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 California Dream Act, into law on Oct. 8, giving students who are not United States citizens access to public funding...
December 14, 2011
Last year, a million dollars was slashed from Skyline High School’s budget. Through retirements, layoffs and transfers, the number of teachers was shrunk as part of the effort to find savings. At the same time, a seventh period was added to the school day, and the student population continued to...
December 14, 2011
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 California Dream Act, into law on Oct. 8, giving students who are not United States citizens access to public funding from...
December 14, 2011
Momentum is growing for a plan to rebuild the whole Fremont High School campus. It is unclear how much money the school district will try to raise for the project, but some people say it could be as much as $70 million. “Rebuilding the facilities would be one of the most critical ways we can improve...
December 14, 2011
The Oaktown Teen Times is proud to announce Silvia Cardona-Tapia as its first contributor of the issue for the 2011-12 school year. Cardona-Tapia, 16, a 10th grader, is a second-year member of McClymonds’ online student news site, macksmack. She also plays JV volleyball and does the statistics...
December 14, 2011 • AEGIS STAFF, Oakland High
Just hours after Oakland High students evacuated to the field as part of a statewide earthquake drill, two earthquakes shook the East Bay. At 2:41 p.m. on Oct. 20, a 4.0 magnitude quake centered near the University of California, Berkeley rumbled through the Oakland High campus. A 3.8 quake would follow...
December 14, 2011 • ERIC GANT, McClymonds High
They took a survey on how fights and bullying affect learning. They wore stickers that read “Watch my back.” And they painted “48%” on their faces to remind themselves that only 48 percent of African Americans and Latinos graduate high school in Oakland. These were some of the “actions”...
December 14, 2011 • STEPHEN VANCE, McClymonds High
The greening of West Oakland would require less cement, more parks and even ponds stocked with fish. It would need more foot traffic and public transportation. And most of all, it would take more mixed-income housing and retail. Those ideas were part of a blueprint for West Oakland that 13 Oakland students...
December 13, 2011
Skyline Oracle reporter Norris Cooper asked a former teenage mother who was pregnant at 15 to answer some questions about her experiences. The mother, now 38, graduated from Oakland Tech and still lives in Oakland today. What were your initial thoughts when you discovered you were pregnant? I would...
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