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Hamtramck High School l 11410 Charest l Hamtramck, MI 48212 l hhscosmostimes.com l Issue II: Winter 2017-18

Hamtramck High School formalized Stu-dent Voice into Student Union (SU) to make stu-dents part of the school improvement process. The head of this group is the assistant principal, Mr. Summerhill. The Student Union’s aim is to get students involved in the educational pro-cess, allowing students to express their interest in issues and what is important in their world. Executive board officials of Student Union will be chosen and they will meet with the members of the school board to discuss ideas, concepts, and activities. Social is-sues at Hamtramck High School and the commu-nity will be addressed throughout the year, cre-ating a better climate and culture. Meetings will take place after school or during school days. Mr. Summerhill’s plan for the executive officers is to take them to a leadership training camp over the summer to teach them the structure of leading and teamwork. The Student Union will be making decisions on major school issues and will be working to resolve them. Mr. Sum-merhill states, “Students in our school have very interesting perspectives

and ideas.” Students can express these ideas to im-prove their academic and social experience. Stu-dent Union is committed to the values of respect, diversity, service, lead-ership, cooperation, and communication. Student Union will provide students a forum to express ideas, programs and services to meet the needs of the community, and educa-tional/social/entertain-ment activities for the school. Students can interact with the SU staff and student peers with the intention of encour-aging students to work together. To join Student Union, an application needs to be filled out. Teachers must fill out a teacher recommenda-tion form. Students can join this organization throughout the year. Student Union is a step toward changing Ham-tramck High School and the community for the better.

By Amila Hatibovic & Dina Begum

Student UnionMeet Ms. Yang, new Chemistry teacher

By Sayeda Tahreen & Jubeda Juby

Introducing our new Chemistry teacher, Ms. Yang. She used to teach in a small char-ter school in Southwest Detroit for a couple of years before she decided to teach at Hamtramck High School. Ms. Yang graduated from McGill University in Canada with a degree in agricul-ture and environmen-tal science. After she moved to Michigan, she finished her masters in education at Wayne State University. Ms. Yang said she enjoys teaching chemistry at Hamtramck High School. She said, “So far it’s been good, it’s been quite an adjust-ment. There’s been a lot of challenges that come with moving into the school year in November, a lot of new things I’ve been learning on the job, but so far the kids have been good.” Ms. Yang has many other hobbies besides teaching; she likes drawing, arts and crafts, and creating things at home. Ms. Yang was born in South Korea. When she was a baby, she, along with her fami-ly, moved to upstate New York. Later, she moved back to South Korea. In South Korea, Ms. Yang attended kindergarten,

and then moved to a city in Western Austra-lia called Perth where she lived for about eight years. This is where she attended middle school, high school, and was taught to speak English. When she was about thirteen, Ms. Yang and her family moved back to upstate New York, where she finished High School. After high school, she moved to Canada to finish university and her undergraduate degree. While she was in Can-ada, her parents moved to Michigan. Eventually, she moved to Detroit, Michigan and then set-tled in Royal Oak. Ms. Yang’s goal for the students at Ham-tramck High School this year is to have a positive relationship and enjoy chemistry. She states her goal by saying, “My goal for the students is that we have a positive and good relationship, a lot of in-teractive work so that the students can enjoy chem-istry labs, and create a positive atmosphere for the class this year.” She is a very positive minded person and we hope to see a good year with Ms. Yang.

Mr. AmoreNew science teacher

By Chris Rickett & Mohamed Aljahim

Mr. Amore finds himself teaching physical science at Hamtramck High School after being at Southeastern high school for a couple of years. Mr. Amore attend-ed Wayne State Universi-ty and Western Michigan University. He started teaching in college as an assistant teacher, and then worked in the pri-vate sector for a while. Mr. Amore was interested in teaching at Hamtramck High School because of the diversity of students. Mr. Amore said “I like to watch the students grow.” When asked about how he would approach behav-ioral or discipline prob-lems from students, Mr. Amore said it is a team effort and he has only so much authority. He will communicate with stu-dents on what the student is doing and their reason for doing it. Mr. Amore does not like to take it to the point where he has to talk to parents. These students are now in high school so communication is the better method. Mr. Amore plans to inter-act with the students by having balance in the classroom and building relationships.

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Voices Hallsin the

Do you like the four or six hour schedule better?

I like the six hour sched-ule better because school goes by faster. -Kaitlyn Hill

I would rather be in a four hour schedule than a six hour schedule be-cause six classes is too much to handle. -Amra Lekic

Six hour schedule is too much to take care of, it’s much easier to manage four classes at a time.

