The Communicator

Important Updates
  • March 24Forum Competition Finale During Lunch (Adjusted Friday Schedule)
  • March 24End of Third Quarter. Get ready for the home stretch!
  • March 23Lunch & Learn with Mr. Donald Harrison, a local filmmaker, in the library
  • March 22Find those ducks and bring them to room 220 to win points for your forum!
  • March 21Feminist Club Lunch & Learn Tomorrow and Friday (with a special mystery guest!)
  • March 21Community High PTO Meeting, 7:00 PM
  • March 21Voice Submissions Deadline. Become a published writer or artist!
  • March 20Forum Competition Week! Congratulations to the Kiley and Root Forums for a quick lead!

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Members of the Freeman Environmental Youth council pictured with their adult liason, Coert Ambrosino. The council is made up of high school students from four out of five Ann Arbor high schools.
Reduce and Reuse in AAPS
Is reusable dishware a feasible solution for waste in Ann Arbor Public Schools?
Serena O'Brien 3 minutes ago

On Feb. 1st, the Freeman Environmental Youth Council , made up of students motivated to promote sustainability and advocate for environmental education, met with Emile Lauzanna, the Executive Director of Environmental Sustainability, to discuss the feasibility of introducing reusable dishware to AAPS cafeterias. Possible obstacles anticipated by...

Members of PPAM Youth Advocates pictured at a protest after the Supreme Court leak of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The organization is made up of high school students from around Washtenaw County.
The Overturning: PPAM Youth Advocates
2 days ago

PPAM Youth Advocates, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, is an organization stemming from Planned Parenthood that focuses on empowering youth to fight for abortion rights. The group has students...

Students line up along tables on the third floor to receive their pie, served by teachers and administrators.
Pi Day 2023
2 days ago

Tables holding a variety of pies lined the center of the third floor hallway near the windows. March 14 is celebrated at CHS as Pi Day. The extensive list of activities — from pie judging and pi-related...

NBA Superstar Ja Morant Suspended for Two Games
NBA Superstar Ja Morant Suspended for Two Games
4 days ago

Following the Memphis Grizzlies loss to the Denver Nuggets this past week, Grizzlies superstar point guard, Ja Morant, was met with controversy for an incident that occurred on Jan. 29. He posted an Instagram...

Counselors Corner
Counselor's Corner
6 days ago

As high school students look into the future — college decisions, internships and life changes — CHS counselors Brian Williams and Kelly Maveal urge students to consider the future happening in front...


We were safe and we were happy: Armed Gunman at MSU Robs Students of Their Security
"We were safe and we were happy": Armed Gunman at MSU Robs Students of Their Security
Serena O'Brien 2 hours ago

It is a perfectly unremarkable Monday — classes have ended, the last of the light has just bled out of the sky above campus — but Katie Mayer has found herself huddled in the dark of a basement boiler room with thirty of her peers, in a building they have never before been inside, all of them afraid for their lives. “We were just in a closet,...

A New Beginning For Veganism in AAPS
A New Beginning For Veganism in AAPS
Anjali Kakarla and Ailish Kilbride 3 hours ago

When CHS librarian Jeri Schneider sat down to read the book “Diet For A New America” by John Robbins in 1987, she did not expect it to change her life. Schneider had heard about the health benefits...

Looking Forward
Looking Forward
Matthew Castilho 2 days ago

Nadya Matish spends almost every day thinking about what the world she lives in will look like in thirty years. Since she had access to the internet, Matish has been gathering information about climate...

The Future in History
The Future in History
Lydia Cocciolone 4 days ago

The past is history; the future is hard to think about; the present is now. Cherished history teacher, Ryan Silvester, started his career at CHS in 2018 with the purest form of optimism. In the middle...

Future of Food
Future of Food
Ruth Shikanov 6 days ago

‘Why would anyone not be vegan?’ Seven Steiner asked themself after an eye-opening conversation with their camp counselor about her choice to be vegan and the impact of a non-vegan diet. They talked...


The Future of our Daughters
The Future of our Daughters
Isabella Maldonado 1 day ago

I had never thought about whether or not I would have children until I realized I might not have a choice. As I stood in the middle of the...

