Los Angeles Leadership AcademyVolume 2, Edition 1 September 2009 Page 1

THE VOICEEditors-In-Cheif:Jessica CalderonMargarita LopezStaff WritersAod John AlvarezSergio AparicioMike CadenaDiana CentenoYessenia HernandezErendira HernandezGabriel KimRichard KimLenin MoratayaErick MartinezMo RahmanAngelica RamosImelda RodriguezAlma SanchezBrenda SolisTracey Vasquez

Advisor:Adam PanucciPrinter:Gardena Valley News

What’s Inside This Edtion Of “The Voice” Page 2- BAck to school night, New teacher, Leadeship Council.Page 3-Building update, beginning of the year Fire.Page 4-People eho graduated from lala, YPIPage 5- Field Trips, Uniform PolicyPage 6-Principal’ s Corner, Sat Act info, music review, sportsPage 7-pagina en espanolPage 8- volley ball game, recipe, enviorn-mental tipsPage 9- embarras-ing moments, advice columnPage 10-horoscopes and reviewsPage 11-ReviewsPage 12-Games

Welcome Freshman!By: Diana Centenostaff writer

and their teachers, which help them, build their own identities. Some freshmen say that our small school environment helps them engage in their work. As fresh-men, you may be a little intimidat-ed by high school and may need some survival tips: 1.) Always stay on top of your classes, DO NOT procrastinate, 2.) Never fall into negative peer pressure, 3.) Be sure to never change for anyone else and 4.) Yes, your freshmen grades do matter if you want to go to college someday (they add as part of your GPA). Good Luck and Have Fun!

We are proud to welcome the 6th freshmen class of Los Angeles Leadership Academy. The class of 2013 is described as a diverse group of individu-als that came into high school eager to learn. This year we are trying our hardest to make sure that freshmen feel welcomed. Mark Campbell, our assistant principal, articulates that their class is built with future lead-ers. Freshmen class is known as respectful and smart for their attentiveness in class. Freshmen are able to express their ideas and their opinions to the peers

Etta Lands In L.A. Leadeship AcademyBY: Alma SanchezStaff Writer

“I’m rebellious, outgo-ing, and fashionable.” Etta Kralovec describes herself with these three words. At L.A. Leader-ship six principals have come and gone: Susanne Coie, Mercedes Ivarra, Mara Ganeles, Beth Ber-nstein, and Aviva Ebner. Finally this year we have Etta Kralovec. Before Etta came to L.A. Leadership, her life was in Arizona. She was a college professor in the University of Ari-zona, were she trained teachers. Etta not only is our principal, but she

Homework, School’s Sacred Space, and collections of essays that her students from Zimbabwe wrote. She hopes to write a book about L.A, Lead-ership. Etta’s goal for our school is to help the students get involved in the deci-sions that are being made in the school. Etta is a big supporter of the Leadership Council. “Students should be copartners so they could be able to run the school.” Etta stated. Mark Campbell completely agrees with Etta’s vision, “It’s the student’s school and they should be involved in the process, to get their voice heard,” Mark said. Etta also wants

more students to par-ticipate in after school programs, and hopes to work closely with Elva to help the seniors with their college process. Etta’s passion is helping students be successful. Her door is always open to students. She prefers to talk in person rather than replying to a student’s email. Etta plans to talk to every single student before her departure. Mark believes that we are fortunate to have Etta in our commu-nity. He feels that she truly cares for both the students and teachers. He also feels that she is passionate about what she does, she is extreme-ly intelligent and she thinks outside the box. So next time you see her in the halls don’t be afraid to intro-duce yourself.

is training Assistant Principal Mark Camp-bell so he can become our next principal in two years.

“I’ll stay for as long as they’ll have me, but am scheduled to be here for two years,” Etta announced. “They loaned me to L.A. Leadership,” she joked. Etta has writ-ten a couple of books such as: The End of

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News & Features

Back To School Night And Lalapalooaz!By: Brenda SolisStaff Writer

Back to school night is an event where the parents get the opportunity to get to know the teachers and get a look at what their child is doing in each of their classes. They also have a chance to ask about how their child is performance and teach-ers can also talk about their child’s behavior in class. At last year’s back to school night, all of this was indeed ac-complished. Unfortunately, the number of students and parents who attended last year was not ideal. The school staff is hoping more parents and students will attend this year’s event. Additionally, the new school principal, Etta

Kralovec, will be available to meet parents and answer their general questions about the school. Due to the fact that not many people attended last year’s event, the Leadership Council has announced that this year there is going to be a carnival on Back To School Night ap-propriately named, Lalapalooza.

There will be some game booths that students will help create, a jumper, they will also be selling food, snacks and there will be live mu-sic. The Lead-ership Council would really like for LALA students to par-ticipate and give a hand. Hope-fully, this will encourage both parents and students to attend.

Evolution Of The CouncilBy: Mike CadenaStaff Writer Last year’s feeble attempt at student representa-tion has transformed into what is now our student govern-ment, appropriately named The Leadership Council. Not a month yet into the school year, and already we begin to enjoy events such as the Carnival. However, our student government is not all fun-n-games. Two branches divide the Leadership Council into what they call: The Event Coordinating Committee and the Disciplinary Committee, each has its own special function and purpose. The Disciplinary Committee is composed of model students, four seniors and two juniors. They hold hear-ings, similar to court trials, for students that frequently break rules. The Disciplinary Committee then reaches a verdict, and validates the punishment with an administra-tor. The Event Coordinating Committee will make its debut with the Carnival, taking place today. This team of students plan out field trips and social events for the benefit of the students. Some events on schedule are: Shakey’s Night, a Halloween Dance, and Laser Tag. The Council is showing great promise to the student body and “provides a structure for student voices” says our principal Etta, when asked about what she envisioned the Leadership Council doing for the students. She hopes, in the near future, the Council can “sit in board meetings” and “the disciplinary committee can become a democratic forum for the students.” Phyllis, the Leadership Council’s faculty advisor is “very excited about the disciplinary committee, and stuff like the carnival that comes from the students.” The Council will only keep growing, as long as our sophomores and freshman take note, the baton will be passed down.

