By Gregory Scott Staff Writer When Cody DIT sophomore Samuel Bessiake passed the McDonald’s on Joy Rd.
By Diamond White Staff Writer East English Village sophomore Bryant Brewer is a striving for working hard for the Detroit Compact scholarship. In order to receive the scholarship.
By Amir Brown Staff Writer King senior Paris Dimick decided to take a chance and apply for the Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS) to cover the expenses for her college of choice.
By Kayla Cockrel Staff Writer Karen Cyars is not your typical Cass Tech student. Sure, she excelled on the high school placement test and has maintained above a 3.2 GPA. That’s pretty typical.
By Dezjuan Hardeman Staff Writer Governor Snyder presented a plan of action to revamp the DPS school system.
By Dervon Thompson and Abriana Walton Staff Writers In November, the CT Visionary Staff visited the Palace of Auburn Hills for Pistons Media Day.
Desmond Johnson, Section Editor Spirit Week concluded last week with the Renaissance Grammy's!
By Dezjuan Hardeman Staff Writer Michigan Tech University hosted a Preview Day Weekend on March 20- 22 for admitted high school students looking to pursue majors in engineering, computer science, and other various fields of study. “A preview day of the school is an awesome idea to help students know what they’re getting into for college,” said senior Jordan Dawson. Michigan Tech offered various seminars for students to choose from where they would learn about particular topics concerning incoming freshman students such as the differences between high school and college classes, financial situations and living accommodations. There were tours of the campus residential dorms for students who planned on staying on campus; however.
By Remy Cocanougher Staff Writer On March 13, the Renaissance varsity choir won the Superior ranking at the District Choral Festival.
By Alexandria Ambrose Staff writer Senior year is a year for fun, celebrating being almost done with high school and finding a college to attend in the fall.
By Alexis Bailey Staff Writer In two weeks Renaissance juniors will face the dreaded ACT.
By Rayshean Jones Staff Writer Pershing P.R.I.D.E.
By Icis Shufford Staff Writer As a kick starter into the genre of mystery, Pershing students experienced the dissolute relationship between correctional officers and inmates on the Murder Mystery Train. The slow motion train cascaded down the railroad tracks in Blissfield, about an hour south of Detroit, with the members of Pershing’s junior and senior classes and staff on board. “When I first heard of the train I thought it would be more like a movie,” junior Tonieo Spann said.
By Kwanza Davis Staff Writer The Math Core Program at Pershing is enriching ninth graders and eleventh graders in the math reasoning skills to go on to higher mathematics. The program got started by giving students the option of being in a college ready classroom, which is called Emerging Scholars Program (ESP). “It (ESP) started because they wanted to give students the option of being in a university classroom,” said one of the ESP instructors Joseph Radcliff.
By Daisha Posey Staff Writer To help Pershing students understand their culture and educate them about important African Americans throughout history, Pershing drama students acted out key moments in black history with a performance on Feb.
By Bobbie Stinson V Staff Writer OPrep Seniors are not waiting to see what today’s adults are deciding for them.
By Aniqua Nichols Staff Writer All across the country the month of February is known as a deliberate time to honor and recognize those who achievements and unselfish acts has made the lives of so many better. While the Osborn Educational Complex may have many that fit into that category, one person in particular who exceeds that description is Frank McGhee. “When he enters the building or a class where students may not be at their best, his mere presence encourages students to self check and improve” said OPrep teacher Dorian Evans. “Mr. McGhee,” as he is acknowledged at Osborn, is the program director at Neighborhood Service Organization, whose hands-on approach makes all that cross his path want to do more and do better. “Professional, cheerful, encouraging and motivating are just a few words that come to mind when one hears his name.” said OPrep teacher Judith D’Abreau. Tamika Merchant, a resource staff at Evergreen, said McGhee is “a professional at all times, and a man of many resources.
By Bobbie Stinson IV Staff Writer Since October 2014, 13 MST students have given up their lunch hour, two days a week for five months to develop individual and group business plans. Throughout the summer of 2014, Andrea Jackson, Osborn-MST’s college adviser, and Regina Campbell, managing director, place-based entrepreneurship at Detroit’s Tech Town, and a group of Osborn-MST students conducted informal focus groups with businesses and residents. The class taught by Terrance Campbell, deputy director of the YOUR Center, focused on understanding attitudes and beliefs about whether a youth-driven entrepreneurship movement help Osborn transform into a healthier and safer community. After a visit to Tech Town in December, MST class president Imani Hill said: “My experience was great and challenging.
By Jakobi Lundy-Bass Staff Writer To some people the role of government is to regulate the rest of the jurisdiction.
By DeAnna Howard and Ikeya Lake Staff Writers Cass Tech has introduced a new architecture prep program for high school juniors directed by the University Of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning In January, a select group of high school juniors from Cass Tech, Detroit School of the Arts and Western International attended an architecture prep course at the Michigan Research Studio in Detroit. In December, U-M had a grand opening at the Michigan Studio space inviting the students that will be attending the course, the principals from participating high schools and the head of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at U-M. “I was excited about the program being announced because I knew I will be able to learn more about architecture,” Cass Tech student Shajnin Dristy said. The program will allow students to earn high school credits while learning skills and techniques in the class. The U-M program requires students that students be juniors.
