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Is procrastination beneficial?

Aidan Sakaio, reporter December 14, 2016

According to a few students at McKinley High School and as well as articles on the internet, people tend to procrastinate simply because they cannot help it. Whether or not someone is a procrastinator...

The borrowers

Alexandria Buchanan, editor December 14, 2016

The borrowers. You all know who they are. Those kids that always need to “borrow” a pencil, money, pens, etc. I’m sure you’ve all been there, and being the kindhearted ladies and gentlemen...

Some students want school to end at 2:30 every day.

Freshmen adjust to new end time

Jaycee Paat, reporter September 27, 2016

At McKinley High School, students end at 2:10 on even days, and on odd days at 3:00. Incoming freshmen had various comments about the new schedule. In middle school, most days for them would end around...

Brothers Yashu and Ephraim Lanki (right to left) Photo contributed by Yashu Lanki

MHS supports Ephraim and the Lanki family

Anela Chavez, Editor-in-chief September 27, 2016

MHS has raised about $1,500 to support Ephraim Lanki. The school has a donations box in the Student Activities Center and shirts in the athletics office for $20. The shirts feature the phrase “Fight...

Teachers give us homework to help study a topic, but does it  really help students? 
Art by Britney Nguyen

The stress of homework can be overwhelming

Alexandria Buchanan, editor September 15, 2016

The phrase, “Okay, class, homework tonight will be…” is a phrase heard in almost every class daily. The Hawaii Board of Education’s homework policy 2270 states, “The Board of Education supports...

Students choose the clubs that match their hobbies.

What makes students choose a club to join

Eileen Wang, reporter September 7, 2016

McKinley High School has 25 clubs that students can join. Students have their own reasons for joining a club. It could be because it relates to their hobbies or that they have friends who are joining the...

Jamie Dela Cruz writes music.

The face behind the username

Katie Jones, reporter May 19, 2016

Throughout the 2015-16 school year, one student has consistently viewed and provided feedback for with The Pinion the most. Jamie Dela Cruz is a sophomore at McKinley High School. He began viewing The...

Video games + Education = Benefit?

Video games + Education = Benefit?

James Deguinon, reporter April 28, 2016

Wake up tired, go to school, go home after school to play video games, and sleep.  Those who plays video games daily in this generation, games like Super Mario Bros, GTA, Call of Duty, Pokemon, or Super...

My experience in two years

Hoang Nguyen, reporter April 15, 2016

My name is Nguyen Van Hoang and I am a freshman at McKinley High School. I come from Vietnam and I have been here for two years. But the question is how and why I got here? I’m here not because I want...

All out or stress out?

All out or stress out?

James Deguinon, reporter April 14, 2016

Working, getting headaches, looking back and forth at the paper for knowledge after knowledge, pressing hard at the paper with a pencil and turning in the work to the teacher all for just one thing....

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