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Hardin Valley Academy or Starfleet Academy?
Updated on 1/4/2011
From The Hawkeye Hardin Valley Academy Knoxville, TN
Hey Hawkward friends,
Over my nice lengthy winter break, I have experienced quite the hawkwardness. Are you familiar with Star Trek? If you are, this post is for you. If not, this post is still fo
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Can an arts school run without a secretary, counselor or art teacher?
Updated on 6/5/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Paul Robeson faculty, students and parents are not happy that the district has decided to phase out the school.
But they're even more upset that the district has left them with what
they say are
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/285172/Can_an...
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District closes truancy center
Updated on 6/4/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Oakland Unified School District has closed the Truancy Center due to budget
cuts, leaving the question, "What will happen to students who get caught cutting school?"
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/285107/Distri...
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Some Oakland schools find sports participation lagging
Updated on 6/4/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Sports at Fremont are being cut -- not because of the budget crisis, but because of a lack of student participation in extracurricular activies.
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/285074/Some_O...
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State's school ranking system ignores real accomplishments
Updated on 6/2/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
My school is seen by the state as a “1:1” school, which is the lowest ranking a school can get. This means that Media Academy is in the bottom 10 percent of schools on standardized tests and the botto
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/284443/States...
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Oakland students head to CSU-Chico
Updated on 6/2/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Chico State may be known for being a party school, but some 50 students from Oakland high schools, including many from Far West High School and Media Academy, got to see what else this California Stat
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/284423/Oaklan...
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Free speech alive and well in Oakland
Updated on 6/2/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Deeply thought-out words flew through the air as debaters finished out the first season of the Bay Area Urban Debate League with a two-day city championship
at Fremont Federation of High Schools on M
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/284413/Free_s...
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OUSD names new superintendent after six years of state control
Updated on 6/2/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
After six years of being run by the state, the Oakland Unified School District now has a hometown leader.
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/284404/OUSD_n...
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Legalization of marijuana a possibility
Updated on 6/1/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Californians 21 and older who like to smoke marijuana
may not have to worry about getting arrested if a bill passes into law
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24385/articleid/284104/Legali...
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Health Notes: Sports Injury Prevention
Updated on 5/27/2009
From The King's Page Rufus King International School, High School Campus Milwaukee, WI
follow simple guidelines to avoid sports injury
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/24274/articleid/283233/Health...
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All the news that's fit to print ... or post, or blog
Updated on 4/14/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
High school journalism students are inspired even after hearing that newspaper careers are uncertain during a panel discussion by four African American reporters who spoke of the changing media world.
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23713/articleid/274693/All_th...
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Oakland teachers protest 800 pink slips
Updated on 4/14/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Oakland teachers organized a total of three protests across the city that day, which was named Pink Friday because many protesters wore pink. Wearing pink stood for the layoff notice term "pink slip,"
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23713/articleid/274690/Oaklan...
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Robeson staff, students vow to fight school closure
Updated on 4/14/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Staff and students at Paul Robeson Visual & Performing Arts High School are taking action to keep their school open after the Oakland Unified School District decided to phase it out.
"This is a cle
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23713/articleid/274682/Robeso...
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On Mixon shootings
Updated on 4/13/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
The March 21 killing of four Oakland police officers and the gunman, Lovelle Mixon, has sparked debate all over the city.
Some people argue that this was tied to Oscar Grant. Others say Lovelle Mix
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23713/articleid/274398/On_Mix...
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Stop whining, already — plenty of things to do here
Updated on 4/13/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
We are all feeling the effects of the economic crash – jobs and programs are being cut all over the nation, state and city.
But here on the Fremont Federation campus, some important cuts aren't bei
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23713/articleid/274396/Stop_w...
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Lady Tigers, Wildcats -- and their fathers -- brawl on basketball court
Updated on 4/12/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
A brawl burst out on Feb. 24 during the last game of the girls basketball season between the Fremont Tigers and Oakland High Wildcats.
The fight took over a large part of the Fremont court and inv
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23713/articleid/274200/Lady_T...
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Brothers Rising in new middle school program
Updated on 3/15/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
If Brothers on the Rise succeeds, high schools around Oakland soon will be getting male students who are more responsible, peaceful, caring and successful.
At least that's what the founder of the a
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23168/articleid/268190/Brothe...
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Define Google: a learning tool or off-limits?
Updated on 3/15/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Architecture Academy's Web site mistakenly labeled as "pornography" and blocked. An environmental research site for debaters labeled as "adult material" and blocked. A translation site that a Mandela
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23168/articleid/268189/Define...
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Transbay title back in East Bay hands
Updated on 3/11/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
The atmosphere was tense. The crowds awaited as Jose Luis Ruiz-Ortiz scored the final goal leading Fremont to be the top soccer team in the Transbay.
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23168/articleid/267204/Transb...
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Breathing deeply, basketball team practices yoga
Updated on 3/11/2009
From Oaktown Teen Times Oaktown Teen Times Oakland, CA
Downward Facing Dog, Child's Pose and Warrior One were a few tactics the Fremont Federation boys basketball team used to get ready for the season.
For five weeks in the fall, all the players did yo
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/editionid/23168/articleid/267203/Breath...
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