From slavery to presidency,

Black History has evolved faster

than anyone would’ve imag-

ined. This year there are many

ways to celebrate black history.

Whether it be reciting a poem,

or having a Black History

Month Talent Show celebrating

Black History should be a fun

experience for all. Across the

country, people should ac-

knowledge those who fought for

freedom, civil rights, and equal

opportunities for the next gen-

eration. There are many lessons

to be taught through out cele-

brating Black History. Dedicat-

ing the month of February is

just one of the ways that people

celebrate. During this month

we honor people like Marin

Luther King Jr., Harriet Tub-

man, Gorge Washington Carver,

and more. This is a time when

everyone should come together

and learn the roots of African

Americans. Here at Corporate

Academy North we are celebrat-

ing Black History Month by

having a kickoff on Wednesday,

February 2, 2011. There will be

a follow up Black History

Month Show-Case. Students

have volunteered to recite po-

ems and speeches, dance, and

sing. Also the morning an-

nouncements will be spotlight-

ing different African Americans

and important events daily.

Although this is the way that

Corporate Academy has chosen

to celebrate Black History.

There are countless more op-

tions and methods to celebrate.

Watching movies dealing with

African American Heritage,

going to a play at the local

Joseph Caleb Center, or partici-

pating in any public Black His-

tory Month activities, are ideal

ways to celebrate Black History

Month. There are different

exhibits and libraries that any-

one can visit. We should all

celebrate Black History Month

together no matter age, race, or

ethnicity, and have fun doing it.

With all the opportunities and

public events happening this

year of 2011 why miss out on

such a great experience?

Celebrating Black History By: Keosta Reid

Now at the age of forty-eight,

Timothy Ray Brown is the first

man to be cured of HIV. In

Berlin, 2007, Timothy was

given a stem-cell treatment and

seemed to have no sign of

H.I.V. or leukemia as the out-

come. The procedure was origi-

nally undergone to cure him of

his leukemia. But amazingly it

seemed to cure him of his H.I.V

to, highly augmenting his life

span. He went two years with-

out any antiviral medications

and had not the slightest sign of

H.I.V. The stem-cell treatment

can produce many exceedingly

dangerous side effects for gen-

eral use. The donor of the stem-

cells in which the procedure

was made possible, had a gene

mutation, leaving his body

without the gene receptors

needed in order to contract the

deadly virus. There was no sign

of any left over viruses involv-

ing the HIV virus or any indica-

tions of him still having leuke-

mia. Many scientists say that

this is a breakthrough in science

but others say that it is still

experimental and should not be

made a regular operational

procedure. This should not be

made a regular procedure due to

the simple fact that the donor

had a mutated gene. Not every

donor will have gene mutations

so Timothy got extremely lucky

during this procedure. For most

HIV patients, the virus can be

controlled by anti-retroviral

drugs. Doctors would not put

them through the debilitating

chemotherapy and radiation that

Brown received simply to cure

HIV. Still, some doctors sus-

pected, based on past experi-

ence, that the HIV virus re-

mained hiding in his body. But

in the new report, the doctors

say that 3 ½ years after the

transplant, Brown's cell counts

remain in the range of people

without HIV. The procedure is

creating a buzz in the HIV

academic community in the

United States. Experts here call

the development encouraging,

but warn that years of work

remain before the treatment

could lead to a general therapy

against HIV.

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3

FEBRUARY 2011 The Corporate Times

CORPORATE ACADEMY NORTH

5120 NW 24TH AVE. MIAMI, FL 33142

Student Life 2

Community 2

Opinion 3

School News 4

This Month in Pictures 5

School Calendar 6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Dr. Doylene N. Tarver

Principal

Stem-Cell Treatment Seems to Rid Man of H.I.V By: Robert Smith

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A black lace 1950’s cocktail dress

will definitely turn heads especially

when the icon wearing it is know, no

other then Michelle Obama. Michelle

has been know for her keen sense of

fashion, being the wife of president

Barack Obama Michelle is always well

dressed and on point to the up to date

style. Her signature look includes wear-

ing sleeveless dresses and pallazio

pants. One of the most recent dresses

the first lady has worn was the vintage

cocktail dress she wore to the Christmas

in Washington concert. The dress was

designed by Norman Norell, a top

American fashion designer who died in

1972. Obama purchased it from New

York Vintage in Manhattan, a high-end

store for couture clothing that dates

back to the early 1800s. Michelle’s

loves designers like Jason Wu, Narciso

Rodriguez, Thakoon, and her favorite

Isabel Toledo. Michelle was not the

only first lady who brought style to the

White House the most famous first lady

fashion icon would have to be pearls

image by Kalani from Fotolia.com.

