![Jessika Whiteside assists her Block 5 Introduction to Literature students with an assignment on Nov. 17. Whiteside has always been someone to give a helping hand, and for freshmen leaping into their second quarter at CHS, this is a life saver. I think they [freshmen] are still adjusting to the workload of highschool, Whiteside said. But for the most part, theyre adjusting and figuring it out.](https://chscommunicator.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mpt1sMarBDNOzlkHrVSqLXUTFNJfuxsHAruLAq8N-1200x800.jpg)
From teaching freshman literature in Romulus to teaching Introduction to Literature at CHS, Jessika Whiteside has a wide knowledge of ninth grade English education. This year, she continues to make the best of it by showing classic books in a new light. “We’re about a third of the way through ‘The House on Mango Street,’” Whiteside said....
It started as a competition but ended up being one of Felix McKenna’s biggest projects at CHS. McKenna worked for months on the mural that is now displayed outside CHS. At the beginning of his junior...
The smells of baked goods wafted through the third-floor hallway. Oreos dipped in chocolate, brownies and decorated cupcakes were just some of the options available, as students were excitedly lining up...
Pre Calc has always been a challenging class: but this year that difficulty has been elevated. Students and teachers alike have been struggling to keep up with the new curriculum which has been standardized...
Anticipation is rising as the show dates for CET’s production of Museum are nearing. The hard work from everyone in the CET program is paying off, and student tickets went on sale this past Wednesday,...
In the bustling world of teenage life, demands of school, work and social life often collide. For Jasper Forgey, time management has become second nature as he regularly navigates an intense schedule. Forgey got his first job at 14 years old as a dishwasher at the Ypsilanti Food Co-op where he stayed for about one year. In the last two weeks, Forgey...
Ornate tablecloths and plates full of pizza encouraged attendees of Public School Poetry’s reading event to connect and eat before settling in for a night of poetry. Read by the new journal’s aptly...
The excitement that comes with the start of the school year can lead to students signing up for too many clubs and extracurricular activities, and before they know it, they have way too much work to do...
Eva Beals has always been encouraged to cultivate a creative and artistic mind. With both of her parents being artists, her earliest memories are filled with tools and supplies. “I can't even remember...
Julius Buzzard grows a new crop each year. Not to sell, but for the pure joy of cultivation. This year, he grew flax for the first time in hopes of sending it to a fiber artist who will make clothing out...
The Downtown landscape has undoubtedly changed, between the pandemic, rising rent costs, increasing labor costs, shortage of labor and inflation....
It was the day before opening night: the energy was high and everyone was excited to perform in front of an audience– except me. I attended...
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Yale, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Cornell, Penn, Columbia and Dartmouth; the eight Ivy League colleges started out as NCAA Division 1 athletics...
I vividly remember my first day at Community High School. I wasn’t prepared for high school, and two years of quarantine made every interaction...
“I play soccer for a club called the Michigan Hawks, based in Livonia. Our club is female led and it's all girls. I believe that's pretty cool...
“I enjoy multiple different styles of dance. So tap, for example, you're making a lot of sound. It all has to be really precise because if...
“I’ve always loved beauty and cosmetology — I started doing my nails at the beginning of this summer, and they make me happy because I...
“I have no thoughts. I’m just a sound mind — oh actually, I do think about Brad Pitt every day. I don’t know I like Brad Pitt, he’s...
Rapper Earl Sweatshirt and Producer The Alchemist have been collaborating for a little over a decade now and with collabs like “E. Coli” and “Wind in My Sails” — both of which are two of their best songs — a full album was almost inevitable. AL has been teasing a collab album with Earl since 2019, saying that their album was already out...
You'll feel alive and transported back to the 1970s with these songs. They will make you moved to the point of tears by the somber songs and force you to dance by the songs' abundance of emotions.
Since their debut in 2019, 100 Gecs have been seen as the pinnacle of irony and peak meme culture. Their brand has always been to repurpose the scraps of dead sub-genres generally deemed as “corny.”...
Dove Cameron is set to release her debut album on Dec. 1. The Disney star has released multiple singles in the past few years but “Alchemical Vol. 1” will be her first full album. Cameron teased...
Teezo Touchdown is one of the most exciting names in the music industry at the moment. His impressive features over the last couple years make him someone you can’t stop listening to and his bizarre...
