The Fitness Class, Sandra Ruvalcaba

What is a fitness class? A fitness class is places were people work their body to get a better structure. At L.P.S College Park there is a class that helps girl with their body figure. Miss Teresa Ruvalcaba is in this fitness class because she wants to work on her feminine figure. This
class occurs in room 124(Multi-Purpose room) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Miss Ruvalcaba informed us that 10 young ladies attend this class after school. From this fitness class, the ladies that attend expect to get a well developed body with stronger muscles. "All of the girls in the class get along really well. We are all so committed to our goal. “We share their supplies and help each other out," said Teresa Ruvalcaba. The fitness ladies will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Some of the exercises that the girls practice are: push-UPS and seat-UPS. The girls commented on the class being really hard, and it is also two hours long. But, they still love to stay. "In order to achieve our main goal, we have to be on a special diet and focus on the exercises so we can get the results we want," confessed Miss Ruvalcaba. The hardest activity the girls have had to do is run ten times up and down the stairs. The exercise was worth it. The girls are rarely absent to the class. It will be a long process in order to have a great body, so think twice and make sure that you are committed before you try it!

Stupid Rules

Don’t you just hate whenever a school changes our principle. Not just that but making all these stupid and unfair rules. I’ve heard a whole bunch of complaints from a bunch of people saying they live too far and they can’t help coming to school late. We have people living all the way next to Bayfair mall. Now you tell me if these stupid rules aren’t unfair. People get made fun of now and days because of their hair now this is because students take their hats off because of their fear of “demerits”. Now students will have to go to therapy when they are older because of demerits and whose fault is that, the new principles. Get too many demerits and you get a call home to your parents. Then when the kids go home they unexpectedly get a whooping and they’re officially grounded for two months so now tell me if this isn’t an unfair rule.

We Are Missing the Oink, Manuel Perez

I was watching animal planet last week and I noticed that dogs are trained not to crap where they live. I thought that humans would be smarter than dogs but Leadership Public Schools-College Park proved me wrong. It appears that Leadership Public Schools-College Park students are like pigs living on their own poo. Students make this school worse and worse with tagging, urinating on floors in bathrooms, and last but not least stuffing the desks with trash. I have seen molded leftovers fall out while cleaning, that’s disgusting man!

Dirtiness in school affects me by making me not concentrate. That makes me loose some major education. What kind of people can concentrate when u sniff up some evaporated urine? What would you do if you stick your hand in your desk and you touch a molded sandwich? Now instead of feeling fresh I feel rotten from the inside and the outside. I don’t know why rats haven’t come in our school, or have they? Rats would be happy living here because it like being at the dumpster. My nose is irritated by this disgusting smells! When ever I put my hand under the desk I feel like I’m putting my hand in the toilet. The only thing we are missing in this school is the huge and loud oink.

Tiffany White’s Visit for Career Day, Brittanie Williams

Leadership public schools invited a lot of people who worked for different interesting things for career day. One of the people they invited was a young lady by the name of Tiffany White. She went to Hayward University and studied the major of psychology Tiffany works for the George P. Scotlan Youth and Family Center because she wanted to work with children in Oakland, CA, where she’s from. Her job there is the director of Counseling Services. Ms. White works 40-45 hrs a week. She works with kids that are at crisis mode. The psychology background helped her understand more about her patients behavioral issues. She says what is most difficult about her job is she gives too much of herself. She feels that when she talks to her patients she tells them more about her than they need to know. She also said that she loves her job and can not imagine doing anything else. If there are any youth out there who feel you need to talk to her you can contact her at:
(510) 832-4544
Email: tiffwhite01@yahoo.com

Landscaping on Career Day, adler xiloj

Career day was on a Friday March 20th, 15 presenters came to LPS College park School. The reason for this day is to show all students different careers. Landscaping is a very important and hard job. Landscaping includes planting, irrigation, and concrete masonry. This job is hard because it requires some intelligence and to be strong. Not anybody can do this. Last week on Career day, Joshua a landscaper gave our school information about Landscaping and all its benefits. Joshua is young and earns a lot of money in this job. He believes that there is a lot of landscaping job that has to be done because many people don’t want to do things with their hands. Out of all of the other careers he was my favorite for a couple of reasons. My first reason is because he said and showed me many true things. One important phrase that I remember and admire is “great freedom equals great responsibility.” Joshua has faced many difficulties but he believes you should never quit. Joshua talked about the people on the corners waiting for somebody to take them to work. I agree with him, all of those people have all the skills to any job but because they don’t speak English they can’t get a good paying job. Joshua talked about how this job has many benefits to it. For example, how his company only plants organic plants. These plants come out with better taste than the non organic plants. Joshua’s favorite thing is when people compliment him for his delicious vegetables and fruits. To him planting organic plants is the best way to stay healthy and strong.

Oakland and the Hyphy Movement, Lashanna PeguesD

Oakland California is a city that has numerous names most of them are not good but one thing that Oakland is famous for is the “Hyphy Movement”. Hyphy is when a group of people teens or young adults are together and dance bay area dance; crump and “gig”. the hyphy movement is when it starts to go global. There are songs that are played such as: “tell me when to go “, “cup cake no fillin’” or “im shinin’” most likely sung by underground artist. Artist like E-40(that has gone mainstream) “the trunk boys” and “the pack” all are artist that contribute to the songs in the hyphy movement. All theses songs and artist have gone globe due to the hyphy movement. Teens in Oakland said that they are happy to be from the town that the hyphy movement has originated and glad to rep where they’re from when there out side of Oakland even though the bad history that outsiders have heard. So even though Oakland isn’t the best city in California the youth are glad to be from here as should the rest of the citizens because Oakland isn’t as bad as people say it is. I’ve been living in Oakland for fourteen years and not a single run in with danger. So for those outsiders next time you come to Oakland ask somebody.

College Park's New Year's Resolution, Jasmine Eubanks

In 2003 Leadership Public School -- College Park opened its doors as a small school, but now it's 2009 and a lot has changed for example, we have a new principal and new rules and procedures. We are excited that we have survived previous years and teachers and administrators.

We welcome new years -- the opportunity to turn a new leaf and grow towards adulthood. But, 2009 is a tough year for us to adapt to. Many students feel as if "a lot is being thrown at us this year." I am confident that we will adjust to the new leadership and thrive academically. After all, we survived at least eight years of schooling thus far.

A new year to Briana Williams means “a new number, not so much a new beginning because you can’t start over something that is already done. That is impossible. It’s a fresher start to change and do better.”

Not all students welcome or thrive with change. Ninth grader Danielle Straughton explained that a new year to her means she is going to stop caring about what others say. She is going to be herself and not change a thing. This is what New Year's resolutions are all about -- improving ourselves and our lives.

Roxana Hurtado's New Year’s resolution with regards to school and her future is “to pass the Cahsee, so I won’t have to take it over again.” Her resolution is different than others', because she is a 10th grader, but the grade doesn’t always determine the resolution.

The students feel that the new administration, which took effect in late December had a New Year's resolution too -- which was to throw a bunch of new rules at us. We are not sure if these rules will help or hurt our school, but what we do know is that 2010 will give us a clearer view of 2009.