Physical Education and Recreation Department
Ms. Paris Machabeo-Spahn, Interim Chair
Over 85 percent of the students in Hawaii Academy take classes
through this department. Soon this department will be divided
into four programs: (1) Movement Education (1-hr classes for
Parent-tots and Preschoolers; generally ages 1-5); (2) Essential
Skills (for beginner (1-hr) and intermediate (2-hrs) students;
previously in separate programs for gymnastics and trampoline;
generally ages 6-13); (3) Fitness & Gymnastics (recreation
2-hr classes for all ages in general fitness, artistic gymnastics,
trampoline, tumbling, and dance; for teens, adults, and seniors);
and (4) Special Education (for students challenged physically,
mentally, socially, economically, etc.).!