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Pushing Past Limits
Dominick M, , Good Health and Well-Being, Thinking flexibly, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Spring 2023, Showcase, Family, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, family, Park Slope Collegiate, 2I had an uncle who lived here in the United States, who would come to our house to visit...
My name is Yamiled Acevedo Morales. One thing I hate doing is to keep on repeating myself over and...
Things in My Life you should know about
Dominick M, , Showcase, Bio ELL, family, Park Slope Collegiate, sunset park, 2My name is Dominick Martinez and I’m 17 years old. What’s important to know about me is...
Hi, I’m Lesly Dutan. Something important to me is my family; I care about my grandma and my dad,...
Nature vs. Nurture
Evan, , Psychology, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, health, family, youth, experience, mentality, 0Both factors work with each other; search for the most viable way to develop someone’s actions regarding their situation....
MY WONDERFUL TIO/UNCLE
Cristin, , Beauty, Love, Persisting, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Showcase, Día de Muertos, Family, Remembering a Family Member, family, Beauty, P.U.L.S.E. High School, greatuncle, 12My Tio Tavo Someone in my family that passed away was my uncle who died last month. He was...
Raised in the City of Sana’a
Abdulrahman A, , My Beautiful Neighborhood, Thinking flexibly, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, family, Park Slope Collegiate, yemen, sanaa, 0My name is Abdul. I was born and raised in Yemen in the city of Sana’a. I lived in...
When I pray, I feel safer and more peaceful
Albara N, , Family, Bio ELL, Persisting, Taking responsible risks, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, family, Park Slope Collegiate, yemen, 6I am Albara. and I am from Yemen. I am Yemeni. I was born in Yemen, and I lived...
Letting Go Is Something Big
Jefferson P, , Showcase, Family, Friendship, Bio ELL, Thinking interdependently, Fall 2021, family, Park Slope Collegiate, 11My name is Jefferson, something very important about me is that I don’t like to play around with people...
If I Stay–What would you do if you had to choose?
Tasneem, , Fall 2020, Books or Plays, Harvest Collegiate High School, family, 0Spoil Alert If I stay by Gayle Forman is about a seventeen-year-old female who lives with her Mom, Dad,...
During these hard times what we need more is Family. May it be by the relation of Blood and...
Economic Changes
Gage, , Showcase, Environment & World, Good Health and Well-Being, Coronavirus, Happiness, Fall 2020, Social Class, Community, Decision Making, relationship, school, family, coronavirus, work, community, friends, 0“With schools closed and the streets empty across the country because of the coronavirus pandemic, many parents are spending...
Immigrant Struggle
America, , Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Fall 2019, Oakland, Responsible Consumption and Production, Clean Water and Sanitation, Immigration, support, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 10Immigration Struggle What do immigrants have to go through? Based on what I see happening in my community, Oakland,...
The Meaning of Family
Laya, , American Creed, Fall 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Okemos High School, Fall 2019, 2019, family, 12“With family on your side, there isn’t a battle you can’t lose”. It is more than fair to say...
Samil’s Life
Samil, , Showcase, Bio ELL, Write & Record 3 True Paragraphs about You, Fall 2019, drugs, family, friends, Dominican Republic, Crotona International High School, 3Hi My name is Samil. My family is very important to me. It is important to know that...
How to cope when life falls apart
Anonymous, , Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, family, Recovery, cancer, Curie High School, 4The silence and bright lights surrounded my life for three years;it was fearful. I’ve never felt death walk around...
Isadora “Missy” Randall
Gogisgksoquili, , Spring 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Love, The U School, family, Love, loss, 1Lost in the thoughts Oblivious to reality Vivacious you are Essential to me You hang up on my glowing...
I am From
Paxton, , Where I'm From, Spring 2019, Showcase, Poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, #KMS, #What'sPoppin, education, family, 3I am from my dads scrambled eggs in the morningFrom Nike and Louisville SluggerI am from a big house...
Family Comes First
Kobie, , This I Believe, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Spring 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, family, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 0I believe that my family is what shaped me into who I am. I’ve come to believe this because...
Oakland
Martha, , Immigration, Fall 2018, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Latino Power, Spring 2017, Community, Showcase, family, immigrants, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, goodpeople, 6Oakland Oakland is a sanctuary city which means it helps protect immigrants from deportation. This is good because...
