Hawaii Baptist Academy![Alumni Spotlight: Julie Taylor Venegas ‘92]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1566597253/hawaiibaptist/yjms8zeceiggymshynb3/JulieVenegas.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1566597253/hawaiibaptist/yjms8zeceiggymshynb3/JulieVenegas.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1566597253/hawaiibaptist/yjms8zeceiggymshynb3/JulieVenegas.png","width":755}])
This fall, HBA welcomed Julie (Taylor) Venegas ‘92 as the new elementary STEM teacher.
Discover, Grow, Soar!
Hawaii Baptist Academy is a private, Christian college-preparatory school that equips students spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally, so that they bring honor to God.
Testimonials
AT A GLANCE
1949
founded by Southern Baptist missionaries
3
campuses in Nuuanu
100%
of our graduates are accepted to college
20%
of our families receive financial aid
1:15
average teacher to student ratio.
1st Place
HMSA Kaimana Award Twelve-Time Winner
70%
of our middle and high school students participate in a sport.
GOLD Award
state-of-the-art middle and high school LEED accredited campuses.
Current NEWS
![Marcus Mau]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565126893/hawaiibaptist/fujnnuc5iznhuwd9xso5/MarcusMau.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1565126893/hawaiibaptist/fujnnuc5iznhuwd9xso5/MarcusMau.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1565126893/hawaiibaptist/fujnnuc5iznhuwd9xso5/MarcusMau.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1565126893/hawaiibaptist/fujnnuc5iznhuwd9xso5/MarcusMau.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1565126893/hawaiibaptist/fujnnuc5iznhuwd9xso5/MarcusMau.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1565126893/hawaiibaptist/fujnnuc5iznhuwd9xso5/MarcusMau.jpg","width":2200}])
On the outside, Marcus Mau ‘19 appears to have it all together. A young man with good grades and a bright future, one would never guess that he didn’t have it easy growing up.
![Cheri Teranishi Hashimoto]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1564098929/hawaiibaptist/naeozdvn1oaqrxsma234/CheriTeranishiHashimoto.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1564098929/hawaiibaptist/naeozdvn1oaqrxsma234/CheriTeranishiHashimoto.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1564098929/hawaiibaptist/naeozdvn1oaqrxsma234/CheriTeranishiHashimoto.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1564098929/hawaiibaptist/naeozdvn1oaqrxsma234/CheriTeranishiHashimoto.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1564098929/hawaiibaptist/naeozdvn1oaqrxsma234/CheriTeranishiHashimoto.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1564098929/hawaiibaptist/naeozdvn1oaqrxsma234/CheriTeranishiHashimoto.jpg","width":2200}])
Cheri Teranishi Hashimoto didn’t know when she joined HBA as a 7th grader in 1987 that she would be the catalyst for the creation of its first softball team.
![Les Garringer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1563494433/hawaiibaptist/swbuk3evir7aqrslvfde/LesGarringerPortrait.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1563494433/hawaiibaptist/swbuk3evir7aqrslvfde/LesGarringerPortrait.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1563494433/hawaiibaptist/swbuk3evir7aqrslvfde/LesGarringerPortrait.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1563494433/hawaiibaptist/swbuk3evir7aqrslvfde/LesGarringerPortrait.jpg","width":1156}])
Les Garringer ‘63 attended HBA only one year, but he says it was the best year of his life.