Pioneer Community,

What a PHENOMENAL week at Pioneer! The week was capped off by a fantastic Black History Month assembly and followed up on Saturday with a State Championship from our Pioneer Men's Swim Team AND a State Championship from our Pioneer Synchronized Swim Team! The momentum continues this week with many great events at Pioneer.

Starting Tuesday, March 14 the Math Department will host their annual Pi Day competition! Students can go to room C327 and write down as many digits of Pi. The Pioneer record is 1285! The top 3 students will win a prize :) Tuesday is also Tunesday during the Pioneer Announcements led by ACTION! It is a classroom competition and the winning class gets a prize!

On Wednesday, March 15 during club lunch the Pioneer Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Council will host the 2nd Annual Culture Day to celebrate. We encourage students to dress in their best cultural attire on Wednesday.

On Thursday the Pioneer Choirs will host Choral Cavalcade with Slauson Middle School. Friday the Pioneer BSU will host a St. Patrick's Day Dance from 9pm - Midnight in the Pioneer Cafeteria. On Saturday the Pioneer Bands will host the Bands in Review at Pioneer beginning at 7pm.

Have a great week Pioneer!

For Pioneer Public Events please CLICK HERE to register for the google calendar.

Pioneer Leadership Team

Ms. Britton, Dr. Hyliard, Ms. Claar, Mr. Hudson, Ms. Bullinger

Interim Principal - Ms. Britton - brittona@aaps.k12.mi.us

9th & 11th Grade - Dr. Hyliard - hyliardd@aaps.k12.mi.us

Athletic Director - Ms. Claar - claar@aaps.k12.mi.us

10th & 12th Grade - Mr. Hudson - hudsonk@aaps.k12.mi.us

9th Grade Dean - Ms. Bullinger - bullinge@aaps.k12.mi.us

3/14 - Pi Day Competition starts

3/15 - Culture Day during Club Lunch

3/16 - Choral Cavalcade @ Pioneer

3/17 - BSU hosting a dance at Pioneer from 9pm - Midnight

3/18 - Bands in Review @ Pioneer

Pioneer High School Sophomores Allison Arrieta, Lauren Fortini, Isabel Rivera and Skyline Sophomores Addie Godfrey and Kellan Spence, along with their Edge All Stars dance team from Dancer’s Edge studio placed 3rd in the nation for their division in Pom and 5th in Hip Hop at the UDA (Universal Dance Association) National Dance Team Competition in Orlando, Florida. This is the All Stars’ third season and second time competing at Nationals. They earned their invitation and qualification to compete while performing at a UDA camp where Lauren Fortini was awarded All-American dancer.

The Bon Voyage Committee is seeking sponsors for this amazing event for our seniors! If you own, work for or know of a local business or organization that might want to support the party that keeps our seniors safe on graduation night, please contact Jenny Silva at jennysilva3@hotmail.com.

Follow the PTSO Facebook page and/or Instagram account to stay up-to-date on Bon Voyage and all things Pioneer.

The following MME exams will be given to ALL Pioneer Students in 9th - 11th Grades. All students are registered.

*SAT w/essay - 4/12/23 - Class of 2024

*ACT WorkKeys+ - 4/13/23 - Class of 2024

*M-STEP - Dates TBD - Class of 2024

PSAT 10 - 4/12/23 - Class of 2025

PSAT 9 - 4/13/23 - Class of 2026

*Graduation Requirement

Questions? Email Dr. Hyliard - hyliardd@aaps.k12.mi.us

Reminders: Where to find resources for students and families

1. Community Resources webpage: a2schools.org/communityresources. We update this page regularly with new resources. Feel free to share with families!
2. Community Resources email: dst_community_resources@aaps.k12.mi.us. Any staff person can use this email if you have a question about where to find a resource for a student or family in the community.

Social Service and Partner Resources

• Have a family or student in need of food? Check Food Gatherers!
• Food Gatherers is the hub for food resources. Families and staff can call their office for help with food needs. FG can help connect families to food pantries and/or provide emergency food kits. foodgatherers.org/foodresources/ “FIND FOOD”
• Does a student need medical or mental health services? Try RAHS
• The RAHS Clinics, located at Pioneer, Pathways and Scarlett, are open and available to ANY student, not just those who attend those schools.
• RAHS can help families and students who are under insured or have no insurance.
• Some services RAHS offers: Nutrition Services, Vision/Dental, Confidential Mental Health Services and Psychotherapy.
• See flyers for details: Pathways, Pioneer, Scarlett.
• Questions about RAHS? Staff can reach out to AAPS Health and Wellbeing Coordinator Elyse Bairley: bairley@aaps.k12.mi.us
• Have a family who needs help completing online applications for SNAP, medical benefits or other assistance?
• You can send them to the U-M Public Benefits Advocacy Project.
• Flyer here.
• Have a Grandparent or other relative raising a Grandchild?
• Please share this information with them: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.

The ACTION Leadership group at Pioneer is open to all club leaders or students that want to positively impact the Pioneer community. ACTION stands for All Connecting To Improve Our Neighborhoods. If you have a neighborhood event that needs student support please contact Dr. Hyliard - hyliardd@aaps.k12.mi.us.

Upperclassmen Leadership Meeting is every Tuesday during early lunch in C311.

COUNSELING WEBPAGE - CLICK HERE


*Please report to the Counseling Office if you have a gap in your schedule, you have a class that you have already had, or you have a class scheduled twice.

*Please DO NOT report to the Counseling Office during the week of 8/29/22 for course requests. Counselors are handling all changes via the electronic form linked above.

Please see Pioneer Contact lists for the upcoming school year. Teams are still looking for athletes, please reach out to the coach of your interest.