YPSILANTI COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

YPSILANTI, MI -- The gymnasium energy was electric during the basketball doubleheader at Ypsilanti Community High School. Both the girls and boys Pinckney Pirates defeated the Grizzlies on Tuesday, Jan. 24. 19 See photos as Pinckney defeats Ypsilanti in a girls basketball gameCheck out the photos from both games in the galleries above. More from the Ann Arbor News:See 32 photos as Lake Fenton girls beat No. 1-ranked Ypsilanti Arbor PrepAnn Arbor basketball highlights: Lincoln’s Brianna Clark dazzles with 39 points in lopsided winHere’s how the girls basketball statewide Top 25 did this past week

YPSILANTI, MI -- Ypsilanti’s colorful celebration of weird, wild and wonderful luminary art returned to the city’s downtown Friday night, bringing a parade, dance party and drag show to Washington Street. Like at FoolMoon, guests are encouraged to wear glow-in-the-dark or light-up costumes and make and carry glowing luminary puppets. YpsiGLOW returned from a one-year COVID hiatus in 2021, but 2022 marks the return of the downtown dance party and the luminary workshops at which participants learn how to create the glowing puppets used in the parade. Interactive art installations included a glowing galactic-themed botanical garden, a miniature maze and a luminary alien that mirrored guests’ dance moves. The Ypsilanti Community High School choir began the night’s onstage performances, and Boylesque Michigan performed a glowed-up drag show before DJ Nitro took the stage to lead the dance party.

YPSILANTI, MI - Ypsilanti Community Schools has selected a veteran educator with a variety of experiences in the K-12 world as its next principal of Ypsilanti Community High School. The district announced Saturday, July 16, that Chelsea Harris-Hugan will transition from leading YCS’ Achieving Career & College Education program to the principal job. Harris-Hugan replaces Cory Gildersleeve, who recently took the job as principal of Wayne Memorial High School in the Wayne-Westland Community Schools district. Gildersleeve was appointed high school principal after being promoted from assistant principal to interim principal in November 2016. READ MORE:Ypsilanti Community Schools voters pass non-homestead millageFree ice cream helps Ypsilanti schools connect with families during summer vacationWashtenaw County schools lay out budget projections for next year

EMU's TRiO Upward Bound program has received a five-year grant renewal.

YPSILANTI, MI - Ypsilanti Community Schools is looking to fill a number of jobs during a career fair Thursday, May 12. The career fair is set for 3 to 6 p.m. at Ypsilanti Community High School, with the district looking to hire qualified teachers, paraprofessionals, social workers, transportation and food service staff. Ypsilanti Community Schools currently has job postings for 98 positions. For more information about the career fair, please visit www.ycschools.us, or contact Sue McCarty, YCS human resources director, at smccarty3@ycschools.us. READ MORE:Ypsilanti Community Schools voters pass non-homestead millage‘We’re diving in the water with them.’ How a Michigan school is boosting literacyYpsilanti students prepare Jamaican jerk chicken for astronauts in NASA culinary competition

Young, Ypsilanti-based artists will ask tough questions and explore the themes of gentrification, community and housing justice on May 14 and 15.

YPSILANTI, MI - A group of Ypsilanti Community High School students have been tinkering with a menu fit for astronauts that they’ll put to the test during an upcoming culinary challenge hosted by NASA. The Astronaut Culinary Challenge develops food items for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station from a general theme idea. The result is a menu comprised of Jamaican jerk pulled chicken in a tamale with a curry and pineapple salsa, served with roasted vegetables. All funds raised will go directly to the RCTC NASA HUNCH Culinary Arts team. The menu is based on what will be served at the NASA Johnson Space Center Food Lab.

This week, we’re bragging about athlete and scholar Nyla Hood: A senior at Ypsilanti Community High School who is ranked in the top 10 of her entire class.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Additional Washtenaw County schools have canceled classes or moved to remote learning Friday, Dec. 3, due to threatening social media posts that have circulated following the tragedy at Oxford High School. Ypsilanti Community Schools and Dexter Community Schools said threats have been isolated to the high school in messages to families, while YCS and WIHA/WIMA noted threats they’ve received have not been deemed credible. “Just this morning, the WSA collectively met with the police chiefs of Washtenaw County and the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office,” the letter states. “Every threat, no matter how big or small, is illegal and investigated by schools and law enforcement. READ MORE:Ann Arbor Public Schools cancels classes due to social media threats Friday, Dec. 3Washtenaw County schools see social media threat, demonstrations after Oxford High School shootingFour dead, terrorism charges, video evidence: The latest on the Oxford High School shooting

YPSILANTI, MI - Standing before a room of Ypsilanti Community High School student-athletes, former NFL quarterback Michael Vick asked his audience what they thought of a highlight reel of him playing on the projector behind them. “Does it look like Lamar Jackson, or does Lamar Jackson look like me?” the former Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback joked, as students cheered inside the high school’s auditorium Thursday, Dec. 2.

The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra recently donated numerous music supplies to the student band at Ypsilanti Community High School.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - On Dec. 7, teen artist-activists will perform a multigenre production of poetry, film, music and theater at Ypsilanti High School. Hosted by the Neutral Zone, "Staying Power: Concrete, Not Wood," has been jointly created by youth from Ypsilanti, Michigan and Richmond, California. By notifying people on this problem staying power acts at the first step to change the problem." Tickets can be bought in advance at the Neutral Zone or at the door the day of the performance. Photo | Jamie ChiuAbout the Neutral ZoneThe Neutral Zone is a diverse, youth-driven teen center dedicated to promoting personal growth through artistic expression, community leadership, and the exchange of ideas.