Brian Mayer: Teaching Math The Right Way!BY: Gabriel KimStaff Writer

It is with joy that L.A. Leadership Academy welcomes the many new teach-ers joining our staff this school year. To show our appreciation for them, “The Voice” will be profiling the new teach-ers as a way to introduce them to the students. With a blazer on and jokes that will have anyone laughing, Brian Mayer

stigma towards enjoying learning; he is determined to make that happen. He states, “Math is simple and elegant when done right.” Mayer’s motto when teach-ing comes from William Yates. It goes: “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” Before coming to Los Angeles, Mayer went to Boston and graduated from Tufts University in 1992. He has gotten two Masters; one, he received this year, in Education from Pepperdine University. Mayer has previously taught Math at another charter school before joining L.A. Leadership and has been teaching for over two years, now. Well, there you have it, folks. Continue reading and stay on the look-out for next edition’s profile on the on the other new teachers here at lala.

is quickly becoming a favorite of the stu-dents. Born in New York City to parents who have Ph.D.’s, it was their drive for education that highly influenced and affected him. “I had an unbelievable educa-tion growing up,” says Mayer as he thinks back and tries to remember grade school. “We were taught Algebra by 5th grade [and] French by 7th.” Mayer has always had a natural knack for teaching and no time was wasted on exploring this skill. His first experience teaching was when he was 15-years-old. He taught others how to do magic tricks and even counseled and mentored kids at the magic camp he attended when he was younger. Mayer professed that his reason he is teaching is to have students un-derstand math and for them to have no

SEPTEMBER 2009 Page 3News & Features

Beginning Of The Year Fire: How It Affected L.A. Leadeship Acad-emyBy: Aod John AlvarezStaff Writer For the first week of school, stu-dents were not allowed to do physical activity during P.E. due to the massive fire in L.A. County. We contacted the health/P.E. teacher Chanel Smith who explained the reasons why she was not al-lowing students to do outdoor activities Chanel states, “The fire’s carbon dioxide mixes with air in the ozone and if we inhale that air, which most of us already have, can cause respiratory problems almost like having an asthma attack. The soot or the ashes from the fire can clog our lungs and make it even more difficult to

the fire’s point of origin above La Canada Flintridge off Angeles Crest Highway. The fire has destroyed 165,567 acres, 12,000 homes and killed two firefighters (Tedmund Hall & Arnaldo Quinones). This fire is making history for being one of most the notorious fires in L.A. County. As many firefighters near total containment of the ominous fire, health officials are saying the air quality levels have finally returned to their normal state through-out most of the county. Health officials also said the only worrisome areas remain in the immediate vicinity in the Station fire in Angeles National Forest. Full contain-ment is expected on Thursday September 24th, but L.A. County’s health officials still advise people to take precautions, particularly with outdoor activities.

breathe especially if you are born natural-ly with asthma”. Chanel added that she is constantly checking the air qualities of L.A. County. Chanel has now resumed to doing the normal physical activities with students. However she tries not to make it so ambitious until the air quality returns to its normal state. Up to this point there have been no fatalities from respiratory failure from the fire.

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We’re Finally Back In The Rooms!By: Sergio AparicioStaff Writer With the school filled with new students, LA Lead-ership is starting the year off fresh once again with all the rooms. Last year, having to be compressed in one side of the school for almost a year was dreadful to endure for most students. I interviewed Jill Wery, one of the mathematics teacher and a few students asking them to compare the situation from this year and last year. Stephanie Lovos a 10th grader said, “We’re able to have more activities now that the school is a whole, it is more comfortable and it’s easier to breathe. Not only that but there’s no more sweaty and musty smells in the air.” Stephanie also stated that we need a mascot, as she quickly went back into her advisory. I think we all will be enjoying this year and I too would like a mascot for our school. Jesus Hernandez an 11th grad-er, who I had to snatch away from Vanessa Covarrubias for a few minutes for an interview stated, “It’s going to be very exciting and different now that we have the whole school available, overall it’s pleas-

ant. Although some rooms still aren’t finished but it’s better to have something than nothing. It’s easier to focus now.” He joyfully said as he hurried back to the room.My next pray was Kiara Her-nandez a 12th grade senior, she said, “It’s getting better, we have our classrooms back, it’s not too crowded because I couldn’t concentrate last year and I don’t really have to wor-ry because I’m a senior.” Not worry, that’s a first, clearly she has senioritis. Now all that was left was a quick opinion from one of the teachers and Jill Wery was the perfect candidate. I asked Jill to compare last year and this year during 3rd period as class ended, she hastily said “I like it!” Confused by her reply, ex-pecting a complex speech about her opinion I asked her another question, if it was easier to concentrate now that rooms weren’t crowded, I looked her directly in the eye. “No I still can’t concentrate.” She stated. I ended up walking out of the class shocked as I thought back at what she said. Well it looks like the school year is indeed going to be bet-ter, now that we have the whole school available. Stu-dents seem excited to be back in the other side of the school.

Buiding Transformation- Roger’s StruggleBy: Mo RahmanStaff WriterIn the Fall of 2008, Los Angeles Leadership Academy High School was put through the ultimate test of endurance; the school was forced to use half of the facilities due to newly imposed building requirements. The constant shuf-fling of classes from room to room took a toll on the school’s weary inhabitants, especially the teachers. Their teaching plans were hindered by the ludicrous situation. The Executive Director and Founder of L. A. Leadership Academy, Roger Lowenstein, was on the forefront of negations with the city district. The building situation did not resolve itself until late August of 2009; laying the foundation for a brave new year of rebirth.The building was once the Florence Crittenton High School founded in 1914, for pregnant teenagers. That was the case until mid 2007 when ownership was given to Roger Lowenstein. The reason for the school’s renovation was that the building needed to be up to code, in order for the school to possess a certificate of Occupancy. The Crittenton High school was not required to have one because the code came into law in 1946. But L.A. Leadership Academy High School needed to meet the requirements.In Roger’s own words he felt that: “Since the other school [Crittenton] was al-ready an LAUSD approved high school, and we [L.A. Leadership] were an LAUSD approved too, we shouldn’t have any trouble succeeding the previous school.” The fact that the building itself could withstand all of the earthquakes for nearly the past one hundred years, as well as being made rock-solid out of mostly non-flammable concrete, he concluded that it would not require any renovations for safety purposes. But that was not the case. The renovations done to the building were: Lowering the ceiling, adding a wheelchair accessible bathroom, and most importantly updating the fire alarm system. The first change was the reason for the shifting of rooms. That, almost single-handedly derailed the science department—Chemistry, went without a lab and resided in a small room on the ground floor [The Basement]. Biology, went without many projects, and had classes in the patio before ending up in what is the now the YPI Room. Alongside with the room shifting came the Portable toilet which was outside of the school locked since a few of the ground floor rest-rooms were decommissioned. This left the main floor restrooms in great demand. And last but not least, our safetyman “Sniffy.” His job was to walk around the premises sniffing for fire.Some of the other demolition that happened over the summer included: Cafete-ria One having its tile-floor replaced, Café 2 had new baseboards. The new tile floor in the hallways of the main floor came soon after school started. The whole school’s lighting and fire systems were upgraded. On the down side was that some lab equipment of Physics teacher Jill Weary was damaged.In defiance and in endurance, Los Angeles Leadership Academy still managed to end up with a slightly nicer school. Over the summer the staff of teachers and administrators met. They totally revamped and streamlined the schools system of education, paving the way for future generations of: Scholars, Creators, and Activists.

