AAPS News Editor

Students excited about learning English in ESL class

December 14, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Registration begins in January for winter semester of English as a Second Language program in The Ann Arbor Public Schools. Many cultures and languages are represented in the program.

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Nurse featured in MEA magazine

December 1, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Public Schools nurse Laurelle Brennan is featured in the current edition of the MEA Voice magazine in a cover story about the H1N1 virus.

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Partnership with U-M brings language to 3rd-graders

November 30, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Third-graders in all 21 Ann Arbor elementary schools are saying “hola!” this fall to learning Spanish thanks to a partnership with the University of Michigan.

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Building trades program teaches skills, leadership

November 30, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Now in its 40th year, Ann Arbor’s student building trades program has taught hundreds and given $100,000 in community scholarships.

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Community rallies for building scholarship money

November 30, 2009 AAPS News Editor

A team of 70 community professionals is working to raise scholarship money for the Ann Arbor Student Building Industry Program, which trains young people for the building trades.

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Young students get a magical lesson

November 30, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Kathleen Wright and her illustrator husband, Jonathan, tie their love of Ann Arbor’s fairy doors into kindergarten lesson plans.

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Budget information sessions scheduled

November 30, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Information sessions have been scheduled in January to discuss proposed school district budget cuts and and seek input and ideas from the public.

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‘Communicator’ wins top award, online edition updated

November 23, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Community High School’s newsmagazine The Communicator wins a Pacemaker award, new online edition launched.

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In Ann Arbor, outdoors becomes classroom for kids

November 16, 2009 AAPS News Editor

In addition to their traditional classrooms, elementary school students in Ann Arbor get a peek at the outdoors as part of their lessons. The Environmental Education program has been in place since 1959.

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Pioneer AP students get real life writing experience

November 16, 2009 AAPS News Editor

Pioneer AP literature students have been challenged to write product descriptions that will be used for Zingerman’s mail order business.

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