Editors’ note: An earlier version of this article was published in Vol. 104, No. 1 of The Pinion, with slight revisions made for this publication. After more than twenty years, Hawaiian language classes...

A group of Band and Orchestra students stayed after school on Freshman Orientation Day to clean up the band room. When most of them were packing up to leave, they opened the doors to a friend—a chicken. Liane...

Beneath the statue of President William McKinley at McKinley High School, a new plaque offers a revised account of Hawaii’s annexation. Proposed by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the plaque...

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic details of a violent crime that some readers may find disturbing. As the case remains under investigation, new developments may arise. Reader discretion is...

This quarter, The Pinion conducted a survey with 192 responses from McKinley High School students and staff. 40.4% of respondents said they did not know what “media literacy” means, while 35.2% said...

In a widely contested primary election cycle, Hawaii’s race for the 25th State House District, covering Ala Moana, Kaka’ako, Downtown Honolulu, and McKinley High School, resulted in a historic upset. Kim...

  (Editor’s note: Around the time of World War II, McKinley was known by many as “Tokyo High” because so many of its students were second generation Japanese Americans, or nisei. Many of...

2024 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards - Nonfiction Storytelling - Second Place At 98 years old, Norman Yukio Hashisaka (c/o 1943) is still able to recall the education philosophy of his former...

Principal Ron Okamura has been working at McKinley High School since 2008 and has seen the chicken population from the beginning. Okamura said originally there were two hens at this school in the heart...

Four McKinley teachers were given an opportunity to showcase their art and their talents and hobbies outside of the classroom at Capitol Modern’s Artist Teacher exhibit. The exhibit featured 27 teachers,...