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WITH VIDEO: Lakewood students researched their history and learned about life in a one-room schoolhouse, the times in the 1960s when their school first opened and they put together an all-encompassing assembly to showcase their work.

Lawton students get lessons in sustainability from local inventor

Itzik Henig showcases his mobile, solar-powered device for areas around the world that do not have modern amenities such as running water and power. The device generates electricity and purifies water.

Chinese language and culture the focus of Allen principal’s trip

WITH SLIDE SHOW: Joan Fitzgibbon visited a variety of schools in different parts of the country as part of a cultural exchange through the Confucius Institute at Michigan State University. She hopes to be a resource as the district looks ahead to possibly expand its foreign language offerings in the future.

4th-graders at Abbot do the math, raise money for St. Jude Hospital

Abbot teachers Annette Stojcevich and Cynthia Heusel help 23 of their students raise $720 for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Each participating student was challenged to complete 200 math problems, getting sponsorships from family and friends.

January 26, 2011 AAPS News Editor

Free student Jazz Mentoring Workshop is offered

All Ann Arbor Public Schools middle school and high school musicians are invited to participate in this free afternoon event at Community High School.

Rising Scholars lifts students’ grades, expectation for college

Students at all three Ann Arbor comprehensive high schools are in their second year of the Rising Scholars program, a partnership with U-M’s Center for Educational Outreach. It targets bright students with extra support to encourage them to excel, take advanced classes and attend college.

BPSSG supports African-American families in Ann Arbor schools

One of the most established parent groups in the Ann Arbor Public Schools is the Black Parents’ Student Support Group, which offers parents and students in Ann Arbor’s African-American community a network of support an a safe place to share concerns.

Parenting instruction, child care allows Stone teen parents to continue schooling

Teen parents at Stone High School can continue their education with the help of an on-site child care center. The center takes up to 16 infants and toddlers. Starting second semester, the parents will be required to take a parenting class.

Tappan School’s Wendy Raymond: Taking the law into her own class

This middle school Language Arts teacher has earned both state and national honors for her law unit that gives students a peek into the legal system and the importance of the U.S. Constitution.

Bone marrow registry drive Jan. 22 at Bryant Elementary School

Event will honor or benefit three members of the Bryant/Pattengill school community: Deb Horn, wife of Pattengill teacher Doug Horn; Sofia Robinson, a Tappan Middle School sixth-grader; and Frank Porta, husband of Dori Porta, a teacher clerk at Bryant.