By: Alexa Rizo A school meal or school lunch is a meal that is provided to students and in some points the teachers at a school. The school lunch could be pretty good sometimes, but for the most of the part it can get disgusting. It also depends on the type of school you go too because the public school lunch serves food that doesn’t look good or doesn’t even taste good for many students. They could also serve unhealthy food that makes students sick sometimes or makes them throw up by the taste of the food. Many states or cities could serve lunch differently such as with different types of items like fruits or the main meal. In the USA the main plates would be with chicken nuggets, a chocolate cookie, peas, and mash potatoes. In Italy they would mostly give bread, grapes, pasta, and tomatoes. These two examples demonstrates the difference between two different places and how they would serve their lunches to students. However, the best service to give school lunch would be in France because they would give options like bread, dessert, fruit, glass of water or juice, and give out a plate of meat with pasta. Personally, in my school at “KSJC,” many students would prefer to bring their own food for lunch, many students just doesn’t enjoy waiting in line everyday or they just don’t like the food. A freshman student named Marcos give his opinion about the experience with school lunch in our school which is, “better than the middle school lunch because the food here has more flavor and it has it better texture.” This clearly illustrates that the school lunch in middle school way worse than the launch of high school. Sometimes though you would have to pay like at least a dollar to get your lunch or else you can’t get any. It would be way better to bring your own food for lunch in my opinion because you can bring the food that you would enjoy eating in a day and because it’s a better enforcement to bring a healthier food to eat. For a everyday lunch you can bring something like fruit, veggies, or even a sandwich that contains healthy items inside as long as your stomach gets full it’s all good. Keeping your stomach full throughout in school is very healthy because it helps your brain work much more faster and you will feel much more awaken. Many students would easily prefer to have to bring their own food because it's a better chance that you would eat more. In that reason students would bring the lunch that they actually like or something of their choice, than picking on food that you might waste. In the course of eating healthy or at least eating would allow you to have a better mindset for the school because your stomach would be full so that means that your brain would be in a correct place for work. In my opinion I believe that students should have a better lunch service or they should bring their own because its a better cause to have a simpler choice to have a full stomach, than being in hunger during class. The things that would happen when avoiding eating during lunch would be that your stomach would instantly start hurting and your brain would only begin thinking about types of food.
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Samara Perez
Community service is a non-paying job that a person does. They help out in different places in order to help out the community for free. It is different from volunteering when you do community service it isn’t always on a voluntary basis it is more of a requirement. But, volunteering and community service is similar because they are both jobs that you are not paid to do. You are helping out in different places. There are many options, it all depends on your interests. This can, later on, help you when getting a job, you can put this as experience. This teaches people life skills and knowledge about the community. A common community service option is picking up trash. This is when you pick up trash around your community. This can include the streets, side of freeways, parks, and Gardens. This helps the community look more clean and fresh. This option is sometimes given to people who have committed a non-severe crime, but they can pay off their sentence with community service. A student from Kipp said “Community service is sometimes considered more of an obligation this is given to offenders who want to replace jail time. But, this helps clean maintain the earth clean. It is a good deed people do in order for them to not go to jail.” I think it is a good alternative for non-severe crimes. Community service is a service that you do to help pick up the environment. A common volunteer work idea is helping out in shelters. This can be animals shelters or homeless shelters. There are many different types of shelters that help people who are in need. Your job in the shelters can vary, it depends on your age and what you are interested in. You can help cleaning, stocking up, giving meals, giving medication and etc. A student from Kipp said “It is a way to help out your community, you can do this while spending time with your friends. It can be an experience for you to make friends, spend time with friends, and help the community.” Volunteer work is working for no money by your own will. There are many ways you can do volunteer work, but you can make the work fun by working with your friends on a job that you guys will all enjoy. It can be a bonding experience for many people. Sometimes a misconception people have is that community service and volunteer work is the same thing. This can be partially true though. They both are services that don’t pay you and they both are ways to help the environment and