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What type of technology would you like to see at Sac High RESULTS

Omar — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:50:28 +0000

What type of technology would you like to see at Sac High SURVEY RESULTS

i pads-8

i pods-2

apple computers-7

laptops-5

cellphones-1

i phones-1

With a look at these results It would be evident that many students know the most recent electronic products on the market. Many students what i pads, and laptops that the can hold in the palm of their hand. Some of the unpopular choices would be cellphones, iphones, and i pods.

A SAC HIGH SENIOR

Tracell — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:42:01 +0000

The student I had interviewed was Natalie Washington a sac high senior. Natalie says that being a sac high senior is hard work.When she was a joiner she thought being a senior would be ease but she thought wrong.”Being a senior you are required to do a lot of things,” natalie said,there are college application you have to fell out you have to write college inception exception letters and it also the year that you really what to do your best on because yours last year.Beside all the hard work she also says it sad, knowing that its your last year of high school and after you graduate your off to college and have to start all over.One of the question i had Natalie was if she had seniorites witch is when a senior at the lack of motivation to study at the end of the school year. Natalie said no because it not really at the end of the school year but she said she might have a low case of when that time comes.The thing that helps here form getting seniorites its to think positive about the hard work that she is doing that going to tho make a different in here future.Being a senior at sac high is different from being at any other school is that the teacher expect high exceptions for the students,no matter how bad you you did in high school the still try to lead you on your way to college.One thing that natalie says is that the teachers at sac high help so much to get to college and she believe at anywhere school you have to seek the teacher to find help teacher here come to us to help.

Sac High Music Survey

AnthonyP — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:32:50 +0000

Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario. He is the son of Dennis Graham, a drummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis, and Sandi Graham, an educator. Two of his uncles, Larry Graham and Teenie Hodges, are also musicians.Drake’s father is an African American from Memphis, Tennessee, and Drake’s mother is a white Jewish Canadian. He attended a Jewish day school and had a Bar Mitzvah. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mother in Toronto’s wealthy Forest Hill neighborhood. Drake attended high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, where he began acting, but did not graduate.He spent most summers with his father in Memphis.Drake stated that his parents’ divorce greatly affected him as a person, saying, “I had to become a man very quickly and be the backbone for a woman who I love with all my heart, my mother.”

Drake 45%
Lil Wayne 13%
J-Cole 7%
Wiz Khalifa 7%
Wale 3%
Mac Miller 8%
Tyler, The Creator 3%
Jay-Z 10%
Kanye West 9%
Big Sean 5%

Lil Wayne was born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. Carter was born when his mother, a chef, was 19 years old. His parents were divorced when he was 2, and his father permanently abandoned the family. Carter enrolled in the gifted program of Lafayette Elementary School and in the drama club of Eleanor McMain Secondary School.

He wrote his first rap song at age eight.In the summer of 1991, he met Bryan Williams, rapper and owner of Cash Money Records. Carter recorded freestyle raps on Williams’s answering machine, leading him to mentor the young Carter and include him in Cash Money-distributed songs. He also recorded his first ever collaboration album True Story with rapper B.G.. At the time, Carter was 11, and B.G. was 14, and was billed as “The B.G.’z”. When he was 12, he played the part of the Tin Man in his middle school drama club’s production of The Wiz. At age 13, he accidentally shot himself with a 9 mm handgun, and off-duty police officer Robert Hoobler drove him to the hospital.At McMain Magnet School, Carter was an honor student, but he dropped out at the age of 14 to focus on a musical career.

Top 10 R&B ( Male ) Singers -

Tremaine “Trey” Aldon Neverson was born Tremaine Aldon Neverson on November 28, 1984, in Petersburg, Virginia. Raised as a military brat, Songz did not have aspirations to have a musical career as a child due to his shyness, saying “Singing wasn’t a reality for me, until other people started noticing I sounded good.” He recognized his vocal abilities at the age of 14. Reluctant to sing, he began performing with encouragement by friends and family in high school. Record producer Troy Taylor discovered Songz during a talent show in 2000, which led him to signing a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 2002.After graduating from high school in 2002, Songz moved to New Jersey to begin recording his debut album, though recording didn’t actually begin until 2003.

