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Skyline Women's Lacrosse Team Beats Pioneer for the First Time in History

On April 21, 2021, the Skyline Women’s Lacrosse Team beat their rivals, Pioneer...

Hideki Matsuyama is presented the green jacket as he celebrates winning the Masters on Sunday, April 11, 2021, at August National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Japan's Hideki Matsuyama Wins Masters

29-year-old Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters yesterday becoming the first Japanese...

Nikolai Tang is handed his books from a southern window at CHS. Gretchen Eby, CHS secretary, was on the other side of the window. “We still have a lot of books to check out, but most of the students came and got the books that they needed,” Davis said.

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Behind the Scenes

Grace Wang, Noah Bernstein , and Ailish Kilbride

In the hours after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the first two official...

Authors Melissa Febos and Jenn Shapland discuss writing and lifestyles

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Authors Melissa Febos and Jenn Shapland discuss writing and lifestyles

Melissa Febos’ writing process is different with each essay that she writes....

People react outside the Hennepin County Government Center after the guilty verdicts were announced in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minnesota. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Unmuted: The Verdict

Scarlett London

Well, it happened. Derek Chauvin was found guilty of George Floyd’s murder....

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The Failure of the "2020 Mentality"

Undoubtedly, 2020 brought unprecedented hardships. As we rang in the new decade...

Expression and Identity in Isolation

Expression and Identity in Isolation

Ria Lowenschuss

Gender binary is defined by Oxford Languages as, “a system of gender classification...

A group of migrants wearing T-shirts that read, "Biden, please let us in," kneel and pray at the border crossing on March 2, 2021 in San Ysidro, Mexico. The group gathered and marched up to the border post to petition the new U.S. administration for asylum. U.S. Border Patrol (CPB) agents conducted a heavier operation at the border crossing with the goal of preventing a stampede. (Stringer/dpa via ZUMA Press/TNS)

Unmuted: Meanwhile, at the Border...

Scarlett London

Joe Biden has been in office for about six weeks. He has already signed a slew...

An empty classroom at Monta Vista High School in California. Photo by Julia Satterthwaite.

An Open Letter to the Ann Arbor Board of Education and Ann Arbor Youth

I want to start this piece off by saying that it is a bylined opinion article....

Tyranny of the Minority

Tyranny of the Minority

Throughout our history, the role of the electoral college in American democracy...

The Girl in the Discord Server

The Girl in the Discord Server

The world of video games has always been male-dominated in every aspect, from...

My Right to Marriage

My Right to Marriage

Ria Lowenschuss

I was ten years old when the Supreme Court ruled to legalize gay marriage. I...

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Today’s Guess Who is Felicity Rosa-Davies! As th

Today’s Guess Who is Felicity Rosa-Davies! As the school year is coming to an end, Rosa-Davies is looking forward to putting online learning behind her.⠀
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“I kind of wish that I didn't feel relieved to be done because I actually want to be enjoying my time in school, but it's hard when stuff is online,” Rosa-Davies said. “That kind of just makes it harder to enjoy doing school, but overall I'd say [I feel] relieved. Next year is going to be my senior year, and with everyone being back in person by then it's something really nice to look forward to.”⠀
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This CHS junior is in the Matt Johnson forum. Gues

This CHS junior is in the Matt Johnson forum. Guess who it is in the comments and we'll post a reveal later today!

With the return to in-person learning, more and mo

With the return to in-person learning, more and more students are getting vaccinated. Staff and teachers are preparing a safe learning environment. ⠀
“We’re in the middle of a public health crisis and in the U.S. the only way we’re going to get past it is if everyone gets vaccinated,” CHS junior Emilio Uribe Botero said. “The efficacy rate is over 90% while the flu only has an efficacy rate of about 50%”⠀
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To learn more about getting vaccinated, go to the link in our bio.⠀

Photos courtesy of Nathaniel Peroff, Sam Cao, Mira Schwarz, Emilio Uribe-Botero and Tracy Anderson⠀
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Jewelry can hold a lot of sentimental value, wheth

Jewelry can hold a lot of sentimental value, whether it be a ring, a bracelet, earrings, or a necklace. Some pieces can be handed down through generations, and some can just hold a different meaning for oneself. Leah Dewey, a senior at CHS, poses with a necklace given to her by her mother.

“On one side of the necklace, my mom decided to engrave the letters “WWMD” which stands for ‘What would mom do,’” Dewey said. “Sometimes when I’m about to make a bad decision, I think, ‘what would mom do?’”

Eugenia Del Gaudio was a foreign exchange student at CHS where she completed her senior year, and she is now home in Rome, Italy. Del Gaudio was given a ring by her sister right before she left for America.

“It is sentimental to me because it says in italian ‘non importa dove’ which means no matter where, referring to the fact that wherever we are, we will always be together,” Del Gaudio said.

Skyline High School senior Natalie Keating has been making jewelry for herself and her friends since last summer. She makes a variety of pieces, including beaded necklaces and bracelets, earrings and wired rings. Keating made herself a rose gold rose ring, which is her favorite piece of jewelry.