Family Comes first
Stephanie, , Showcase, This I Believe, Fall 2018, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, family, Health Sciences High and Middle College, 0I believe family comes first because family will always be the first people to be there for you. Yeah,...
Not Loving the Right Person
Celeste, , Showcase, Shakespeare, Fall 2018, family, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Shakespeare, LGBTQA, 6Hi, my name is Cece. I’m a 9th grader at Life Academy. My poem is about how my...
My Personal Shadow Box
Joseph, , Shadow Box, AfricanAmerican, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #ShadowBoxes, #EthnicStudies, 5Joseph Thornton My Shadow Box Artist Statement My Shadow box is separated by two main things. The outside...
My Shadow box
Kenya, , Shadow Box, family, mexican, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #Shadow Boxes, #Female Athlete, 5When people look at me they might think that I’m dangerous or that I’m an immigrant which is my...
Christy’s Shadow Box
Christy, , Shadow Box, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #ShadowBoxes, #EthnicStudies, #AsianPersuasion, 2This shadow box represents me in the inside and how the world sees me on the outside. The outside...
The Ugly Duckling Animation- Kindness and Reality
Tasmia, , Life on Land, Happiness, Spring 2018, Friendship, Bullying, Love, Showcase, Scratch, Beauty, Nature, #Don't Judge, HappyButSad, farms, ducks, friendship, Animals, family, happiness, Fairytales, kindness, #struggles, 0Do you like ducks going in adventures? Well, you’re in for a ride! My animation is based off the...
New Doors
Karina, , Memoir, Spring 2018, Showcase, dad, Memoir, Forgiveness, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 1A couple of months ago, I was sitting at the dinner table with my mom and dad. I was...
Its Going To Be Alright
Aida, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, family, Love, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Memoir, #FamilyTrip, 1This is a story of my family dynamic and love. A story where my father had a serious back...
Memoir Piece- Esthefany Frazier
Esthefany, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, family, Love, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Memoir, trip, 1I was not born in the United States. When my mother told me that I was going to come...
Tribute to My Uncle
Vicente, , Found Poetry, Spring 2018, Showcase, Love, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, motivation, family, 0Vicente Pena March 20, 2018 Period 4 Tribute to Manuel La verdad es que nunca lo conocí muy...
Unexpected
Jocelin, , Spring 2018, Showcase, Memoir, family, Love, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Memoir, 3I kept asking myself, Why did my parents divorce? Weren’t we going to be the perfect family? Time passed...
Meeting Destiny
Arely, , Spring 2018, Showcase, Memoir, Memoir, #MeetingDestiny, family, Love, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 4This is a comic about my niece and I talk about my love for her.
Family Jealousy
Aida, , Spring 2018, Showcase, Memoir, hate, Memoir, Poem, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 1Why do you hate so much. Why do you hate that we are doing good? Why do you hate...
Blessed to have my family.
Jovana, , Poetry, Love, Creative Writing, Spring 2018, Writing, Showcase, Family, #toughbattles, family, Love, United, cancer, #supportive, 1Family is forever. Even when we lose those who make part of our families and mean so much...
Intense Approach
Salvador, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, #MakingUp, family, thinking, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Memoir, 3We are exactly the same, I just couldn’t agree with what you were saying. We argued back and forth,...
Family Dynamics
Lis, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, family, Love, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, MemiorComic, Dynamics, 3What matters to me the most are my nephews and nieces, because I feel the need to be...
Why I’m Grateful As Hell
Guadalupe, , Memoir, Spring 2018, Showcase, memories, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, MemoirPoem, Grateful, family, 4WHY I’M GRATEFUL AS HELL I’m grateful for my parents because It’s not easy coming from another country...
“Why I’m Strong As Hell”
Yahaira, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Strong, MemoirPoem, Separation, 3It was hard at first. Junior year. The start of the semester. New school year. New teachers....
The Unforeseen Consequences of Helicopter Parenting
Ed, , Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, Family, Happiness, Spring 2018, family, youth, parenting, 3Helicopter parenting is a style of overbearing parenting that can have adverse effects on young people through stifling their...
Overprotective Parenting Leads to Struggling Young People
Ed, , Decision Making, Quality Education, Family, Stress, Bullying, learning, parenting, young people, family, stress, 4Overprotective parents cause for all kinds of problems in kids, essentially through preventing them from learning how to handle...
