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Students have collected and sorted thousands of bottle caps for the project.

Climate Action Team Heads Coalition to Build Rainbow, Raise Awareness

Samah Khan, Staff Writer May 25, 2021

The BHS Climate Action Team, together with the MAC Scholars, the GSA and the CEC Club are currently working together to “build a rainbow” made from plastic bottle caps and lids.  “Actually, our...

Junior Carrington Peavy addresses the school at the black history month assembly on Feb. 21.

MAC Scholars Honor Black History Month

Vivian Li, Editor-in-Chief March 15, 2020

BHS held a Black History Month assembly on February 21. The assembly was conducted by the Minority Achievement Committee (MAC) Scholars, who aimed to initiate a student-led conversation and welcome...

MAC Scholars Exec Board member Mia Knight discussed the Bloody Sunday clip from Selma.

MAC Scholars Bring History to Life Through Film

Michal Becker, Staff Writer February 28, 2017

The Multicultural Achievement Committee (MAC) Scholars organized the Black History Month assembly for the afternoon of Feb. 24. The goal was to raise awareness about transformative events in African...

The MAC Scholars film series continues on Nov. 19 with a screening of Race, directed by Stephen Hopkins. Image source: focusfeatures.com/race.

MAC Scholars Kick Off Film Series Focusing on Civil Rights

Ofek Hyer, Staff Writer November 10, 2016

Over a hundred people filled the BHS auditorium on Oct. 29 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.  They had come to watch the 2014 film Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay. The MAC Scholars club hosted the event, the...

East Clevelands Shaw High School band  blew the crowd away with an impressive, HBCU-style performance featuring spirited drums and dancing. Photo by Bradford Douglas.

MAC Scholars Honor HBCUs at Black History Month Assembly

Dalia Zullig, Online Editor-in-Chief February 22, 2016

The Multicultural Achievement Committee (MAC) Scholars hosted this year’s Black History Month assembly on the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 19. This hour-long assembly focused on Historically Black Colleges...

“People have the tendency to take something that’s ugly and frame it as something beautiful...But we must ask ourselves, ‘Is the N-word really worth it?’”
-Senior Maya Gaines-Smith.
Photo by Bradford Douglas.

MAC Scholars Ask Students to Reconsider Use of N-Word

John Li, Staff Writer March 24, 2015
“It’s derived from the latin word ‘niger' ...It has been employed to show contempt for blacks as an inferior race.” -Social Studies Teacher Greg Deegan
MAC Scholars Address Achievement Gap

MAC Scholars Address Achievement Gap

Dalia Zullig, Staff Writer December 19, 2013

The Minority Achievement Committee (MAC) meets every other Wednesday after school in social studies teacher Greg Deegan’s classroom.  According to Deegan, one of the main goals is to improve academic...

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