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Local cartoonist teaches Bach students about storytelling

March 15, 2012 AAPS News Editor

–By Tara Cavanaugh Bach Elementary students learned what gives comics their zip, boom and pow during a mini-lesson in the art of comic strip making yesterday. Local graphic novel author and artist Jerzy Drozd taught […]

Navy Band plays to full house at Pioneer High School

March 11, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh The U.S. Navy Band, widely considered one of the best in the world, honored Pioneer High School with a free two-hour performance to a full house on Saturday, March 10.

Sparking the love of language

March 7, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Twice a week, third and fourth grade classrooms at AAPS elementary schools make a transformation that changes everything: no English is allowed. Only Spanish. The transformation is part of an educational partnership […]

AAPS educators talk technology

March 2, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh An anonymous survey was conducted in January 2012 to learn what teachers, media specialists and principals think of the current technology available in the district.

Redefining fundraising: PTO Thrift Shop profits create cash for AAPS

February 29, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh On the south side of town, tucked away on South Industrial Highway, rests a little thrift shop that is nearly a million-dollar enterprise. Blink and you’ll miss it. The shop looks like […]

State School Board member visits Slauson Middle School for NAAPID

February 16, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Daniel Varner, a member of the State School Board and executive director of Excellent Schools Detroit, visited Slauson Middle School for National African American Parent Involvement Day Feb. 13.

Students think big at Forysthe Science Fair (with photo slideshow)

February 13, 2012 AAPS News Editor

–By Tara Cavanaugh Forsythe Middle School science teacher Dan Ezekiel isn’t sure if the school’s annual science fair really is the biggest one in the state, but he calls it that anyway: “No one’s corrected […]

Spanish-speaking students learn English with help of in-class translators

February 8, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Spanish Language Internship Program tutor Victora Reackhoff translates for seventh grader Brian in his science class at Slauson Middle School. SLIP tutors are University of Michigan students who provide in-class translation for AAPS students who […]

Making math fun: Volunteer tutors help students build confidence, strategizing skills at Abbot Elementary

February 6, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Sometimes, a little extra attention can go a long way. In a 6-week pilot program, volunteers from Comerica Bank and Google have been playing math games with fourth and fifth grade students […]

Pioneer special education students participate in Special Olympics Winter Games

February 1, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service Next week, nine Pioneer High School students are going on the trip of a lifetime: they’re competing in the Olympics.