Joann Spencer called Cass Tech looking to donate a scrapbook of sports articles that had been completed by her son, Crathman Spencer in the 1980s.
Loyola High School’s debaters are on the rise. Two of the school's debaters, sophomores Kyle McBeth and Elijah Stringer are traveling to Salt Lake City the second week of June for Utah where they will be competing against the top debating teams in the country. The two young men earned the opportunity to compete at the national level after they qualified during a tournament at Wayne State in March.
Dressed in white togas and laurel crowns, students in Detroit Cristo Rey’s Latin III class performed a Kardashian-mocking skit called “Keeping up with Julian's” that won them second place at the University of Michigan’s second annual Copley Latin Day. But, the trip wasn’t just about who could release their inner Meryl Streep or Johnny Depp the best, the primary purpose of Latin Day is to get students from the Ann Arbor and Detroit areas involved in Latin and Roman civilization. Students “get to experience the language in a different way,” said Nick Bolig, a Detroit Cristo Rey Latin teacher.
The Detroit Douglass JROTC program has had to start over mid year, replacing two long-term instructors with a new one. Sgt.
Arshala Washington is a beloved ninth grade biology teacher at East English Village Preparatory Academy. Washington attended Tuskegee University in Alabama and earned a bachelor’s of Arts in Science.
Across the nation, it isn't uncommon for students to graduate early. Students graduate a year or more earlier than expected because they’ve earned all their credits.
Students and staff at Cody DIT were heartbroken when they got to school on Mar. 3 and learned of the death of social worker Debra Cahee. English teacher Edith Wine who was very close to called Cahee’s passing a tremendous loss. “It is not just about the role she played as the social worker; it's about the love that she gave, not only to her students, but also to the staff,” Wine said.
Senior Haider Almaleki thinks JAG is class that makes sense for life. “We learn about opportunities that are available and how to take advantage of them,” Almaleki said.
The entire Cody campus gathered in the gym on May 13 for Decision Day, a ceremony honoring seniors as they announced their plans for college. Those plans changed from some seniors after March 22 when Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced the Detroit Promise, a program that gives Detroit graduates the opportunity to go to a local community college tuition-free.
After 13 hours and a long bus ride, members from the Renaissance Varsity Chorus arrived at Morgan State University for the first stop of their annual college tour. “This is the first year in four years that we were able to go on tour and I’m really excited by the way it turned out,” said choral music instructor, Patrice DeBose.
After a 17-hour plan ride, nine Cass Tech students arrived in Japan with former Japanese teacher Renee Packzowski and foreign language department administrator Lori Singleton. The trip was about $5,000 including plane tickets, hotel stays, food, entertainment and transportation.
It would have been nearly impossible for any student in DPS to ignore the turmoil taking place in Detroit schools over the past few months; budget problems, sick out protests, and bills that seem more ‘reluctant appeasement plan’ than long term solutions. As a senior, the first reaction to these issues is an eye roll and and a shrug.
The Michigan Office Solutions, a Xerox Co., sponsored the Detroit Red Wings Annual High School Journalism Day at Joe Louis Arena.
Teachers weren’t the only people affected by a two-day sick out earlier this month to protest Detroit Public Schools’ threat to stop paying teacher salaries over the summer. Students paid a price, too. “I understand the struggle that teachers are going through,” says Douglass senior James Smith.
East English Village students Nicholas Huey and Khariane Gray will be traveling to to Italy this summer. Huey and Gray were only students in Detroit to be finalists of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA’s essay contest, a program open to 11th grade students in New York City, Los Angeles and Detroit.
The Coleman A. Young Foundation (CAYF) has recognized principal Dr. Deborah Jenkins as the 2016 Educator of the Year, saying she epitomizes the leadership qualities of the late Mayor of Detroit, Coleman Alexander Young.
At King, students show compassion towards each other in various ways, such as tutoring fellow students with subjects they need help in.
Loyola High School has done it again. One hundred percent of Loyola High School seniors have been accepted into a college of their choice. It has been a long rough four years for these 28 seniors.
When Douglass seniors gathered in March for the annual pinning ceremony, Chase Davis had a dilemma. Traditionally, parents of Douglass students will stand and pin their child during the ceremony.
In October 2014, Detroit International Academy Spanish teacher Olivia Scheidler and English teacher Lisa Brooks started DIA’s poetry club.
