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.
Renaissance High School will double the amount of Black students nationwide taking the AP Computer Science test. Among the 1,685 students in the U.S.
In a city that is over 80% Black, in a school that is 99.4% Black, one would imagine that students know well the most basic and crucial elements of slavery. That's not the case.
As soon as gradebooks closed for first semester, the RHS counseling center was packed with students.
Renaissance High School staff beat the juniors for the fourth year in a row 24-18 in the annual RHS “Student vs.
We spend too much time on our phones, and we base so much of our lives on what we read in the Internet. A recent study by Common Sense found that teens spend nearly 9 hours on their phones daily.
RHS sophomore Sade’ Ried recently traveled to one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere over Thanksgiving break.
Detroit Public Schools Community District currently has about 52,000 students, less than a third of enrollment numbers 18 years ago.
Young Detroit entrepreneurs are the talk of Detroit’s renaissance, but some are right at Renaissance High School. “Having my own business, managing school, and having a job helped me become way more organized, and more motivated to complete everything,” said RHS junior Aaniya Carol, Renaissance Junior.
The high school basketball season is getting underway, and Renaissance has eyes set on the district and state championships.
Every Tuesday after school in the Renaissance High School media center, six students discuss Bible scriptures and politics in a Christian faith group.
Despite an apparent lack of fan support, Renaissance High School’s boys’ soccer team managed a 4-1-2 season, after winning district and losing division games.
Renaissance High School’s girls cross country team placed second behind the King Crusaders in the city championship at Bell Isle against eight other teams, one week before Regionals. Two RHS athletes placed first and second in the 3.1 mile race, finishing in the top 20, earning All-City titles.
Renaissance High School band plans on heading to Canada this fall to perform in the Santa Claus Parade. RHS is participating in the parade for its third year. The parades take place in cities such as Windsor, Amherstburg, Kingsville, and Essex.
Detroit Public Theater engaged Renaissance High School early October in a series of classroom workshops and two full productions of Dominique Morisseau’s “Detroit ’67,” in an opportunity to reflect and reexamine the city’s conditions.
