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The Advocate Martin Luther King - Law Advocacy & Community Justice New York, NY
Issue Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011 Issue: May 2011 Last Update: Thursday, January 19, 2012
  • Foolish pride leaves champions dethroned: Cocky or confident?

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Latia Skerving

    MLK has the number one high school soccer team in New York City, but for the first time in 15 years, they failed to make it to the playoffs.

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  • LACJ's got talent

    Friday, May 20, 2011 By: Crystal Semple

    Students at LACJ showed just how talented they really are in what the school hopes will become an annual talent show. On Thursday, March 17, 2011, Martin Luther King held its second talent show since

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  • History comes alive for Global teacher Ms. Pak

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Belissa Mieses

    Growing up in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, Kyong Pak never knew exactly what the future held for her, but she was certain that traveling was on her to do list.

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  • English Teacher hopes to raise classroom funds through baking

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Isaac Wynn

    Being born into a family of individuals who don’t mind jumping into the kitchen and cooking up a tasty meal, it’s no surprise that English Teacher Kelly Gionti found comfort in the same atmosphere.

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  • Track team sprints to the finish line this season

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Celia Fernandez

    You see them running through the halls in groups or by themselves, these are the students that make up the Martin Luther King Boys and Girls Varsity Track Team.

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  • Aspiring writer Watts hopes to restore interest in reading: Senior working on fantasy novel of vampress in Transylvania

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Zomorah Kennedy

    Up and coming writer and senior Chantel Watts might just restore the interest of reading among adolescents.

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  • New MLK Cares program gives City a helping hand

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Celia Fernandez

    The High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice cares about the community.

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  • A Risky form of art: Graffiti becomes senior’s means of expression

    Thursday, January 06, 2011 By: Aneska Tejada

    Graffiti is a crime, but to Edison Macancela, it’s a way to express himself. He is known as the boy with the spiky hair who does graffiti.

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  • Loveable art teacher to retire, causing 'art attacks'

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Diana Cabrera

    “I teach them art. Yea, I dodge crayons for a living. That’s what I do,” said Craig Dourmashkin, poking fun at his career in a YouTube video of his stand up comedy performance.

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  • Senior overcomes captivity in Africa

    Thursday, May 19, 2011 By: Aisha Dyer

    The village elders took him and his friends, into a dark room. They demanded money and white fowls which their parents couldn’t afford. Based on their alleged disobedience, the elders chastised them s

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Loveable art teacher to retire, causing 'art attacks'
“I teach them art. Yea, I dodge crayons for a living. That’s what I do,” said Craig Dourmashkin, poking fun at his career in a YouTube video of his stand up comedy performance.
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During the month of April, seniors walk around with butterflies in their stomach and weakness in their knees. At this time of the year they are rushing out with applications to colleges around the wor
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The back door approach: Scanning process sheds light on inequalities between MLK and LaGuardia
Scanning is a process that can’t be avoided in the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus, but that is not the case in LaGuardia High School. Everyday the students in MLK have to be scanned and en
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For rejected students, it’s not the end of the world
The word “rejected” might be every senior’s least favorite word. It is a word people cannot accept nor cope. You are left with a bruised ego and the feeling of disappointment as well as humiliation.
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