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...
December 12, 2011
A few months ago my mom was forgetting things most people would remember. Then she collapsed outside the Raley’s in Benicia. My grandmother took her to the hospital, and doctors sent her to another one, in Sacramento. There, she was diagnosed with a one-inch tumor in the middle of her brain. My grandmother...
June 3, 2011 • 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...
June 3, 2011 • Pamela Tapia, Reporter
Creating billboards, painting a nature mural and launching a school garden are among the ideas that McClymonds students are considering after tackling toxic dumping in West Oakland. Students from West Oakland Middle School and McClymonds High School students hosted a three-hour community cleanup on March...
March 22, 2011 • Mario Ahumada, Johnta Christmas, Kyetta Lamb and Antoinette Sims, OTT Staff Writers
A newly renovated pool at Castlemont High School shimmers with reflected sunlight, ready for swimmers to dive in. There’s only one problem: Although there are 32 students on the swim team roster, and eight have showed up for practice, on a recent visit there were zero students in the pool. Coach...
March 11, 2011 • MINDY NGUYEN, Oakland High School
Smile — free dental care is coming to Oakland High School. Big Smiles is an independent company that seeks to help underserved students. It provides students with free check-ups, X-rays, cleaning, fillings and more. Nurse Rose Qabazard said that the dentists will visit Oakland High School around March. The...
March 11, 2011 • FATIMA JONES, Oakland Unity High
Over time, stress built up for 14-year-old Raven (not her real name) and she finally said that she was tired of it all; she had hit rock bottom. “Nothing else matters, and nothing has come out as I’ve expected it to,” she whispered to herself, standing in the closet of her bedroom with...
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