Mid-Pacific Institute

Mid Pacific Institute Junior, Jason Allen is an enthusiastic musician who is working toward bringing young musicians in our community together to listen, play and share music.

Mid-Pacific Institute received a $25,000 grant on Monday from The Cades Foundation to support the private school’s art program. The foundation is among the largest private funders of arts in Hawaiʻi.

David Robinson studies dance at University of San Francisco. The classically trained ballet dancer from Ballet Hawaii talks to Mid-Pacific Institute classmate, musician Matin Boulos. Robinson and Boulos recently performed in San Francisco Conservatory of Musicʻs Maui Benefit Concert- a collaboration of music and interpretive dance. They share this recorded interview as Robinson starts his second year at USF.

Triston Roberts is a self taught musician and composer/arranger. Roberts visits Classical Pacific before heading off to start his second year at Brown Univeristy. The Mid Pacific Institute graduate talks about adjusting to life on the East Coast, and how hard work and staying with his passion for music has helped him as he attends one of the nationʻs most prestigious schools.

The AI Advisory Council is responsible for research, governance, curriculum development and community engagement. They will offer their findings to the private school.

Mid-Pacific Institute senior Chelsee Sawai won the Journalism Education Association's state High School Journalist of the Year award. Sawai is the co-editor-in-chief of the school newspaper "Na Pueo."

The Mid-Pacific Institute was gifted $10 million this week by an anonymous donor. It's the largest single gift in the private school’s history. So how will the donation benefit students now — and in the future? The Conversation sat down with Mid-Pac President Paul Turnbull to learn more.

The family of a 5-year-old boy who drowned during a kayaking excursion has reached a $7.2 million settlement in a lawsuit against Mid-Pacific Institute…