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News & Features

Seniors Of 2008 & 2009By: Richard KimStaff Writer

Two years have past since Los Ange-les Leadership Academy held its first gradua-tion. As of today, the graduates from 2008 and 2009 have been ac-cepted to many colleges around the country. Four alumni are sharing their expe-riences. Kevin Solis, class of ‘09, is attend-ing the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Even though going to school across the country seemed daunting, he feels he has made the best decision of his life. His goals in college are to get a good score in his math placement test and to pass all his classes. Adam Panucci, one of the English teachers at LA Leadership, had a huge influence on Kevin’s deci-sion to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Comparing LA Leadership to college, Kevin com-mented, “It’s completely different, the classes are large, the work load is heavy, notes are optional. But I highly recommend practice on note taking.” But in the end Kevin had only one thing to say, “GO BAD-GERS!”Brandon Dugas, class of ‘08, now attends Howard University in Washing-ton DC. He was the only one in the class of ’08 to attend college out-of state. When asked about adjust-ing from LA Leadership to college he said, “It was a challenge, but it wasn’t difficult because there

were people going through the same thing.” Brandon is pleased with the college he chose, for it has been a very interesting experience. His goals at Howard are to expand his

network, expose himself to as many people as pos-sible, and to graduate. Dawnte Dennis, class of ‘09, is now part of gap year. Gap Year is a program where you

take a year break after graduat-ing from high school before going into college. Dawnte plans to get a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Networking System when he gets into college. Lissette Silva, class 08, is

attending Cal State Northridge. She’s quite satisfied with the school she is attending. Her goals for college are to do well in classes and to start working on her ca-

reer as a social worker. She noted that some classes are similar to the one’s she took at LA Leadership. For example, the English 12 class she took with Learsi Martinez. Lis-sette suggests, “If you are taking

an English class at LA Leadership make sure you know how to cite things, read, learn new vocabu-lary, and listen to your teachers!” The graduates from 2008 and 2009 have overcome countless harsh chal-lenges. But they have gone on to pursue their

education because of their insatia-ble thirst for knowledge. The LA Leadership graduates hope their ex-periences will get us to start think-ing about life after high school.

YPI AT LALA!By: Angelica RamosStaff Writer

YPI is back with newer and better programs. This se-mester in LALA there’s a wide variety of after school programs being offered to students who would like something fun and interesting to do after school. Step-Up: designed specifically for girls began Septem-ber 26 and continues every Wednesday.

Lions Den: Need help with homework? Join the Lion’s Den. It is everyday after school for two hours (if needed). There are people there to help you with your homework and your projects. They have computers available as well.

Brain X: this after school program is for specific students who are struggling with math and/or Eng-lish. Help for the upcoming coming CAHSEE is also being offered for one hour after school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

SAT Xpress: This is an eight-hour (total) crash course. One hour every Tuesdays and Thursdays to help students study for the SAT’s.

Urban Arts: A class that offers students the oppor-tunity to develop art skills. *Even paint your own mural on the school walls.

Latin Dance: Juan Garcia instructs this class that teaches the arts of Samba, Merengue, and Salsa. Go to competitions and performances to show off your newly learned skills.

Radio: Yes, they made it! The radio club is already ready for broadcasting. Meetings are held on Tues-days.

Iflix: Learn how to manipulate all your pictures using the computer and your own photography. You pho-tograph your own interests and learn all the digital aspect of it.

Project Citizens (Leadership Council): If you don’t like certain aspects of the school and want to change things join leadership council and try to make your change a reality.

Message From “The Voice”! The newspaper this year is no longer done afterschool. We have a class completely dedicated to produce “The Voice”. If you have an opening next semester in your schedule for 6th period and you are interested in being a staff writer join Journalism. But if

be featured in the newspaper for the whole school to see. Contact Jessica Calderon, Adam Panucci, or myself (margarita lopez). If you are interested in becoming an edi-tor next year and are a junior or sophmore please let us know so you can begin learning the process! Thank you

the class does not fit your sched-ule you can still submit your piec-es: articles, poems, drawings, etc. Your work and your name will

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Opinoin/Editorial

Is L.A.L.A. Gong To Have Any Field Trips This Year?By: Yessenia HernandezStaff Writer

The drastic $17.7 billion cut, has af-fected public schools all

around California. The budget cuts are dragging schools to collaborate with corporations in search of financial sup-port. According to the columnist Thomas Curry, schools are substituting their funding for extracurricular activities by partnering with businesses and large cor-porations. “The schools we are counting on to educate the future are laying off teachers…the result is rising class sizes and fewer extracurricular activities. Under this system, it appears the quality of education will be solely based on how well individual schools can market them-selves.” Ironically, the Los Angeles Leadership

Academy is trying to fund raise through advertising corporations. The Voice would start to advertise corporations through the newspaper in order to sup-port the school financially. It has been questioned for the past years why the school does not go on fieldtrips. Many students have had private talks with their advisor or teachers, without seeing much improvement. With the budget cut that Arnold Schwarzenegger imposed, our school seems to have less possibilities to go on fieldtrips. However, Carol Aguirre, the R.o.e. coordinator, is working along with her supervisor Eddie Torres figuring out ways to raise money. Even though the school’s budget is still crit- i-cal, Carol has already planned two future fieldtrips. One fieldtrip will be to Knott’s Berry Farm, in order to help the

park recollect toys for children around Christmas time; the second trip would be to a Clippers game. The urge for more fieldtrips has brought up other ideas, such as new ways of raising money for future dances or school activi-ties. There is no doubt that our participa-tion and involvement in the school would definitely make a change. Teachers are open for new ideas and are willing to take into consideration students opinion’s when it comes to fieldtrips. This is our op-portunity of showing what kind of lead-ers we are and to show how we plan to take action. It’s important to recognize that even though the budget cuts are affecting California schools, we form part of a small commu-nity that shows support even in the hard-est times.

