Reflection On Upstander Project 1. What your project was about / action ? My project was about being upstanders for a chosen topic, I chose teen pregnancy and so we had to try and raise awareness for the topic. What we did to raise awareness was that we made an instagram account and we also made a donation box so […]

Teen Pregnancy Dear Teen Moms at McAlister high school: We understand that many teen moms haven’t always had a great experience because of how society treats them or views them, but places like McAlister high school who focus on finishing education for teen moms have created a supportive place to change that . McAlister high school has helped out young […]

Our book was about a society that takes place in future Chicago. There are 5 factions in their world, Amity, Candor, Erudite, Abnegation where our protagonist originates from, and Dauntless where she transfer to. Our protagonist name is Beatrice / Tris and she’s Divergent which means she doesn’t fit into one faction nethertheless she can fit into all the factions […]

Does Music Truly Benefit Oakland Schools ?   As some may know, music programs are being cut in Oakland’s public schools. Why ? We all ask that question. Should music programs really be cut ? Does music benefit or hurt students ? We all listen to music, right ? Does one think that music helps them while feeling down, or […]

  Hi, my name is Cece. I’m a 9th grader at Life Academy. My poem is about how my family and I fight about how I’m bisexual and my mother and father don’t accept me because of their religion. I wrote the last part for them as a message because I just want them to accept me and for who […]

My chosen identities are so different from assigned identities. Some of my chosen identities are that I chose to be an older sister, to be a good aunt, I also chose to be a LGBTQ+ activist. A few of my assigned identities are that I was born female, I’m the youngest sibling, and I’m 14 years old. I chose to […]