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Vo’s Interests: Flute

An Vo March 1, 2020

Studying music has been my passion since I joined the Central Intermediate’s band during sixth grade. I chose to play the flute because the sounds produced from the instrument made me reminisce about...

Pops in Asia: Red Velvet The ReVe Festival: Finale

Jullia Linn, reporter February 17, 2020

Out of all of Red Velvet’s albums so far I would say that this album is the best. Red Velvet is a South Korean girl group under the company SM entertainment. Red Velvet is known for its 5 visuals and...

Mixed Media Madness: Art Blocks

Kelly Cheng, reporter February 17, 2020

I hate  running out of ideas about what to draw. It makes me lose motivation. If you’re like me, this is irritating, so I want to share tips that I do to avoid art blocks. My first tip is to redraw...

Mixed Media Madness: Sketchbooks

Kelly Cheng, reporter February 12, 2020

Let’s just say, not every page in my sketchbook is neat, fancy, or perfect. I either have the best linearts or hideous faces and non-proportional anatomy drawn everywhere. It’s safe to say that many...

Pinion editors from the 2019 staff, Kelvin Ku, Alexandria Buchanan, and Thompson Wong interview a Civil Beat reporter.

Life as a student journalist: Headlines and the Core Four

An Vo February 5, 2020

When writing articles as a journalist, you should always consider what your headline will be and which of the core four your article goes under. There are rules to creating an interesting and concise headline...

Want to know what its like being a reporter for The Pinion? Newswriting students learn the basics of journalism and will advance on their way from reporter to editor.

Life as a student journalist: Newswriting and the Code of Ethics

An Vo December 22, 2019

Learning blogs are short articles that talk about, obviously, what one has learned. The Pinion staff began writing blogs in 2013 about what they learned about journalism but stopped for unknown reasons....

McKinley High School varsity players (left to right) Francis Leasiolagi, Ezekiel Samuelu, Travis Tanuvasa-Filipo, Alexandria Buchanan, Stephen Martin, Damian Tinay, Kinson Esa, Zephaniah Vulivalu, Iulio Atonio, Jomari Locquiao and Tamatoa Aga. Photo by DePaul (Mutu) Leuta.

Experiencing the spotlight

Alexandria Buchanan, editor October 4, 2017

HAWAII HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM AWARDS 2018 - SECOND IN STATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BLOG Ever since Aug. 19, I have had interviews, articles and recognition for simply scoring a touchdown. This newfound “spotlight”...

21st century skills

Lin Song, Web Co-Editor May 21, 2015

I spent two years practicing journalism in high school. This practice has trained me in 21st century skills, which are abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. Creative...

Final Learning Blog and Reflection

Silvana Bautista, Web Co-Editor May 20, 2015

I spent the last two years, my junior and senior years, practicing journalism in high school. This practice has trained me in 21st century skills. It has allowed me to develop skills in communicating...

Procrastination is not good at all

Lin Song, Web Co-Editor May 8, 2015

I once wrote an article about procrastination. Ironically, I have found that my procrastination symptoms have become more and more serious since then. In that article, I wrote that procrastination...

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