This year, McKinley alumnus Sikhota Gnouilaphi (c/o 2003) returned to his alma mater as a special education teacher, dedicated to helping students achieve both personal and academic growth. Before becoming...

From 2020 to 2022, McKinley High School did not have a health aide. Students with medical issues had to go to the secondary health room, which was in the main office. Principal Ron Okamura said he struggled...

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...