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Arielle Kahana helps Zoe Hillebrand direct people during the fall fashion photo shoot. Although Kahana was not on the staff working the shoot, she still found ways to help out and bring out the best in people. "It was just kind of fun because I got to help them by doing silly poses and stuff, and then they were laughing," Kahana said, "Then we got to see their real smiles, and it was really fun."
October 30, 2026
Arielle Kahana helps Zoe Hillebrand direct people during the fall fashion photo shoot. Although Kahana was not on the staff working the shoot, she still found ways to help out and bring out the best in people. "It was just kind of fun because I got to help them by doing silly poses and stuff, and then they were laughing," Kahana said, "Then we got to see their real smiles, and it was really fun."
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Azalea VanderElzen reads aloud at Poetry Night in Ann Arbor at the Lydia Mendelsohn Theater. She had spent the weeks prior preparing and revising her work for the event, and was able to perform without any stage fright due to her experience as a performing poet and actress. "I didn't really have any stage fright, I felt confident," VanderElzen said. "It hasn't always been that way, but I think just [from] the amount of exposure I've had to being on stage for poetry readings or acting, I've become a lot more comfortable performing."
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CHS Student Poets Share the Stage at Ann Arbor Poetry Night
By Alden Koschmann
1 day ago

While the poets around them, ranging from middle schoolers to graduate students, were reading through their work for the final time. CHS...


Chloe Root, CHS Mock Trial Advisor, leads the first meeting of the 26-27 school year.
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CHS Mock Trial is Back in Session
By Roshan Malani and Yuval Rosenberg
3 days ago
U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed points out a member of the audience from behind his lectern at the One Michigan Get Out the Vote Rally in Detroit. He had been in the opening stages of his speech when a rally attendee called out, "and Obama isn't in the Epstein files!"
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Voices for Votes: President Barack Obama and Michigan Democrats Rally in Detroit
By June Ye and Morgan Chen
5 days ago
The Life of a Musician
The Life of a Musician
By Anna Straka
1 day ago
Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino sing about the three rules of transferring ownership of a ~210-year-old hermit crab.
Off Book Comes to Ann Arbor
By Margot Solomon
3 days ago
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CHS senior and PHS soccer player Sam Grand goes for a header late in the second half of the Ann Arbor District Championships against Skyline.
A Grand Night Out
By Thomas Radesky
October 23, 2026

Nine minutes into the game, Skyline senior Patrick Sawyer won the ball from Pioneer’s defense and rattled a shot against the left post. The rebound fell nicely for Skyline senior Ben Pawlowski, who slotted it home to give Skyline an early advantage. Pioneer went on to win that game 2-1. A heated game with a lively crowd saw the cross-town rivals...

The Huron Color Guard standing outside the band room. They were about to leave for the Down-River Marching Competition.
The River Rat Marching Band competes at Down-River
October 16, 2026

Nearly 200 students from Huron High School piled onto yellow school buses at 5:30 pm following an hour-long marching rehearsal. An hour later, the Huron High School River Rhythm Rat Marching Band arrived...

Christian Sands provides feedback to students after their first performance.
Christian Sands’ Masterclass
October 14, 2026

When Grammy nominee pianist Christian Sands was young, he loved to participate in sports, but struggled because of his size. So, he chose music as an outlet, and was really good at it. He went on his first...

AAPS Board of Education 9/9 Meeting.
Ann Arbor Teacher Contracts — What Comes Next
October 8, 2026

After 251 days without a contract, the Ann Arbor Public School’s Board of Education ratified the most recent tentative agreement. This agreement ended the months of rallies and working exclusive contract...

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The Life of a Musician
The Life of a Musician
By Anna Straka
1 day ago
Landscape in rural, northern Michigan.
A Change In Routine
By Rafael Balk
October 23, 2026
Courtesy of the Phoebe Bridgers Website, photo taken by Gregory Crewdson.
Phoebe Bridgers and the Impact of the Phone-Free Concert
By Caroline Mathern
October 21, 2026
Photo by Raph_PH, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Sydney Sweeney’s Novig Ad
By Eliza Kiley and Zoe Hillebrand
October 13, 2026
A fresh cut loaf of Anna Schram's pumkin bread!
The Perfect Pumpkin Bread
By Anna Schram
October 8, 2026
Teagan Tao, the star of "Crew Girl," competes in an erg race. Photo by Craig Minielly / Netflix.
“Crew Girls” Impact on Women’s Sports
By Eliza Kiley and Caroline Mathern
September 29, 2026
Art by Caitlin Dick-Ruíz.
How Deep are Cultural Differences?
By Caitlin Dick-Ruíz
September 18, 2026
Need-to-Knows for CHS Freshmen
Need-to-Knows for CHS Freshmen
By June Ye and Annette Dobson
September 9, 2026
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