January
Is the Green New Deal a reasonable solution to large scale problems?
Rachael, , Showcase, Climate Action, Fall 2019, January 2020, Climate Change, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1Image credit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/climate/green-new-deal-questions-answers.html Global climate change and economic disparities are becoming hot topic problems in American politics. While some...
A Young Black Man Was Choked By Police at a Waffle House After Prom — A Cell Phone Video Captured What Happened.
Ronata, , Showcase, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2019, January 2020, police violence, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 5by Alix Langone As strange as it may seem, there have been many incidents of police misconduct at Wafflehouses...
Solutions to the Opioid Crisis
Elijah, , Fall 2019, Good Health and Well-Being, January 2020, Showcase, Drugs, opioidcrisis, Berkeley High School, 7The opioid crisis is ravaging through communities, taking somewhere around 178 lives a day. The crisis has been charted...
Australian Bush Fires
Isa, , Showcase, Climate Action, Fall 2019, January 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, fires, 9I’ve chosen to study the Australian brush fires, and global warming. Global warming is going to affect me for...
Is a flu pandemic coming… or here?
Sophia, , Science, Good Health and Well-Being, January 2020, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, medicine, 7We think of the flu as a common seasonal illness that everyone is bound to get, right? Wrong, during...
Tech Companies And Americans Distrust of Them
Cesar, , Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, January 2020, Showcase, Media, Technology, Fall 2019, technology, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1As we all know, we are getting closer to have some advances of technology. In which we get amazed...
February
Neighborhood Effects
Tiffany, , Showcase, Spring 2020, Reduced Inequalities, February 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, neighborhoods, 0The main question in the article I read was, ” Do the geographic concentrations of race and poverty observed today...
Open Letter for Women’s Rights
Giselle, , Rights, Gender Equity (Women), Raise Your Voice, This is America, Spring 2020, February 2020, Showcase, womensrights, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 11To Whom it Should Concern: Why do people have to have so many expectations for women? We are told...
Coronavirus Outbreak
Eric, , Spring 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, February 2020, Showcase, Fall 2019, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 10The new type of coronavirus 2019 refers to the first outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan, China...
Stop the Violence
Cindy, , Spring 2020, February 2020, Showcase, Guns, Violence, Black Lives Matter, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Police, Gateway High School, Violence, 5Opening my eyes up every day once again another one of my loved ones getting killed. Listening to the news,...
Abolish immigration detention centers
Sergio, , February 2020, Showcase, Immigration, Spring 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, Reduced Inequalities, detention, Immigration, social justice, Gateway High School, 16One of so many reasons to abolish immigration detention centers is because the people that are held don’t get...
What happens to children separated from their parents?
Amani, , Showcase, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Spring 2020, February 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Separation of Children, 5The articles I was reading were mostly about how separating children from their parents causes them to act out...
March
Teen Vaping
Maggie, , Spring 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, March 2020, Showcase, teens, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, vaping, 12It’s no secret that the use of nicotine products has skyrocketed among teens in the past ten years. Although...
Open Letter To People Who Enjoy First Person Shooters
Juan, , Showcase, Gaming, Spring 2020, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, March 2020, games, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 0Dear Gamers, If you like first-person shooters you should definitely check out Tom Clancy’s rainbow six sieges. You should...
Mission: Save Planet Earth with Greta Thunberg
Aria, , Showcase, Climate Action, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, March 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Greta Thunberg, 1Greta Thunberg is a sixteen-year-old activist fighting for climate change. Recently, a few months ago, CNN released a video...
The Future Started Yesterday
Aboubakar, , Showcase, Semester Published, Youth Activism, Spring 2020, March 2020, ELLIS Preparatory Academy, AOC, 1Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I feel proud of your Instagram video because I know that there is someone in the...
Social Distancing Now
Cassie, , Beauty, Social Media, Social Class, Spring 2020, Coronavirus, March 2020, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Social Distacing, 6This I BelieveBody positivity This I Believe Andrew Hidden Agressions The Importance of Family Environmental Progression Taking Risks The...
Response to “Which is a better alternative: Online School vs. Traditional School?”
April, , Quality Education, Spring 2020, March 2020, Showcase, Orange Cove High School, Online school, 13In the article, “Which is a better alternative: Online School vs. Traditional School?” I learned about the pros and...
April
May
Domestic Violence
Angelina, , Upstander, May 2020, freedom, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, upstander, VicitmsFight, Liberation, 5Dear Victims of Domestic Violence and the City of Oakland, First, I am writing to Victims to let you...
Social distancing while in quarantine
Manuel, , Upstander, May 2020, Healthcare, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, upstander, coronavirus, 2Hello community, As we all know there is a big global outbreak of the Corona Virus and we have...
