Ron Okamura has been the principal at McKinley High School since 2008 and is starting his 16th year. He has high hopes for this school year after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic was a...
This school year, students are finally coming back to a "normal" school schedule after dealing with the pandemic. Hybrid learning, required mask-wearing and social distancing are all things of the past...
On Aug. 1, the class of 2026 started their first day of high school with an assembly, activities, and briefly going to their classes. Only freshmen and Ignition mentors were on campus. Nonetheless, there...
In August of 2022, McKinley High School students and teachers returned to campus, nearing the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic with changes in safety precautions. If COVID has taught students anything,...
On July 12, 2022, Governor David Ige vetoed Hawaii’s genetic privacy bill, SB2032. The bill would have addressed many of the concerns privacy advocates have voiced regarding the operations of Direct...
*This article placed 4th in Investigative Reporting in the 2023 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards.
For the second year in a row, the Hawaii legislature rejected a resolution to rename McKinley...
“Ding ding.” “Ring.” This is what you would probably see or hear daily in class - students on their phone texting someone, listening to music, etc.
Dwayne Sakaguchi teaches World History and...
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