others. But, community service is more of a non-volunteer thing, and volunteer work is you personally volunteering. There are multiple jobs and ways to help out in your community, it can be simple as cleaning/picking up trash or more complex as helping in organizations like shelters. It is just simply helping out others by helping out in the community. By: Agustin Damian Garcia Summer Break is a time for relaxation and vacation, to take a break from the school year. However, this is not all summer break is. For some people, summer break is a time to go to work or take a class at a community college. It can be a time to go visit family in a far away home, maybe on the other side of the country or in a different country. Due to all the options, and often not wanting to do anything, many people don’t know what they should do with all the sudden free time. Sometimes people end up wondering what they should do for such a long time that they end up wasting half of the day and end up doing nothing. This process can go on for a very long time, and it can lead to a lot of regrets in your vacation and lots of time wasted, that by the time you go back to school or work, you don’t think that you have truly enjoyed your summer vacation to the fullest that it could’ve been. Well, today I’ll tell you something that you can do to truly enjoy your summer vacation. Somethings you can do is go to the beach, amusements parks, take a class at a community college, go to work, spend time with family at parks, exercise, watch a movie, or go to the mall. Taking a class at a community college for college credit or finding a job to get and have money for when you get back to school, or whatever the case may be, as well as volunteer and get rid of your volunteer hour needs. There are many volunteer options including but not limited to at your local public branch library, 2nd Harvest Food Bank, Carlton Plaza for the elderly, and Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority. All of these places offer different experiences in volunteering, and all of them can lead to building experience in that particular area and jobs that are related to it. Although now a little late to sign up, you can take a class at a community college to get college credit, like taking Geometry at De Anza, or Computer Science at Evergreen. So long as the class allows for credits, and you have filled out an R-40 sheet, then you can take the class. The last thing related to college or work is working. Many students at KSJC go to work at Great America, where you only have to be 15 years old to apply. However, just because you apply doesn’t mean you’ll get the spot. There are many other options to apply, but most of the people that work at our school end up working at Great America. Some other things that you can do during summer vacation are to go out and do exciting things with your friends such as going to the beach or going to an amusement park such as Great America or Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. At Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, there is a beach, tons of fun and exciting attractions, and there are gift shops and good places to eat and all around a fun place to be at. For the Boardwalk Season Pass, the price is $81.95 plus tax. There is an arcade, a place for mini golf, laser tag, the beach, bowling, and about 40 rides. However, that’s not the only beach in Santa Cruz that is a good place to go visit. There is also the Natural Bridges State Beach, a beautiful beach not to far from Beach Boardwalk. Whales and seals can be seen from the beach in this beach. Great America is another great place to go over the summer, with a total of 52 attraction, nine of which are roller coasters and seven of which are thrill rides. It is also the location of Boomerang Bay, a water park great for cooling off during the hot summer days. You can meet the cast of Snoopy and have food at Panda Express or Subway. With the Gold Pass being at only $84.99, it really is a summer destination. You’ll also get the chance to go to Gilroy Gardens, a very beautiful and natureful park. Some other things to go do is to go watch a movie, go to a mall, or just go to a park in San Jose. Lots of great movies have been coming out such as Avengers Endgame, Detective Pikachu, John Wick Chapter 3, Aladdin, and many more. Upcoming movies coming out during the summer that look promising include Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Dark Phoenix, Men In Black: International, Child’s Play, Toy Story 4, Spider-Man: Far Away From Home, and much more. All of these movies have been highly waited for and they will be coming out this summer. Another great thing to do is go to a mall, with there being great selections in and around San Jose. Some good options are Eastridge Mall with AMC Theaters, Great Mall with Century 20, Valley Fair with ShowPlace ICON Valley Fair, and Westfield Oakridge with Century 20 as well. There’s also some great parks that you can go explore and take a hike such as Japanese Friendship Park, which is a beautiful park full of nature next to Happy Hollow Zoo. There’s also Emma Prusch Farm Park, where you can go see many animals that you would normally find inside a farm, and then there’s Alum Rock Park, a very large park with lots of interesting places and roads where you can go sightseeing. Cielito Hidalgo