The unique class of 2020
Alysa, , Coronavirus, May 2020, Showcase, Quality Education, Spring 2020, 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 42020 is a year quite like no other. I have been looking forward to this year ever since I...
Life in the Time of Corona
Sam, , Showcase, Spring 2020, May 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, graduation, 7I always expected this end of the school year to feel different, but this was because it’s the year...
Public Health Issue: Gangs
Isaiah, , Upstander, Spring 2020, May 2020, Showcase, #youthvstheworld, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Gangs, 0Dear Oakland Newcomers, How often do you find yourself thinking about gangs? As someone new to Oakland, you may not...
Global Warming and Health effects
Areli, , May 2020, Showcase, Spring 2020, life info, Global Warming, #upstander, Life Academy, health Effects, 2Dear Oakland Adults I am choosing to write to you because you are the role model for young people...
June
Tim The Tornado
Khala, , Showcase, Stories, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2020, June 2020, The U School, iambestayinghome, 3Tim was an ordinary boy until he became a tornado. It happened so quick and Tim was hurt ever...
Running
Inez, , Showcase, Stories, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Writing & Communication, Spring 2020, June 2020, story, The U School, 6July 10th 2057, Screaming, yelling coming from behind me but I keep running. The wind howling like the banshees....
An Oral History with my friend Kensuze
Chelsie, , COVID Around the World, Showcase, Quality Education, Friendship, Spring 2020, June 2020, United States of America, Park Slope Collegiate, covid oral history, 1My friends are one of the important things in my life, which means Kensuse is one of the important...
An Oral History with Rocio in Ecuador
Kerly D, , Showcase, Spring 2020, June 2020, COVID Around the World, Park Slope Collegiate, oral history, ecuador, 2My story with my grandmother is very beautiful because I and she have shared many things since I was...
An Oral History with ZhuangZhi Lin
Xuefeng, , Spring 2020, June 2020, COVID Around the World, Showcase, Park Slope Collegiate, china, 4My first Memory of ZhuangZhi is that he played games on his phone during the gym class. When we...
Why do people protest with looting & violence?
Keily, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Spring 2020, George Floyd Protests, June 2020, Showcase, Black Lives Matter, P.U.L.S.E. High School, protest, 15Characters: Stephanie, an 18-year-old, is a student who supports the protest “Black Lives Matter.” She believes it is finally...
July
Human Trafficking
Nahum, , July 2020, Upstander, Oakland, health, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Human Trafficking, upstander, 2Dear Oakland community, “At any given time in 2016, an estimated 40.3 million people are in modern slavery, including...
I just read James Baldwin’s “Letter to My Nephew.”
Joe, , Summer 2020, July 2020, Gateway High School, Digital Discourse, 1Last night, just before bed, I read James Baldwin’s “Letter to My Nephew” for the first time. It was...
Jabril’s Space During Quarantine
Jabril, , July 2020, Showcase, Spring 2020, Coronavirus Photo Memoirs, Summer 2020, photography, Chicago, 2Print this page. Author Jabril View all posts
Life in a four-wall room, 2020
Leslie, , Showcase, Coronavirus Photo Memoirs, Summer 2020, July 2020, photography, Chicago, 4During the COVID-19 pandemic it simply to say that being in your room all day while doing class work...
Breathe
Janet, , July 2020, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter At School, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Teachers, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 1I’m suffocating , I can’t breatheThey on our necks with their knees,They shooting at us before they tell us to freeze,We tired of...
Living Room For Quarantine
Tszaunte, , Coronavirus Photo Memoirs, Summer 2020, July 2020, Chicago, quarantine, 3The image on the top left is my laptop. I use it when I am extremely bored or have...
August
September
Pandemic
Hayley, , Showcase, Quality Education, Coronavirus, Fall 2020, September 2020, seniors, Orange Cove High School, 3With the start of a virtual school year, seniors like myself all have the same question: Will we be...
Desperate for Change
Ricardo, , Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Fall 2020, September 2020, change, Orange Cove High School, 3In the article “How Our World Changed”, Joe Bubar talks about the changes our country needs in order to...
The Impact of George Floyd
Aaliyah, , History, Media, George Floyd Protests, Fall 2020, September 2020, Showcase, Black Lives Matter, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, history, Orange Cove High School, 6In the article, “George Floyd’s Death Sparks Massive Nationwide Protests” by Patricia Smith, I learned that the upsetting of...
The Dangers of California Wildfires
Melissa, , September 2020, Showcase, Climate Action, Environment & World, Fall 2020, california, Orange Cove High School, wildfires, 9In the beginning of the year 2020, wildfires have burned over 3.2 million acres in California. Since the early...