Trey Songz 23%
Maxwell 12%
Pleasure P 6%
The Dream 3%
Ne-yo 12%
Jamie Foxx 4%
Chris Brown 22%
T-Pain 9%
Jerimiah 7%
Ryan Leslie 2%

Christopher Maurice Brown was born on May 5, 1989, in the small town of Tappahannock, Virginia, to Joyce Hawkins, a former day care center director, and Clinton Brown, a corrections officer at a local prison. The youngest child of the couple, he has an older sister, Lytrell Bundy, who works in a bank. Since his childhood, music was something which always had been present in Brown’s life. He used to listen soul albums that his parents had owned, but eventually, Brown began to show interest in the hip-hop scene.

Brown taught himself to sing and dance at a young age, often citing Michael Jackson as his inspiration. He then began to perform in his church choir and in several local talent shows. While mimicking an Usher performance of My Way,his mother recognized his vocal talent and they began to look for opportunities of a record deal. At the age of 13, Brown was discovered by a local production team, Hitmission Records, who visited his father’s gas station while searching for new talent. Hitmission’s Lamont Fleming provided voice coaching for Brown, and the team helped to arrange a demo package and approached contacts in New York to seek a record deal

Top 10 Pop ( Male ) Artist -

Justin Drew Bieber born March 1, 1994)is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor.Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun,who came across Bieber’s videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher,and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid.Chris Hicks, Bieber’s A&R at Island/Def Jam, explained the young artist’s huge online following to HitQuarters by saying:

“He was doing something different. He was an attractive white kid singing very soulful R&B hits. That set him apart immediately from anyone in his range because no one was covering or singing these kind of records. But equally important was that you believed in these songs – it was real. And you wanted to hear more.”

Ne-Yo 4%
Josh Turner 2%
Drake 13%
Chris Allen 2%
David Cook 2%
Keith Urban 2%
Jay-Z 12%
Justin Bieber 45%
Brad Paisley 3%
Jason Derulo 12%

Jason Joel Desrouleaux (born September 21, 1989), better known by his stage name Jason Derulo, was born in Miami, Florida His birth name is Desrouleaux, but he changed the spelling for his stage name to make it easier to pronounce.An American singer-songwriter, actor and dancer. After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records, co-founder of the label Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper Diddy, Derulo signed to minor recording label Beluga Heights. After Beluga Heights became part of the Warner Music Group, Derulo released his debut single, “Whatcha Say” in May 2009, which sold over five million digital downloads, gaining an RIAA certification of double platinum, and reaching number 1 in the US and New Zealand. Derulo released his second single, “In My Head”, in December 2009. His debut album, Jason Derulo, was released in 2010.

Top 10 ( Female ) Hip-Hop / R&B artist -

Beyonce Giselle Knowles born September 4, 1981), often known simply as Beyonce, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny’s Child, one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time.Knowles’ work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 16 Grammy Awards, 11MTV Video Music Awards, a Billboard Millennium Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Destiny’s Child. In 2009, Billboard named her the Top Radio Songs Artist of the 2000s decade,and ranked her as the 4th overall Artist of the decade (and as the First Female Artist of that period).The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), also recognized Knowles as the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s. In the United States, Knowles has sold over 11.2 million albums and 25 million singles. She has also sold 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2010, VH1 included Knowles on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Beyonce 34%
Alicia Keys 21%
Rihanna 2%
Mary J. Blidge 4%
Melanie Fiona 3%
Monica 2%
Adele 13%
Nicki Minaj 12%
Sade 2%
Lady Gaga 6%

Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; pronounced, is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist. She was born in Saint James,Trinidad and Tobago, but moved to the Queens borough of New York City at age five.

After releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009 and being signed to Young Money Entertainment in August 2009, Minaj released, in November 2010, her debut album,Pink Friday, which quickly became a commercial success, peaking at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and being certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a month after its release. She became the first artist ever to have seven singles on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.Her second single, “Your Love”, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, making Minaj the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since Missy Elliott accomplished it with Work It in 2002.She also became the first female artist to be included on MTV’s Annual Hottest MC List. Due to the success of her debut album, Minaj was named the 2011 Rising Star by Billboard Magazine.

Top 10 ( Female ) Pop Artist -

She was born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins on May 5, 1988 in Enfield, North London. She came from a non-musical family but a very supportive one. Adele said that her mother used to set up a stage show for her in their own home with Adele being the performer and her mother’s friends being the audience.

Like many teenagers swept with the Spice Girls fever in the ’90s, Adele too liked to impersonate the all-girls band. She was also a fan of British singer Gabrielle whose songs she liked to cover. One day, her father’s friend who happened to be a dance producer praised the color of her voice and thus Adele’s spirit was lifted.

She tried to cover Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and once she got a hold of a real mic, she knew it was her destiny to be a singer. “As soon as I got a microphone in my hand, when I was about 14, I realized I wanted to do this,” she later on recalled. “Most people don’t like the …

Beyonce 21%
Adele 35%
Rihanna 2%
Brittney Spears 7%
Lady Gaga 2%
Katy Perry 4%
Tayler Swift 16%
Estelle 2%
Alicia Keys 5%
Hannah Montanna 5%

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.

In 2006, she released her debut single “Tim McGraw”, then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Fearless and Taylor Swiftfinished 2008 at number-three and number-six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks. Swift was named Artist of the Yearby Billboard Magazine in 2009.Swift released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010, which sold 1,047,000 copies in its first week.

Sac High Clubs

Dreshawn — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:24:12 +0000

There are more than 25 clubs and student groups that are active at Sac High here are some examples below. I research 4 of them Fit Club,Black Student Union and Link Crew and Chess club .Link Crew is a group were the students with the help of some teacher set up events.Fit Club is were kids go after school to get a work out in and if you go daily you can get a year membership at 24-hour fit. Lastly the Black Student Union were African Americans meet and have activity.At chess club you can come and learn how to play and play with other students.All of these clubs are fun and you can learn so much from.

Achievement Club
Black Student Union
Chess Club
Cheer
Drill Team
Fabulosity Club
Fit Club
Helping Hands
Hip Hop Club
Hmong Club
Japanese Club
JROTC
Key Club
LGSA Club
Link Crew
MECHA Club
Mien Club
Ninety’s Baby’s Club
Oh Nine Club
Photography Club
Phun Club
Think Green Club
TV Club
Speech and Debate Team
Wishing Stars Club

Best Music Colleges to Attend…

Charles — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:12:49 +0000

Berklee College of Music: Basically, Berklee is what you put into it. Being a hard-working, talented, and creative musician, as well as knowing how the Music industry works, is what will make you a successful musician. Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For more than half a century, the college has evolved to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business. With more than a dozen performance and nonperformance majors, a diverse and talented student body representing more than 70 countries, and a music industry “who’s who” of alumni, Berklee is the world’s premier learning lab for the music of today—and tomorrow.

The Juilliard School of Music: Located in New York, Juilliard School was founded in 1905, and has an approximate 6% acceptance rate. Although Julliard has a great Academic program, it is often said that the teachers are fairly inaccessible, and getting support is often very difficult. The School was named for Augustus Juilliard, a wealthy textile merchant whose bequest was used to establish the Juilliard Graduate School in 1924. In 1926, it merged with the Institute for Musical Art to become the Juilliard School of Music. With the additions of a Dance Division in 1951 and Drama Division in 1968, the name was shortened to The Juilliard School. But if you are interested in attending a music college, this would be the college for!

Mannes College: The New School For Music: Founded in 1916, Mannes College The New School for Music trains and nurtures classical musicians of all ages. The college division attracts superb students from around the world. Comparatively small in size, the college maintains an intimate atmosphere, fostering close and constructive relationships between students and its eminent faculty and administrators. Mannes College puts a massive focus on classical music. They have been open for the last 93 years…making them…about half as old as Dumbledore.

