Silver‑haired and tiny, Dianne Boons walked down the King Street sidewalk on her way to meet a group of young journalists—a group that, at the time, included me. She lived in a condo not far from campus,...

After a quarter century of rigorous competition, President William McKinley High School's robotics team, Team Kika Mana (tiger power) #368, has decided to take a break from competing due to a shortage...

Scrolling on your phone? Why not try scrolling through a book? Literal, a new reading app added to Clever at the beginning of this school year, allows readers to read books in the form of text messages....

History books remember December 7, 1941, as the “Day That Will Live in Infamy,” when the Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor. For Mary Oda Tamura (McKinley Alumni ℅ 1947), that Sunday morning 84 years...

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...