Community High School Forum Bulletin
Thursday, November 3, 2022
No School Next Tuesday
Oh yeah, it’s Election Day!
In this bulletin:
CHS Calendar Highlights
Tuesday, November 8
Friday, November 11
Thursday, November 3
Friday, November 4
FALL POETRY READINg
2:15 - 3:30 PM
TODAY! - Craft Theater
Email hamstrae@aaps.k12.mi.us with questions.
For your consideration
A story celebration
Lend your ears lend your minds
Share your narrative finds
Come to a lunch with Girls Group (and Dean Rebecca and Brian) to learn more about the club.
Girls Group provides weekly group sessions and mentoring for all women, gender diverse, and non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that center the experiences of women.
RSVP to Patricia in the CR office (215) so we have a head count for food.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7
11:30-12:15
Room 317
(LUNCH PROVIDED)
SPIRIT WEEK
monday 10/31 Wear Your Halloween Costume!
tuesday 11/1 Pajama Day
wednesday 11/2 Rhyme Without Reason
thursday 11/3 Monochrome Day
friday 11/4 Decades (12th: 2000s; 11th: 70s; 10th: 90s; 9th: 80s)
Service Club is Holding a
The Community High Service Club is working with Michigan Medicine and the Rudolf Steiner School to collect coats, scarves, hats, and gloves to help local families in need.
Donations of new or gently used items are needed.
When? Through November 8
Where? Find a donation box located on the second or third floor.
Come See: Pioneer Theater Guild’s Into The Woods!
November 4, 5, & 11 @ 7:30pm
November 6 & 13 @ 2:00pm
Performed at Pioneer High School
There are many CHS students involved! Come and see the show! :)
Buy tickets here! ------->
Money for College: How Do I Get My Fair Share?
Thursday, November 10
6:30-8:00 PM
Skyline High School Library (2552 N Maple Rd.)
College is expensive, so start preparing NOW! Money for college can be yours with proper planning and knowledge of available resources. Learn how at this FREE financial aid seminar.
Presented by the Kalamazoo College Senior Admissions and Financial Aid Senior Officer
Stories of Service: An Evening with Veterans
presented by
University of Michigan
November 9, 2022, 7:00 PM
Michigan Theater
FREE to the public
See a full schedule of
U of M Veterans Week Events November 7–11
College Visits This Week
*Virtual or online event
Friday, November 4
Sunday, November 6
Upcoming Events–Coming VERY SOON
Ongoing Clubs, Meetings, Opportunities
A NEW CHS EVENT:
Local Black History Through the decades
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Not-School-As-Usual Day at CHS
A Schoolwide Celebration of
Jones School & Community High
Honoring Local Black History & Culture
Published In: Ann Arbor News, February 28, 1950
Caption: JONES STUDENTS JOIN THE RED CROSS DRIVE: As its part in the 1950 Red Cross drive beginning Wednesday, this Jones School class in community service heads for Main St. and Broadway armed with campaign posters they will place in merchants' windows. A similar distribution of reminder placards was being made by students at Ann Arbor High School, University High School and Perry School. All participating students are members of the Junior Red Cross. The month-long drive will seek a county-wide quota of $56,680.
Overview of Nov. 22, 2022*
*Subject to Change
8:00am Meet with forums to finalize items for the day
8:30am Food Gatherers Celebration Assembly
9:20am Regroup in Forums/Get ready for rotations
FORUM ROTATIONS: Oral Histories, Walking Tour, Forum Sharing/Presentations
9:30am Rotation 1
10:20am Rotation 2
11:10am Rotation 3
11:55am Lunch
12:40pm Regroup in Forums
12:45pm Schoolwide visit & learn
1:15pm Meet back in Forum to clean up, reflect, etc.
1:55pm Dismissal / HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!!
