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Allen 3rd-graders share with Japanese classmates via Skype
WITH VIDEO: Dave Corsa’s class did a videoconference with Okurayama Elementary School in Sapporo, Japan in the evening, when it was 8:30 a.m. for the Japanese children. […]
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Foundation grant brings Skyline physics students lessons in teamwork, project planning
Some 450 physics students at Skyline High Schooare taking part in Crash Test! one of 28 projects funded this fall by the AAPS Educational Foundation. […]
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Sweet message: Lawton class collects candy for troops overseas
Teri Fraley’s fourth-graders at Lawton Elementary collect 110 pounds of candy and donate it to military troops overseas. They not only used math, reading and art skills, but also got a lesson in giving. […]
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Ann Arbor high school students taking charge at Neutral Zone
The Neutral Zone is fueling its enterprises with youthful energy from local teens; one of them shares the story, as well as her thoughts about working at Red Beard Press. […]
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Abbot 5th-graders learn about how to live, work in mini-society
Jobs, money and real estate are now a part of everyday life in Tracy Barrett’s fifth-grade classroom mini-society at Abbot Elementary School. […]
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Huron sophomore goes bald as tribute to children with cancer
Jamie Hibbs, a sophomore at Huron High School, was inspired to donate her head of blonde, wavy hair for cancer research. […]
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School Bells: ‘Taste of Asia’, PTSO book fair hosted at Logan
WITH SLIDE SHOW: A series of briefs from around the Ann Arbor Public Schools and area including: Community High class runs through Hell, Huron students earn music honors, among others. […]
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Ed Foundation adds world language to funding list
The AAPS Educational Foundation will again fund the district’s elementary world language partnership with U-M this year, bringing the foundation’s total to $230,000 for major projects funded in the district this fall. […]
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School Bells: Black college tour, pancake dinner, free concert for students, young playwrights highlighted
Historically black college tour info meetings this week, student builder’s pancake dinner Nov. 30, free Michigan Pops concert for students Nov. 21, 1-act play festival involves student playwrights. […]
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AAPSEF funds $123,000 in ‘Initiatives for Excellence’ grants
The AAPS Educational Foundation has funded Elementary Enrichment, Environmental Science, fifth-grade music and testing assessment programs plus 28 teacher grants for 2010-11. And more are being considered. […]