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The Pinion

The student-run newspaper of McKinley High School

The Pinion

The student-run newspaper of McKinley High School

The Pinion

Cyber Patriots teach students to be tech savvy

Kelvin Ku, assistant editor April 27, 2018

Cyber Patriots is a global group that work on programming. McKinley offers it as an after school program for students. There are seven members in Cyber Patriots and they are divided into two teams. One...

McKinley wins medals at the OBDA Solo & Ensemble

Thompson Wong, design editor April 27, 2018

All McKinley High School band participants in the Oahu Band Directors Association’s Solo and Ensemble Festival were awarded medals for their outstanding performance on Jan. 21. The islandwide festival...

McKinley Tigers dash to states

December 11, 2017

In late October, McKinley High School was a part of the 56 schools who participated in the annual cross country state championship in Kauai. The race was 3.025 miles long with a total of 200 participants...

One pint of blood was collected from each donor. The November
drive brought in 87 pints. If you donated and want to find out your
blood type, call the Blood Bank of Hawaii. Photo by Anela Chavez.

JROTC hosts blood drive

Anela Chavez, Editor-in-chief December 8, 2017

McKinley High School hosted a blood drive in November. The last blood drive to take place at MHS was in 2015. This year’s drive goal was to collect 80 pints, and they collected 87 pints. On the first...

Mitch Arnold is McKinley High School’s food service manager. He has worked at McKinley High since 1995.

Food service manager answers questions about school lunch

Dawson Langinbelik and Aidan Sakaio March 14, 2017

Q: During the freshmen assembly, one of the administrators said that McKinley serves the best food. What do you think about that? Arnold: I take great pride in what we do for you folks. This is why I,...

Dr. Wynn Okuda with his family at the Hall of Honor luncheon.

Four alumni inducted in MHS Hall of Honor

March 10, 2017

Franklin Yamamoto 1960 Franklin Yamamoto is from the class of 1960. He was a pediatrician, allergist, immunologist and community educator in asthma. During his high school career, Yamamoto was involved...

Art by Aidan Sakaio

Is prom where you should be?

Lacey Hayashi, reporter March 10, 2017

It is prom season.  Junior Prom will be Monday, March 20 and Senior Prom is on Saturday, May 13. Students values and experiences regarding prom vary. Some students like going to the dance with a group...

Students practice on the new football field that opened in February.

Restoring the roar

Alexandria Buchanan, editor March 10, 2017

With 16 straight losses, two forfeited seasons in the last two years and a 0-90 loss against Waianae in 2015, many question what is going on with the McKinley High School football program. The new field...

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