Seniors SOAR to University of the Pacific
March 1, 2011 • Jorge Arambula
Filed under Features
Seniors who traveled to the University of the Pacific learned they have the option to still apply to this private school. About 50 students from five high schools in Oakland went to the University of the Pacific in Stockton on Feb. 10 in a field trip sponsored by Project SOAR. The University of the Pacific... Read more »
YMCA expands afterschool programs
March 1, 2011 • Rosa Gonzales and Jose Ochoa
Filed under News
The Eastlake YMCA is bringing fun back to Oakland – they are having events to show what they are about. The YMCA is hosting events for after school programs. The events will take place at the Fremont Federation of High School’s cafeteria. YMCA is hosting a yoga class Monday. It also is sponsoring movie... Read more »
Debate team kicks off 2011 with success
March 1, 2011 • Laudy Cabezas
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The debate team has had a semester of success – several members appeared on Channel 7, two won a trip to New York City and the whole team beat all other debaters in the latest league tournament. Fremont’s debate team dominated the Bay Area Urban Debate League’s tournament on Feb. 12 on their home... Read more »
Students enjoy atmosphere in cross stitch elective (a review)
March 24, 2011
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
My elective is cross stitching with Spanish teacher Felicidad Guirao. This elective teaches us how to be creative and stitch our names with a needle and thread. This elective is fun because we get to create our names and talk to our friends and we don’t get interrupted and is just calm. We get a break... Read more »
Student appreciates music elective, teacher, diversity of class
March 24, 2011 • Reese Brown
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features
Today I began to attend my elective class, Music Appreciation with English teacher Candice Valenzuela. I was interested in this class because I am a singer and play piano, and I thought it would be cool to participate in a class that I enjoyed. The first three years of high school (in another state),... Read more »
Glad to be in line to dance (a review)
March 24, 2011 • Elizabeth Contreras
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features
My elective — how to dance with Darlene Miller and Rebekkah Ford — is fun so far. We are going to learn how salsa. Today we learned a new dance. It was rather fun and easy but embarrassing. No one really wanted to dance, but I think it’s going to be beneficial to learn about other cultures... Read more »
Media Academy classmates face off to checkmate
March 24, 2011 • Leland Moore
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Media Academy began its elective program on March 17, allowing students to choose their advisory period class for the next six weeks. Students had many choices as to which elective they could attend ranging from Japanese culture by teacher Lisa Shafer to Tahitian dance taught by fellow student Aleanna... Read more »
Movie elective gets historical
March 24, 2011 • Shima Kaid
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features
My elective is movies with Jackson. Today we watched Bonnie and Clyde, a favorite of history teacher Michael Jackson. Jackson thinks the movie is historical because it is set in the Great Depression. He also thinks the movie is just funny. I personally agree with Jackson the movie is funny and it... Read more »
No debate — this elective is arguably fun!
March 24, 2011 • Kim Mejia-Cuellar
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features
A bonding experience—this is what debate coach Laima Haider focused on during the first class of her debate elective at Media Academy. The six-student class played the game “The Coffee Club”, in which students had to make connections with fellow students (what things they like/don’t... Read more »
Students watch injuries happen
March 24, 2011
Filed under Features
Students in Sara Caldwell’s elective are learning what to do when an athlete is injured. In Sports Medicine, held on Thursdays and Fridays for 40 minutes during advisory period, about 12 students are also learning how people should take care of themselves so they could avoid getting injured. Students... Read more »
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