Articles tagged: Jing Chai
column: Bullying: a personal account of adolescent intolerance and a call to participate in Day of Unity Oct. 12
Posted: Oct 09, 2011From Lady Gaga to Phoebe Prince, the issue of adolescent bullying has surfaced recently as the darling of the news media. Even though bullying is not a new issue, I’m relieved that it is finally ... Read more »
the deuce: The value of the educator: a discussion with two Ann Arbor teachers about why they do what they do
Posted: Jun 22, 2011This piece is dedicated to Christopher Mark, the “fearless leader” of the Huron Orchestras, for he is perhaps the quintessential example of a remarkable teacher and the Andrew Jackson of our hearts. This is the ... Read more »
Jewish Film Festival returning to the Michigan Theater
Posted: May 13, 2011"Inside Hana's Suitcase" opens this year's Jewish Film Festival. If the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival were a person, it would now be celebrating its bar/bat mitzvah year (and we’d all be saying, “Mazel tov!”). ... Read more »
Cold hands plague reader
Posted: May 12, 2011DEAR DR. GOTT: I have lost 40 pounds in four months. I'm on a 1,800-calories-a-day diet and exercise almost daily. My doctor prescribed Adipex-P daily to help me with my weight loss and Arthrotec for ... Read more »
the deuce: Interview with YouTube songstress Kina Grannis
Posted: Apr 05, 2011By the time I got to the second floor of the downtown Borders bookstore, every single plastic chair had already been occupied. College students sporting North Face jackets sat side-by-side with grandparents and middle-aged mothers, ... Read more »
the deuce: Reassessing the merit system in high school: an introspective look
Posted: Apr 04, 2011I am going to the store. I have exactly one dollar and five cents. I can buy anything with a price tag ranging from breath mints to potato chips. I pick something out, take it ... Read more »
Grade inflation for 'deserving' students is the ugly side of achievement
Posted: Feb 23, 2011This is the first post in a series of blog entries aimed at providing insight on high school issues that are not typically highlighted in the media. All posts are reflective of my personal opinions ... Read more »
Of inspiration regarding Chris Mark
Posted: Nov 21, 2010This letter was written by University of Michigan student and Huron Orchestra alumni Naomi Lin. To you who are concerned, Let me start off by saying that Chris Mark, all that he is as a ... Read more »
Opinion: Telling show of support for orchestra director
Posted: Nov 20, 2010The fourth floor space used for the school board meeting on Nov. 17 emanated with heat from the crowd of people that had already shuffled in well before the 7 p.m. start time. Parents brandishing ... Read more »
Whitmore Lake man, 84, in serious condition after head-on crash with dump truck
Posted: Jun 23, 2010An 84-year-old Whitmore Lake man was upgraded to serious condition today after his vehicle collided head-up with a dump truck on M-36 in Green Oak Township on Monday. Wayne Lamerson remains hospitalized at the University ... Read more »
Feature: The Mock Trial Team at Huron High School
Posted: Feb 10, 2010Huron High School’s Mock Trial Team is a group of students who meet up weekly to simulate mock murder trials, with scenarios that seem straight from the hit TV series “Law and Order." Far from ... Read more »
Huron High School's Key Club is a rainbow of diversity
Posted: Jan 29, 2010A gaggle of sophomore students at Ann Arbor Huron High School walk through the doors of the auditorium, chattering about the latest geophysical science test. Among them is Stephanie Choi, a veteran member of the ... Read more »
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