Former First Lady Jackie Onassis was

one of the biggest fashion icons in his-

tory. With an air of ladylike formality

and youthful grace, Jackie Onassis's

style still inspires women. Her mar-

riage to former President John F. Ken-

nedy produced one of the biggest

power couples in the history of politics.

When her husband became president,

she brought an era of high style and

glamour into the White House with the

help of famed couturiers, including Oleg

Cassini. Her good taste was influenced

by her blue-blood upbringing and a

distinct admiration for French couture.

Living up to one of the most influenced

presidential celebrity icon Michelle

Obama has a big she to fill. But she’s

getting of to a very good start. She’s

been on the cover of many fashion

magazines already Vogue, Essences, O,

and Ebony. And I’m sure she’ll grace

many more.

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their title. We know as long as we put in

the time and play disciplined football

we were going to be successful and win

the state title. It’s a great feeling bring-

ing the title to the community because

they deserve it.” A thick fog descended

on the Citrus Bowl stadium, limiting the

visibility for the players but that didn’t

stop the Rockets, especially Devontae

Freeman Miami Central’s running back,

nothing could slow him down. Devon-

tae never ran out of gas. He came up 20

yards shy of the State Championship

rushing record set by Frost Proof’s

Travis Henry in 1996. The Rockets

erased a 17-point deficit and beat the

Panthers 42-27, The crowd cheering for

Dr.Phillips Panthers had their stands

full. By the beginning of the fourth

quarter, the Rockets were leaving the

stadium almost half empty. People

knew there was no hope for the Pan-

thers at that point. The players and

coaches celebrated, rejoiced, danced,

hugged and cried because of victory. It

was a great game indeed; the people

who came all the way from Miami just

to support and see their team play got

their money’s worth and left real happy

knowing and yelling out of their cars

“WE MADE HISTORY!”

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For the first time in it’s 51 year history,

Miami Central high school is the epi-

center of football in the state of Florida.

Located in West Little River, the Miami

Central Rocket’s athletic rivals are the

North Northwestern Bulls. 2010 was the

first year that any school has ever beat

Northwestern twice in a season, and

Miami Central made that happen. It was

also the first year that Miami Central

made it to the state championship games

and the first year they won. They beat

Dr.Phillips Panthers from Orlando in

the FHSAA football finals at the Florida

Citrus Bowl on the 18th of December.

Michael Ross the offensive line coach

for Central, has been coaching for 16

years, the last two years there since he

transferring from Northwestern. He won

two championship rings with the North-

western Bulls so this is his third ring.

