by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
In the YCHS Botany CTE we expand biodiversity by using different native plants and flowers in our landscaping projects, greenhouse, and plant sale. At the end we will demonstrate how to propagate native trees from cuttings. By: Elijah Acheampong, Grace Kiba, Milo...
by SEMIS Coalition | Jun 4, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Applying Master Rain Garden skills to assess and provide care to the rain gardens on YCS campuses, Biology students will share their processes for amending the soil, replacing plants and checking levels to ensure proper drainage from the garden. By: Teliah Hinton,...
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 | May 29, 2026 | Community Forum 2026
Come join us for a fun story told by our very own mascot, Griz the Cub, along with Griz’s Green Team! Griz will tell you how our old food scraps and “yucky” trash turned into rich, healthy soil for our garden-Wow! We will also show you our brand-new...
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
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 20, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
Interviewee Heath Reichardt Interviewer Semiah Collier For my Humans of Ypsi project, I chose one of my teachers, Mrs. Reichardt or Mrs. R (they/she) as we call her. She is 23 years old, they have been in Ypsilanti for 6 years as of 2023. Ypsilanti is the first place...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 20, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
Interviewer Austin Lee Interviewee: 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. By: Austin Lee, 9th-12th...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 20, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
Interview with Maddie Hannah Where did you grow up? How long have you lived in Ypsi? I grew up in several different Southeastern Michigan areas: Whitmore, Pinkney, Detroit. Moved around a lot. Grandparents and dad live in Ypsi. Mom was always on the go, lived with her...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 20, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
Interview with Anaya Parker King Where did you grow up? How long have you lived in Ypsi? I grew up in Flint. I lived in Ypsi since I was in 2nd grade. I went to Adams elementary. I was born in Flint. How do you like Ypsilanti? I hate it here. Ypsi is boring....
by SEMIS Coalition | May 20, 2023 | Community Forum 2023, Student Gallery
Video of Khamonte Green interviewing Christiana Jackson and James Toliver-Jones Khamonte reading to a young scholar at YIES Elementary And… since both students mentioned gun violence in the interview… Khamonte wanted to share our podcast episode about Gun Violence...
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 | Feb 23, 2022 | Community Forum 2022, Student Gallery
Lynwood Powell by Ta’Naija T’oliver-Jones Lynwood Powell was born on August 18, 1981. He has 3 kids, 2 boys and 1 girl. Lynwood grew up in Ypsilanti and went to YCS schools. He played football, basketball and ran track. Lynwood graduated from...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 18, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
If you see an error (“Unable to play video. Error: 5”) and cannot play the videos in the presentation below, try clicking this link to the presentation directly. If that doesn’t work, try disabling browser plugins (like Privacy Badger, ClearURLs) on...
by SEMIS Coalition | May 17, 2021 | Community Forum 2021, Student Gallery
Click on the button below to view the presentation on Google Slides. Click to view: Environmental Awareness By: Derek Mitter, 9th Grade Teacher: Ann Saunders, Ypsilanti Community High School, Ypsilanti Type: PowerPoint Click on the links above to see other gallery...
