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By:Libertad Carlos
Do students realize how important the SAT Test Scores are? Do they take advantage of the resources and lessons they have at Leadership Public Schools-San Jose? I want to share an experience that was a reality check for me. They use to always tell me: “study for your SAT tests” and “they aren’t like [...]
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By An Nguyen
Girls for a change is a non- profit organization to help thousands of girls to help and lead a social change. On October 30th, they put together an event, the Summit, to kick off the year of Girls for a Change. Every other Friday, two volunteers from Girls for a Change will come [...]
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By: Selina F. and Angelica S.
For centuries now, there has been an increasing rate of gangs. In our community and school, a good percentage of the underage students are in some way affiliated with gangs. We are realizing that the ones who are in gangs are usually the ones who don’t meet the standards that [...]
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I’ve Got Your Back
The title phrase requires little explanation: when someone has your back, they’re willing to help or protect you in any way that they can. It’s a sign of friendship when you’re willing to support somebody else in their time of need. It shows compassion, loyalty, trustworthiness, and respect. [...]
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By: Yara Hidalgo
Many people celebrate thanksgiving, but there are a few that don’t really know the history behind it and why it’s a holiday in the United States. Nowadays families celebrate this event with a Thanksgiving dinner including turkey stuffed, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, corn, turnips, yams and pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving is [...]
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By: Selina F.
A number of disastrous fires started on October 20. They were surprisingly started by a 12 year old boy, who was playing with matches and caught his home along with others on fire. It has caused 500,000 acres of land worth of damage worth, and more than 1,500 homes were ruined.
The wildfires burned [...]
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By Robert Truong
In the year 2012 it’s said to be the “end of age” by Mayan Beliefs. The Mayan’s said that everything won’t come to a complete end, but it will be like a change from one World Age to another. Their belief has drawn many people deeply into the topic not only because it [...]
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This article has been taken down due to plagiarism on behalf of the student journalist. The Catalyst apologizes for this abuse of journalistic privilege and lack of professionalism.
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By the journalism staff
In an effort to counter misconduct, we have decided to list school expulsions alongside their reasons. While school expulsions are down from last year, we hope this will assist more students make more well-informed decisions to behave in a college preparatory school. For legal reasons we can not list the student’s names [...]
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By Javier Chavez
The patriots had better be prepared to spend the rest of the season under the lights. NBC grabbed the game against Buffalo on November 18. The game against the Steelers was moved from a day game to a night game at 4:15 p.m. More changes are probably being made in the networks [...]
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By Robert Truong
On November 6th, a mysterious blue gas appeared around a gas station in Parma Ohio. This blue gas was caught on a security tape and it was noticed by Amed Adbudarria; the owner of the gas station.
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By Mike Garza
Rock Band, possibly the most innovative gaming experience since Guitar Hero, is here on November 20, 2007. Using unique peripherals such as a microphone, drum set and guitar, this game should be the hottest interactive this fall.
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By Ashley Ornelas
It’s quite ironic how whenever an earthquake happens that we decide to prepare after the fact. Last week on Tuesday, October 30, an earthquake hit the bay area at 8:04 pm. It lasted for about 30 seconds at a magnitude of 5.6. The earthquake went through the Calaveras fault which is through the [...]
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by Steven Ferdin
California isn’t the only place that suffered from earthquakes lately. On Nov, 2nd of this year, an earthquake registering a 6.2 on the Richter scale struck 3,641 kilometers from Punta Arenas in Antarctica. Obviously, there are no traces of civilization on Antarctica, but if there were, damage would most likely be moderate. Earthquakes [...]
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By Mike Garza
When is the next big earthquake? The next big earthquake will be happening around October of 2008. The reason this is, according to the Hayward History museum, the Hayward faults have a major earthquake every 140 years and next October marks the 140 year mark. So, just as precaution, be cautious and practice [...]
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The Penny Wars have come to LPS- San Jose. They took place from November 1st – 16th. In these Penny Wars our advisories earned points by putting pennies in the piggy banks. Dollar coins are worth -20 points, dimes are worth -2 points, quarters are worth -5 points and nickels are worth -1 point while [...]