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VIDEOS, PHOTOS: Carpenter celebrates 175th anniversary

April 29, 2013 AAPS News Editor

If you want to see a tight-knit community, just look at Carpenter Elementary. At the school’s 175th anniversary celebration on April 26, students, staff and visitors sang together. They danced together. They marched together to the beat of the Huron High School drum line.It was a community joyously in sync.

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PHOTOS: Bryant International Night dazzles with culture

April 24, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Bryant Elementary’s International Night on April 18 had it all. A fashion show featured dozens of students in traditional clothing that represented their cultures. Classrooms became interactive museums, with information and cultural artifacts filling the […]

JT Quon leads a youth yoga class at Slauson Middle School.

Rec&Ed’s Youth Yoga program shows kids love yoga too

April 10, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh An Northside third grader is crashing to the ground in a melodramatic fashion, splintering her voice like a lightning bolt. And she’s not going to get in trouble. Just the opposite: she’ll […]

Dicken fourth graders perform ‘Let’s Hear it for America’ by Carmino Rovosa

December 7, 2012 AAPS News Editor

[soundslides width=”475″ height =”413″ id=”8653″] By Tara Cavanaugh Fourth graders from Ms. Thomas, Mrs. Bankey, Mr. Michelson and Mr. Klein’s fourth grade classes performed a rousing tribute to America this week. Carmino Rovosa’s half hour […]

WCC teachers-in-training make math fun at Burns Park

November 15, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh At the Burns Park annual Math Carnival, everyone’s a winner. Washtenaw Community College education students practice giving math lessons. Burns Park students learn new concepts and practice old ones. And everyone gets […]

PHOTOS: Halloween parties, parades at AAPS

October 31, 2012 AAPS News Editor

The students were especially creative with their costumes this year. One kid even carried his own head in a jar!

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Eberwhite’s Woodchip Day: Building community, one pile at a time

October 19, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Woodchip Day is an annual tradition that involves the local neighborhoods and Eberwhite Elementary School.

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Blooming AAPS gardens buzz with life

July 18, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Many AAPS buildings have their own gardens, some which were born this spring. The blooming gardens, each as unique as their respective schools, boast everything from small basil plants to tall corn stalks –– and plenty of promise for fall harvest time.

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