

Maui Preparatory Academy has announced the hiring of Drew Triplett, a 2022 graduate, as its new athletic director.

Maui Preparatory Academy seeks a visionary and dedicated director of preschool to lead its Early Childhood Education program.

Four swimmers — Lahainaluna’s Jake McGill, King Kekaulike’s Xander Hurst, Maui Prep’s Sacha Salem and Maui High’s Aika Swanson — won two individual events on Saturday at the Kīhei Aquatic Center.

In a continued effort to support the community after the Maui wildfires of 2023, the Rotary D5000 Fire Relief Fund has donated $48,160 to the Maui Preparatory Academy school lunch program for the fire-affected students and faculty. 

The 12th annual Maui Interscholastic League Surf Coaches Certification Clinic had a record number of participants. Thirty-three coaches passed the clinic after completing an open ocean swim, and a program that included ocean risk assessment, ocean rescue, lifesaving techniques, CPR and first aid.

This weekend, Maui Bicycling League looks to host its Year-End Bike Ride in partnership with Maui Sunriders, a local bike shop that has reopened in Kapalua after losing its previous location in the Lahaina fires.

Maui Preparatory Academy’s Bright Beginnings Preschool will host a preschool preview on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 9 to 11 a.m.

The Hawai‘i Community Foundation is awarding over $2 million dollars in Maui Strong Fund grants to 24 nonprofit partners providing culturally relevant and holistic mental health resources to families, individuals, and youth affected by the Maui wildfires. The nonprofit partners will use the funds to provide a broad range of services including art therapies, trauma-informed workshops, Hawaiian language and cultural immersion education, and peer-to-peer mental health support for youth.

Maui Preparatory Academy is proud to announce Christopher Salem has signed a Division I National Letter of Intent with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa under the leadership of Head Golf Coach Scott Simpson.  

Adapted from the classic Christmas film of the same title, “Elf The Musical Jr” arrives at Maui Preparatory Academy’s Bozich Center just in time to kick off the holiday season.

In football, King Kekaulike deals Kamehameha Maui its first MIL loss to force a Division II title game. And in volleyball, Maui Prep clinched its first MIL D-II title and will join three other MIL teams in the state tournaments this week.

The Maui Preparatory Academy Rotary Interact Club has received the No Ka ʻOi Highway Hui Award from the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, Highways Maui District, for the club’s student-led contributions to the Adopt-A-Highway public service program on Maui.

The two teams sit atop the MIL Division II standings and will likely meet again in the playoffs for the regular-season title.