Archive: Feature
Student in the Spotlight: Karen Vanegas
Karen Vanegas in China with two new friends. By Talishia Sears Rising senior Karen Vanegas is an active member of The China Exchange Program, sponsored by Chinatown Community Culture Center. She has been in the program since the 10th grade, along with other students from different public schools in...
By Anna Kinsman | June 4, 2008; 02:08 PM ET | Comments (0)
Will the Phoenix Join the Tech Alumni Association?
By D'Angelo Rucker McKinley Tech Rising Phoenix This year the new McKinley will graduate its second senior class, the first class to attend McKinley for all four years. How will these students keep in contact with McKinley and their former classmates once they leave? An alumni association usually organizes reunions...
By Anna Kinsman | April 18, 2008; 09:56 AM ET | Comments (0)
Building of Many Secrets
By D'Angelo Rucker and Dominique Young-Smith A building designed with symbols from a secret society, underground tunnels leading to undisclosed locations sometimes used for romantic encounters, hidden attics that can only be reached by a crawlspace, and five stories in a three story building. Is this something out of a...
By Anna Kinsman | October 31, 2007; 09:24 AM ET | Comments (1)
Parents Learn Algebra
By Ashley McBride Many McKinley students are learning Algebra this year and now so are their parents. Algebra I teacher Ms. Susan Andreadis held 90 minutes seminars with parents for a refresher course in Algebra I, and showed them how to track their kids' grades. It was a good way...
By Anna Kinsman | September 17, 2007; 08:56 AM ET | Comments (0)
Multitasking
By Alton Lucas So I am doing a story on multitaskers and find that I actually could not just focus on it without checking my email, changing the name on my Myspace page, sending a text and studying for my broadcast test. Our generation has been introduced to too many...
By Anna Kinsman | May 21, 2007; 10:05 AM ET | Comments (0)
Critics Prey On Myspace
By Dominique Young-Smith Myspace is the internet phenomenon that has swept the country. Everything and everyone is on Myspace; and if you're not, where have you been? According to The Wall Street Journal, there are about 54 million registered users, and 22% of monthly users are 17 and younger....
By Anna Kinsman | March 13, 2007; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (0)