Uniform Policy At LALABy: Imelda RodriguezStaff Writer

The uniform controversy has students and parents fired up in L.A Leadership Academy. Our current uniform is simply a black polo shirt and khaki pants. Many students are happy with the change, and many want the option to wear black pants and a white shirt. You may be asking yourself, who was re-sponsible for this change? Well the answer is in your house, your parents. The parents had a meeting during the summer were they discussed the uniform. They discussed the safety issues with our uniforms, such as students being confused for gangsters. To make the parents happy, the staff decided on our current uniform. M any students feel it is unfair and unnecessary for the school to minimize our options. It doesn’t make sense to leave the khaki pants, which are more gang related than black pants. For example, one of our seniors, Christian Ek was confronted by three gang members around his neighbor-hood. He was assaulted by them because they thought he a gangster since he was wearing

khaki pants. Christian commented about his encounter, “They didn’t leave me any visible bruises. My face and head swelled up though.” The school is always going to have this problem because they cannot control the fad in gangs. Our students live in different parts of Los Angeles, but it doesn’t seem fair for those who live out of the area to not have the option to choose what is safer for them. Carolina Salcedo a participating par-ent commented on the modified uniform, “Now they look more orderly, it seems that they are finally wearing uniform.” But other color pants can still be uniform. Parents do worry about order, but most parents don’t even care what color the uniform is as long as they have a uniform. So why so much fuss over some colors or is it the parents that just do not want us to have options? Ladies we all know that khaki is not our best friend in a certain time of the month, right? It seems many parents

didn’t think about the girls. In most in-terviews the adults and students’ major concern was not the ladies’ situation, but they agreed once it was mentioned. The ladies want their black pants, 3 out of 5 girls were against khaki. One of the most important women lead-ers from our school, Etta Kralovec, our principal made a great point, “I don’t like unisex uniforms. I would like the Leader-ship Council to give a few more options. Of course a boy’s body is not the same as a girl’s body.” Many students have great ideas that could be heard if they speak up, such as Robert Gomez who thinks that we should have collar shirts and our own choice of pants. If you have ideas for the uniform get involved in the Leadership Council. We might end up having some-thing that we like or at least our old uniform.

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Bulletin Board

Principal’s CornerBy: Etta Kralovec aka Dr.K I am pleased to be asked to write a column for the voice. in my first two columns i would like to introduce myself to you and share some of my educational philosophy. In subsequent columns, I am hoping to have a question and answer format, where you can “Ask The Principal” whatever questions you have about school, learning, the news or whatever. I will do my best to an-swer your questions. I have a doctorate in philosophy and education from Columbia Univer-sity In New York. For undergraduate school, I went to Lewis and Clark and I got my teaching credential at Cal State University Northridge. My first prin-cipal job was in Laguna Beach, where i started and directed, CAVE(Creative, Academic, and Vocational Education). Cave was an alternative high school. I was co-director of the Liberty School in Maine, a private high school, which was a democcratic learning communit, College of the Atlantic, also in Maine. Now, you may be asking, what is a demo-cratic learning community, that we will get to next time.

I am the author of three books, The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Chil-dren and Limits Learning, that book was really popular with the media, i was even on the Today show! My nexy book was Schools That Do Too Much and my most recent book is called, Identity in Metamorphis: Writings from Zimbabwe Students. This book is a collection of my students’ writings. i was a Full-bright Scholar in Zimbabwe for a year, helping the university to set up a new teacher educaton program and teaching philosophy and sociology classes. I have been a college professor for a number of years, but i love being at LA Leader-ship Academy since I really like to talk to high school students, some come see me. Next time i’ll tell you about my kids and my philosophy of education,Until Then,

Dr. Kralovec aka Dr K

SAT/Act InfoBy:Erendira HernandezStaff Writer

PSAT Coming Up!!! Start getting prepared 10th and 11th graders. Wednesday 14, 2009 start preparing and studying very hard!For those of you who are planning to take the SAT (which should be everyone) here are the deadlines…Test Dates for SAT • October 10, 2009• November 7, 2009• December 5, 2009• January 23, 2010• March 13, 2010• May 1, 2010• June 5, 2010For more information visit Elva at her of-fice.Here are the deadlines for the ACT.Test Dates for ACT• September 12, 2009• October 24, 2009• December 12, 2009• February 6, 2010• April 10, 2010• June 12, 2010For more information visit Elva at her office or go to www.actstudent.org.

New SportsBy: Erick MartinezStaff Writer Lincoln Heights-For the first time in Los Angeles Leader-ship Academy history volleyball and cross country are now avail-able from freshman to seniors. Coach Dia, the head coordinator, is look-ing forward to this new season. Last year only the girl’s soc-cer team made it too playoffs. Coach Dia said “The season is going to be great; we are going to make it to play-offs this year”. Amy, the girl’s volleyball coach, has spotted potential in a few girls who have com-mitted themselves to practice. Amy said, “My team is really dedi-cated, independent, and deter-mined.” David Banks, the cross country coach, is very humble

and is ready to win some races with his triumph team. David said “My team has some pretty good runners, were a strong team. The 2009-2010 seasons has begun. Soccer and basketball tryouts are starting in the middle of October. Coach Miguel Arriaga,

will be coaching the boy’s soccer and Coach Albert Arriaga will be coaching the girl’s soccer team. The only way you can participate in the C.I.F league is

by maintaining a GPA of 2.0 or above. We encour-age participating in our new and old sports in courtesy of Rock on Education (ROE); the more people join, the more

school activities we get. We are lions, call us beasts! We will destroy your winning streak!

