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[ March 17, 2026 ] The community is invited to the 2026 IB Diploma Program Visual Arts Senior Exhibition Reception High School News
[ March 16, 2026 ] Pioneer Boys Swim and Dive team win another state championship High School News
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[ March 11, 2026 ] Tappan Middle School students take the stage with ‘Shrek The Musical JR.’ April 17–19 Features

Slauson Science Olympiad heads to State championship in April

March 26, 2013 AAPS News Editor

We are so proud of Slauson’s 30 determined, ingenious Science Olympians who took first place in the Region 9 Olympiad in Hillsdale on Saturday, March 16. This means they’re going to the State Olympiad in […]

Scarlett and Mitchell throw a Family Fun Night, Silent Auction… and some pies

March 26, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Scarlett Middle School and Mitchell Elementary threw a Family Fun Night and Silent Auction on Friday, March 22. The event was organized by both schools’ PTOs and was a huge success, earning each school around […]

Bach Family Reading Night shows love of reading across languages

March 25, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Bach Elementary School’s Family Reading Night on March 22 drew hundreds of students and their families for some good old-fashioned story time. The kids (and many of their teachers and parents) cuddled up in their […]

Community High Jazz musicians take home honors from Western Michigan University Jazz Invitational

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

The Community High Jazz combos “Supernova” and “A2 Blue” were selected as two of the five winning combos at the Western Michigan University Jazz Invitational on Saturday. Supernova took the top spot of the entire […]

Squeamish Haisley scientists dissect squid

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Every year, Haisley fifth graders dissect squid. It’s a way to get them interested in life science, said teacher Jim Weindorf. The students, lead by pharamacologist and toxicologist Dr. Alan Brown, learned how to cut […]

AAPS School Garden Workshop helps gardeners network, share resources

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Calling all green thumbs! If you’re a volunteer at one of the school gardens, or you’d like to start one, the School Garden Workshop has assembled some networking and resource opportunities for […]

AAPS website again earns high marks from Sunshine Review

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Sunshine Review is a non-profit organization that assesses state and local government transparency, evaluating the content of every state website and more than 60,000 local government websites. The AAPS website, a2schools.org, has won yet another […]

AAPS graduate Jessica Francis Kane returns to Ann Arbor to read latest collection of short stories

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Jessica Francis Kane will be reading from her brand new collection of short stories, “This Close,” March 28 at 7 p.m. at Nicola’s Books. Kane attended Burns Park, Tappan and Pioneer. Her newest book is […]

NAAPID at Night held at Ypsilanti’s Lincoln High School

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

NAAPID at Night was held on March 12, 2013, 5:30-8:30p at Lincoln High School. Poster contest winners were Maya Sudharsan, Kindergarten, Eberwhite, Blake Paul-McDonald, 2nd grade, Bryant, Amelia Holl, 4th grade, Eberwhite, and Sierra Dailey, […]

Clague orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin named Yale Distinguished Music Educator

March 14, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin is going on a four-day, all-expenses paid trip to Yale this summer to attend its Symposium on Music in Schools. She’ll join the other 50 teachers, out of over 300 applicants, […]