For the fourth edition of The Communicator, we chose to embody the theme Bloom. As we enter the spring season, spend more time outside...
As Summer Break approaches, many will have more time for sports, studies, and most importantly, video games. Here are four video games that you...
Community High School (CHS) is known for being located in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, at the doorsteps of the University of Michigan (UM)....
On April 14, 2022, Dr. Irene Butter, a peace activist, Holocaust survivor and Professor Emerita of Public Health at the University of Michigan,...
On March 13, 2020, I was 14 years old. So young, it seems. But it was just 670 days ago. It really isn’t that much. And yet, it’s thousands...
On March 13, 2020, I was 15 years old. A sophomore in high school, it felt like my world was just beginning to expand. As my 18-year-old sister...
On March 13, 2020, I was 15 years old. Throughout my whole life, I played soccer. From competing in intense basement matches with my older brother...
As Sean Eldon pulled flowers from the ground alongside the Tracy Anderson forum, he didn’t realize he had made a mistake. “[Anderson] set up this thing where we went and did some gardening at a person's house locally,” Eldon said. “I didn't know plants very well and I ended up pulling out all of these woman's perennial plants instead of the...
Emma Hamstra, a CHS English teacher, grew up with many extracurriculars in her daily schedule. Throughout high school, Hamstra was on the varsity field hockey and lacrosse team and participated in many...
For Jonathan Thomas-Palmer, a CHS physics teacher, learning is more than being taught. And after twenty years of trying to find ways to improve his classroom learning environment, he has essentially perfected...
Walking through the hallways of Community High, the last thing you expect to hear is loud guitar music flowing towards you. Mike Vial, in his first year at CHS as an English teacher, has had to improvise...
Jeri Schneider, Community High School (CHS) media specialist, is happy to be seeing students and colleagues in-person once again. “I didn't realize how much I missed those interactions until we came...
The obstacle of construction around Community High School has become a common hurdle students have learned to get used to. In January of 2021, before students returned for in-person learning, construction...
Planning and schedules are important, at least according to Christine Adams, the assistant secretary at CHS. She emphasizes the importance of not jumping right into an assignment, but instead stopping...
For Alissa Maglothin, self-recognition has become her savior, whether it be realizing that she is having a 'colorless day' or not enjoying something that she used to, she can acknowledge her bad days. "The...
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being swept up in a moment of curiosity that has me yearning to discover more about something fascinating. What is your greatest fear? A fear that...
What is your idea of perfect happiness? I don't think perfect happiness exists but genuine kindness and gratitude, in general, would help to achieve it. What is your greatest fear? Getting...
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Living in the forest by a lake surrounded by mountains where I can walk around and explore all day. What is your greatest fear? I think my greatest fear...
Late at night on Thursday, Oct. 21, Arista Luong was hard at work. She had an AP Chem test coming up — her second unit test of the year — which she had spent weeks preparing for. Around 10 p.m., however,...
Out of abundance of caution, John Smith* took an at-home Covid test before visiting their grandparents. “After two or three minutes, I saw the little pink line show up on the test,” Smith said....
The night before Marisa Andoni-Savas went back to in-person school — for the first time in 14 months — she sorted through her masks, deciding which one to wear. A sophomore at CHS, Andoni-Savas’s...