Rising Phenom Unleashed In The Music IndustryBy: Erick MartinezStaff WriterA young rising hip-hop artist from Tornado, Canada has joined the mu-sic industry. Aubrey Drake Graham a music prodigy is making his way up the music chart. As a young teen-ager, he played a precocious basket-ball player in the Degrassi show. Rising artist Drake signed with Lil Wayne in Young Money Entertainment. After working with Lil Wayne, he affiliated with world-renowned music artists like Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, and Jamie Fox. Drake dropped a few mix tapes like Room for Improvement to see if he had a chance in the music industry. BET was impressed with his performance; they played his first music video, Replacement Girl. Drake is the first Canadian rapper who got his video on channel BET. Drake went from mix tapes to his first album, Comeback Season. His dream was to be number one in the music billboard; he accom-plished it with his very first hit, Best I Ever Had. America’s Most Wanted tour was Drakes very first time he had per-formed live. While performing Best I Ever Had, he injured his knee and had surgery. His fans respect him for the art he creates. Drake, a competitive rising artist is planning to make it to the top and never come down the chart.

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Spanish Bulletin BoardVOLVER A LA NOCHE DE LA ESCUELA Y LALAPALOOZA!By: Brenda SolisStaff Writer

Noche de Regreso a la escuela es un evento donde los padres tienen la oportunidad de conocer a los profesores y echar un vistazo a lo que su hijo está haciendo en cada una de sus clases. Ellos también tienen la oportunidad de preguntar acerca de cómo su hijo es el rendimiento y los profesores también se puede hablar de comportamiento de su hijo en la clase.El año pasado en la noche de vuelta a la escuela, todo esto fue hecho consumado. Lamen-tablemente, el número de estudi-antes y padres que asistieron el año pasado no era la ideal.El personal escolar tiene la espe-ranza más a los padres y los estu-diantes asistir al evento de este año. Además, el director de la

escuela nueva, Etta Královec, estará disponible para reunirse con los padres y responder a sus preguntas generales acerca de la escuela.Debido al hecho de que no mucha gente asistió al evento del año pasado, el Consejo Directivo ha anunciado que este año va a ser un carnaval en Back to School Night nombre apropiado, Lala-

palooza. Habrá algunas cabinas de juego que los estudiantes ayudarán a crear un puente, que tam-bién se vende comi-da, boca-dillos y habrá música en vivo. El Con-sejo de Liderazgo gustaría LALA para los estudiantes a participar y dar una mano. Espero que esto animará a los padres y los estudi-antes a asistir.

Brian Mayer: Ensena Matematica Como Deve SerBY: Gabriel KimStaff Writer

Es con alegría que la Academia de Liderazgo LA acoge con satisfacción la incorporación de nuevos profesores de muchos de nuestro personal este año escolar. Para mostrar nuestro agra-decimiento para ellos, “La Voz” será de perfiles de los nuevos maestros como una forma de introducir a los estudiantes.

Con una chaqueta de bromas y que a na-die riendo, Brian Mayer está convirtien-do rápidamente en un favorito de los estudiantes. Nacido en Nueva York a los padres que han Ph.D. ‘s, fue su esfuerzo por la educación que muy influenciado y le afectó.“Tuve una educación cada vez más in-creíbles”, dice Mayer, piensa de nuevo y trata de recordar la escuela primaria. “Se nos enseñó Álgebra de 5 º grado [y] francés por 7.” Mayer ha tenido siempre un don natural para la enseñanza y no se perdió tiempo en explorar esta habilidad. Su experiencia en la enseñanza primera vez fue cuando tenía 15 años de edad. Él enseñó a otros cómo hacer trucos de magia e incluso aconsejó a los niños y mentor en el campo de la magia que asis-tió cuando era más joven.Mayer profesa que su razón es enseñanza,

para que los estudiantes a entender las matemáticas y para que ellos no tienen el estigma hacia goza de aprendizaje, que está decidido a hacer que eso suceda. Él declara, “La matemática es simple y elegante cuando se hace bien.” Lema de Mayer cuando la enseñanza viene de Wil-liam Yates. Dice: “La educación no es el relleno de un cubo, pero la iluminación de un fuego”.Antes de llegar a Los Ángeles, Mayer fue a Boston y se graduó de la Univer-sidad de Tufts, en 1992. Ha llegado a dos señores; uno, que recibió este año, en Educación de la Universidad de Pep-perdine. Mayer Anteriormente ha sido profesor de matemáticas en otra escuela “charter” antes de incorporarse a LA Liderazgo y ha estado enseñando por más de dos años, ahora.

NUEVA DIRECTORA EN L.A. LEADERSHIP ACAD-EMYBY: Alma SanchezStaff Writer

“Soy rebelde, extrovertida, y de moda.” Etta Královec describe a sí misma con estas tres palabras.En LA Liderazgo seis directores han ido y venido: Susanne Coie, Mercedes Ivarra, Mara Ganeles, Beth Bernstein, y Aviva Ebner. Por último, este año hemos Etta Královec.Antes de Etta llegó a Los Angeles liderazgo, su vida estaba en Ari-zona. Fue un profesor universitario en la Universidad de Arizona, que fueron capacitados los maestros. Etta no sólo es nuestro director, pero ella es la formación Subdirector Mark Campbell para que pueda convertirse en nuestro principal siguiente en dos años. “Me quedaré el tiempo que van a tener de mí, pero tengo previsto estar aquí por dos años,” Etta anunciado. “Ellos me prestó a LA liderazgo”, bromeó.Etta ha escrito un par de libros tales como: El fin de la tarea, la Sagrada Escuela Espacio, y colec-ciones de ensayos que sus alumnos de Zimbabwe escribió. Ella espera

escribir un libro sobre L.A, Lider-azgo.

Etta objetivo de nuestra escuela es ayudar a los estudiantes involu-crarse en las decisiones que se es-tán realizando en la escuela. Etta es un gran defensor del Consejo de Liderazgo. “Los estudiantes deben ser copartícipes para que pudieran ser capaces de dirigir la escuela.” Etta afirmó. Mark Campbell está total-mente de acuerdo con la visión de Etta, “Es la escuela del estudiante y deben ser involucrados en el proceso, para obtener su voz sea escuchada”, dijo Mark. Etta también quiere más a los estudiantes a participar en pro-gramas después de escuela, y espera trabajar en estrecha colaboración con Elva para ayudar a los ancia-nos con su proceso de la univer-sidad. Etta pasión es ayudar a los estudiantes a ser exitosos. Su puerta siempre está abierta a los estudiantes. Ella pre-fiere hablar en persona en lugar de responder al correo electrónico de un estudiante. Etta planes de hablar con cada estudiante antes de su partida. Mark cree que somos afor-tunados de tener Etta en nuestra comunidad. Él siente que ella realmente se preocupa por los estudiantes y profesores. Además, considera que es un apasionado de lo que hace, ella es muy inteli-gente y piensa fuera de la caja. La próxima vez que usted la ve en las salas no tengas miedo de presentarte.

