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Skyline hosts first annual A Cappella-palooza (with audio slideshow)

January 19, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service More than 200 high school students sang at an “A Cappella-palooza,” held at Skyline High School on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The students were part of 14 a cappella groups […]

Two Skyline students win outstanding achievement award

January 18, 2012 AAPS News Editor

The Breakfast Optimist Club of Ann Arbor gave two Skyline High School juniors, Olivia Thorp and Sarath Anand, the Harold Eastman Outstanding Youth Award last month.

Thurston fifth graders donate homemade pillowcases to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

January 17, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service Sometimes, making a difference is as easy as making a pillowcase. That’s what Mrs. Sheryl Pokela’s class of fifth graders at Thurston Elementary learned last month. For a […]

Forget losing weight—instead, get healthy

January 17, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service Pete Thomas knows a few things about losing weight. Thomas won $100,000 after being a contestant in the 2005 season of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” a reality show dedicated […]

Lawton Elementary hosts special guests for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration

January 16, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service Special guests at Lawton Elementary’s Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration brought history to life on Friday, Jan. 13.

Dodgeball tournament returns Jan. 21

January 12, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Dodgeball lovers unite! The Skyline rowing team’s dodgeball tournament returns this year on Saturday, Jan. 21.

Skyline Service Fair showcases volunteer opportunities

January 12, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Seventeen service organizations set up booths at Skyline High School yesterday to take part in the school’s first-ever Service Fair.

10 AAPS teachers awarded grants for professional development

January 11, 2012 AAPS News Editor

The Gordon Group Agency of MEEMIC Insurance awarded $3,000 to support professional development for 10 AAPS teachers. Each teacher’s $300 stipend helps cover conference costs, travel and lodging.

Around the world in 18 classrooms

January 11, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Open’s annual Multicultural Fair is an international delight By Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service A family of four clutches their passports, fresh from India. Pairs of students consider Italy before deciding on Greece. […]

Incoming Superintendent Green has great expectations for the future

June 27, 2011 AAPS News Editor

“Ann Arbor is a special place and I am enormously proud to join its heritage of excellence,” says Ann Arbor’s incoming superintendent who begins on July 1. She writes an introductory letter here and a brief article offers background about Green.

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