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Month: March 2012

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Logan Elementary donates over 5,000 books to the Philippines, gets special thanks from Mayor John Hieftje

March 30, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Over the course of just three weeks this month, Logan Elementary students gathered 5,297 books to be donated to an orphanage in the Philippines. Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje visited the school […]

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Fontomfrom Drum & Dance performs at Carpenter

March 30, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Roy Barrack and the Fontomfrom Drum & Dance Ensemble performed at Carpenter Elementary school Friday, March 30.

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Bagel sale donates $1,000 to Carpenter Reads

March 30, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Carpenter Reads is a PTO-sponsored program that gives away 3 books to each Carpenter student every year. Today, it got a donation from an unusual source: the weekly bagel sale, held in Marilyn Freeman’s fourth […]

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Photos: AAPS celebrates March Reading Month

March 30, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Swinging hula dancers, a reading dog, and live storytelling from world-famous authors: our schools sure know how to make March Reading Month interesting. But even though the month was filled with fun activities, there was […]

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Patricia Polacco shares stories from her childhood

March 28, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh It should be no surprise that world-famous children’s author and illustrator Patricia Polacco comes from a long line of storytellers. The author and artist, who visited Burns Park Elementary today to celebrate […]

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Dr. Green reads to kindergarten class, celebrates Reading Month

March 27, 2012 AAPS News Editor

A Northside Elementary class celebrated March Reading Month with a special guest today: Dr. Patricia Green, AAPS Superintendent. Dr. Green read “How Big Is the World?” by Britta Teckentrup to Janice Smith’s kindergarteners, who just […]

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Huron biology students see ‘Birds of Prey’

March 26, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Thanks to funds from an Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation Idea Grant and the Huron PTO, all Huron High School biology students saw a live “Birds of Prey” presentation Friday, March 23. Sarah Gilmore […]

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Forsythe sixth graders take third place in Knowledge Master Open

March 23, 2012 AAPS News Editor

A team of 18 sixth graders from Forsythe finished third in Michigan out of 12 teams in the Knowledge Master Open competition held on March 21, 2012.  The KMO is a national knowledge contest that […]

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Fresh and cool: Young rapper ‘MubbiMan’ keeps it positive

March 23, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Listen up, music moguls: MubbiMan is in the house. MubbiMan is the stage name of Abbot Elementary fifth grader Mubarak. Just ten years old, and having worked on his craft for less […]

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Author Hope Vesterglaad to Bach Elementary students: Keep your eyes and ears open

March 22, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Author Hope Vesterglaad has written several children’s books, including “Potty Animals.” She returned to Bach Elementary, which she attended from 2nd to 6th grade, to talk about her books with kindergarteners and […]

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