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Hungry For VictoryBy: Erick MartinezStaff Writer The victorious volleyball ladies won the first at Alpine Rex Cen-ter against Animo Ralph Bunche. The opening rally score was 0-10, they made a dramatic come-backin the first round 29-27 out of the best five series. As intimated as they were, they had the mentality to gain a victory and be tri-umphant. Captian Imelda Rodriquez kept the team fo-cused and showed tremendous lead-ership skills. The volleyball ladies won the first game 3 rounds out of 5 which made them win the opening game. They represented Los Angeles Leader-ship Academy with pride.

The second volleyball game against Gretz-Ressler Academy was not as succesful as the opening game at Alpine Rex Center. Coach Dia and Coach Amy were dissapointed in

the girls performance, their advice was to try harder and to not make unforce errors. With this lost in the ladies mind, they were determined to shine in third game and bring another victory to L.A.L.A. The third game was against Animo Jackie Robinson, both teams had

an outstanding performance but one team wanted the win more. The L.A.L.A girls

were tied with the Animo girls rounds 2-2. The fifth round showed who wanted the win more and Animo shined just a little more, Animo won. The volleyball ladies were not dissapointed in this lost, they were more proud because they gave everything they had in

this game. Overall the volleyball ladies never gave up, never gave in, and never stop trying to win. We are lions, call us beasts, we will de-stroy you winning streak.

New Sports At LALABy: Erendira Hernandez and Erick Marti-nez and Tracey VasquezStaff Writers Sports & Recreation•VolleyballVolleyball players! Don’t forget that if you got accepted to this awesome team, you have agreed to a commitment. Keep your grades up and continue being active. Don’t forget the time, and days that the practices are taking place.Homework Hour is form 3:50-4:20. Prac-tices are from 4:20-6:40pm. On Wednes-days Homework time is from 2:10-2:40, and Practice is at 2:40-5:00.•Cross CountrySix Girls and Six Boys are going to be ac-cepted to the first annual Cross Country team. Good Luck to all of you who are going to the try outs.Homework time and Practices are on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. Home-work is from 3:50-4:20, and Practices are from 4:20-6:40. Coming Up!•CheerStart dancing, and cheer on our LALA teams!!! As they need your help to get encouragement and keep going until their last breath.When Practices start they will be on Tuesdays and Fridays from 3:40-6:40.

What’s On The Lunch MenuBy: Lenin MoratayaStaff Writer

Tuesday Sept. 29- Breakfast: MuffinLunch:Turkey with Mashed Po-tatoes

Wednesday Sept. 30- Breakfast: Hot PocketLunch: Hispanic Appreciation Day

Thursday Oct. 1- Breakfast: Sausage BuiscuitLunch: Macaroni and cheese with ham

Friday Oct. 2- Breakfast: CerealLunch:Sloppy Joe Sandwich

Cookie RecipeBy: Diana CentenoStaff Writer

Ingredients

* 1 1/3 cup flour * 1 1/3 cup old fashioned oatmeal * 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed * 1/2 cup sugar * 1 cup chocolate chips * 1 cup of flake coconut * 1 tsp baking soda * 1 tsp baking powder * 1/4 tsp salt * 1/2 cup melted butter * 1 egg * 1 tsp vanilla extractDirections

1. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together. Add oatmeal, brown sugar, sugar, coconut and chocolate chips, stir. Add egg, vanilla and melted butter and stir until combined. 2. Shape dough into balls about the size of a small walnut and place 2 inches apart on a greased baking sheet. 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. 4. Makes about 15-30 cookies. 5. Enjoy!

Envoirnmental TipsBy: Erendira HernandezStaff Writer

Keep the Environment Clean!Here are some tips to keep your environ-ment clean.• Don’t take more than 30 minute in the shower.• When you are on the street with trash in your hand don’t just throw it on the ground, wait until you see a trash can.• When you go to the beach pick up after yourself before you leave.• Recycle everything from paper, to plastic aluminum and even batter ies.• Turning of the lights when you don’t need them can save the environment andyour parents wal lets.• Try riding a bike, sketing or taking a bus so that theres less cars pol luting the air.

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9th grade story

Tired after a very long day, Bany was ready to go home. She got in the bus, payeid her pass, and started looking for a seat. She finally saw one on the back. As she walked, more and more people started get-ting on the bus. She had to hurry to the seat before someone took it. When she was about to sit down the driver closed the doors and started driving. The push of the bus made Bany fly to one side and then to the other. She was so close on falling on her but. She wanted to laugh but hold it for later and kept her cool.

10th grade story

One day in P.E. Yussed wanted to play basketball with her friends. She was so bored but totally into the game that she kept trying and trying to make a basket. Finally she thought that she was going to make it…she was so close when suddenly “bum!” the ball bounced back and hit her head! She turned red of embar-rassment…and the worse thing of all…EVERYONE started to laugh at her

Teacher’s story

In her first teaching days, Phyllis was walking by the principal’s of-fice minding her own business. She noticed that there was a very im-portant meeting and it included two people from her department. For a moment she got so curious that she tried to hear what they were talk-ing about. “I got so into trying to see and hear what they were talk-ing about that I stopped looking where I was going and walked right into a pole.” She was knocked un-conscious with a concussion, and she woke up in the hospital. When people started asking her how she ran into a pole. “I didn’t know what to say, except that I was trying to eavesdrop.”

