Daily Pinion 1974

The Daily Pinion - Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1974

Headlines:
Period 4 Career Session To Explore Medical Field
Prom Fashion Show Highlights S.C. Fun Night
Mick Netters Open Season Against Pearl City, Win 3 of 5
Booster Club Fetes Varsity
SMP Victorious Over Taikas Win Championship

McKinley High School Class of 1977

40th Reunion Summer 2017

Popular Vocational Oriented Courses

The Black and Gold 1975

Popular Vocation Oriented Courses Build Useful Skills, Knowledge

Emphasizing practical and vocational skills, the Business Education, Industrial Arts and Home Economics departments proved to be popular electives with the students.

In an effort to modernize the Business department, 20 new electric typewriters were purchased for the typing classes, replacing the older and outdated manual models.

In addition to typing, other electives offered were data processing, accounting, shorthand, office practice, business machines, and cooperative business education.

A new change this year saw the agricultural technology classes incorporated into the industrial arts department.
Further accommodations were made for girls interested in auto shop, introducing special (all girl) classes, for the first time.
Other shop courses offered included wood, metal, electronics, drafting, and graphic arts.

The Home Economics Department was designed to give girls and boys basic knowledge of modern family living. Students explored the various aspects of child care, family clothings, and food service. Personality and dress was also offered to students who wished to learn more about poise and beauty.

One of the more popular Home Economic courses was Family Foods. Here students learned about proper nutrition and diet.

McKinley High School Class of 1977

40th Reunion Summer 2017

70's Song - I'm just a singer (in a Rock n Roll Band)

McKinley High School Class of 1977

40th Reunion Summer 2017

Daily Pinion 1974

The Daily Pinion - Monday, Dec. 2, 1974

Headlines:
Aloha Ainas Give Assistance To Families for Thanksgiving
Board Set to Hear Complaints, Concerns of Students
McKinley Grapplers to Enter Big Isle Invitational Tourney
Science Club in Library Projects
Humanities Class Appears in Documentary

McKinley High School Class of 1977

40th Reunion Summer 2017

Daily Pinion 1974

The Daily Pinion - Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1974

Headlines:
Executive Boar Attend District Leadership Camp
McKinley Students Tour Manoa Campus
Students Planning to Enter Fair Urged to Begin Science Projects
Raiders 'Pass' Over Tigers, 7-0
Special Motivation, Faculty, Victorious in Intramurals

McKinley High School Class of 1977

40th Reunion Summer 2017

Diversified Electives

The Black and Gold 1975

Diversified Electives Allow for Varied Individual Interests

Creativity and personal expression were necessary components to an aspiring young artist. With this in mind the Art department was designed to give students an enjoyment of the art world.

Art students were also encouraged to enter the prestigious National Scholastic Art Contest.

Offered were Basic Art, Ceramics, Weaving and Textile courses, all placing human expression through art as common goals.

Communicating electronic as well as printed information, the Audio-Visual and Publications departments facilitated the distribution of information within the school.

AV students took care of the ditto machines, tape reproductions, photography, laminating and video taping, in addition to working in the multi-purpose auditorium and setting up projectors for classroom use. This type of work gave experience and training for pursuing a career in the audio-visual field.

Qualified students were certified to serve as school projectionists.

The Publications department was involved with the production of both the school yearbook and newspaper.
Working to report news as accurately as possible, students in the Newswriting classes rushed to meet their daily deadlines, while their counterparts in the Yearbook class tried to capture the moods and feelings of the school year in pictures and words.

The foreign language courses gave students the opportunity to become proficient in languages other than their native English.

A booming Japanese tourist industry in addition to a large local population, helped stimulate interest in Conversational Japanese course.

Japanese classes also had the benefit of the new 'Kanji' typewriter, which could type out Japanese characters.
Other foreign language courses included Mandarin, Latin, French and Spanish.

McKinley High School Class of 1977

40th Reunion Summer 2017

70's Song - Cisco Kid

McKinley High School Class of 1977

40th Reunion Summer 2017