Winter Recess (school closed)
September 13, 2011
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December 21, 2011 6:00 pmtoJanuary 2, 2012 6:00 pm Read More →
New Year’s Day Holiday (No School)
September 13, 2011
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Tigers protest OAL forfeits
January 2, 2012 • Laura D. Lem & Katelyn Bauzon
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Despite a protest march to the Oakland Athletic League office, a meeting with the league commissioner and a formal plea from the principal, Fremont Federation of High School’s football team still wasn’t eligible to play its homecoming game or the league playoffs. Fremont was disqualified from the... Read more »
Belarus visitors teach students about censored news
January 2, 2012 • Frenanda Lopez
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Students got a taste of a 10,000-year-old country on Nov. 4 , when five visitors from the European country of Belarus visited Media Academy. Belarus, composed of 800,000 mostly Jewish people, used to be part of the Soviet Union but broke away in 1991. The visitors spoke to fourth period Michael Jackson’s... Read more »
Health officials urge males to get HPV vaccination too
January 2, 2012 • Alondra Alvarado & Yuliana Mujica
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Many people may think the HPV shot is only for females, but that is no longer the case. Now males also are being encouraged to receive the vaccine for the human papilloma virus — the injection given to help prevent cervical cancer in females and genital warts in males. The Centers for Disease Control... Read more »
Students now in business
January 2, 2012 • Devonyei Frazier & Janae Rushing
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Prom should run smoothly and be more affordable if fundraising through a new student store is successful, Leadership officials say. The Leadership class has started to sell “spirit wear,” including Fremont hoodies, beanies, scarves, lanyards and school IDs to reduce the cost of prom. The store is... Read more »
Girls basketball team wins 2nd place at Gridley
January 2, 2012 • Devonyei Frazier
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The girls basketball program, which has been struggling in recent years, won second place in the 31st annual Gridley Tournament, otherwise known as the Lady Bulldog Holiday Classic. The Lady Tigers won the trophy on Dec. 1 in a field of eight teams. After beating host Gridley and Oroville High, the Tigers... Read more »
Pizza named a veggie, surprising many
January 3, 2012 • Juan Aguilar & Kemish Quintero
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Is pizza a vegetable? Most people at Fremont, including cafeteria manager Lawanna Wyatt, don’t think so. But members of Congress think tomato sauce makes pizza a vegetable and that schools involved in the National School Lunch Program, including Fremont, should be able to continue to count a slice... Read more »
New tardy policy sweeps students out of school gates
January 3, 2012 • Martin Ortiz & Jose Rodriguez
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Students without hall passes are getting swept off campus and they must stay there until the next period starts. That is the new truancy policy that began at the Fremont Federation of High Schools campus on Oct. 3. Students have mixed reactions on the policy. Some think the truancy sweep is a good idea,... Read more »
Fremont runner makes it to state
January 3, 2012 • Fernanda Lopez
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After seven years, the Fremont cross country team sent one of its runners to the state meet. Media Academy junior Juan Aguilar ran in the state meet in Fresno on Nov. 26 after placing 8th in the Oakland Athletic League. At the state meet, he ran the mile in 5 minutes, 20 seconds, finishing 201st out... Read more »
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