-Emaad Alqosimi

I prefer the six hour schedule because time goes by much faster than four hour classes. -Hany Ashabi

Link Crew

By Vincent Hudson & Cierra Mann Link Crew was implemented by Mr.Sum-merhill after working with Link Crew at a former high school. Link Crew was created to help ninth graders transition into high school, giving them a better start to the next four years. Link Crew helps the freshmen feel comfortable with other students instead of always looking up to a staff member. A Link Crew Leader consists of juniors and seniors that set goals to be mentors for the in-coming class. Link Crew leaders are assigned a group of freshmen and that is their seminar class for the entire school year. Many high schools around the country, and middle schools, have Link Crew that connect outside the classroom at social events to increase student engagements and promote positive school climate. Leaders also

connect with their group of freshmen on an indi-vidual basis via the app Remind. The advisors of Link Crew are Ms. Re-ith, Ms. Youmans, and Ms. Thomas. They have been to training sessions to prepare the student leaders for upcoming activities with the fresh-men. Over the summer, these leaders were trained by working in groups and getting out of their comfort zone. Training continues throughout the school year so the ninth graders and their lead-ers can interact and stay updated on social events outside of school. Although fresh-men may have been hesi-tant, the enthousiasm that the Link Crew leaders and advisors demonstrate will have a positive im-pact on these students for the next four years. The freshmen and the leaders are LINKED!

Hamtramck High School’s Medical Clinic

Did you know that our high school has a medical clinic staffed with a nurse practitioner, medical assis-tant, and a social worker. Ms. Sarkesian is a registered nurse and she oversees the clinic. We also have a medial director from Children’s Hos-pital of Michigan, Dr. Ghada Harsouni.

In 1999, the Ham-tramck school district wel-comed refugees from Bosnia, Croatia, Bangladesh, and other foreign places. People became concerned about health care.

In June 2000, the

school district opened the Hamtramck Scool Based Health Center. Medical services and social services are offered so med-ical care could be provided to people who do not have insurance or a doctor.

The staff are em-ployed by the Children’s Hospital of Michigan by contract and came here with the partnership our clinic has with the Children’s Hospital.

Ms. Sarkesian went to Michigan State University for her undergraduate degree (BSN) and then finished at Wayne State University with

her graduate degree (MSN). Ms. Sarkesian graduated from Ferndale High School.Due to the economic prob-lems in Michigan, there was no funding for the clinic which limited the clinic hours. However, community grants came in to fund the clinic, and espepcially the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Founda-tion. (see picture below).

The clinic hours are:8:30-4:30Tuesday-Thursday.Every other Monday 8:30 -4:30Closed for lunch 12:00-1:30

By Kaleem Peguies

The Rainbow Connection

Mission Statement: The Rainbow Connection welcomes all lesbian, gay, bisexu-al, transgender, queer, questioning, and straight youth to come and talk about any issues concerning them. Listening is our main objective and members can bring up personal issues they are facing. By using one-on-one or group discussion, we hope to offer support, resources, and alternative outlets for emotion. Interested? See Ms. O’Donoghue in the counseling office for more information.

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Ms. Karpinski

Ms.Karpinski is a Hamtramck High School staff member in the morn-ing and a City Council member in the afternoon. She takes both jobs seri-ously to make sure that the citizens of Hamtramck are satisfied with choices made to improve the city. She won the recent Ham-tramck city-council election with the highest number of votes. Ms.Karpinski has been working at Ham-tramck High school for almost two years now with the passion to do more. Her involvement in local poli-tics came from her interest in government politics and her family’s background. Since she got out of high school, she has been work-ing with the city of Ham-tramck which allowed her to get more involved.

By Imad Kaid & Kareem Al-Garash

Some goals that she would like to see accomplished are:

lContinue to renovate Hamtramck’s parks.

lKeeping Hamtramck safe by supporitng the police and fire departments.

lFixing Hamtramck’s infrastructure and to rebuilt the crumbling streets and alleys.

lTo make Hamtramck a better place to live.Karpinski and her family live, work, and own busi-nesses in Hamtramck.

“Together we can build a Hamtramck for everyone.” said Karpinski.The election will be held on Tuesday, November 7.

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Gone too soon, in memory of Kathleen HanlonKathleen Jennifer Hanlon of St. Claire Shores, MI, born July 7th 1972, passed away suddenly in Detroit on January 2nd, 2018 at the age of 45.

Kathleen is survived by her son, Cameron Hanlon (girlfriend Renee Minch) and parents Wayne and Ellen Hanlon. Kathleen is prede-ceased by her mother Mary Haywood Col-by. Loving sister to Cheryle (Rick) and Kelli (Owen) Weber; loving aunt of Maris, Nolan, and Arden. She is also survived by many close friends (Sean Haywood), loving aunts, uncles, and cousins.

“Kathleen Hanlon provided tremendous sup-port to so many students and staff in so many ways. From professional favors to personal favors Kathleen always said yes. She truly will be missed. Hamtramck Public Schools has lost one of the most caring people that you ever will

come across. The school community was fortunate to have her for as long as we did.” said Mr. Niczay, Superin-tendent of Hamtramck Public Schools.

She was passionate in supporting youth in the Hamtramck community, dedicating her career to Hamtramck Schools for nearly 20 years. Kathleen most recently worked at Horizon High School, using her natural gift in mentoring students towards successfully graduating high school.RIP Kathleen, you will be missed.

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