At McKinley High School, student life is diverse and bustling. Schedules to follow, work to get done, places to go during and after school involving routines students follow throughout their day, sleep...

If Denice Laws wasn't a teacher today, she would be a Broadway actress. “[A] failing Broadway actress,” Laws clarified. Laws would have liked to be a Broadway actress, but she was afraid of failing...

Zoe Smith wanted to become a teacher because of her past teachers in school that influenced her. “I had some really good teachers in high school and they had a huge impact on me and the person that...

Mary Shook-Starsinic has taught at all kinds of schools, such as elementary, middle and high schools. She’s also taught on the mainland and loved teaching at the schools she’s taught at before. “I’ve...

Aulii Mafi, an emergency hire teacher who used to be an occasional substitute and attendance clerk at McKinley, recently got the opportunity to teach special education classes in W223. She has taught at...

Tommy McNabb, a new math teacher at McKinley High School, works in A-213, renovated with new chairs, plants and paintings, Both to his Aglaonema plant and his students, he cares for them. McNabb said...

After being a long-term history substitute teacher at McKinley two years ago, Allison Jacobs decided to take an opportunity to join McKinley High School’s science department for the 2023-2024 school...

Clarence Kaui Chun wishes to bring a fresh perspective to McKinley High School  with his passion for history. Chun teaches sophomores in F255. Chun said that McKinley chose him. He was traditionally...

National Library Week is on April 23-29 and celebrates the valuable role of libraries, librarians, and library workers in transforming lives and strengthening communities. One thing, though, that weakens...

Japanese Americans were discriminated against and not trusted when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941. Although the soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat...