With AP testing coming up in May, many students are beginning to study. Depending on the college, passing can mean college credit. These exams may seem intimidating, but with proper preparation and studying,...
This article is part of a Skyline Post series on the 2024-25 AAPS Budget Cuts. For our previous story, click here.
On March 22, Ann Arbor Public Schools interim superintendent Jazz Parks released a...
During a school board meeting on March 13, 2024, interim superintendent Jazz Parks announced that the district is facing $25 million budget cuts for the 2024-2025 school year.
While the details on these...
As the second trimester came to an end, seniors began to receive letters from numerous universities, with a mixture of positive and negative responses. Even though people always hope for the best, college...
This year, the new Skyline Tardy Committee has implemented a four-tier tardy policy in hopes of helping motivate students to get to class on time. The policy includes letters home, community service, detention,...
Michigan’s winter snowstorms and icy showers often force schools to cancel due to dangerous conditions. Skyline used four of its snow days during the weeks following winter break, bringing students and...
On Jan. 8, 2024, Skyline High School implemented a new policy: the morning announcements moved from the beginning of second hour to the end, at 10:25 a.m.
Staff and students have very different opinions...
The Skyline choir director Lindsay CieChanski (pronounced “see-chan-ski”) has been named the 2023 DTE Energy Foundation Educator of the Year by the University Musical Society (UMS). This award is given...
One unique aspect of Skyline’s curriculum is the option to join one of four magnet programs: specialized courses that focus on different fields of interest. Students can be a part of Business Marketing...
On March 2, 2024, the mock trial team will drive to the Monroe County Courthouse to compete in this year’s regionals, with students playing the roles of attorneys and witnesses. “At the competition,...
The 2023-2024 school year is flying by quickly, and course selection is here! Journalism is a great elective option for all students. Signing up for journalism is easy: just add the class in PowerSchool!
We...
As the air gets colder and the nights get shorter, the infamous Michigan winter brings puffy coats, fleece-lined boots, and icy roads. As some Skyline students drive to school, the danger of driving...
Michigan is home to 8,000 homeless people. According to 24/7 Wall St, 11% of these people don’t have access to any type of shelter during the winter, including homeless shelters. Skyline’s Naptime...
“I had a pretty normal childhood,” said Rosa IIdecinda Montalvo. Now the sous chef at the downtown Ann Arbor restaurant, Isalita Cantina Mexicana, Montalvo was born in Iglesia Vieja, a small town in...
In the weeks before winter break, Skyline’s Black Student Union (BSU) and the Rising Scholars programs held their third annual donation drive to benefit Save Our Souls Community Services (SOS).
This...
The week of Jan. 22 marks Skyline’s annual WinterFest celebration. Skyline’s Student Action Senate (SAS) planned this year's festivities, which include a week of spirit days leading up to a pep rally...
Monday 12/18: Holiday PJ Day, Cozy Blankets, Slippers, and Stuffed Animals
Tuesday 12/19: Bundle Up Day or Winter Sports Day
Wednesday 12/20: Holiday Accessory Day
Thursday 12/21: Sparkle Like...
With Washtenaw County under a winter weather advisory, AAPS has moved to dismiss all schools, including Skyline at 2 p.m. “[We] will dismiss early today to ensure a timely arrival home for students and...
Editor's note: this is an opinion piece
If you’re looking for more flexibility in your schedule or fewer in-person class hours, online school could be the solution for you. Ann Arbor Public Schools...
RISE to Win is a national nonprofit organization that educates and empowers the sports community to eliminate racial discrimination, champion social justice and improve race relations.
“We work...
The free lunch program is being offered for every student in the State of Michigan during the 2023-2024 school year.
So far, there is not much information about this program extending to the 2024-2025...
Aerospace Club for Engineering and Science (ACES) meeting information: Thursdays after school in Mr. Greene’s Room (C317)
“It's basically what the name suggests. Usually, on a day-to-day basis,...
Huron, Pioneer, and Community all have semesters. Skyline does not. Since the school's opening 15 years ago, Skyline has been on a trimester schedule along with K-8 school A2 Steam.
“There was a team...
Skyline High School is the newest high school in Ann Arbor Public Schools, having opened in 2008. Luckily for us, a group of the first 400 freshmen was in charge of giving the school its identity.
“If...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends schools start at 8:30 a.m. or later to allow time for sufficient sleep. Schools that start at 8:30 or later have found that up to 60% of their students get...
As of the 2023-24 school year, Skyline students are no longer allowed to submit announcements for the daily announcements read over the public address system at the start of the second hour.
“The...
There are many purposes of Skyline’s murals: they brighten up the hallway, are powerful to see, and they express people’s creativity and thinking. The murals are made by many different organizations...
There are currently 74 clubs at Skyline, most started by students who have now graduated. Have you ever wondered how to start your own club, but you didn't know how? Luckily, Skyline has many opportunities...
*Cough cough.* This sound has been a harbinger of sickness since 2020. Only recently have tensions regarding this sharp expelling of air diminished. However, COVID-19 cases continue to rise, and now they’re...
For many students, “Friday Night Lights” means dressing up in theme and heading to Skyline Stadium to cheer on the Eagles as they bravely take on whichever team they’re playing. Fans flaunt cowboy...