CHS Local Black History Through the Decades
Forum Decade Assignments
Decade | Forums Responsible | ||
1920s | Yager | Brent | |
1930s | Landrum | Whiteside | |
1940s | Eldon | Mankad | |
1950s | Dudley | Mosher | |
1960s | Kiley | Hamstra | Silvester |
1970s | Crabtree | Hechler | |
1980s | Qu | H-Y | |
1990s | Vial | Johnson | |
2000s | Root | Anderson | |
2010s | Kilgore | Starkey | |
Forum Rotation 1: 9:30-10:15 AM
Oral History Storytime in Craft Theater
Anderson
Brent
Dudley
Hechler
Johnson
Mankad
Silvester
Share with Other Forum(s)
Landrum & Mosher
Crabtree & Starkey
Hamstra, Root, & H-Y
Local History Walking Tour
Starting Stop
1 - Delong's
2 - CWL
3 - Mural+ Black Businesses
4 - Dunbar
5 - 2nd Baptist
6/7 - Bethel AME + Wheeler
8 - Jones
Forum
Eldon
Kiley
Kilgore
Qu
Vial
Whiteside
Yager
Forum Rotation 2: 10:20-11:05 AM
Oral History Storytime in Craft Theater
Crabtree
Hamstra
H-Y
Landrum
Mosher
Root
Starkey
Share with Other Forum(s)
Eldon & Vial
Kiley & Whiteside
Kilgore, Qu, & Yager
Local History Walking Tour
Starting Stop
1 - Delong's
2 - CWL
3 - Mural+ Black Businesses
4 - Dunbar
5 - 2nd Baptist
6/7 - Bethel AME + Wheeler
8 - Jones
Forum
Anderson
Brent
Dudley
Hechler
Johnson
Makad
Silvester
Forum Rotation 3: 11:10-11:55 AM
Oral History Storytime in Craft Theater
Eldon
Kiley
Kilgore
Qu
Vial
Whiteside
Yager
Share with Other Forum(s)
Anderson & Johnson
Dudley, Hechler, & Silvester
Brent & Mankad
Local History Walking Tour
Starting Stop
1 - Delong's
2 - CWL
3 - Mural+ Black Businesses
4 - Dunbar
5 - 2nd Baptist
6/7 - Bethel AME + Wheeler
8 - Jones
Forum
Crabtree
Hamstra
H-Y
Landrum
Mosher
Root
Starkey
By November 22, 2022…
Each forum must:
An Important Note & Reminder
With your forum and each team, make sure there is a respectful emphasis on understanding Black/African American contributions during your decade. This day should be fun and engaging while still being appropriate and respectful.
While we must acknowledge the challenges and discrimination people faced throughout our history, we want to emphasize the ways in which the community and individual people not only survived but also thrived in the face of discrimination.
Their contributions to art, cooking, music, and fashion should be highlighted but not tokenized (done as only a minor part of your work) nor appropriated (taking on a culture that is not your own).
To be 100% clear on this - there should not be anything done to hair, skin color, how you speak, etc., that is not how you normally would do it.
Suggested Organization for Forums - TEams / Committees
Fashion
Possible Goal:
Share ideas/inspiration for how your forum could (respectfully) dress on November 22.
(NOTE: This means that we’re aiming for styles not unnatural changes to hair, skin, etc.)
History
Possible Goal:
Create a presentation (or video, comic, etc.) highlighting national/international context, local history, and the lives of local Black/African American people and communities.
Art
Possible Goal:
Create a set of Google Slides (or other format of slideshow) of art to play on November 22.
Music
Possible Goal:
Create a playlist (on Youtube or Spotify) to play on November 22.
Food
Possible Goal:
Create & help forum members sign up to cook/bring in dishes, drinks, desserts, etc. on November 22.
As a forum:
Collaborate or designate representatives to create your trifold poster presentation.
Possible Deadlines
By Monday, November 21
By Tuesday, November 15
?
How do we do this?
Check out the list of suggested resources in here!
Collaborate, divide up responsibilities, hold each other accountable for making this great!
Check in with your local CHS history teacher. :)