by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 5, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Students will present a youth-focused initiative that empowers students to use their voices, share their experiences, and create change in their schools and communities. It provides opportunities for young people to engage in meaningful conversations, advocate for...
by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Step into the world of chefs and cosmetologists as we explore how IB Mathematics supports sustainability and decision-making in service industries. This presentation focuses on how students use mathematical modeling to reduce food waste, manage inventory, and analyze...
by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Our class will be sharing our learning journey as we explored and discovered issue with the watershed in both our community, and right on our playground. We will what we learned noticed, learned and some solutions that we have found that will help keep our water clean...
by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Reimagining School Recycling Click the link above to view the presentation. Our class will be sharing our learning journey as we explored and discovered issue with the watershed in both our community, and right on our playground. We will what we learned noticed,...
by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
We created a documentary of changing four behaviors over the course of the year. We will be eating a vegetarian diet, reducing plastic, one-use drink containers, reducing electricity and eliminating fast food over the course of the year and documenting the process....
by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Join us for a presentation on our classes’ journey to building a rain garden at our Detroit High School! This presentation will discuss how the power of choice was given to the students on a project fighting against the effects of climate change. This session...
by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
The 9th grade at Mumford has been examining the issues that restrict opportunity at their school. They have been contacting members of the community to lift their concerns. In this presentation they will describe the results of their community inventory storytelling...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 29, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Eighth graders from the James and Grace Lee Boggs School investigated housing instability in our neighborhood. They learned which demographics are most affected and worked on a yearlong project to understand why our neighborhood looks the way that it does. By:...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 29, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
At Frederick Douglass Academy, our Earth Day event highlighted student leadership in environmental stewardship. We united our community for a day of action featuring student-led GIS showcases, neighborhood clean-ups, drone mapping demonstrations, sustainability...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 29, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
The Nest @ FDA will serve as a community model for conservation practices including art creation, community teachings, outdoor classroom, pollinator habitat, rainwater collection, and community events. The envisioned infrastructure at the Nest, including pollinator...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
We will describe the process we went through to establish a fruit Orchard at our high school and explain the reasons we decided to do so and how this helps improve food justice for us and our community. By: Layla Covington, Ruba Kouj Aoghlan, Mojtaba Mahmoud, Chase...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
First, we will describe our place-based activities from garden club this year and then we will show you how to make and your own mint tea and plant seeds harvested from our garden! By: Aiden Bodary, Lizzy Moore, Ephraim Kisia, Chris Greer, and Zeke Matthews, 9th-10th...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
This timeline looks at how population has changed from 1930 to present day in Ypsilanti Michigan, and the consequences of those changes, including how the physical environment and opportunities for the population have changed. By: Danasia Murphy-Roberts, Basile...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 25, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
Biology students will apply their Master Rain Gardener skills to assess and maintain the rain gardens on the Ypsilanti Community High School campus. As part of this hands-on environmental stewardship project, students will evaluate soil conditions and determine...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
During this presentation students from Renaissance High School will talk about their relationship with the outdoors and how it has been impactful to them. The students will highlight outdoor experiences that they’ve had, including skiing/ snowboarding, ice...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
She is going to create a social media campaign and create a collage of her campaign images and slides on a poster or PowerPoint to share with the audience. By: Syair Hines and Kaitlin Shaw, 11th Grade Teacher: Emily Phillips, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: PDF...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
it is a bioplastic composite used in place of tradition non-biodegradable materials used in battery packs for electric vehicles. By: Alexander Graham, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the links above to...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
It is a climate mitigation tool designed to adhere to the interior of an EV battery and help slow down the process of thermal runaway combustion. By: Paul Garrison, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
Engineering design prototype of a solution to increase resiliency to climate change in the Rouge River watershed. By: Lyric Thomas, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the links above to see other gallery...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
A slideshow presentation of how to get the community involved in gardening and limiting food waste. By: Arianna Malloy, Alayla Walters, Victoria Gambles, Jayla Turner, 11th GradeTeacher: Emily Phillips, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Video Click on...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
Engineering design prototype of a solution to remove excess carbon from our atmosphere. By: Tyrone Taylor, 11th Grade Teacher: Alexis Anderson, Renaissance High School, Detroit Type: Powerpoint Click on the links above to see other gallery entries with the same...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
Students will display their proposed policy changes to the county’s sustainability plan based on what they have learned through an interdisciplinary unit on gentrification. By: Brailyn Hiemstra, Charles Harding, Jozef Jason, Harper Keelan, Bria Powell, Tamia...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
Students will present their findings from testing river and creek water on the campus for toxins, conductivity, and ph to compare/contrast safety. They will also talk about the solutions they propose to make the water safer. By: Erica Robinson, Marina Echegoyen,...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 24, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
Students will present on their argument for a more sustainable method of world conflict resolution based on their findings about air toxins and the Willow Run Bomber Plant contributions to WWII. By: Arianna Inman, Samuel Bentley, Emma Berehendt, Riley Eilertson,...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 23, 2025 | Community Forum 2025, Student Gallery
Join us to learn about our investigation of climate resilience and what it means for our community, through our work in our high school math classroom and in connection with our community here on EMU’s campus. We learned about and explored a number of...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 20, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
Humans of Ypsilanti is a project started at ACCE High School in 2021, where we interview members of our community and amplify their stories through our writing, photography and videography. By: Lauren Fardig-Diop’s Classes, 9th-12th Teacher: Lauren Fardig-Diop...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 20, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
Interviewer, Preston Scherdt . Humans of Ypsilanti is a project started at ACCE High School in 2021, where we interview members of our community and amplify their stories through our writing, photography and videography. Interviewees, Mr. Pedro Betancourt (left) and...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 19, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
In this video, you will hear from students discussing their thoughts on learning about climate change. Community Partner, Audra Carson, Founder and Chief Beautification Strategist of Izzie LLC issued a challenge letter to students to express their creative stories...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 19, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
In this video, you will hear from students discussing their thoughts on learning about climate change. Community Partner, Audra Carson, Founder and Chief Beautification Strategist of Izzie LLC issued a challenge letter to students to express their creative stories...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
By Stella Ruby Hughes, Age 14, Hamtramck High School Climate change has been a part of my reality for as long as I can remember, and for as long as I can remember I have been worried about climate change. So many other beings rely on this Earth to survive, and each...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 16, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
Students share data collected from nearby Paint Creek including Google maps and photos of erosion from water. By: Ashton Alexander, Amin Campbell, Luiz Figueroa, Aawaiz Khan, Ali Mahmoud, Langston Singleton, Trenton Szymchack, Kevine Tengo, Furious Turner, and...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 16, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
Students share knowledge about rain gardens. By: Robert Caddell, Kamren James, Damarko Jordan, Muneeb Tahir, 11th Grade Teacher: Paula Sizemore, Ypsilanti Community/ACTech HS, Ypsilanti Subject: Earth Science/Environmental Science Theme: Climate Change Resilience and...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 27, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Stefany Rios, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit Subject: Biology Theme: Climate...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Edwin Quintana, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit Subject: Biology Theme: Climate...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Students in Mr. Duffy’s class created pieces of visual art or creative writing about issues of climate change in Southwest Detroit. By: Ashley Covarrubia and Victoria Guttierrez, 10th Grade Teacher: Mark Duffy, Academy of the Americas High School, Detroit...
