Teens’ tobacco, alcohol use down, but marijuana use up
February 16, 2012 • Alondra Alvarado
Filed under Health
American teens might not be smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol as much as they used to, but they are using marijuana more than ever before. That is according to a national study of 50,000 students in grades 8, 10 and 12 conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and released in December. “I’m... Read more »
Freshmen examine diets with food journals
February 16, 2012 • Michelle Dominguez & Bryanna Saechao
Filed under Health
Do you know what you ate for a whole week? Freshmen at Media Academy do. They were assigned to record what they ate every day in a food journal from Jan. 9 to Jan. 15 as part of a collaborative project in Journalism, English 1 and Computer Graphics. “Doing the food journal made me realize how I ate... Read more »
Chico journalism professor recruits at Media Academy
January 4, 2012 • Arnice St. Remy
Filed under Features
A professor drove three hours from Chico to Oakland to sell his award-winning journalism program to an award-winning high school journalism staff. Dave Waddell, director of Journalism at Chico State University, came to Media Academy on Oct. 31 to recruit seniors and inform juniors about the journalism... Read more »
Student thrives, earns 4.0 GPA in big turnaround
January 4, 2012 • Vanessa Chavarria & Jafeth Santos
Filed under Features
At Media Academy, 19 out of 100 students on the honor roll received 4.0s for the first marking period. Many of them were used to getting high grades in school. But one of them never imagined she would be on the honor roll, let alone be with a 4.0 GPA. That student is Sandra Felix. She is a senior who... Read more »
Senior retreat brings class together
January 4, 2012 • Aleanna Santos
Filed under Features
Media Academy seniors got to get away from school, stress and studies a block away from campus for one day. English teacher Candice Valenzuela planned the senior retreat at the Eastlake YMCA on Nov. 3. History teacher Elizabeth Siarny, Leadership Coordinator Nidya Baez, Mills Education Talent Search... Read more »
Pizza named a veggie, surprising many
January 3, 2012 • Juan Aguilar & Kemish Quintero
Filed under Health
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 »
Students now in business
January 2, 2012 • Devonyei Frazier & Janae Rushing
Filed under Features
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 »
Health officials urge males to get HPV vaccination too
January 2, 2012 • Alondra Alvarado & Yuliana Mujica
Filed under Health
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 »
Polynesian culture highlighted by mural
December 15, 2011 • Sherry Munguia
Filed under Features, Top Stories
People walking from the Health Clinic towards the main building may feel a bit tropical. That’s because Tom Siu, a cousin of the Poly Club coordinator Darlene Kato, has been painting a new mural for the Polynesian Club on the wall near the auditorium. The mural, which was funded by the YMCA, depicts... Read more »
Paint accident leaves clinic mural blank
October 31, 2011 • Diego Garcia & Alondra Alvarado
Filed under Health
When students returned from summer break, they noticed a favorite mural was sick — the Tiger Clinic’s colorful walls had been painted over. Among other drawings, the mural had included images of a Tiger doctor and a human doctor. It had “Health + Knowledge” and “Tiger Clinic” in detailed,... Read more »
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