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Oaks Christian High School My first topic is the High School I attended for one year in Westlake Village, CA. This school is most important to me because after being displaced to California during my senior year, I was welcomed to this High School with open arms and gained friends for life. I didn't just attend a regular high school, I was apart of and personally contributed to the Nationally ranked football team and track team that each won a CIF championship. Going to Oaks Christian basically is the reason why I attend University of Oregon today. Not only were the athletics phenomenal but the education I received for one year was something that can't be taken away.

New Orleans The city of New Orleans, LA is my original "home". I could talk about this city for days on end. The reason why I love to talk about it so much is because of the road it has brought me to end up in Oregon today. Originally born in Palmdale, CA my parents, who were born and raised in New Orleans, moved back to their home city when i was just 5 years old. Basically raised in this poverty stricken city, has many upsides and is one of the most popular attractions for vacationers especially during the Mardi Gras season. From the hot and humid summers to the lively inner city to our popular professional sports teams, our football team the Saints and our basketball Hornets, New Orleans has lots to offer to all ages.

Hurricane Katrina Their isn't much good that I can say about this horrific natural disaster that devastated the gulf coast in August of 2005. For me, I was most affected having been evacuated to Houston, TX then for what I thought would be a couple days, but ultimately being displaced to Southern California for a new home. Hurricane Katrina was the biggest natural disaster that the United States has ever experienced. The Gulf Coast was basically destroyed having ripped through states such as Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida. But the entire United States was affected having to shelter so many people displaced from their homes.

SoCal Short for "Souther California", is and will always be my second home. Originally born in the San Fernando County, which is one of the 8 other counties that make up SoCal, is one of the best areas in the world to live. From the farthest northern city of Santa Barbara to the city lights of Los Angeles to the southern border of San Diego, SoCal is one of the most popular vacation sites in the world. Personally having to been to the majority of all the counties, I love everything that SoCal has to offer. Not to mention the often almost perfect weather all the time, you can't go wrong with living in SoCal.

Triple Jump The sport of Triple Jumping is an event in the sport of Track and Field. This topic is most unique to me because I personally do this event in track. Originally I was just a football and baseball athlete, however during my senior year i suffered a shoulder injury so baseball wasn't an option anymore. I then joined the track team and picked up the jumping events starting with the long jump. I was then introduced to the triple jump, a hop, skip, and jump into the sand pit trying to get as far as you can without fouling. Not to many people are fond of this even because of the toll it takes on knees and shins from the constant jumping. I ended up winning the CIF championship of the southern section with a jump of 47' 1". Today I still run track however sitting out this year at University of Oregon because of transfer rules.

WIKIPEDIA PART 2

Adding Images- One of the things that should be fixed is the fact that there are no pictures on the entire page of Oaks Christian School. As stated on the wikipedia page, the school is looking right over the 101 highway. Here is another picture of the Olympic sized pool that sits on campus

Adding some Athletic Facts- An important fact that i feel wasn't stressed enough was the athletic achievments that some of the school's athletic teams have accomplished. For such a small school, Oaks Christian has made some significant strides to become one of the best known schools for athletics. Even though its mostly known for the famous football team, which was ranked #1 by USA Today in 2006, almost every other sport including girls, have won titles. Here is a link to all the schools accomplishments through the year 2007

Change the History and Facts- The school's homepage was done pretty well, but because the school is so new, being in existence for less than 10 years, things are always changing. The school's website is always updating itself so maybe including the schools home website will give viewers a clear perspective if they want to view anything else. I think placing a link at the beginning of the article would be good:. Another thing would possible change the history section. I believe the section on the school's homepage is well done and gives more meaning and depiction of its history