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FORUM BULLETIN

Thursday

October 27, 2016

Forum Council

chsforumcouncil@gmail.com

CHS Calendar

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Oct 24-28 Senior College Application Week, see your Guidance Counselor

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Oct 24-28 Spirit Week

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Oct 28 Halloween Dance

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Oct 28 Spirit Wear Money Due to Maneesha Mankad RM 320 or her mailbox in the Main Office

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Oct 31 Yearbook Cover Contest Deadline--send submissions into:commihighyearbook1617@gmail.com

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Oct 31 VFW Contest Entry Due- For more information: www.vfw.org/Youth

A Message from DEAN MARCI about Multi Culti

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Please read the next few bulletin slides carefully. They give some background, shared values, vision, and plans for how we will work together over the course of this year and the years to come to do a more authentic job of creating experiences to truly broaden and deepen our understanding, respect, and appreciation of cultures that are different than our own.

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THE HEADLINE: Multi-Culti, as we have recently come to know it, is on hold for now….

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Before panicking, please read the following slides and trust that we will work on this together as a school community.

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Mission

The students and staff at Community High School will work together in forums to hold a kick-off event on the last day before Thanksgiving Break that will lay the groundwork for engaging together throughout the rest of the school year to deepen our understanding, respect, and appreciation of cultures that are different than our own. As we work to broaden our awareness and perspectives related to race and culture, we will also broaden our awareness and perspectives related to hunger in our county by raising money for Food Gatherers. During this kick-off event we will first turn inward to learn about our own culture and the cultures of others in our forums. As we grow throughout the year, we will also continue to plan for an event in the spring that further broadens our understanding of culture by working together within forum to dive deeper into one particular culture. This event will likely be on an Early Release Day and will more closely resemble the Multi-Culti day we have done in recent years. The hope is to continue to deepen our understanding, respect, and appreciation of cultures that are different than our own while being mindful to avoid the “Single Story.”

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VISION

• Provide training for teachers for how to have culturally sensitive conversations that facilitate dialog and growth in difficult areas like race and culture
• Provide workshops and opportunities in classes for students on how to have culturally sensitive conversations and participate in dialog in difficult areas like race and culture
• Have these conversations embedded throughout our curriculum and have other events throughout the year like guest speakers, seeing a movie, participating in an activity, and/or having further dialog
• As we grow throughout the year, we will plan for how we create an event in the spring on an Early Release Day that begins to further broaden our understanding of culture by working together within forum to dive deeper into one particular culture. The hope is to continue to deepen our understanding, respect, and appreciation of cultures that are different than our own and being mindful to avoid the “Single Story.”
• Continue the conversation all year long, every year

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GUIDELINE FOR THE “UN-NAMED KICK-OFF EVENT BEFORE THANKSGIVING”

• Each student will prepare their own cultural story and a dish to share with their forum. Guiding questions will be provided. This does not have to be super long. Here are some options:
1. Make a poster
2. Bring in some artifacts and have a written story to share (Could be a few paragraphs, could be a few bullet points, could be something more elaborate…)
3. Create a mini children’s book
4. Seniors could share their common app essay about culture
• In forums on this day, students will share about their cultures and feast together on foods representing the many cultures and traditions within the forum.
• We will have a time together to celebrate and share about the money we have raised for Food Gatherers, and will also hear from a few seniors sharing their cultural stories. Many seniors have already written an essay on this topic for their common app this year.
• Details regarding guiding questions for students to share their culture, the detailed timelines and activities for the day, and a rubric for measuring our success toward the mission of this Kick-off event will be provided next Tuesday in forums.

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What led up to this….

• Many conversations among staff and in forum council about how important it is this year, more than ever, to be really mindful of how we talk about race and culture.
• We watched this clip: The Danger of a Single Story
• We decided we needed more time, training, and conversations to really do this work right
• We have committed to stop talking about how we need to make some changes so that Multi-Culti is more respectful; instead, we decided we needed to at least start the process and commit to working on this together all year long and not treat this as a one-shot event.

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In Memory of Justin Tang

Community Ensemble Theatre and Matt Johnson's forum are collaborating to put together a book honoring Justin to give to his family. If you have a memory, collage, story, letter for, picture of/for Justin, or anything else that you would like to include in this book, please turn it into Ruby Lowenstein or Matt Johnson before the end of the day on Friday.

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Make sure your offering fits on an 8.5 by 11 sheet of paper. We will have art and writing supplies available in room 222 during the school days both Thursday and Friday, as well as supplies set up Thursday on the first floor from 3:30-5:30. This is a meaningful way to show Justin's family how much we love him, and to celebrate his memory.

MANKAD FORUM SPIRITWEAR FUNDRAISER

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRI, OCT 28!!!

