Media Academy garden goes green(er) with new composting bin
June 9, 2011 • Jazmin Garcia
Filed under Health
Media Academy’s garden club has started a compost bin to create fertilizer for organic plants by recycling dead leaves and greens. A compost bin is a waste container filled with recyclable food scraps and dirt that will break down to create fertilizer. By composting, students can recycle and reuse... Read more »
Mandela principal resigns; counselor to be school lead
June 9, 2011 • Cesar Sanchez
Filed under News
After serving as principal of Mandela Public Law and Service Academy, and being the co-designer and founder of the academy, Robin Glover has resigned and counselor Ana Vasquez will lead the school next year. Glover was offered a job by the Oakland Unified School District to advise district high school... Read more »
Class of 2011 play a senior prank on school
June 9, 2011 • Kim & Gloria "Jack" Mejia-Cuellar
Filed under News
Turned over trash cans, “soiled” underwear and sticky floors. This is what greeted Media Academy students on June 3 after a students vs. teachers kickball game during advisory. (The underwear was not really soiled, it was just full of dirt). It was part of a senior prank organized by some... Read more »
Students don’t want Fruitvale injunction
June 9, 2011 • Gloria "Jack" Mejia-Cuellar
Filed under News
Money for gang injunctions, not education. That’s how many students feel toward the proposed Fruitvale gang injunction, which would restrict the activity of 40 Norteño gang members. The safety zone would stretch from 21st Street to High Street and from Brookdale Avenue to Glascock Street, including... Read more »
Students beat teachers in kickball game
June 9, 2011 • Kim Mejia-Cuellar
Filed under Sports
Media Academy students won a competition against teachers during kickball game on June 3. Students won the competition. The unofficial score was 22-2. It is the first time in four years that the students beat the teachers in a competition. Read More →
Hurst principal of Federation next school year
June 9, 2011 • Shima Kaid
Filed under News
For the first time in its history, Fremont Federation of High Schools will have one principal. Starting next school year, current College Preparatory & Architecture Academy Principal Daniel Hurst will become Fremont’s only principal. Media Academy Principal Benjamin Schmookler and Mandela Public... Read more »
United Nations Comes to Fremont
June 9, 2011 • Cesar Sanchez
Filed under News
Social justice came to Mandela once more. On May 19, Mandela Law and Public Service Academy and Life Academy students had the chance to act like delegates following Mandela’s theme of social justice. The event took place from 10 a.m. to noon in three Fremont Federation of High Schools rooms. Students... Read more »
E.O.Y Tiger sports review
June 9, 2011 • Leland Moore
Filed under Sports
Fremont athletes have much to celebrate for their running, tackling, spiking and other sporting moves this school year. Kicking off the sports year in the fall, the Tigers football team continued its great success this season playing in its third straight Silver Bowl game. The team overcame many odds,... Read more »
Hollister is played out
June 9, 2011 • Marcus Robinson
Filed under Features, Opinion
The new style today is Hollister or Abercrombie & Fitch. If you wear Hollister or A& F you will be considered popular. I used to like them both, but now it’s played out—everyone is wearing it. I have a few things from Abercrombie, but I try not to wear it as much. Don’t get me wrong, it’s... Read more »
Lose those love handles!
June 9, 2011 • Aleanna Santos
Filed under Health
Lose love handles, belly fat and tone your body by the summer. Be ready to pass your fitness test by exercising daily. The percentage of adolescents who are obese has tripled since the 1970s. They’re not just fat, they are also out of shape. More than two thirds of 5th, 7th and 9th graders... Read more »
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