Cass Tech’s Javon Jones is not your typical dancer. He grew up in an athletic family, playing lacrosse, basketball and soccer for hours daily.
A 34 composite on the ACT and full ride to Harvard, three Gates Millennium finalist, 12 Scholastic Art awards and a major in Medical Illustration and $925,000 in scholarships have been awarded to Cass Tech’s Senior Scholars. Detroit Public Schools was established in 1842, now in 2016 DPS isn’t nearly the system it was years ago.
As the class of 2016 seniors, we are thrilled to have been given a plethora of opportunities to become successful through Detroit Public Schools. Being a part of DPS since elementary school has given us the opportunity to see growth and changes that have both positively and negatively affects students DPS lose some of the best programs that we feel have shaped us as the students we are today. Teachers and administrators who show hard work and dedication like dance teacher Lisa Reynolds, who won Michigan’s Teacher of the Year, Natalie Barmore, who was named DPS high school Art Teacher of the Year, and counselor Sylvia Sanders, who won Counselor of the Year, are both from Cass Tech.
“Hands Up, Don't Shoot” is a saying heard through the protest held across the nation in midst of the numerous killings of black Americans at the hand of police officers. Michigan State University Law School and Cass Technical High School students paired together to start the conversation most schools will often try to avoid.
Is a summer job the way to start a three-month summer vacation? Maybe students will be interested in summer programs that match their interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields in Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Summer programs have been proven to mitigate learning loss and produce achievement gains in the summer and leading up to the upcoming school year.
What it like to Slow Roll through Detroit? What's it like to Slow Roll? Cass Tech's Kameron Shakoor-Sanders shows us.
Cass Tech senior Staria Dodson did not understand the point is Earth Day, so I decided to teach students what it is all about. Earth is one of the most unique out of the eight planets in our universe.
Michigan State University's Diversity Services sponsored a chartered bus for Cass Tech juniors and seniors to visit and tour the MSU Law School and School of Communications in East Lansing on Feb.
Nancy Costello, the director of Michigan State University’s First Amendment Law Clinic, reached out to CT Visionary in December 2015 to give current MSU law students the opportunity to teach First Amendment workshops at Cass Tech.
Since the terrorist attacks in Paris, racial and religious tension has been high all over the world. “They have no right to call themselves Muslims because true Muslims would never harm other people”, said Cass Tech senior Maisha Rahman in reference to the Paris attackers that identify as Muslim. Rahman took a different approach to have her voice heard on social media concerning the topic.
Deidre Smith, 32, also known as D.S.Sense, is an up-and-coming recording artist from Detroit who dedicates her time to inspire the youth and represent her city in the most positive way. Smith is one of the artists on a new mixtape called “World Hip Hop Woman.” Smith recognized her passion for music at a young age listening to the beat of “Sesame Street.” “I think I’ve been molded by experience.
Going to www.detroitdialogue.com has become more interesting since the CT Visionary students have began exploring broadcast journalism through the use of creative podcasts.
In early 2015, when heavily recruited running back Michael Weber found himself in the middle of a major decision -- whether to attend college and play football at the University of Michigan or the Ohio State University, he remembered words of wisdom Cass Tech football head coach Thomas Wilcher passed on to him. “Coach Wilcher is just a caring guy that wants to see his players win at life,” said Weber, who selected the Buckeyes.
Message from the president of the CT Chapter of the NAACP, Britney Waugh: Cass Tech is organizing its own chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to uplift, encourage, educate and bring awareness to the plight of multicultural adults growing up in today’s society. Meetings are held the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, in room 616 (8th hour). New memberships are open at every meeting. The CT sponsor are Pamela Smith-Moy and Kamillia Landrum from the Detroit NAACP branch. The chapter’s goal for the first year are: >> Our first event is a police brutality forum called “Officers Speak Out” where students will be able to interact with officers asking about topics related to police brutality hearing their thoughts from an officer’s point of view. >> Voters registration drive to encourage 18 year olds to vote in next year’s presidential election
