My Grandmother’s Doll

Jeffrey Ross (9)
October 31, 2011
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When I was little, about nine or ten, I went to Japan for the summer and stayed at my grandfather’s house in a small suburb. One night during my stay there, I woke up to get a glass of water. I accidentally dropped the glass of water on the floor. While I was picking up the broken glass in the kitchen,...

Pali Road

Reyna Kimura (10)
October 31, 2011
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One weekend my friends and I went to the Pali Road. It was around 11 p.m. The Pali Road is where we usually go just to drive and kill time. But we never did walk it before. So we decided to do so. We parked the cars and walked down the road to the beginning. I left my McDonalds McChicken in the car to...

Battling Bullying

Kelsey David
October 31, 2011
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“Dude, I swear, you are so dumb sometimes.” You see, that? You may consider that as just teasing, but to others, it could be equivalent to a slap in the face. Or worse, the decrease in self-confidence. As common as it is, you might think that bullying is a new trend. But then you think, “since...

Plant nursery focuses on vocational skills

Peiru Lu
March 1, 2011
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The plant nursery is a place where students with special needs learn vocational skills through gardening. Linda Maeda-Lee, MHS special education teacher, said, "The plant nursery is a place for my students to propagate and learn how to grow plants for sale." In July 2005, Maeda-Lee received...

Immersion school helps Hawaiian language, culture live on for student

Peiru Lu
December 10, 2010
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Everyone knows McKinley High School has many bilingual students. Troy Hussey (11), however, is unique. He speaks English and Hawaiian. He’s a junior that transferred to MHS after six years at a Hawaiian immersion school. Hawaiian became the second official language of the state of Hawaii in addition...

Ai <3 Asia!

Amanda Muramoto
December 2, 2010
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In Japanese, ai (aye) means love. And love is what many of us feel about all of the novelties Asia offers us. They are always coming up with adorable things for us to buy that make us go “How kawaii!” But why do we desire these types of things? The answer was simple to most students. “The...

Meet a ghost at McKinley

Stacia Mahi
October 29, 2010
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Have you ever encountered a ghost? Janie Smith met one on our very campus and here is her story. I had just finished watching Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook, at Ward Theater. It was touching, and I must say that actor Ryan Gosling wasn’t bad-looking either. It was kind of sad when his wife didn’t...

Teen auditions for American Idol

Stacia Mahi
October 29, 2010
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A Tiger once a Spartan went and auditioned for the well-known show, American Idol. Junior Jasmine Chun Fat transfered from Maryknoll High School this year. Soon after arriving at McKinley High School, she took a few days off to fly to San Fransico, California, for the Idol audition. Her hanai aunty,...

Students win contest, journey to Japan

Jennis Hatakenaka
September 23, 2010
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The Japan Wizards Competition, a competition for high school students, takes place every February. The Japan-America Society of Hawaii (JASH) sponsors the competition, which tests students’ general knowledge of Japan and Japan-related fields. Students form teams of three, and study various topics with...

Immigrant students struggle to adapt

Juzhen Zhang
September 20, 2010
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McKinley High School has more than 400 students of Chinese ethnicity. That’s 24 percent of the school population. Many of them immigrated here recently and English is their second language. I am also a Chinese immigrant. I came to Hawaii in 2009. From personal experience and from talking to fellow...

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