RENAISSANCE
Homecoming parade canceled due to rain
By Reel’l Barren | November 8, 2019Renaissance High School’s homecoming parade on Oct. 11, the first in 17 years, was canceled due to rainy weather.
Renaissance High School’s homecoming parade on Oct. 11, the first in 17 years, was canceled due to rainy weather.
In the days leading up to National Coming Out Day last October, the student body at Renaissance High School submitted 225 anonymous posts to a box dealing with mental health, sexuality, and other teen angsts. It filled a hallway that became known as the “Coming Out Wall. This project is now an exhibit at Affirmations, one of the country’s largest LGTBQ community centers.
Social media was in uproar after Cardi B grabbed a controversial win for best rap album at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Fans were split over the decision: Some said Cardi B doesn’t deserve the Grammy, others defended her award.
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.
Alton Kirksey, a junior at Michigan State, seeks to uplift and inspire with his company, Black Excellence. His brand targets African American high school students and aims to undermine all of society’s racial stereotypes about African American success, by merely, defining his own path.
RHS Cougar Battalion prepared for a March 2 competition against many other schools, including Chandler Park, Cass Tech and Wayne Memorial, as well as its Brigade for competition in Kentucky Feb. 8-10.
On the morning of Jan. 14, friends confronted each other as they mourned the death of DaNiyah Woolfolk, a sophomore at Renaissance High School known for her bright spirit and her talent in dance.
The 33rd annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, which was started in 1987 by the Women’s Sports Foundation, was celebrated Feb. 6.
At Renaissance, teachers have begun catching on to what students do to clutch a desired grade. Those actions include: cheating, plagiarizing, and copying. It is normal for students to do the bare minimum, just to get through a class.
Kyle McMurtry, a 2016 Renaissance graduate who now is a junior at Howard University, has published a children’s book that encourages K-5 students to attend HBCUs.
After a 14-59 loss to King, a 21-20 win against Denby, and a 42-0 win against CMA, Renaissance Phoenix football team did not get picked for state playoffs.
Dear Dr.Vitti and the Department of Literacy, My name is Zharia Akeem, and my colleague, Jalise Little, and I, both attend Renaissance High School.
Detroit’s Pinkfunds Organization hosted its annual breast cancer awareness dance on Oct. 5 in Southfield to bring awareness to problems that breast cancer causes, with an exciting twist. “Dancing with Survivors” is an event that features professional dancers from the Detroit area, who are paired up with local breast cancer survivors to create dances of various styles. “This event is a great opportunity for me to become acquainted with the women I know I can be,” said cancer survivor dancer Sarah Erzen.
Reclassing is cheating, but currently allowed by DuRon Grant Student athletes are reclassing to higher their chances of being successful as a professional athlete.
If you walk down one of the halls at Renaissance High, you’ll see two rainbow wall also known as the “Coming Out Wall.” Since early October, students have written down secrets to be posted to said wall, below results.
Black History Month is a brings recognition to African Americans who have paved the way for the future generations.
Schools pride themselves on allowing students to “be themselves.” Vocal, band, dance, piano, orchestra, visual arts, and photography are several such outlets. However, one option not available in many schools is based around the elements of songwriting.
The Detroit Institute of Arts Museum kicked off Black History Month with a celebration open to the public on February 2nd, organized by team of local African American culture leaders and artists.
Late January, China banned celebrities and symbols related to hip-hop generally from television. The ban states, “programs should not feature actors with tattoos [or depict] hip-hop culture, subculture (non-mainstream culture), and dispirited culture (decadent culture),” according to a report by Time Magazine. The country’s largest media regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television of the People’s Republic of China, also released a list of “don'ts” pertaining to hip-hop culture, and referred to the genre as “tasteless” and “vulgar”. SAPPRFT reasons that this action was taken order to preserve the Chinese Communist Party.
February 15 marked the 6th school shooting of 2018, according to USA today.
