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 need of being rebuilt. It is unfair that schools that did not need the renovations as badly have already been rebuilt. Schools...
December 14, 2011
The people who occupied downtown Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza weren’t organized enough. When I went there to interview and observe Occupy Oakland this fall, most of the people didn’t know exactly what they were fighting for. They were just angry people. They wanted change, but they didn’t...
December 14, 2011
At 5 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, police went into Frank Ogawa Plaza and evicted all Occupy Oakland protesters who were there. I believe the Oakland protesters had the right to be out there voicing their opinions. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, which gives us all the rights to speak...
December 14, 2011
Attitude, attitude, attitude. Just take me. I’m being forced into a class that I don’t like. And it’s not even math or physics. It’s dance, and I’m no dancer. In truth, I’d rather spike a volleyball. This fall, McClymonds High School created a new policy to place the majority of the girls...
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...
July 19, 2011
STUDENT DIGS COMPOSTING STORY I was reading “Garden goes green(er) with composting bin” in the June OTT, and it was a pretty good article. I was interested in how the writer said students mix dead leaves and garden trimmings in the new compost bin. I think that that’s a very good idea because you...
June 3, 2011
When faced with the challenge of restructuring a school based on the needs of a diverse crowd, one has to dig below the surface. When Skyline Principal Troy E. Johnston announced his “pathways” plan earlier this year, the outcry was immense. But the complaints did not address the ultimate...
March 11, 2011 • Jeff Derenthal, Skyline High
This is good news to anyone who still might think that our school has money problems: the Skyline administration is now iFabulous! All five Skyline administrators are now supplied with iPads. According to Assistant Principal Vinh Trinh, these high-tech toys are to be used to evaluate teacher performance...
March 9, 2011
Fremont Federation of High Schools will become a large school again. Due to budget cuts and declining enrollment, the district has decided that in two years, Mandela High School, Media College Preparatory High School and College Preparatory & Architecture Academy will close and then merge into a...
March 7, 2011 • Jocelyn Sanchez, Oakland Unity High
When the House of Representatives tried to pass the Dream Act, it raised the hopes of ambitious students waiting for its approval. But when the Senate killed the Dream Act, just before Christmas, it was a harsh wake-up call. This was the last chance for supporters of the Dream Act to try to get it passed...
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