AAPS News Editor

Huron freshman’s T-shirts bring hope, dollars to friends in Japan

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

Andy Hsiao created a shirt with a “Fight on, Japan!” message, which became a hot item sold throughout the Ann Arbor community. He sold 443 shirts, raising nearly $2,500 for the Rotary Japan Disaster Recovery Fund.

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Survey on coyote sightings sets the pace for Skyline biology conference

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

Coyotes were a featured presentation during the school’s first Conference on Evolution of Michigan Wildlife, a project of the ninth-grade ACIS I Biology classes.

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Agrarian Adventure, Chartwells, bring garden produce to cafeterias

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

Seventh-graders harvested produce last week that was cleaned and served in the district’s middle school cafeterias. The pilot project is the first of its kind in Ann Arbor and may be repeated in the fall.

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Cancer survivor continues push to raise money for research

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

AAPS employee Amy McConnell will walk with a district team in this year’s Relay for Life Ann Arbor. The event will feature more than 400 walkers in the 24-hour relay on June 25 at Washtenaw Community College.

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Abbot 5th-graders learn about dissection from surgeon

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

Abbot Elementary fifth-graders took part in deer heart and lungs dissection with a local doctor to supplement their study of the human circulatory and respiratory systems.

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Google donates 35 classroom Chromebooks to AAPS

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

The notebooks, which run on the Chrome operating system and use the Chrome web browser, have been tried out over the past few weeks in classrooms at Skyline High School and Ann Arbor Open @ Mack.

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Red carpet treatment: Logan ‘Oscars’ laud students for being team players

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

Logan Elementary School teacher Emily Fairless thanks her third-graders with a special “Oscar Night” ceremony with food, fun and families.

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School Bells: Monday is registration for free, summer GED classes

June 13, 2011 AAPS News Editor

A series of briefs from around the district, including: WAY Washtenaw meeting June 14, Kiwanians give scholarships, One Million Reasons foundation fundraiser under way, Carpenter Girl Scouts donate to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and more.

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Funeral scheduled for Scarlett teacher and coach, James Bryant

June 11, 2011 AAPS News Editor

Visitation will be noon to 8 p.m. Monday, June 13 at C & H Community Home for Funerals, Ypsilanti, with a Homegoing Service scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 at Second Baptist Church, Ypsilanti.

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School Bells: Pioneer hosts the WESO Wizards June 11

June 7, 2011 AAPS News Editor

A series of briefs from around the Ann Arbor Public Schools, including: The Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad is Saturday; Friday night highlights a Youth for Understanding variety show at Tappan.

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