Embarrasing Moments

Advice ColumnBy: Imelda Rodriguez and Tracey Vasquez

Staff Writers I think that my boyfriend s cheat-ing on me. He’s been acting weird with me lately; I think that he might like this girl in one of his classes. How do I know if he is cheating on me? -Annie Anonymous Dear Annie

TRUTHFUL and HONESTY believe that in your situation the best ad-vice we can give you is to trust him. You have to understand that a guy is a guy and they wont always want to explain themselves all the time. Just because he’s acting weird doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s cheating on you. You should ask him but don’t overwhelm him because that might cause you guys to end up get-ting in an argument. Just be wise in what you ask and have patience he might be going through hard times and he might not be willing to share it for personal reasons. One thing for sure, you have to be careful, keep your eye out for signs and remember if he’s committed to your relationship then you shouldn’t worry.

I have a crush on this guy in school but I only share one class with him. I try for him to notice me but the harder I try the further away he gets. I need help in approaching him. - Confidence in California

Dear Confidence in California, TRUTHFUL and LOYAL believe that this is a common problem for many girls. Many girls have the same problem because of their lack of confidence so your not alone. Don’t try impress the guy by be-ing some one who you completely aren’t. Before you tell him you like him start with a friendship slowly get to know him because he might appear to be some ones he’s not, know the inner him before you get more into him.If you go based on the looks don’t, don’t be to shallow. If it doesn’t work out move on don’t stick to the same guy because he’s not your type and you might find someone else that you’ve been missing out on. Keep your eyes open for anybody out there who is com-patible to you.

What Staff Member At LALA Are You Like?BY: Erendira HernandezStaff Writer1.What is your favorite animal?a) chickenb) hawksc) liond) cowse) owl2. What kind of person are you?a) likes to have funb) great fullc) perfectionistd) faithfule) talkative 3. What do you think love is?a) romanceb) happinessc) mysteriousd) beautifule) you cant live without it4. If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go?a) Guatemalab) Italyc) Irelandd) Japane) Switzerland5.If you had a supper natural power what would it be?a) see into the futureb) go through wallscontinued on page 11....

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HoroscopesBy: Angelica RamosStaff Writer

ARIES (March 21-April 19). New introductions will be made virtually or through written correspondence. You’ll get a pretty good feel for where the person is coming from, but this can’t be better than what you

could glean from a face-to-face meeting.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have a strong reaction to things. Remember that your powerful emotions can be harnessed for good, even if they don’t start out so wonderful. If you can take charge of your feelings, you’ll

rule your world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Friends make recommendations. It’s nice that they want to help you, but do keep in mind that their opinions and prefer-ences are likely to be quite different

from yours. Take their suggestions with a grain of salt.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). When a lull in the action happens, don’t rush to fill it. Inactivity brings moments of insight. Tonight: If you can be easily talked out of something, it’s

know you’re capable of living up to it. Give them something to be deeply impressed about.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Though there are other people on your team, you may as well be on a solo mission because you’re doing all of the work. You need to tell the oth-

ers how they can help. Be the leader.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There are very few people who understand how to make your job easier for you. You have to show them exactly what to do and how to do it. It will be

worth the effort, though, because the training you give will be lasting.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll get bored unless you give yourself an exciting objec-tive. And be sure to attach a reward to this goal, as well. A prize gleaming in the distance

will motivate you to new heights.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Someone has to have fun, so it may as well be you. If you think you have too much work to do, think again. With your playful

antics, you’ll teach the others how to loosen up and enjoy life.

probably a sign that it wasn’t right for you to begin with.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What you currently view as a prob-lem may only be a symptom of the real problem, which has gone long undetected. Luck-

ily, you’re a master sleuth now, especially when it comes to your own mind and heart.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Don’t wait to be given the chance to talk about yourself — just take it. Create it. People are far too self-involved

today to put anyone new on their radar out of politeness, but once you start talking, they will want to know more about you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll encounter outsiders who want to get inside your world. You’ll deal in a compas-sionate way because you’ve been in a similar position and remem-

ber what that felt like.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll meet those who could take your project to the next level. You want to make a strong impression because you

Cypress Best Certainly Is The BestBy: Richard KimStaff Writer Across the street from a Burger King and Florence Nightingale Middle School on Cypress and Figueroa sits the alternative to the mass produced BK, Cypress Best. The burgers are simple and tasty, it consists of the usual, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and they even add thousand island dressing on the bun. The chili cheese fries, the overwhelming fries are topped with chili and cheese, way better than the ones in Carl’s Jr. Everything on their menu is either pretty cheap or unusually pricey. Cypress Best is now one of my favorite places to go after school to hang out and eat. 4/5 It’s…Good.

All New NANO From AppleBY: Mike Cadena Staff Writer It’s true! The 5th generation iPod Nano has a newly integrated video camera, the only downside to this new toy Nano has to offer, it can’t shoot stills. But! The camera does in-clude fifteen fun video effects, such as: motion blur, sepia, x-ray, and cyborg among others. Also new, to iPod in general, FM radio with…Live Pause? Yup, you can now pause live radio and rewind as far back as fifteen minutes. The radio display also includes the title and artist of the song that is playing, allowing the “new-fashioned way to discover music.” Enter iTunes Tagging, if you like a song you hear on the radio and absolutely need to have it, “tag it.” iPod automatically makes a list of those songs you’ve tagged and al-lows you to preview and purchase them on iTunes. And like its prede-

cessor, iPod speaks to you. VoiceOver tells you the title and artist of the song so that you can navigate seamless-ly without looking at the screen, and the best part is, VoiceOver is fluent in

more than twenty languages. Also, Genius returns, genius automatically makes playl-ists that go great with songs that you pick. Other new stuff on this iPod, is a pedometer that can be upgraded using Nike+iPod, the screen is also

slightly larger (2.0 in. to 2.2 in.). IPod is also prettier and shinier, with an all new “polished anodized aluminum

finish,” whatever that means. All-in-all great device with cool new features like the radio (you used to have to buy a separate adaptor just to use the radio) and video camera, although the fact that it can’t shoot stills makes me doubt a little bit…I thought the Tag-

ging was ingenious, handy for people who have bad memory, and Live Pause marks the beginning of a tool we’ll be using for a very, very long time. rating: 9/10

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EntertainmentFall FashionBy: Diana CentenoStaff WriterGirls:

Basic Soft Knit TankForever 21$6.90A solid colored racerback tank featuring a soft knit construc-tion, a scoop neckline, and a finished hem.

Amber Smocked Waist SkirtHeritage1981$13.80A solid colored skirt featuring an elastic smocked waistband with a ruffle top trim, soft vertical pleats, and a finished bottom hem. Boys:

Striped V-Neck Pocket Tee$16.90HERITAGE 1981 - Striped v-neck tee featuring inset pocket placed high on right chest.