My name connection
Lilian, , Memoir, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, relationship, NameMemoir, family, Love, 1Lilian Maria Garcia Tista is the name my parents gave me. They named me after their mother’s. “Lilian “...
Reflecting on My Name
Esthefany, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, name memoir, #last name, who I am, 4Esthefany Frazier Last Revised: 02/6/2018 English 4- 3rd Period Oliver I am Esthefany Navil Frazier Marte. Emphasis on...
Reflecting on the Significance of My Name in 2018
Stephanie, , Showcase, Memoir, Spring 2018, #WhoIam, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, NameMemoir, Nickname, 4Stephanie Borrayo Villalvazo, that’s my full name but, most of the time I go by Chata. When I...
Reflecting on the Significance of My Name in 2018
Luis, , Spring 2018, Showcase, Art, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, LRNG, education, 33 words of memories My name is Luis Alexander Acetun Toc. But on paper it is Luis...
Cerrano Generation to Generation
Jose, , Memoir, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Showcase, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, generations, NameMemoir, seniors, family, 1Cerrano generation to generation Cerrano is the name my family passed down from generation to generation is a name...
The Developing Identity Of My Life
Salvador, , Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Showcase, Memoir, NameMemoir, #RoleModels, family, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 5Salvador Pedroza-Juarez is my name. All my other brothers don’t have the “Juarez” in their name. I like that...
Reflecting on My Name 2018
Jovana, , Showcase, Spring 2018, Family, Poetry, Love, Memoir, Fall 2017, #JovanaLopez, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #myidentity, NameMemoir, 1Jovana Lopez-Cuevas These names defining who I am now and who I will become in the future. Also...
Reflecting on the Significance of my name in 2018
Miguel, , Showcase, Memoir, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, family, happiness, Digital Storytelling, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, NameMemoir, 4Miguel is the name that I inherited when I was born, and it will be the name that...
The Label That Follows
Kris, , Spring 2018, Showcase, Memoir, Fall 2017, identity, NameMemoir, family, Love, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 4Kristofer Ramos, a name that follows me everywhere I go, also the first thing I say when meeting...
A Random Choice
Yahaira, , Spring 2018, Showcase, Memoir, Fall 2017, Mexico, family, Love, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, hate, NameMemoir, 4Yahaira Sarahi Celis Garcia That is what I was registered as at birth. Yahaira, that is what most people...
Reflecting on the Significance of My Name in 2018
Rosario, , Showcase, Memoir, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, family, religion, Siblings, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, name memoir, 4I am an incarnation Or at least I think my name is. “Rosario” doesn’t just go back to...
Reflecting on the Significance of My Name in 2018
Lisseth, , Spring 2018, Showcase, Memoir, Fall 2017, family, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, NameMemoir, ThisIsMe, Nickname, 3China China is the name that I am called by my family and family friends. I have had this...
Faces of Foster Care
Beth, , Family, Community, Goals, Fall 2017, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, family, children, adoption, foster system, foster care, 4Although many American systems are damaged, one that is often overlooked is the foster care system. Foster care, according...
Can the Way You Were Raised Make You a Criminal?
Jacqueline, , Crime, Happiness, Community, Fall 2017, Showcase, Quality Education, Good Health and Well-Being, science, Nature, nurture, crime, family, psychology, 3Two of the largest factors of the human personality are nature and nurture. Some argue that the two are...
Every time I look at my parents’ picture of the day they got married, I enjoy it because they...
Extinction of Expression
Jacqueline, , Fall 2017, Showcase, writing, endangerment, history, extinction, language, people, talking, speaking, family, talk, World, speech, culture, tongue, 3Language is a conduit for thought. It is timeless and encompasses a past and a present. Through words, we...
Only Child Syndrome
Sara, , Family, life, family, Relationships, only child, personality, growing up, 0I have always wondered how I would be different if I did’t have a sibling. People always talk about...
Where does the influence of my parents show in my life?
Bronwen, , Showcase, Family, Psychology, Thesis Feedback, family, psychology, behavior, child behavior, 1Based on my knowledge from what my parents have shown me, my mindset and the ways I think will...
