Archive: April 20, 2008 - April 26, 2008
Girls' Softball on Winning Streak
By Talishia Sears Front row left to right: Amber Petty, Takiyah Edmondson, Ashely Blake. Middle: Jeanah McCall, Saquita Simon,Miranta Clark. Back: Kuitza Andrade, Melondie Jackson, Diamond Manuel. The softball team won their first two games of the season with a score of 22-20 against Ballou Senior High School and 19-5...
By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 9:39 AM ET | Comments (0)
Virtual Bicycle Game Has Students Pumping Pedals
By Karen Vanegas Students pedal bikes hooked up to the USB port. McKinley IT students are learning new ways to design virtual games. They are designing a game based on French marathon runner Philippe Fuchs, who is running from Paris, France to Beijing, China to promote the Olympics games. With...
By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 9:37 AM ET | Comments (0)
Model UN Team Prepares for Conference
By Talishia Sears Standing left of flag:Bernard Thompson,Angel Davis, Les'Lee Lewis.Bottom: Alexis Harris, Robert Young, Christopher Lopez. Standing right of flag: Ms. Lee-Palis, Mariah Brown. McKinley now has a model U.N. team. The team is sponsored by Ms. Lee-Palis, and consists of 10th graders Elyse Anderson, Christopher Lopez, Robert Young,...
By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 9:33 AM ET | Comments (0)
Why Not Download CDs?
By Jason Baker Limewire, Bear Share and Myspace are used every day by music lovers all around the world. Is it wrong? That's a major problem that people seem to have. The evolution of MP3 players, MP4 players and digital media players has caused CD sales to decrease in the...
By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 9:29 AM ET | Comments (0)
Seniors Spend Spring Break in California
By D'Angelo Rucker During spring break, the class of 2008 went on their senior class trip to California, and it was a great success. The group stayed at the Marriot Hotel in Anaheim, California, for seven days and six nights. When the group first arrived in California they had time...
By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 9:19 AM ET | Comments (0)
Club Afrique Returns from Great Trip to Gabon
By Leah Smith and Faith Ajayi Students enjoy river ride on the Ogoue River. Club Afrique's visit to Gabon, Central West Africa, via Paris, France, was one of their most adventurous trips to date. Gabon is the richest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Not only is Gabon prosperous in oil-based wealth,...
By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 9:16 AM ET | Comments (0)
Baseball Wins First Two
By Karen Vanegas McKinley's baseball team is on a winning streak, taking its first two baseball games against Ballou 19-1 and H.D Woodson 23-8. The winning pitcher for the first season's game against Ballou was Michael McCreary, who pitched six strike outs in three innings. In both games, everyone on...
By Anna Kinsman | April 23, 2008; 9:24 AM ET | Comments (0)