In almost all high schools, there’s this thing called AP classes. AP stands for Advanced Placement and it’s a class that is more advanced and rigorous since it’s a college course. There are AP classes for most subjects, if your school offers them, like AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP US Government and Politics, and even AP Psychology. What’s special about AP classes is that there is a test at the very end of the course, in May, and if you get a score of 3 and up, then you’d have received college credit for that class and can use that credit in college to skip said class. Some benefits of AP classes are that you can save money later on in college, graduate sooner, impress college admissions, and increase your chances of getting more merit-based scholarships. However, taking an AP class (or multiple classes) is not for everyone. It’s no lie that AP classes are challenging, a lot of studying must happen outside of school and it takes a lot of commitment, so you must really like the subject to take an AP class on it. Also, some colleges won’t even take the college credit unless you get the highest score, which is a 5. It is extremely difficult to get a 5 and a lot of selective colleges only accept a 5. My first tip on how to tackle an AP test is to make sure you start studying early. Spacing out your study times will definitely aid you in the long run. At some point in a student’s career, procrastination is inevitable, however, procrastination is a huge no-no when taking an AP class. It’s important to make sure that you know the context like the back of your hand. It’s also really helpful to have friends study with you. Spreading the work between friends or classmates will not only make your study sessions fun, but also helpful. When there’s only 2 weeks left before the AP test, it’s recommended to study around 30 minutes to an hour everyday after school to really ensure that you’re confident when taking the test. Studying could mean watching educational videos about the subject, or simply reading and retaking notes on ideas you’re not confident on. The second tip is to take a full-length practice test. We’re fortunate enough that KIPP ensures that you take a full-length test at least once to make sure that you know the structure of the test. It’s recommended that you take the full test at least twice to ensure that you can manage your time when taking the real one. You can ask your teacher if they can find a test for you, or simply look online for released AP tests for that specific subject. It’s incredibly important that you know how to space out your time and not waste any of it. By taking a full length test, it helps you see which part of the steps you’re quick on, and which part you need to take more time. That way, you can manage your time better because these tests are timed. The third and final tip is to get a good night’s sleep and a good breakfast. It’s been proven and just common knowledge that having a good night’s sleep with eight or more hours will help you when taking the test. For one, you won’t be tired and sleepy, and you’ll stay sharp and have your mind wander less. When you’re sleep deprived, it’s easier to get distracted and be lazy when taking the test. Make sure that the day before you study, but do not cram too much since it’ll only stress you out and losing sleep is not okay. Eating a good breakfast will also ensure that during the test, your mind can stay as sharp as possible and you won’t be distracted by your hunger when taking the test. People often have trouble choosing a college. They have many dream schools, goals, college acceptances, etc but they also have to worry about money, what classes the college offers, the location of the college, and the list goes on and on. I’d say to definitely choose a school that you think fits you. If you are more on the creative side, choose a school that focuses on creativity like art, music, etc. If you are more on the educational side and want to have a career like a lawyer, scientist, doctor, etc, choose a school that focuses on that. You might also want to search up if the college fits your aesthetic. Money is also of course very important. Looking up how much the college costs is very helpful when deciding where to go. It can help so you can start your savings for the school. In most colleges, if you are from the state that the college is in, the school will be cheaper. If you are out of state/country, the college will cost thousands of dollars more. Doing a sport, working, etc is very important because it can get you a scholarship and some scholarships cover for the whole school year. Another thing you should do when choosing a school is, go visit the schools. This can really help you figure out if you like the vibe/energy. It can make you feel more at home and comfortable especially if you’re going far from home. It might also make it easier to find friends or people that you trust. All in all, have fun when choosing the college. Also listen to your gut or yourself, not other people who are telling you to go to a certain college. Remember that it is okay if you choose a big popular college and it is okay if you decide on a community college. Choose a college that will make you happy. Make sure the college has everything you need. By: Samara Perez Zodiac signs all began around 3,200-500 BC in Mesopotamia but then was taken over by the Greeks around 500 BC. The purpose of these zodiac signs may be to establish the position of the sun, moon, and planet positions in relation to earth for any time past, present, or future. It is said that each sign is given unique traits and characteristics that are associated with them. You are assigned a zodiac sign by the day you were born. There are 12 official zodiac signs but some may say there are 13. The 12 official zodiac signs are
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