• Juniors help community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Thursday, March 03, 2011 By: Nicole Penetrante

    About 100 juniors and a few seniors participated in the Martin Luther King Community Day of Service to mark the 25th anniversary of the MLK Day of Service January 17 at Public School No. 5 downtown.

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  • Forever 21 maternity line causes controversy

    Thursday, March 03, 2011 By: Diana Diaz

    Forever 21 established a maternity clothing line at the end of June 2010 called Love 21 Maternity that has caused controversy.

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  • 16 and Pregnant: Prevention or promotion?

    Friday, March 11, 2011 By: Stephany Garcia

    A recent survey showed that the MTV reality show “16 and Pregnant” helps teens understand the realities of pregnancy, but students at the school who have watched the show have mixed opinions about it.

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  • Two seniors try to get tracks on iTunes

    Thursday, March 03, 2011 By: Tyanna Hughes

    Senior Nyia Bragg, who is a rapper and pianist, always imagined that she would be signed by a music label by the time she was 16.

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  • Staff members on maternity leave

    Friday, March 11, 2011 By: Vincent Tandoc

    Two staff members are or soon will be on maternity leave. Senior English teacher Mary Clair Sonneman went on maternity leave February 4. Social worker Kara King is scheduled to leave April 1.

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  • State puts school on probation

    Friday, March 11, 2011 By: Mariane Ibrahim

    At the school’s board of trustees meeting March 9, Dean Erie Lugo announced that he had received a letter notifying him that the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has placed the school on pro

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  • Dress-down days return, for now

    Friday, March 11, 2011 By: Sabrina Cartagena

    The first dress-down day of the school year was held on Friday, February 25. According to history teacher Joseph Timpanaro, the senior class raised over $600.

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For my best friend Nichelle, I wanted to be someone she could count on, and someone she could talk to, even if I didn't understand. But finding out she was pregnant was the biggest thing we had faced
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When I first found out I was pregnant, I could hardly believe it. I knew there was a possibility, but I never actually thought it would happen to me. I never thought that I’d be one of those teenage m
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According to school nurse Alice Scotten, this is the highest number of pregnancies in a school year that she has seen in the four years she has been working at the school.
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Senior Kenyatta Brown, a mother who works part-time as a waitress at Sonic, in addition to going to school every day, said she can’t complain right now about being a mother.
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Babies are hard work for both older mothers with careers and teen moms with school and jobs.
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In all the commotion about teen pregnancies in the school, most of the attention is directed toward the young mothers, while the fathers are ignored or remain anonymous.
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Forever 21 established a maternity clothing line at the end of June 2010 called Love 21 Maternity that has caused controversy.
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A recent survey showed that the MTV reality show “16 and Pregnant” helps teens understand the realities of pregnancy, but students at the school who have watched the show have mixed opinions about it.
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