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NO NEED TO WORRY IF YOU DID NOT GET YOUR ORDER IN:

PICK UP A FORM FROM OUTSIDE ROOM 320 AND HAND IN YOUR ORDER TO ANYONE FROM MANKAD FORUM.

Look who came to our Master Class

Here's some photos from our master class on Friday October 14, with Domingo Estrada, Jr. a principal dancer with the 'Mark Morris Dance Group'

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COSTUME CONTEST!

Friday the 28th at lunch in the Craft Theater!

Most Creative, Most Realistic, Best Duo, Best Group, LOUDEST SCREAM CONTEST, and more!

Candy and prizes

HALLOWEEN DANCE Oct. 28th 8-11 p.m.

Tickets on sale in room 303 or from any Dewow forum member:

$3.00 in advance

$5.00 at the door, if no costume

$4.00 at the door, if in costume

We are proud to announce that TEDxYouth@AnnArbor won first place at the

Philo Festival of Media Arts Awards

Catagory: Arts/Cultural Awareness - Student

Why The World Should Dance More by Anurima Kumar | TEDxYouth@AnnArbor 2015, CTN Ann Arbor, MI

View here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INXWblIkzeo

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The Philo Festival of Media Arts is a unique combination of competition, collaboration, educational and creative content hosted by the Central States Alliance for Community Media. Alysha Schlundt-Bodien, Training & Facilities Co-ordinator at CTN and Technology Co-ordinator for TEDxYouth@AnnArbor, will accept the honor at a ceremony on Friday, Oct. 28 in Richmond, IN.

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Congratulations to the youth Organizers and Tech Crew of TEDxYouth@AnnArbor2015 and to Anurima Kumar (Community graduate).

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Applying to College?

Take some free quizzes!

Are you writing your essay on the best possible topic?

Is your college application essay ready to submit?

Go to http://www.essaycoaching.com/quiz/ to take these free quizzes developed by CHS grad (’16) Elise Brod and professional essay coach Debbie Merion

Seniors! College Application Week!�October 24^th -28^th

• Our goal is to have all seniors apply to at least one college or university by October 28^th.
• Counselors will be in the Media Center Computer Lab during Forum on Tuesday October 25^th to help you complete your application.
• If you have already applied to a school, please stop by and let Gretchen, John, Brian, or Lauran know.

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We are excited to invite you and your students to the Highway to High Demand Jobs in Skilled Trades event featuring the “Earn while you learn” apprenticeships process.

This event will help your students investigate career paths in the fields of Advanced Manufacturing, Automotive and Welding. The day will feature:

· Hands-on tours of our labs

· Industry professionals, program faculty and alumni

· Complimentary lunch

· Special break-out sessions in Welding, 3-D printing, Mechatronics and Automotive

· Q & A session

Are you interested in the Cosmetology Program?

Students apply in the Spring of their 10th Grade Year and attend for a half day during their Junior and Senior Years.

Would you like to visit the Cosmetology program? Come to the Open House at Huron Valley Beauty Academy November 1st 6:00-8:00 PM.

Where: Huron Valley Beauty Academy

1735 S. Wagner Rd. Ann Arbor MI 48103

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When: November 1st 6:00-8:00 PM

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Come see what Cosmetology is all about!

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College Visits this Week

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October 24 Ball State University (IN) 1:45 PM

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October 26 Princeton University (NJ) 8:00 AM

Washington University in St. Louis (MO) 10:15 AM

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October 27 Wesleyan University (CT) 8:00 AM

Bowdoin College (ME) 9:30 AM

University of Pittsburgh (PA) 11:00 AM

Marygrove College (MI) 1:45 PM

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October 28 United States Air Force 11:45 AM

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COLLEGE VISITS FOR NEXT WEEK:

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October 31 Huntington College (IN) 11:00 AM

Savannah College of Art & Design 2:00 PM

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November 1 New School University, NYC 8:00 AM

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November 2 University of Rochester (NY) 11:00 AM

Knox College (IL) 12:00

Vassar College (NY) 1:45 PM

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November 4 Lynchburg College (VA) 12:00

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If you have a question about any of the colleges please refer to your Guidance Counselor, the Kiosk or Website. They have plenty of details for you regarding each college.

Washtenaw Community College

Campus Explore

November 4th 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

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Free Event for Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors to see what it’s like to be a college student by attending mini-class sessions by faculty, have lunch, and have an opportunity to win scholarships!

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Sample of the fun, interactive, mini-class sessions that students can sign up for are:

The Heart of the Operating Room, Entrepreneurship is Problem Solving, Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained.

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You MUST pre-register for the event!

Call Kelly Psilidis at 734-973-3657

BSU REMINDER!!

Don’t forget to drop off your gold sheet to Janelle’s desk as we prepare for Soul Food Friday.

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Poetry Club

Next Poetry Club Meeting:

Wednesday, Nov. 2

Lunch -- 11:15 in Ken's room

Snacks, poetry prompts, time to write!

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