Election Season Opens in Oakland 1
In uncontested elections, four Oakland residents will be on the ballot seeking their parties’ nominations in the June 3rd primaries….
Yearly Archives: 2008
Oakland Splits on School Budget 1
For the Oakland schools serving K-8 students, voters approved the new budget by a vote of 621-to-593: a margin of 29 votes. The same residents voted down the budget for the regional high schools by 599-to-630: a margin of 31 votes….read the full story…
Winning Logo
Anastasia – Grade 7, has produced the winning logo design in Valley Middle Schools anti-bullying campaign.
Capture it in a photo
Photography, video, art, writing, music…..This is a video from a youth activist website in Australia. It’s called Stir Your World….We don’t have the resources to make an inspiring video like this, so we’ll use theirs…
Why I Love Oakland…
Why I Love Oakland
By Ryan Robinson
It’s one thing to say that you like your town because you live there; but another to say why. Well, here are my reasons why I like Oakland and I hope you do to.
1. Great School System
The teachers are great and very nice. They are very good teachers and actually care about their students. They have great events for the kids. Field trips that bond students, Science Fair projects to enrich the mind and have some fun, and so much more!
2. Great Mayor and Council
Our current Mayor, Szabo, is very nice. Even if you are a Republican or Democrat, the decisions made in Oakland are fair, and the mayor always listens to you no matter what your party.
3. The shopping
I do not take major interest in shopping since I am a guy, but HEY! I love to see new business opportunities in town and have some friendly competition. Like the Walgreens going up!
The list could go on and on, but I think this last point is the most important.
4. The Community
Since Oakland began as a town, we have always been a nice, caring community. We still are today in the hustling, bustling world we know. We help each other snowplow our neighbor’s driveway if they are older; we pick up our neighbors’ garbage cans when the wind blows. When our neighbor’s basement floods, we help and bring over some towels. Those are just some things my family does on our BLOCK!
So, the next time you walk or ride the streets of Oakland, think of how great this community is, and especially for this Memorial Day, how great this whole country is!
Tell us about it
We created the 3 column layout because we hope there are enough teenagers in Oakland willing to put some thoughts down to share with the rest of the community. We hope these pages will be contributor driven, with only slight editorial guidance.
The pictures are here just for show. The Oakland Journal wants this to be a space for the young people of Oakland to share their views, insights and experiences.
The Youth Editorial Alliance offers these guidelines for creating articles:
* Write using a professional style.
* Write about current events and real life.
* Make the tone appropriate to the subject of the article.
* Give other teens a voice through quotes. Use peers as sources.
* Write stories about lives of teen-agers outside of school.