Students dissect brains — sheep brains
December 9, 2010 • Reese Brown & Sharon Saeteurn
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Sara Caldwell, a first-year physiology teacher at Media Academy, guided her class to dissect sheep brains on Dec. 9. A diverse class of all grade levels took on a physiology lab to see how the brain of a sheep operates. “I think it’s going to be fun,” said Alexsis McDowell. ”I think... Read more »
Menchu: Violence is for cowards
December 14, 2010 • JUAN CARLOS RAMOS
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“Violence is the goal of cowards,” Rigoberta Menchu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, told a sold-out Oakland audience that included gang-affiliated youth. “They don’t know how to resolve problems any other way, so they use fists.” Menchu, a Guatemalan activist for indigenous people, spoke on Nov.... Read more »
WriterCoach Connection matches Mandela writers with volunteer coaches
December 15, 2010 • Jazmin Garcia
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A program that pairs writing coaches with students has expanded to Mandela Academy. WriterCoach Connection is a nonprofit organization that works with students one-on-one and helps them improve their writing skills. This fall, trained writing coaches are helping sophomores at Mandela on Thursdays and... Read more »
Teach for America scrutinized, praised
December 15, 2010 • Gloria "Jack" Mejia-Cuellar
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Candice Valenzuela calls Teach for America “a difficult and challenging program” with “very high standards.” “I’m a better teacher because I went through it,” she says. But on Sept.. 27, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that teaching interns, including those... Read more »
‘In-Class Breakfast’ to begin in February
December 15, 2010 • Linda Poeng
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Tony Srimoukda can barely focus in his second period class. Trying to pay attention in Advanced Placement U.S. History is rather difficult because he is too preoccupied with his rumbling stomach that is demanding something to eat. Srimoukda skips out on the free breakfast offered every day to all students... Read more »
Mandela for Peace: School celebrates human rights
December 17, 2010 • Cesar Sanchez
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Mandela High School’s Law & Public Service Academy gave a series of multi-media performances on Dec. 10 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event took place from 10 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. in the Fremont Federation of High Schools auditorium. ... Read more »
Mock Congress to be held in January
December 17, 2010 • Jazmin Garcia & Kim Mejia
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Media Academy seniors and juniors will be part of the U.S. government—at least for two days. Students will pretend to be part of the federal government. Seniors will pretend to be senators and present a bill they wrote in American Government. Juniors will act as the House of Representatives and decide... Read more »
Advisory explores California Academy of Sciences
December 17, 2010 • Alma Ramirez
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Instead of spending six to eight hours at school on Dec. 10, students in a Media Academy advisory run by case manager Eric DuBois traveled to California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Students were supposed to pay $25 for the tickets but lucky for them, Principal Benjamin Schmookler allowed the... Read more »
Students sneak out for food after school board closes Fremont campus
December 17, 2010 • Luis Arroyo & Jose Ochoa
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Students on the Fremont Federation of High Schools campus are sneaking out of school during lunch time, even though it’s a major rule that they’re breaking. Students, who are angry at a new “closed lunch” policy implemented by the school board this year, sneak out for lunch for various reasons. “Food... Read more »
OUSD forces Fremont to redesign school—green theme proposed
December 17, 2010 • Leland Moore
& Ricardo Esquival
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In an effort to increase enrollment and improve the quality of Fremont Federation, the district has demanded a redesign of the campus and may consider making it a “green school.” It is unclear if the federation would remain three small schools, return to one school with three academies or go back... Read more »
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