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Boxes filled with the senior edition of the Communicator Magazine sit on a table ready to be opened by the print Editors-in-Chiefs.
Senior Edition Distribution
Matthew Castilho, Vedha Kakarla, Rita Ionides, and Claire Steigelman 2 days ago

On Monday May 22, the last Communicator magazine distribution of the 2022-23 school year took place during first block. As students filed out of their classes eager to flip through the pages, they were met with Communicator staff members handing them the senior edition of the magazine. The time-honored tradition of Senior Edition came around once...

All of the jazz levels performed live at the Ark on May 15
Community High Jazz End of the Year Blowout
5 days ago

On May 15, eight jazz ensembles played songs for the annual end of year blowout, featuring all levels of the CHS jazz program. Performing for a live crowd at the Ark, a local music club. As each group...

French IV Takes on Detroit
French IV Takes on Detroit
May 31, 2023

Thirteen French IV students packed onto Detroit’s Q-Line along with their teacher, Marci Harris, holding on for dear life as the streetcar made its way down Woodward Ave, starting and stopping intermittently....

Students pose at the entrance to Cedar Point. The FOS IV class visited the park in Sandusky, Ohio on Thursday, May 18.
FOS IV Students Take on Cedar Point
May 23, 2023

Armed with physics packets, sunscreen and Dramamine, CHS physics students boarded the bus to Cedar Point on Thursday, May 18.  Every year, Jonathan Thomas-Palmer brings his FOS IV Physics class...

Yearbook Staff Distribute the Midnight Sun
Yearbook Staff Distribute the Midnight Sun
May 22, 2023

The Midnight Sun put smiles across the faces of CHS students during lunch on Friday, May 19. After capturing life at CHS for the 2022-23 school year, the Midnight Sun staff distributed yearbooks. CHS students...


Graduation 2023: Photo Gallery
Graduation 2023: Photo Gallery
Anjali Kakarla and Daniel Ging 2 days ago
View photos from CHS's Class of 2023 Graduation Ceremony here.
On the Way to Graduation
On the Way to Graduation
Anjali Kakarla and Daniel Ging 2 days ago
View graduation photos taken outside of Hill Auditorium here.
Peonies In The Park
Peonies In The Park
Claire Steigelman May 31, 2023
As finals approach, be sure to take breaks when you need them! According to the University of Michigan, their peonies bloom from late May to mid-June. So they should be blooming throughout finals week. They have already begun to reveal their brightly-colored petals.
CR Spotlight: Gabriel’s Screen Play
CR Spotlight: Gabriel’s Screen Play
Matthew Castilho April 21, 2023

Name: Gabriel Semrau Location: Craft Theater at CHS Instructor: Emily Wilson-Tobin | wilsontobine@aaps.k12.mi.us What do you do in your CR? For my Theatre Production CR, A friend of mine had...

Gus Finn performs a difficult maneuver on the spray wall at Planet Rock.
Climbers of Community
Lydia Cocciolone April 19, 2023

Rock climbing is more of an unheard of sport. Unlike football and basketball that consume the spotlight in the United States and the world, climbing stays in the dark. But not for much longer; the sport...


The arch at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Agree to Disagree: Legacy College Admissions
April 23, 2023

Should a student's family history at a certain university be considered when their application is reviewed? Two CHS juniors discuss their thoughts...

Hikes of Ann Arbor: Argo Pond Loop Trail
Hikes of Ann Arbor: Argo Pond Loop Trail
Ruth Shikanov April 21, 2023

  The sound of the wind peacefully weaving through the trees. The quacks and chirps come from ducks and crickets along the Huron River....

The Sun and I
The Sun and I
Lucy Cassell-Kelley April 20, 2023

Hands reach up toward the sky, brimming with the joy of new life. Fingers sticky with a sweet caress of honey, hair knotted against the wind,...

Why I Thrift
Why I Thrift
Leila Durrie April 19, 2023

My ideal Saturday morning is usually spent thrifting. I wake up, go grab breakfast at one of our local coffee shops, and then head to a thrift...


Humans Of Community: Lucia Page Sander
Humans Of Community: Lucia Page Sander
Lucy Cassell-Kelley

I don’t know what I’m going to be when I grow up, but I’m not worried about it. I get that question at least twice a week and answer with...

Humans Of Community: Arista Luong
Humans Of Community: Arista Luong
Lucy Cassell-Kelley

Friday nights, Saturday mornings, afternoons and evenings and entire Sundays spent hunched over a desk. Colored events fitted edge to edge; scattered,...

Humans Of Community: Claire Lewis
Humans Of Community: Claire Lewis
Lucy Cassell-Kelley

As I grow up I’ve started to tiptoe around my future. I sip my tea with the expectation that it will burn my tongue, but I never wait for the...

Augustus Kashube
Humans of Community: Augustus Kaschube
Anthony Wang

“I really like that [CHS] provides programs. For example, the jazz program. I'm the drummer in the jazz program, and I joined this year. I...


The Eras Tour Surprise Song Predictions
"The Eras" Tour Surprise Song Predictions
Lydia DeBord

Taylor Swift’s "The Era’s" Tour has proven to be exactly as its name suggests. With a setlist spanning albums, Swift is truly celebrating and showcasing her diversity and growth as an artist.

Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land Review
"Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land" Review

Marina Diamandis is a Welsh singer and songwriter who has written five albums and has claimed to be working on a sixth. She is a solo-artist who uses technology to create her background soundtracks, but...

Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), the two main leads of The Last of Us.
"The Last of Us" Review

Even in an apocalyptic world with zombie-like creatures, “The Last of Us” is a story about human connections. The motto in the writer’s room makes perfect sense: “simple story, complex characters.” The...

I Was Told It Would Get Easier Review
"I Was Told It Would Get Easier" Review

As I have taken a deep dive into the college process through my field hockey recruiting, I have begun to understand the pressures that kids my age are feeling. We are trying to figure out how to make people...

“Red Moon In Venus” Review
“Red Moon In Venus” Review

In her third studio album, Red Moon In Venus, 28 year old Colombian-American singer-songwriter Kali Uchis transports us to a mystical place filled with slow melodies and harmonizing vocals.   Released...


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