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Sweet message: Lawton class collects candy for troops overseas

November 22, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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

November 22, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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

November 22, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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

November 22, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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

November 22, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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

November 19, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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

November 16, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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

November 11, 2010 AAPS News Editor

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.

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Community jazz combos take the stage at Keystone Underground

November 8, 2010 AAPS News Editor

Tonight, Nov. 8, The Community High School jazz combos Blue Truth and Standard Deviation will be welcomed by the Paul Keller Orchestra to the stage at the Keystone Underground in Ypsilanti as PKO’s special guest student band in the 2010-11 PKO Jazz Student Outreach Program.

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Ann Arbor moves ahead on search for new superintendent

November 8, 2010 AAPS News Editor

An application deadline of Jan. 25, 2011 has been set for those applying to be the new superintendent for the Ann Arbor Public Schools. The school board has said it will have a candidate in place before the next school year begins.

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