To better understand how other people write, Cecilia Jimenez did two interviews with teachers, who also write.
According to Forbes, “Student loan debt in 2019 is the highest ever.” The amount of money owed by recent graduates is in the trillions in the U.S. alone. Students all deserve the same opportunities as everyone else, and it doesn’t always have to be followed with years of debt to pay off.
CMA physics teacher Marlis Martin created a lab to show how physics work in real world situations and motivate students to consider careers.
On the morning of Oct. 23, students attending Communication & Media Arts High School were the first students in the city to learn about a life-changing opportunity for Detroit youth. The president of Wayne State University, M. Roy Wilson, announced that the college would guarantee free tuition for any graduating senior from Detroit.
At midnight Sept. 16, more than 46,000 UAW members walked off the job in a national strike against General Motors. The effects of the 40-day walkout rippled through the industry and community, including Detroit Cristo Rey High School.
On Sept. 24, Vans presented Cass Technical High School’s music department with a check for $10,000 and instruments for the orchestra department valued at $10,000. Cass along with five other Detroit Public Schools received money to help subsidize the music curriculum of their respective schools.
On Sept. 19, Eastern Michigan University President James M. Smith and Vice President David Turner visited Cass Technical School to have academic discussions with students.
Seventy-seven Benjamin Carson High School ninth graders visited the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus on Oct. 15.
Six Ben Carson High School students traveled to Italy over summer vacation as part of a new study abroad program.
King welcomes new assistant principal Dennis Veal to the Crusader community.
On Feb. 28, four students were accompanied by Edwin Unaegbu, a civics teacher at Ben Carson High School on a trip to the Michigan YMCA Youth in Government (MYIG) Conference in Lansing.
Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB) is a yearly, two-day high school poetry festival in which youth poets from across Michigan are invited to compete, participate in workshops, and experience slam poetry from authors their own age.
Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine is home to a Clinic for Success. The clinic’s mission is simply to help students become successful.
Benjamin Carson High School offers several programs seniors may participate in. One of the programs is the CMA (Certified Medical Assistant) Program and it is very popular.
Seven Southeastern High School seniors were accepted by the University of Michigan during a recent on-site admissions visit.
The journalism class selected as their Semester 1 final exam to interview the new principal, Maurice El-Amin, an assistant principal at Cass Technical High School.
According to the Northwood Omniscient study, 78 percent of students suffer from senioritis. Many teachers have witnessed their students experience it, and some even empathize.
“I joined the debate team because I like to yell at people,” said senior Gilbert Jones.
King and Communication & Media Arts high schools were selected this school year to work with General Motors (GM) and Weber Shandwick Detroit Public Relations Academy.
