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“Homeroom” Documentary Highlights Youth Activism in Oakland and Gives a Sense of Hope

August 20, 2021 Tony Daquipa

“Homeroom” documentary by Peter Nicks is the most hopeful in the trilogy of films focusing on Oakland’s public institutions.

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Distance Learning, Halfway Across the World: Photo Essay By Cadence Patrick

March 16, 2021 Cadence Patrick

Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student Cadence Patrick shares photo essay on moving across the globe during the pandemic.

Oakland’s Melrose Branch Library Workers During COVID-19: Photo Essay by William Truong

March 15, 2021 William Truong

Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student William Truong shares photo essay on Melrose Branch of Oakland Public Libraries.

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One in five homeless students in Oakland not attending online class

October 22, 2020 Momo Chang

High rates of Oakland’s homeless, foster, and new immigrant students have dropped out from online learning.

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COVID-19 in Oakland: OUSD and al fresco dining updates

July 16, 2020 Momo Chang

Oakland now has 3,259 positive COVID-19 cases. Alameda County is at 8,478 cases (data as of July 14), nearly doubling the number of cases from just a month ago (there were 4,390 cases on June

A grafitti mural that says "Class of 2020."

Oakland’s Class of 2020 Seniors Reflect on Past Four Years

May 27, 2020 Tony Daquipa

The Class of 2020 had the end of their senior year disrupted by a deadly global pandemic, but they have proved their resilience by making it to graduation.

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Academic and Social Absence

April 13, 2020 JoAnn Hollis-Bell

“It’s not just the virus that I’m afraid of. It is this human contact that has made me realize and admit it’s the solitude that I am afraid of. The admission that I depend on touch therapy.”

A Place Where Community Happens

June 8, 2017 Tony Daquipa

“We’re all different, but we all have that love for Sequoia.” -Zachary Hile At the risk of missing the start of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, several generations of Sequoia students, families, and staff