About Us
The Pinion has been a tradition at McKinley High School since 1920. The Pinion is produced by the Newswriting class, advised by Cynthia Reves ([email protected]) and published by the Reprographics Department. Our newsroom is in W123. McKinley High School is a member of the Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists and the National Scholastic Press Association.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Pinion staff strives to provide and maintain accurate, entertaining and informative news for the students, staff and alumni of McKinley High School. We strive to show diligence in creating all our content so that we can make a positive contribution to the public.
SUPPORT US
Donations
Direct Donations: Make check payable to McKinley High School, and write “Student Newspaper Donation” in the memo. Send payment to: McKinley High School Business Office, 1039 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI 96814. Direct donations are tax-deductible
SNO Donate: Donate via the Donate button on any of our online articles. When a supporter contributes through SNO Donate, SNO will collect the credit card payment and 90% of the donation will be applied to The Pinion’s account. The remaining 10% of the donation will be used to cover credit card fees and maintenance of the SNO Donate platform. All donations through SNO Donate must be done with a credit card. Because the donations are processed through SNO Sites, they are not tax-deductible.
Advertising
Directly through The Pinion
We sell two direct ads. One is a $60 Static Header Ad. The other is a $30 Static Footer ad. These will appear on all pages, desktop, tablet, and mobile. The price is for a 30 day period: for example: Jan. 15 – Feb. 15.
If you would like to publish an ad, please let us know by email at [email protected] the publication dates you want. In the subject line, please put ADVERTISEMENT. Once you have confirmed your publication dates with us, email your advertisement in jpg or png – 780 x 90 pixels. We can also simply replace YOUR NAME HERE in the ad template viewable below and you do not need to sent us a file. We offer a Year Discount: 12 months for the price of 10. Make check payable to McKinley High School, and write “Student Newspaper Ad ” in the memo. Send payment to: McKinley High School Business Office, 1039 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI 96814.
Please include the following information with the advertisement.
- Your contact information
- The ad can link to a website. If you want that, please include the url
SNO Ads
We sell three SNO ads. The header ad is $60, the footer is $30, and the sidebar is $150. The advertiser can conveniently register, purchase and upload the ad via SNOAds.com. Seventy percent of the ad price goes to The Pinion and 30% goes toward maintance of the SNO Ad platform. Every ad image and URL destination submitted by advertisers is reviewed by a member of the SNO team before it’s added to The Pinion siste to guarantee that nothing inappropriate will appear.
SUBMIT IDEAS OR ARTICLES
While The Pinon does not guarantee coverage or publication of stories, we welcome your contributions.
Got story ideas? Want to submit an article, photo, video, etc? Email the adviser at [email protected]
In the subject line, please put STORY IDEA or SUBMISSION. In the body, please explain why your idea or article or art would be appropriate for publication in The Pinion.
EDITORIAL POLICY
Click to see The Pinion’s editorial policy
STYLE GUIDE
Click to see The Pinion’s style guide