High-Speed Railways in America and Climate Change
High-Speed Railways in America and Climate Change
Claire Steigelman 3 days ago

The wheels clanked as they rolled over the tracks. I adjusted in my seat, stretching out the sore spots from sleeping in the train seat the night...

Unbound Acceleration
Unbound Acceleration
Rita Ionides 5 days ago

When I was in sixth grade in 2016, my grade was the most advanced class my middle school had ever seen. When sixth graders were distributed across...

Democracy Tumbling Down
Democracy Tumbling Down
Bridgette Kelly March 17, 2023

If you search up “the future of U.S. democracy” on any search engine, it’s hard to find something positive. Most headlines read, “Our...


Humans Of Community: Lucia Page Sanders
Humans Of Community: Lucia Page Sanders
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...


Books That Change Lives
Books That Change Lives
Ria Lowenschuss

Every summer, the Ann Arbor District Library holds their “Summer Game,” a reading competition to encourage students to read throughout the summer. Students track their reading and earn prizes for their efforts, such as free books. When Dè Barney participated in the Summer Game the summer after their eighth grade year, they received one of these...

Seeing SZA — A Student Perspective
Seeing SZA — A Student Perspective

Surrounded by melodies and friends, Eleanor Farrell couldn’t believe her eyes. Looming ahead of her was her idol. Standing on a shipwreck, SZA– a popular R&B artist– began to sing. The first...

Thirteen Review
"Thirteen" Review

Trigger Warning: This review discusses eating disorders, self harm, and substance abuse. Please take care of yourself. Adolescence; the shaky period between being big and little. Not yet sure of our...

GVMMYs Picks: Soulvaki by Slowdive
GVMMY's Picks: Soulvaki by Slowdive

An album that, in many ways, is the ethos of shoegaze as a genre and culture, "Souvlaki" is true to itself with swirls of gorgeous acoustic guitar, that all mixes into this dream-like atmosphere that’s...

When You Finish Saving the World Review
"When You Finish Saving the World" Review

The world referred to in the title of Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut, “When You Finish Saving the World,” is claustrophobic. The 2022 film follows a mother and son, Evelyn and Ziggy Katz, as...


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When CHS librarian Jeri Schneider sat down to read the book “Diet For A New America” by John Robbins in 1987, she did not expect it to change her life. Schneider had heard about the health benefits of eating more plant-based and had gone vegetarian on and off through her young adult life. But it wasn’t until she read about the suffering and intelligence of these animals, that she went completely vegan.

“I don't even think I finished the book after I read that section,” Schneider said. “It was just like a mind shift that happened. It really gripped my heart and I knew I didn’t want to be a part of it anymore.”

Overnight, Schneider became vegan. Reading the book completely changed her perspective. Although information about the environmental impact of animal agriculture is emerging even more nowadays, Schneider believes that the information has always been there, just more hidden. 

Tap the link in our bio to check out the full story.

Post by Anjali Kakarla and Ailish Kilbride
Graphic by Ryan Thomas-Palmer

When CHS librarian Jeri Schneider sat down to read the book “Diet For A New America” by John Robbins in 1987, she did not expect it to change her life. Schneider had heard about the health benefits of eating more plant-based and had gone vegetarian on and off through her young adult life. But it wasn’t until she read about the suffering and intelligence of these animals, that she went completely vegan.

“I don't even think I finished the book after I read that section,” Schneider said. “It was just like a mind shift that happened. It really gripped my heart and I knew I didn’t want to be a part of it anymore.”

Overnight, Schneider became vegan. Reading the book completely changed her perspective. Although information about the environmental impact of animal agriculture is emerging even more nowadays, Schneider believes that the information has always been there, just more hidden.

Tap the link in our bio to check out the full story.

Post by Anjali Kakarla and Ailish Kilbride
Graphic by Ryan Thomas-Palmer
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On a gloomy Monday morning, Marcy McCormick’s FOS 2 class was abuzz with excitement. The group made their way across downtown Ann Arbor to be the University of Michigan’s Natural History Museum. This trip, which took place yesterday, Mar. 22, gave students the opportunity to engage with real specimens and artifacts, many of which align with the content they have learned in their FOS class. 