These are the 3 top music colleges in the world. It’s possible that they may not be entirely suitable for many Alternative Artists when it comes to the creativity, but when it comes to getting that advanced Foundation of knowledge, these are the places you should be going.

Varsity girls basketball as a new comer…

Alandria — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:04:21 +0000

Casey Williams is a class of 2013 junior here at Sacramento high school and I chose her as the person to interview for varsity girls basketball because she is a varsity player. She is a powerful guard who loves to make a quick spin move down the court. She loves to listen to The Glamorous Life by the Jaka before the game and her traditions are fixing her bun so its perfect and swallowing her gum. She is number 10, and she chose that number because when she was younger she loved to watch Mike Bibby who was also number 10. Her inspiration is LeBron James because he is a great hardworking player who has accomplished many goals. She first realized that she loved and had the talent for basketball in the third grade. It is her first year here as a transfer from Inderkum High School. I wanted to know her experiences so far at Sacramento High and if this school’s basketball program has helped her succeed in any way; mentally, physically and/or emotionally. Here are her responses to my question. Casey Williams has been playing basketball at Sac high for about 6 months because she is a transfer from Inderkum High School.

Casey enjoys playing basketball at Sac High because it makes her work hard and she is in a positive and inspiring environment. Casey believes that Sac high provides a very good education and has helped her on and off the court to be a better person and focus on the impotent things such as; school, family and basketball. Casey’s motives as a Sac high player is to take the opportunities Sac High offers and use them to the fullest. Sac High makes Casey feel complete as a person because Without Sac High she wouldn’t be the person she is today. Before she came to Sac High, Her freshmen and sophomore year, she had some bad experiences but Sac Highs school and basketball program has given her the opportunity to change and she says she has. Sac high Has helped her conquer her dreams so far as a basketball player. She has gotten letters from many colleges including Santa Clara, UNLV etc.

Casey says that she would still like to achieve a full ride scholarship to college and dunk by her senior year . Before coming to Sac High Casey’s biggest weakness was downing herself. She has currently been working on overcoming this weakness and the staff of coaches here are helping her with it. If Casey could give a freshmen a word of advise as a new comer into Sac High varsity basketball she would say “just because you are a freshmen doesn’t mean that you cannot be a leader and be a pig part of the team”. “You have to have a good mental game to play for coach Massari and she will help you achieve your goals if you work hard”. Casey says that there is not much you can change about sac high for school and basketball but if she had to choose she would make the jerseys black and purple.

How many electronics we need at home

Cameron — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:50:50 +0000

Many people in the twenty first cemtry have many electronics in their home. I did this article to see how electronics are used in a average person home. To be social in the world today, people need to have electronics.

How many computers do you have in your home:

We have two computers in the house

Do you have any game systems in your house and if so what brand is it.

We have a PS3 and a XBOX 360

How many tv do you have in your house.

We have 3 tvs in the house

What other electronics do you have in your home:

We have many games and electronics in the house like toys

How much money do you think you spend on electronics a year

Our family spends around 2 thousand dollars a year

Do you have a cell phone:

Yes all of the members in the family have a cell phone

How may home phones do you have in your house:

