Heritage High School shooting

“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”, these words are taught all around the states and are meant to help teach and remember the year that the now notorious Christopher Columbus went on his renowned exploration. Columbus was an Italian that was sent by the Queen and King of Spain to find riches in other lands, and during this voyage he stumbled onto the Americas. During his time in the Americas he enslaved the Native Americans, forced Christianity onto them and brought over diseases that would

Chicken Finger Wars: A Discussion on School Zero Tolerance Policies On April 20, 1999, in the small town of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school students named Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris committed one of the most gruesome and heinous school shootings to date. They carried out a meticulously planned assault on Columbine High School during the middle of the school day. The boys' original plan was to kill hundreds of their peers. Armed with guns, knives, and a multitude of bombs, the two boys

imagination and reminded me of the stories I'd heard from my great grandmother about her mother who had arrived in this country from England and crossed the plains pushing a handcart. As kids, we loved dressing in our holsters, wearing our cowboy hats, and shooting our cap guns, recreating the shows we'd seen and sometimes, if we were lucky, we'd spot Uncle Dan's face in one of those great American western shows. As children we believed my father's uncle was famous. "There's Uncle Dan," we'd scream, giggling

problem with the blacks and whites didn’t want anything to do with blacks. I hadn’t actually seen racism in action from anyone here. Now, after watching the film Crash and reading the essays “Blinded by the White: Crime, Race and Denial at Columbine High” written by Tim Wise and “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” written by McIntosh, my understanding of race, diversity, and communications have changed. Racism, which

Fort Pierce. Salman grew up in California, and was the daughter of Muslim Palestinian Arab Immigrants. Mateen’s Early Life: Even at a young age Mateen expressed violence. A third-grade teacher stated that while he was attending Mariposa Elementary School he was, “very active…constantly moving, verbally abusive, rude, aggressive…much talk about violence and sex…hands all over the place – on other children, in his mouth”. When

a way to spread awareness of the Hispanic community as a whole. They took a huge part in the election of John F. Kennedy as President. After he was sworn in, he humbly showed his gratitude to the Hispanic community by appointing some individuals to high positions in his administration and by listening to their

Griffin Thomas 2/25/2014 The Education Crisis in America Currently the U.S. has a major problem on its hands, education today is constantly losing money while we put more of that money and time into our prisons rather than our schools. By showing kids that it is more important to be tough on crime than it is for a proper education is wrong. If these practices continue you can expect to see higher drop-out rates and larger prison populations. Education should be the U.S.’s top priority and we

In 1891 a simple game was invented that changed the world. Basketball is a athletic sport usually played on an indoor court where two teams of five each attempt to score by shooting the basketball into one of two baskets at each end of the court. The team who scores the most baskets wins the game. Because of its continuous action and frequent scoring basketball is one of the most popular spectator sports in the world. Basketball can be played outdoors as well, it was invented to serve as an exciting

the neighboring youth against the drug and gang problems, and problems such as housing, welfare, or religious and cultural heritage. “Unidos Para Triunfar” expresses the community’s rich culture with the Puerto Rican heroes and brings to light the ongoing conflict of drug abuse and gang violence in the area. In the recent years of the mural being painted, there was a shooting nearby played a key role in

On September 25, 2017, I attended the Dallas Center- Grimes school board meeting at Heritage Elementary. When I arrived, a typed-out agenda was provided to each person in attendance. The meeting began promptly at seven o’clock p.m. As seen on the agenda provided, the issues discussed included: “One Small Thing”, CSIP goals, teacher leadership roles, professional development updates, crisis prevention training, superintendent goals, enrollment projection, and financial reports. “One Small Thing”