Seth Straight Jean$35.90HERITAGE 1981 - A dark washed straight jean featuring perma-nent whiskered accents on the front and back of the knee. Other features include a sewn element at the knee for style, a traditional 5-pocket design, belt loops, a 4-button fly closure, and dark colored metal hard-ware.

Short StoryBy: Erendira HernandezStaff Writer I was so hungry…the thirst…the pain… I had to run before they caught me. ” I can’t stay here…I’m sorry…” I looked at her in the eyes, hoping that it wouldn’t have to be the last time. Tears were falling from her clear black eyes. The stars were shinning right through them as she looked at me. She looked so beautiful in the moon light. That was the most painful thing I had to go through…her sweet eyes filled with tears, I couldn’t take it anymore. I wish I could take her with me…but I know that she has to stay here. This is where she be-longs. “Please don’t go” she pleaded me “you are the only one that understands me” she hugged me tight and did not let me go for a long time. “Let me go with you!”“NO! It’s too dangerous and you know it.” I don’t like saying no to her but she had to understand. She would be in great danger if she stayed with me. I couldn’t take care of her; she was too fragile to me.“I don’t care I…”“Come out here you monster!” Here he came. I knew he was going to kill me if he found me with her. When Nina turned around…I was gone… To be continued……

Poetry NookAnonymousLook at his eyes. Look at her eyes.*When I saw into his eyes the first day of the end, I couldn’t breathe.When I looked into her eyes the first day of the end, I didn’t want to let her go. *I felt as if I was falling into another world. I knew that she had to leave, but it was left in my hands to decide. *I wanted to tell him that I was never going to leave him. I had to let her go so that she would not suffer. *I felt pain through my whole body.The sharp answer in my hand was ready, and I started.*What can I do with so many mixed feelings?I knew that I was killing her; I knew that I had made her suffer.*I did not know why I loved the guy that was killing me with a knife, and was stabbing me nonstop.After I was done with her, I stabbed the knife right into my chest…I did not last a second without her…my love.

Staff Quiz Continued...c)mind readingd)clown yourselfe)breathing under water6.If a thief stole something from you what would you do?a)feel compassionb)let karma do its jobc)talk them out of itd)chase after theme)do nothing7.If you were in the Holocaust and you found a way to escape, what would be the first thing you would do?a) Create a plan to escape with friends to-getherb) Visit your loved onesc) Figure a way to save everyoned) Look for family and contact theme) Tell others to go with you8.If someone was threatening a family member with a gun, what would you do?a)kick the gun out of their handb)take the gunc)take the bulletd)negotiate e)give them what they want9.If you knew that you could never fail, what would you do?a)singb)be the presidentc)tell people what I really feeld)Become a D.J.e)win the lottery 10. As a romantic evening what would you like to do?a)go to Griffith park and look at the city lightsb)be on the tallest building and have a roman-tic dinnerc)go to the Caribbean, walk by the beach and look at the stars d)go to the moviese)go to any park and look at the sunset

A= Etta B= Juan C= Mark D= Elva E= Josh

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SAT QuizBY: Gabriel KimStaff WriterThe length of a rectangle is increased by 20%, and the width of the rectangle is increased by 30%. By what percentage will the area of the rectangle be increased?A. 25%B. 36%C. 50%D. 56%E. 60%

If 3 < x < 7 and 4 < y < 7, which of the following best describes the range of values of x – y?A. -4 < x – y < 3B. 0 < x – y < 4C. 3 < x – y < 4D. 3 < x – y < 7E. 4 < x – y < 7

If half of the people in a room leave at the end of every five-minute interval and at the end of twenty minutes the next to last person leaves, how many people were in the room to start with? (Assume that no one enters the room once the process begins.)A. 32B. 28C. 16D. 12E. 8

In a certain lawn-mower factory, 0.06 percent of all mowers produced are defective. On the aver-age, there will be 3 defective mowers out of how many produced?A. 500B. 1,800C. 5,000D. 18,000E. 50,000

If f(x) = x + ax, and a = 7/2, what is f(3/2)?A. 1/3B. 3/2C. 7/2

D. 21/4E. 27/4

First, 3 is subtracted from x and the square root of the difference is taken. Then, 5 is added to the result, giving a final result of 9. What is the value of x?A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 16E. 19If p is an odd integer, which of the following is an even integer?A. P – 2B. P2C. P2 – 2D. (p – 2)2E. P2 – p

The population of Norson, the largest city in Tran-sitania, is 50 percent of the rest of the population of Transitania. The population of Norson is what percent of the entire population of Transitania?A. 20%B. 25%C. 30%D. 33 1/3%E. 50%

The price of 10 pounds of apples is d dollars. If the apples weigh an average of 1 pound for every 6 apples, which of the following is the average price, in cents, of a dozen such apples?A. 20dB. 50d/3C. 5dD. 5d/3E. d/20

If it is now 4:00 p.m. Saturday, in 253 hours from now, what time and day will it be? (Assume no day-light saving time changes in the period.)A. 5:00 a.m. SaturdayB. 1:00 a.m. SundayC. 5:00 p.m. TuesdayD. 1:00 a.m. Wednesday

E. 5:00 a.m. Wednesdayif the diameter of a bicycle wheel is 0.5 meter, how many meters has the center of the wheel traveled when the wheel has made 3 complete revolutions along a straight road?A. 3pi/2B. 3piC. 12piD. 25pi/2E. 25pi

If 22 ∙ 3 ∙ Q = 6, then Q =A. 1/11B. 1/10C. 10D. 11E. 20

While the faculty curriculum redevelopment committee has drawn up detailed - - - - - plans, full - - - - of the newly devised curriculum program is expected to take three to four years.A. Peremptory..draftingB. Preparatory..disengagementC. Final..expansionD. Preliminary..implementationE. Auspicious..conceptualization

The ballet stage is a bright, seemingly weight-less world where gravity is continually being - - - - by the dancers.A. ProlongedB. ReapportionedC. UnbalancedD. ReflectedE. Defied

Tantra paintings from India are not only beautiful but - - - - - -; in addition to their aesthetic value, they are used to facilitate meditation.A. GarishB. ValuableC. NumerousD. OrnateE. Functional