All together we have about 8 phones in the house

Interview an Incoming Freshmen

Dominic — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:42:17 +0000

For my interview I interviewed Rork Crusto III who is freshmen and part of the Sac High Dragon basketball family. He’s a bright young man that i see high hopes for in the future. I can tell that he’ll be something in the future as long as he stays on the the right path and stays determined. Now I start my interview.
How did you feel when you first got involved with sac high basketball?
- The way I felt when i got involved was a sense of feeling rewarded because ive always looked forward to playing sac high ball.
Did you get involved with team activities?
- yes i did summer camp with junior varsity cleaned at sac state and the capitol with the team.
How was your fist game experience?
-I had to get all the jitters out because it was my first basketball game in high school but my first experience was good.
Whose your favorite coach?
- I have no favorite coach as long as they help me get better at basketball.
Hows the training?
- The training was way tougher then I expected, nothing like other things i’ve done but it helps me get prepared and i don’t miss practices because I’m devoted.
What do you do at training?
- On a track day we pretty much run and weight lift to work on our endurance and strength
How long have you been playing basketball?
- I’ve been playing basketball pretty much my whole life.
Do you play for any teams outside of school?
- Only in the summer i play AAU.
What position do you play?
- I play the 1, in other words i play the point guard.
What do you like doing when in the game?
- I like to cross other players, hit threes and be a leader.
How often do you practice outside of school?
- I try to practice whenever i can, usually on the weekend though because we have practice during the week
How do you feel about the nba lockout?
- I don’t really mind the NBA because i’d much rather watch college basketball.
What college do you want to go to and for basketball or academics?
- I want to go to a D1 basketball college and i want to go to college on academics and basketball.
Why do you want to go there?
- A D1 school is a college with with some of the best things a college has to offer and thats why i want to go to one.
Do you play any other sports?
- Not at sac high.
what do you do before a game?
Do you hang out with your team outside of the school?
- Yes i do.
How do you take losing?
- Sometimes It happens so you have to make the best of it and learn from your mistakes.
Do you ever miss practices?
- I never miss practices because it makes me better unless its for a very serious situation
Do you think you’ll ever be successful in basketball in the future?
- I pray to god I do.

As you can see this young man has high hopes for himself. He has faith consistancy and hard work and with that will take him very far in life. This has been interview report by Dominic Fountain

Interview with Ms. Wanket

Maurice — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:38:26 +0000

Today we interview a very popular teacher at Sacramento Charter High School, she goes by the name of Ms. Wanket. Ms. Wanket is my honors english teacher and is one of the most expected teachers at the school.

1.where were you born? I was bon in Queens New York

2.what year were you born? I was born in 1969

3.who was your biggest influence? jesus

4.what high school did you attend? Carondelet high school

5.what college did you attend? I got my bachelors at UC santa cruz but my teaching degree at

Chapman Unversity

6.what is your biggest regret in life? Not going to prom with the man who is now my husband

7.what did u dream of being as a child? A fire fighter

8.how long have you been teaching? ive been teaching for 19 years

9. Are you happy with your profession? oh yes of course

10. If you had a chance to go back and change something what would that be?

11.what made you become an english teacher? My love for reading and writing really and my dad.

12. who are your top 3 favorite writers/poets? Tony Morrison, Fransceca Lia Block, and Raymond Carter.

13. what got you so interested in writing? I was a born writer its just in my blood.

14. if you weren’t an english teacher what would be your profession? i would probably be a fire fighter

15. what other thing are you interested in? Although i don’t do it anymore African dancing and drumming

16. whats something a lot of people don’t know about you? I like african dancing

17. what sports do you like? I only enjoy sports when I know who the people playing are.

18. whats the best part of your job? definitely the students

20. whats your most memorable moment as a teacher? when my students go to college and whenever they come back and tell me how easy college is for them.

Although this is my first interview I found it very interesting. It was nice to actually learn about my favorite teacher and I look forward to doing it again.

Making Your Own Studio

Ausaru — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:38:24 +0000

Looking to make a recording studio?Well stop looking because i’ve listed the prices for all the equipment that you will need to get started. Keep in mind that the prices are very high so, set a price range before you buy anything. (These aren’t the only prices for the equipment. This is just to give you an idea of what they will cost.)

$1700 deluxe studio

-Computer:$400+

- Fast track: $130

- Digital audio editor: $50

- Sound/ mixing board: $300

- Mic: $400

- Mic boom: $100

- Speakers:$280

- Headphones:$20

- Cables:$10+ each

- Total cost: $1700

This is the type of studio that is set up in Mr. Sarabia’s computer class. He has everything from computers, microphone equipment, keyboards etc.

$100 studio

Plug a $100 mic into your friends computer and start recording

Music equipment can range from many different prices. You have to be smart with your money and buy what your studio really needs. All the extra equipment isn’t necessary. Be sure to add up the prices of the equipment that you’re interested in so you have an idea of your price range.