Survey for MALE students: Domestic Violence and Male Values
Gary, , Violence, Gender Equity (Women), Surveys, Spring 2017, family, survey, Domestic Violence, Fremont High School, 1My name is Gary Tuione. I am a senior attending Fremont High School in Oakland. My Graduate Capstone research...
The New Trend?
Dallana, , Happiness, Good Health and Well-Being, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Quality Education, Homelessness, Family, Getting Started, Drugs, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, family, happiness, 2TEENS ON DRUGS Did you know that 90% of drug addiction starts in the teenage years. This shows that...
The Boy and the Wolf Remixed
Shantanu, , Scratch, Art, Fall 2016, Life on Land, Friendship, Stories, Showcase, Digital Storytelling, Free Education, change, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, stories, family, scratch, Web Design, prgramming, effort, Hunger, Animals, hard work, 0Original Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nD40W_z33adwxX3gIlBVtlfgu9VW-a0-2A8Eqeuy15c/edit?usp=sharing Took about 2 days to do. Sorry it’s too short. Here are some storyboards to show...
The Fairies Remixed
Artemis, , Technology, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Art, family, Fairy Tales, Animations, Siblings, Interactive Animations, art, 0“The Fairies” is a fairy tale collected by Charles Perrault. It is about a girl who receives the...
Child Development Within Broken Homes
Asha, , Family, research, family, children, teens, broken home, divorce, child development, teenagers, adolescence, 0I’m going to be researching how a broken home affects child development. I decided to research this because my...
How far Would You go in Defending Yourself?
Monica, , Showcase, Family, Books or Plays, family, Rot & Ruin, 4The book that I have just started reading is Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry. In this book, once...
Immigration Freedom
Gian Carlos, , Fall 2016, Latino Power, Showcase, Reduced Inequalities, 2nextprez, Immigration, Quality Education, Rights, Family, family, freedom, Latino power, 1Dear Future President of the United States, An important issue that I care about is immigration. It is a...
Stop Deporting Innocent Immigrants!
Wilbert, , Rights, Family, Fall 2016, Showcase, 2nextprez, Reduced Inequalities, Immigration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, family, immigrants, deportation, immigration rights, Immigration, 0Dear Future President of the United States, First off, congratulations on becoming the new president of the U.S. I...
Immigration
Hiromi, , Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 2nextprez, Immigration, Fall 2016, Immigration, family, 1Dear Future President of the United States, Congratulations on being the new president. An important issue that I care...
Make Our Community A Better Place
Siera, , Fall 2016, Showcase, Police, Call to Action, 2nextprez, Reduced Inequalities, Immigration, Black Lives Matter, Family, family, 2nextprez, Gender equality, Immigration, policebrutality, 3Dear Future President, I would like to congratulate to for being the next president. I would like to talk...
Apprehension of Families
Giselle, , Fall 2016, Reduced Inequalities, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Immigration, Family, freedom, protection, Immigration, injustice, family, 1Despite popular belief, the majority of families and unaccompanied children migrating into the U.S. through the border with Mexico...
I am from Oakland A place where everyone wants to do drugs and be thugs A place where gunshots...
Why do siblings stop talking to one another after being so close?
Monica, , Family, Friendship, Books or Plays, family, friendship, 3In I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson, there are twins-Jude and Noah-that used to be super close...
I am from Oakland, California but not the one people know the one that is hidden behind a curtain,...
Gender Wage Gap
Victoria, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Gender, Fall 2016, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, education, family, Inequality, gender, wage, 3One of the political issue that has been reiterated many times recently, especially during the 2016 presidential election, has...
Prejudice and Judgement
April, , Friendship, Books or Plays, Race Relations, Gender, Family, Happiness, judgement, prejudice, family, happiness, Love, 0The book From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun consists about a young boy who is 13 years old, ever...
I am researching whether I would prefer to live in Utah or New York. When considering this question many...
Better Lives
Janet, , Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Summer 2016, 2nextprez, Immigration, Fall 2016, Reduced Inequalities, Immigration, family, 1Dear President, Hello, my name is Janet Becerra, and I am writing to you because there is a problem...
Addicted to drugs
Keyla, , Good Health and Well-Being, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Summer 2016, Family, Drugs, Problems, drugs, life, family, addicting, 4I just read a Wikipedia article: Cannabis. (2016, June 13). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:46, July 25, 2016...