Asked his feelings about his team win-

ning the state championship title, he

responded “It feels good, because the

kids put in the time and as good

coaches, it feels good to bring Central

Miami Central Makes History, Wins State

By: Edgard Estrada

Fashion Fit For a First Lady

By: Brandy Roundtree

letter grade. Test scores not only deter-

mine how well each student is doing,

but also how well the student is doing

overall. High scores lead to more school

funding while low scores mean school

vouchers for students. The State im-

proved all grade level by eight percent-

age points, Miami-Dade improved by

16% points. Reading scores improved

for students in the third, sixth, eighth,

ninth and tenth grade. The 10th graders

taking the FCAT for the first time not

only did they exceeded the states aver-

age for passing but for meeting the

graduation requirements in Reading and

Math, they exceeded in growth. Official

says 59 percent of the student met the

Reading graduation requirement. The

school board is exceptionally proud of

the workforce that provide those out-

Have you ever wondered about the

state of FCAT scores throughout Miami

-Dade and Broward District? For start-

ers, in Mathematics our rate of improve-

ment in terms of students’ performance

in the third grade through tenth, Stu-

dents in the 4th, 8th and 10th grade have

been preparing for the exam all school

year and the result reflects that. Writing

scores also improve. But these scores

can be deceiving. The state effectively

lowered the bar—allowing students to

meet the standards by scoring 3 or bet-

ter on the 6 point scale. Previously, they

had to earn a minimum of 3.5. The

change was made because the state

stopped using 2 evaluators for each test

and averaging the results. to state is not

using an average of students scoring 3’s

and 4’s to help the determine a schools

come for a quarter of makeup classes

for students who need them and costing

the district some money. Not all of the

FCAT news was good, the scores of

Miami-Dade ninth graders went down

in Reading and Math so did the fifth

graders. Public schools teachers are

performing as well as the students and

when you provide students the re-

sources they need, the job gets done. In

the near future the Miami-Dade and

Broward District hopes that the scores

and improvement would stay the same

because it shocked them that the stu-

dents showed a lot of hard work and

improvement, they also put effort and

time to ensure that they pass FCAT.

Did FCAT Scores Really Rise?

By: Chanel Dixon & Markia Jackson

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After four years of underachieving,

seasons the Miami Hurricanes fired

head coach Randy Shannon. In four

years coach Shannon actually made it to

three bowl games but only coached two.

Of those two, he won none. He never

won the division or a Atlantic Coast

Conference title. After an embarrassing

loss to the University of South Florida,

the “U” athletic director Kirby Hocutt

fired Shannon. And within weeks the

team had a new coach, Al Golden the

former head coach of the Temple Owls

turned around a team that had previ-

ously gone 0-11. But when he stepped

in, changes were evident immediately,

the Owls Winning 17 games in his

Third and fourth seasons as head coach.

Golden was also a defensive coordina-

tor at University of Virginia for three

years. A defensive minded coach,

Golden hopes to get Miami’s defense

back on track. Coach Golden has obsta-

cles to face and

overcome. Defen-

sive issues have

become a One of

them being find-

ing another start-

ing cornerback.

Junior Brandon

Harris, the best cover cornerback he

has, decided to enter the 2011 NFL

draft. He has found a Offensive Coordi-

nator to replace Mark Wipple. Golden

hired Jedd Fisch, the former QB coach

for the Seattle Seahawks. He also still

has to find an offensive line coach. Af-

ter the offensive line coach Art Kehoe

the only coach to win all five titles with

the “U” is retiring. Even though he has

inherited a solid O- Line he still has to

have someone to coach them. Recruit-

ing is another obstacle after three of the

verbal commits the “U” acquired de-

committed after the firing of coach

Shannon. Golden has to put a barrier

around South Florida. With all the talent

here, they only have five commitments

from South Florida. The rest of the tal-

ent they are losing to other colleges.

Golden says his plans for the team is to

make them relevant again. In order to

make them relevant again he has to

recruit out of South Florida. Miami

Central are the 6A national champions

for the 2010-2011 season and people are

anxious to see how many commitments

Golden can get from there. For the last

couple year coach Shannon hasn’t done

a very good job recruiting the talent

here. This upcoming 2011-2012 season

will be interesting, with issues like re-

cruiting, positions, and coaching. It is

clear to see coach Golden has his work

cut out for him. No one is certain about

how the future of the “U” will go.

Sports

The Future of the ―U‖

By: David Jackson

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 P AGE 4

Tacoriya Bryant

Andrea Richardson

Rodrick Stephens

Wayne Tarpley

and Lizandra Williams

Corporate Academy North

will like to take the time to

acknowledge our Shining

Reading Stars.

Congratulations to.. ..

Mrs. Foster-

Reading for dollars read the

most books for 100 dollars.

From Mrs. Braynon—

Seniors don't’ forget the

ACT test is coming, study.

Make sure you check corpo-

rate website for scholar-

ships. Time is ticking please

insure you do all class work

to graduate.

5000 Role Models:

Young men, The 5000 Role

Models of Excellence project

Site Coordinator– Mr. Forbes

Congratulations to

Sady Martinez

Lemuel McKenzie

and Jesus Fernando

for Doing the Right Thing.

C.I.S.

Community in Schools Mentor

Program Site Coordinator-

Mrs. Sonise Carri.

Heiken Vision coming Febru-

ary 25th. In need of Commu-

nity Service hours, come see

Ms. Kerry. Guest speaker for

bullying will be here on the

8th. Reminder, Burger king

mentor trip February 11th.

U.S. Coast Guard the 16th

Corporate Academy’s

Shining Reading Stars

School Sponsored Events and Important Events

C.A.N. Clubs and Organizations

This Month in Pictures

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