NEWS
News and News Features of CHS
PI DAY
March 2022
Community High School (CHS) celebrated Pi Day this Monday, March 14. The Math Club set up a number of activities during lunch, along with a pie baking contest to mark the occasion.
Violet Knyal, a CHS freshman, baked a nut-free pumpkin pie. Usually, she bakes cakes and meringues, so baking pies is a new experience. She decided to bake for Pi Day so that other kids who have nut allergies like her could have a slice without fear of contamination.
“It's really nice to think of the other allergy kids, especially nut allergies, because there's always a lot of cross contamination,” Kynal said. “Basically if someone touches a nut free pie with a knife that has been used to cut pecan pie or something else with nuts, then I can't have that pie anymore.”
ROOM FOR GROWTH: CHS TEACHERS USE BOOKS TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF COLOR AND IDENTITY.
September 2022
The sun beat down upon the wooden deck. A group of CHS teachers chatted about their summers as they helped themselves to a variety of snacks and settled underneath the umbrellas blocking the hot summer sun.
The book group was originally formed before the pandemic by multiple CHS teachers concerned about equity. At the first meeting they read “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo, a book that gives insight into the minds of how white people see race.
TAILGATING TROUBLES
November 2022
Maize and blue flags billowed in the mid-October wind. The traditional flags were accompanied by many variations— from pride flags with block Ms, to maize and blue American and Canadian flags. The fields surrounding Pioneer High School (PHS) were lined with an assortment of cars and SUVs, many with the trunk open and canopies covering their party. Closer to Michigan Stadium, FOX Big Noon Kickoff had set up their stage to cover the Michigan vs. Penn State game.
A noticeable absence from this year was the presence of motorhomes. The large vehicles that had once been a staple of tailgating at PHS could no longer be found in the vicinity. It was decided that due to safety and liability reasons, PHS could no longer accommodate the vehicles.