Will there be a vaccine for COVID-19 soon?
Litzy, , Fall 2020, September 2020, Showcase, Coronavirus, Covid 19, vaccine, Orange Cove High School, 4In the article, “The Race For A Vaccine” many scientists are focusing on creating a vaccine for coronavirus which...
Youth Mental Health and COVID-19
Sage, , Showcase, Quality Education, Psychology, Coronavirus, Fall 2020, September 2020, emotions, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2With Covid-19, the overall mental health of students has drastically decreased. The lack of meaningful social connections follows directly...
October
Covid-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen
Nicolette, , Showcase, Quality Education, Fall 2020, October 2020, schools, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 10Going back to school…is it worth the risk? Following a summer characterized by uncertainty and fear concerning the reopening...
No More Suicides!
Leslie, , Call to Action, Critical Courageous Conversations, Good Health and Well-Being, Fall 2020, October 2020, Showcase, suicide prevention, Orange Cove High School, 17Today, more and more people are facing the problem of depression and the pressure of work or school. Suicides...
Is Animal Testing Ever Justified?
Arooj, , Fall 2020, October 2020, Showcase, Life on Land, Animal Rights, Berkeley High School, 22Animal testing is an important issue because more than 100 million animals in the US suffer and die from...
Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
Sephora, , Showcase, Voting, Fall 2020, October 2020, voting age, Berkeley High School, 15In 1970, the president at the time Richard Nixon signed an extension of the voting rights act of 1965...
Empathy and the Coronavirus
Isabella, , Coronavirus, Fall 2020, October 2020, Showcase, Writing, Good Health and Well-Being, RHS, Empathy, 0The lack of empathy plays a role in the behavior of both scientists and people in the United States...
How Has Covid-19 Enhanced the Danger of a Single-Story?
Julia B., , October 2020, Showcase, Good Health and Well-Being, Coronavirus, Fall 2020, Empathy, RHS, 5There is much danger in only understanding a single story. You can miss the most crucial information from multiple...
November
How Social Media Affects our Language
Lydia, , Showcase, Quality Education, Fall 2020, November 2020, language, RHS, 10When you ask a teenager what they spend most of their time on, most likely they’ll tell you social...
Be More Serious About Social Distancing
Tawan, , Good Health and Well-Being, Coronavirus, Fall 2020, November 2020, Showcase, The International School of Kuala Lumpur, Podcast, 12Take ActionBody positivity Be More Serious About Social DistancingThis is a podcast of me reading a letter I am...
Why are we divided?
Selena, , Fall 2020, November 2020, Showcase, Reduced Inequalities, justice, Orange Cove High School, 5We live in a world, with Americans of different ethnicity, race, culture, etc. The past year, people and society...
Covid-19 Vaccine
Cristian, , November 2020, Showcase, Media, Call to Action, This is America, Good Health and Well-Being, health, Orange Cove High School, #life, #COVID-19, 6The rise of Covid-19 has surged over the past 3 weeks. Many companies are rushing to get a vaccine...
Why should the younger generations vote?
Bryan, , Voting, Community, November 2020, vote, Orange Cove High School, 2For the coming presidential election, the younger generations are one group urged to vote. For this generation, the overall...
China Goes Back To School
Alondra, , Argument, Raise Your Voice, Coronavirus, November 2020, Quality Education, History, china, coronavirus, Pandemic, schools, World, 1In the article ¨China Goes Back To School” by Javier C Hernandez he talks about although China was the...
December
Importance of Individuality
Brooke, , American Creed, Fall 2020, December 2020, Showcase, individuality, RHS, 3In today’s world, which is captivated by social media, people have a tendency to conform to those around them....
School Is No Longer About Learning. It’s About Passing.
Madison, , December 2020, Showcase, Quality Education, Fall 2020, RHS, education, school, grades, 24More often than not, today’s students have fallen into a continuous cycle of late nights, artificial deadlines, and grade...
Social Media and Social Change
Maia, , December 2020, Showcase, Quality Education, Social Media, Fall 2020, education, Social Media, social justice, RHS, social change, 4“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer (“Herbert Spencer Quotes”) It is a...
The Mental Health of Student-Athletes
Jessica, , Showcase, Good Health and Well-Being, Fall 2020, December 2020, mental health, College Sports, RHS, Student athlete, 14Mental health is an integral part of everyone’s life and character, and its awareness has become more prevalent in...
Could the Electoral College Be Reformed?
Oliver, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Voting, Fall 2020, December 2020, Showcase, voting, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, electoral college, popular vote, 3According to NBC News the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact” is an agreement that 15 states and the District...