Jorray Hart & Caleb Smith
Many teachers across Oakland have been pre-occupied this semester with creating lessons based on a local story that went worldwide — Occupy Oakland. Occupy Oakland is part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Participants argue that too much of the power and wealth in America is held by just 1 percent of the population. The local arm of the movement...
Reese Brown, Media Academy
A group of students at Media Academy in Oakland has been earning some green for working — and learning — in the school garden. The six students meet after school on Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to plant, water and maintain the garden. The program is taught by Matthew Green, a former journalism teacher at Media. Green received grants from the...
Mindy Nguyen, Oakland High
Imagine walking through the campus of Oakland High School. As you pass by the parking lot, you begin to feel curious about what lies beyond the portable classrooms. Glancing to your left, you are disappointed by the sight of a trashed school garden, and a picket sign that reads, “parking lot under construction.” It’s a fate that Oakland High students...
KIM MEJIA-CUELLAR, CESAR SANCHEZ, Oaktown Teen Times
Oakland students won honors, listened to prominent journalists and learned the ins and outs of writing and editing at the National Scholastic Press Association high school journalism convention in Anaheim, Calif. Students from Media Academy at the Fremont Federation of High Schools, and the East Oakland School of the Arts, attended the three-day convention,...
Do you have a recipe for a vegetable quiche that will make someone drool? Are you great at whipping up smoothies using fruit from your school garden? Have you figured out what to do with all that kale you planted last fall? Then please consider contributing to the first-ever Oakland School Garden Cookbook, which we’ll be compiling this summer...
updated December 15, 2011
ALEANNA SANTOS, Media Academy
Thanks to Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers, undocumented students now have a better opportunity to take their education to a higher level. Brown signed AB 131, also known as the...
updated December 14, 2011
Despite a younger team (only seven seniors) and a close first half (score tied at 13-13), the McClymonds Warriors scored three touchdowns in the second half to win the Silver Bowl on...
updated December 14, 2011
Fremont cheerleaders lacked uniforms but not spirit at the school's only home football game on Oct. 14. The cheerleaders were told they had to raise $200 each to buy green and...
updated December 14, 2011
The school district has plans to rebuild Fremont’s campus, but it’s not a guarantee, Principal Daniel Hurst told the Green & Gold recently. We believe that Fremont is in dire...
updated December 14, 2011
Based on audience applause, laughter and whistles — and a packed front section of the theater — the first showcase for Oakland High’s new Glee Club was nothing short of “B-U-TIFUL.”...
updated December 14, 2011
It is an MTV reality show that aims to help young people realize their aspirations. “Made” has helped teens become models, class presidents and hip hop dancers. And on Nov. 8,...
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