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Month: March 2013

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Community High Jazz musicians take home honors from Western Michigan University Jazz Invitational

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

The Community High Jazz combos “Supernova” and “A2 Blue” were selected as two of the five winning combos at the Western Michigan University Jazz Invitational on Saturday. Supernova took the top spot of the entire […]

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VIDEO: West African drumming, Tibetan dance and more at Allen’s Multicultural Dinner

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Allen Elementary’s Multicultural Dinner has evolved from a spaghetti dinner to a huge feast serving over 200 students and their families. This year’s dinner featured entertainment too, including West African drumming, Irish […]

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Squeamish Haisley scientists dissect squid

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Every year, Haisley fifth graders dissect squid. It’s a way to get them interested in life science, said teacher Jim Weindorf. The students, lead by pharamacologist and toxicologist Dr. Alan Brown, learned how to cut […]

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Pattengill’s Power Mondays provide career inspiration and more

March 19, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Mondays at Pattengill Elementary are about potential. That’s because the school’s Power Monday program provides students opportunities to interact with adults who are impacting the Ann Arbor community. The adults chat with […]

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AAPS School Garden Workshop helps gardeners network, share resources

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh  Calling all green thumbs! If you’re a volunteer at one of the school gardens, or you’d like to start one, the School Garden Workshop has assembled some networking and resource opportunities for […]

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AAPS website again earns high marks from Sunshine Review

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Sunshine Review is a non-profit organization that assesses state and local government transparency, evaluating the content of every state website and more than 60,000 local government websites. The AAPS website, a2schools.org, has won yet another […]

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AAPS graduate Jessica Francis Kane returns to Ann Arbor to read latest collection of short stories

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Jessica Francis Kane will be reading from her brand new collection of short stories, “This Close,” March 28 at 7 p.m. at Nicola’s Books. Kane attended Burns Park, Tappan and Pioneer. Her newest book is […]

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NAAPID at Night held at Ypsilanti’s Lincoln High School

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

NAAPID at Night was held  on March 12, 2013, 5:30-8:30p at Lincoln High School.  Poster contest winners were Maya Sudharsan, Kindergarten, Eberwhite, Blake Paul-McDonald, 2nd grade, Bryant, Amelia Holl, 4th grade, Eberwhite, and Sierra Dailey, […]

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Clague orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin named Yale Distinguished Music Educator

March 14, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin is going on a four-day, all-expenses paid trip to Yale this summer to attend its Symposium on Music in Schools. She’ll join the other 50 teachers, out of over 300 applicants, […]

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Gov. Snyder’s proposed education plan draws sharp criticism from Ann Arbor community at public forum

March 13, 2013 AAPS News Editor

  By Tara Cavanaugh Governor Rick Snyder’s proposed education plan went through the ringer at a public education forum Monday night at Pioneer that drew the attendance of lawmakers, teachers, administrators and community members. Among […]

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