“We have this incredible resource just less than a half mile away from us that has all of these artifacts that we've been studying all year long in FOS 2,” McCormick said. 

CHS students have been taking this trip for at least six years now, and McCormick believes that it’s important for students to see their classwork has real life applications. 

“​​I learned a lot about a lot of early mammals and I learned about human interaction with the landscapes,” said Charlie Fox, a student in McCormick’s FOS 2 class. 

This experience brought to life the concepts many students have only read about in textbooks. Seeing these objects in person helped students better understand the scale and complexity of the natural world. 

“I had a conversation with two students afterwards, and they said it was really cool that we went to the museum after studying because they could see all of the real life examples and artifacts of the stuff that we learned in the textbook,” McCormick said. “They can see that there's actual research going on with this information, and can see the value of it.”

Post by Leila Durrie

On a gloomy Monday morning, Marcy McCormick’s FOS 2 class was abuzz with excitement. The group made their way across downtown Ann Arbor to be the University of Michigan’s Natural History Museum. This trip, which took place yesterday, Mar. 22, gave students the opportunity to engage with real specimens and artifacts, many of which align with the content they have learned in their FOS class.

“We have this incredible resource just less than a half mile away from us that has all of these artifacts that we've been studying all year long in FOS 2,” McCormick said.

CHS students have been taking this trip for at least six years now, and McCormick believes that it’s important for students to see their classwork has real life applications.

“​​I learned a lot about a lot of early mammals and I learned about human interaction with the landscapes,” said Charlie Fox, a student in McCormick’s FOS 2 class.

This experience brought to life the concepts many students have only read about in textbooks. Seeing these objects in person helped students better understand the scale and complexity of the natural world.

“I had a conversation with two students afterwards, and they said it was really cool that we went to the museum after studying because they could see all of the real life examples and artifacts of the stuff that we learned in the textbook,” McCormick said. “They can see that there's actual research going on with this information, and can see the value of it.”

Post by Leila Durrie
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This morning, March 22, a conversation about drug and alcohol addiction took place in the Advanced Health and Public Health Policy class taught by Becky Brent. Guest speakers David Seaman and Kayla Harding came to CHS to share their personal experiences involving alcohol and drug use as well as their takes on various issues such as the stigma surrounding harm reduction services, the effects of human connection on recovering drug addicts, and how to help a friend who’s struggling with substance abuse. 

“[By coming and talking to schools] I hope that people see substance use disorder from a different perspective.” Harding said. “I hope they understand that substance use disorder doesn’t discriminate.”

Harding and Seaman travele all across Southeast Michigan to visit high schools and talk about substance abuse. They feel that schools could play a big role in helping students who are struggling with substance abuse. 

“I think being able to having a non-punitive approach [towards students] helps them access resources,” Seaman said. “Having peer support available and encouraging peer support [is crucial].”

Post by Vedha Kakarla, Bridgette Kelly, Fina Kutcher 
Photo by Bridgette Kelly

This morning, March 22, a conversation about drug and alcohol addiction took place in the Advanced Health and Public Health Policy class taught by Becky Brent. Guest speakers David Seaman and Kayla Harding came to CHS to share their personal experiences involving alcohol and drug use as well as their takes on various issues such as the stigma surrounding harm reduction services, the effects of human connection on recovering drug addicts, and how to help a friend who’s struggling with substance abuse.

“[By coming and talking to schools] I hope that people see substance use disorder from a different perspective.” Harding said. “I hope they understand that substance use disorder doesn’t discriminate.”

Harding and Seaman travele all across Southeast Michigan to visit high schools and talk about substance abuse. They feel that schools could play a big role in helping students who are struggling with substance abuse.

“I think being able to having a non-punitive approach [towards students] helps them access resources,” Seaman said. “Having peer support available and encouraging peer support [is crucial].”

Post by Vedha Kakarla, Bridgette Kelly, Fina Kutcher
Photo by Bridgette Kelly
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