World-Ready Learning
Academics
For more than a century, Mid-Pacific has been a place where students are known, challenged, inspired, and prepared for a world that is constantly changing. Here, learning is not limited to the classroom or measured only by what students know. It is shaped by what they can imagine, create, question, solve, and contribute.
At Mid-Pacific, students are at the center of a dynamic academic experience that nurtures curiosity, critical thinking, creativity, compassion, and purpose. They learn to ask meaningful questions, approach challenges with confidence, collaborate with others, and use their knowledge to make a positive impact in their school, community, and world.
Our standards of academic excellence are grounded in developing skills for the future: discovery, creativity, and teamwork. Students are encouraged to think deeply, communicate clearly, take intellectual risks, and develop the habits of mind they need not only to succeed at Mid-Pacific, but to thrive as innovators, artists, leaders, and compassionate contributors in the world beyond our campus.
Administration
Elizabeth Cleary
Vice President of Academic Affairs
elizabethcleary@midpac.edu
Stephanie Hanamura
Preschool & Elementary School Principal
shanamura@midpac.edu
Stephen Ly
Middle & High School Principal
sly@midpac.edu
Contact for Admissions
Office of Admissions
admissions@midpac.edu
(808) 973-5005
Hours: M – F, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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The Mid-Pacific Philosophy
At Mid-Pacific, students do not have to choose between rigor and creativity, academics and the arts, excellence and innovation, or achievement and joy. We believe these qualities strengthen one another. Our pedagogy method of Deeper Learning is the pathway to their success. When students are invited to think creatively, work collaboratively, and pursue meaningful questions, learning becomes deeper, more lasting, and more relevant.
From Preschool through Grade 12, students engage in hands-on, inquiry-based, real-world learning that blends strong academics with technology, the arts, design thinking, reflection, and purpose. Whether they are building, performing, researching, writing, debating, coding, creating, or solving complex problems, students are developing the confidence, adaptability, and integrity to shape their own futures.
Innovation at Mid-Pacific is not simply a program or a course. It is a mindset. It lives in our classrooms, studios, labs, stages, outdoor spaces, and community partnerships. Through programs such as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Mid-Pacific School of the Arts, Mid-Pacific Exploratory, immersive technology, robotics, digital media, artificial intelligence, and interdisciplinary project-based learning, students are given opportunities to discover who they are, what they care about, and how they can make a difference.
We believe the world needs learners who are not only prepared and skilled, but also compassionate and ready to lead. At Mid-Pacific, students learn for school, for college, for career, and most importantly, for life.
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Academics at a Glance
- Middle School Program
- Dance Certificate
- Theatre Certificate
- High School Program
- Mid-Pacific Exploratory (MPX)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB)
- MPSA Certificate
- Interdisciplinary Certificate