CHS freshman Marisa Andoni-Savas shows off a “My Intent” bracelet. Andoni-Savas wears the bracelet as a reminder of her intent each day. Stephanie Hadley, another CHS freshman, displays a unique bracelet made out of her horse’s hair. Her horse Max died a few years ago, and Hadley got the bracelet made from Max’s tail hair from a special store.

“I rode him for many years and he was very important to me, so this bracelet is [important] too because it’s the last piece I have of him,” Hadley said.

Photos by Cate Weiser
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It is already the second week of hybrid learning,

It is already the second week of hybrid learning, and CHS seniors are still excited for their last few days.

Josh Caldwell struggled with online school and is hoping to rekindle some relationships with teachers.

“Being online damaged my relationships with a lot of my teachers, and seeing them in person definitely has helped,” Caldwell said. “The teachers at Community are really caring and they go out of their way to help you, but when it's online, I'm not the fastest responding to emails or turning stuff in. I think in-person is definitely a lot more personal. They can look at me face-to-face, and they can actually look you in your eyes and talk to you, so it's more personal.”

Koro Kouyate is just happy to be back in the building and see everyone.

“I don't like waking up early — like really early — to get ready,” Kouyate said. “But I'm excited to be back because I'm a senior, and I miss this place. I'm a social butterfly, so I miss the people. At home no one's there but my family. But I miss connecting with people and talking to people. [I hope to get] some sense of normal. It's been really hard, and you just don't know what's coming, so I just need something to seem normal.”

Photos by Chrissy Kuiper, Tracy Anderson and Noah Bernstein
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This week's Communicator Eats features cherry pie

This week's Communicator Eats features cherry pie crumb bars! This simple recipe is delicious and tastes great when paired with whipped cream. The bars take only a half-hour to bake and no special equipment is needed. Click the link in the bio for the recipe!⠀
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Post and photo by Anjali Kakarla

Happy #FashionFriday! This week features Finn Kilb

Happy #FashionFriday! This week features Finn Kilbride, a senior at CHS. Kilbride wears cargo pants, a NASCAR jacket with a blue quarter-zip underneath, and Jordan 1s to match. ⠀
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“Honestly, my mom gave me all my fashion sense,” Kilbride said. “So I have her to thank.” ⠀
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Today’s Guess Who was Jasmine Lowenstein! During

Today’s Guess Who was Jasmine Lowenstein! During the past year, Lowenstein has had time to reflect on herself and her life.⠀
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“I think I've learned that to be yourself you have to know yourself,” she said. “That's one of the most important things you can do for yourself and for everyone you're around.”⠀
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Although the past year has brought Lowenstein some personal growth, she is looking forward to summer and to next school year.⠀
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I am excited to be able to go back and see people, and I'm also excited just to grow up,” she said. “It's fun to get older and I'm excited to do college applications and then hopefully go off to college.”⠀
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Photo courtesy of Jasmine Lowenstein

This CHS junior is in the Mosher forum. Guess who

This CHS junior is in the Mosher forum. Guess who it is in the comments, and we’ll post a reveal later today!⠀
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Post by Lily Sickman-Garner

After almost a year of virtual school, ninth grade

After almost a year of virtual school, ninth grader Robin Sickman-Garner is looking forward to summer.⠀
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“I'm excited to not be under pressure from school,” she said. “I'm excited to do things with my friends and go to the beach. Hopefully I'll have the vaccine.”
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This year has confronted students with unprecedented challenges, and in some ways Sickman-Garner has missed out on the traditional high school experience.⠀
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“It's been different than I expected my first year of high school to be,” she said. “I kind of plan everything out, and it didn't go according to my plan.”⠀
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Photo courtesy of Robin Sickman-Garner

On Thursday, April 29, ninth-graders at CHS partic

On Thursday, April 29, ninth-graders at CHS participated in optional PSAT testing. Students who opted to engage in testing traveled to Pioneer High School on the wet and rainy morning. They were ushered up the stairs and down unfamiliar hallways before settling in to take their first PSAT 8/9 — a test they missed last spring.⠀
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It was inevitable that Ruth Shikanov, a CHS freshman, was going to take the test. Her parents were going to sign her up either way. Luckily, they were in coherence with the decision. Lined up along the halls of PHS, Shikanov saw some familiar faces. ⠀
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“I saw some of my teachers today for the first time,” Shikanov said. “It was really weird because I immediately recognized them but they didn’t recognize me.”⠀
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Click the link in our bio to read the full story.⠀
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On May 3, students returned to a CHS drastically d

On May 3, students returned to a CHS drastically different than the one they left 416 days earlier. Students and staff alike adjusted not only to in-person school, but socially-distant seating, construction, a closed campus and hybrid classrooms with "Zoomies" and "Roomies." As we make another transition in an uncertain year, we asked Ann Arbor high schoolers, "What was the first day back to in-person school like?"

“There were only around six people in my first class and I didn’t know any of them.” said Kurt Hausman, a CHS sophomore. “I’d thought I would see a couple of familiar faces in that class but it was very weird with all new people and it felt like the first day of the year in a lot of ways.”

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