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PHOTOS: Bryant International Night dazzles with culture

April 24, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Bryant Elementary’s International Night on April 18 had it all. A fashion show featured dozens of students in traditional clothing that represented their cultures. Classrooms became interactive museums, with information and cultural artifacts filling the […]

Huron High School alum, and U.S. Marine Band clarinetist Jonathon Troy returned to the district for a Picnic Pop performance May 20, 2012. Troy also gave workshops with students at the high school.

NAMM Foundation names AAPS one of ‘Best Communities for Music Education’

April 19, 2013 AAPS News Editor

The NAMM Foundation has named the Ann Arbor Public Schools one of its “Best Communities for Music Education” this year, and it’s just one of three communities from Michigan to get the honor. NAMM, […]

The Mandarin Bridge from Ann Arbor to China

April 18, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Anne Gere Just back from a spring break trip to China, Holden Mass, a ninth grader at Pioneer High School, commented, “I was shocked by how many people there were; I knew there were […]

The Huron Players present Macbeth

April 16, 2013 AAPS News Editor

“Fair is foul and foul is fair” and nothing is as it seems. The victorious Macbeth chances upon three mysterious witches who offer an intriguing prophesy, tempting him with the promise of becoming King. Upon […]

AAPS Superintendent Dr. Patricia Green at the A2 Tech graduation ceremony in June 2012.

Superintendent Dr. Green to retire from AAPS

April 11, 2013 AAPS News Editor

We’re saddened to announce that Ann Arbor Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Patricia Green is retiring, effective at the end of this fiscal year, which ends June 30. Dr. Green sent out this letter to staff […]

College and Career Fair at Pioneer April 10, 2013

Pioneer holds 28th annual College and Career Fair

April 11, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Hundreds of colleges and organizations gathered in the Pioneer High School cafeteria for the school’s 28th annual College and Career Fair. The event attracts over 1,000 high school students, said Joyce Williams, one of the […]

JT Quon leads a youth yoga class at Slauson Middle School.

Rec&Ed’s Youth Yoga program shows kids love yoga too

April 10, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh An Northside third grader is crashing to the ground in a melodramatic fashion, splintering her voice like a lightning bolt. And she’s not going to get in trouble. Just the opposite: she’ll […]

Logan teacher makes breakfast fun

April 9, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Eating a healthy breakfast is important –– and it’s pretty easy, too! Logan Elementary teacher Emily Fairless led her third grade class in an interactive lesson that they won’t soon forget. The students learned about […]

Rep. Adam Zemke reads at Ann Arbor Open

April 8, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Rep. Adam Zemke reads to a class of first and second graders at Ann Arbor Open on March 22 as part of their celebration of Reading Month.

VIDEO: Famous Michiganders light up Lakewood wax museum

April 8, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Stevie Wonder. Lily Tomlin. Tom Brady. Did you know these people are all from Michigan? Famous Michiganders were the feature of a wax museum project courtesy of Kristal Verlee’s fourth grade class […]