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BAMN reaches out to OHS students

BAMN reaches out to OHS students

BAMN’s class speeches rub some the wrong way Thanh Nguyen By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), “a coalition to defend affirmative action, integration, and immigrant rights and fight for equality by any means necessary,” is reaching out [...]

Havoc in Freshmen Class

Violence breaks out in Tam Nguyen’s room Tommy Tran On February 28, two freshmen students of Oakland High School got into a brawl, which caused one of them to end up in the hospital. The incident [...]

Aegis finally prints issue

Aegis finally prints issue

Why it took so long, and whether it was worth the wait. Thanh Nguyen   The OHS’s school newspaper the Oakland Aegis has finally printed an issue! The journalism students distributed the February issue newspapers throughout [...]

Global Glimpse

Global Glimpse

    Adonte Matthews     This summer, 14 students from Oakland High will go to Central America to do community service for 20 days with the Global Glimpse program. Global Glimpse is a non-profit organization [...]

Hearts, flowers, and fundraisers

Hearts, flowers, and fundraisers

  Yvonne Tran & Thanh Nguyen The fragrance of flowers fills the air. Son gs and poems are written and cards are given. Jewelry glistens bright as the stars in the sky. Valentine’s Day is here [...]

Teacher awarded certification

Popular history teacher Moreno receives National Boards By Lei Fisiiahi, Jesus Medina & Guadalupe Hernandez   As Steven Moreno, a social studies teacher, attempted to check his application status on Friday, Nov. 8, his mood wavered [...]

Sweeps reduce tardies

Sweeps reduce tardies

New AP Rogers and OHS students find newly aggressive tardy sweeps effective By Thanh Nguyen, Yvonne Tran, and Linda Saechao Under the leadership of the new assistant principal Jeffrey Rogers, Oakland High is implementing aggressive new [...]

Kids having kids

Kids having kids

Teen pregnancy still an issue at Oakland High By Tommy Tran, Vanice Rutherford, and Rita Krouch Some teachers at Oakland High have noticed an apparent increase in teen pregnancy rates and are becoming concerned about the [...]

Lunar New Year celebration at OHS

Lunar New Year celebration at OHS

Tommy Tran Oakland High will celebrate the new year with a Lunar New Year Dinner in February, hosted by the Cantonese club. Every year Oakland High has a Lunar New Year dinner to celebrate the Chinese [...]

5 year old shot in Oakland

Taliyah Campbell   On Friday, December 30, 2011, just before the beginning of the new year 2012, a 5-year-old boy named Gabriel Martinez, Jr. was shot at his family’s burrito truck, “Los Amigos” at 8:40 p.m. [...]