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Saffia Tiba, News Editor • January 17, 2020

As the holiday season is coming up, many students are getting ready for their various religious holidays. Everyone hears about different religious...

Black Friday brings out student shoppers looking for deals

Saffia Tiba, News Editor • December 3, 2019

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, but some students like Pioneer junior, Ivan Davila, are looking forward to the good deals the day after,...

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A new schedule for advisory has been approved. Sta

A new schedule for advisory has been approved. Starting next week, advisories will only be on Mondays and Fridays!

Go read Rachel Lewis’ story on how the Pioneer T

Go read Rachel Lewis’ story on how the Pioneer Theatre Guild has been continuing their works in the virtual setting! Link in bio

“Our position on teaching during this pandemic h

“Our position on teaching during this pandemic has always been to prioritize the health and safety of our students and staff by remaining in a remote virtual instructional model, until science and data determine that it is safe to return to in person instruction,” said Klein.

Read Ari Jacob’s article about the district approval of new metrics in order for schools to return to in-school instruction. Link in bio.

SAT EXAMS DATES ARE CONFIRMED! Lowder has sent out

SAT EXAMS DATES ARE CONFIRMED! Lowder has sent out an email out this morning to parents confirming the dates and including the forms. Deadline is Friday, September 18th at noon.
SLIDE FOR THE DATES FOR SENIORS AND JUNIORS. Student will be split based on how many students register for exams.

Pioneer’s Student Council is still on this year.

Pioneer’s Student Council is still on this year. Applications can be found on their account’s bio @piostudentcouncil Students of all grades, including freshmen, are eligible to apply and the form will close next Friday, Sep 25th. Details are specified in their recent post.

A total of 99 seniors in the Washtenaw County were

A total of 99 seniors in the Washtenaw County were named 2021 National Merit Semifinalists from the prescreening SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test from 2019. Of those, 20 were Pioneer students who were amongst the highest-scoring entrants of Michigan, “representing less than 1% of high school seniors in the United States” as said by MLive. Congratulations to all those who tested!

Email Ms Vanderzee to get on the waitlist for a ye

Email Ms Vanderzee to get on the waitlist for a yearbook if you haven’t ordered one already!

Read the Pioneer Optimist for an update on today’s cancellation of the Pep Rally. Link in Bio‼️

Update to ‘Title IX complaint filed against Comm

Update to ‘Title IX complaint filed against Community High School administration’. Link in bio

Read the Pioneer Optimist story on the Title IX co

Read the Pioneer Optimist story on the Title IX complaint against Community High School‼️Link in Bio

The Washtenaw Youth Initiative, a local student-le

The Washtenaw Youth Initiative, a local student-led group advocating for gun reform, is hosting “WY1 Year Later,”. This event will commemorate the anniversary of the 2018 national school walkouts. Washtenaw County students will attest to their personal experience, the history of student protest, and the public health crisis of gun violence in America. Members of local and state politics, such as Debbie Dingell and Yousef Rabhi, will also speak. Come support the movement to end gun violence on Saturday from 2-3 PM at the Liberty Plaza. Visit their website, https://washtenawyouthinitiative.wordpress.com/, or the Washtenaw Youth Instagram and Twitter to learn more!

Writer of the Week‼️ Sophomore Dan(iel) Hathaw

Writer of the Week‼️ Sophomore Dan(iel) Hathaway:
My name is Daniel Hathaway and this is my first year as a staff writer. Funnily enough, I took Journalism on accident during my freshman year, and I was going to switch out. However after spending a few days in the class, I completely changed my mind. I really started to like writing, and I knew pretty fast that I wanted to join the paper. It is incredibly fun and rewarding to see your work and your ideas in print for others to read. That’s why I like editorials and cartoons. It’s satisfying to see my opinions in ink, especially when they are important to me. I’ve only been on the paper a few months, but it’s really fun, the work is rewarding, and the other writers are ridiculously kind and accepting. I can’t imagine a better service than writing stories about the weird world we live in.

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