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Photos: A2 Tech and Adult Education Commencement at Washtenaw Community College

June 5, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Students from Ann Arbor Technical High School, the Adult Education program and the Washtenaw Intermediate School District walked across the stage at Washtenaw Community College’s Towsley Auditorium the night of Monday, June 4.

Building bridges, supporting students: Q&A with Azibo Stevens, AAPS Homeless Liaison

June 4, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Due to a federal law, school districts must identify and assist students from homeless families. This law is called the McKinney-Vento Act, and part of its goal is to ensure homeless children […]

Video: Building bridges, supporting students

June 4, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Huron High School Assistant Principal Marcus Edmondson, King Elementary Principal Kathy Morhous, Haisley Elementary Principal Kathy Scarnecchia, Scarlett Middle School Principal Gerald Vazquez and Safe House’s Coordinator of Shelter and Help Line […]

State Senator Rebekah Warren gives special tribute at Lawton retirement celebration

May 31, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Three longtime Ann Arbor Public Schools educators celebrated their collective 87 years of service with friends, family and students at a reception Wednesday night at Lawton Elementary. Music teacher Dr. Gloria Dunn, […]

Scarlett eighth graders get career, life lessons at Portfolio Day

May 23, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh A nervous and excited tension filled the air at Scarlett Middle School last Wednesday. Grown-ups in dark suits, toting Blackberrys and shiny briefcases, walked briskly through the halls. Smaller versions of those […]

Everything half off at PTO Thrift Shop Memorial Day Sale

May 21, 2012 AAPS News Editor

It’s that time of the year again – time for the Memorial Day super sale at the PTO Thrift Shop. On Monday, May 28 every item in the store will be HALF OFF. Pilar’s Tamale cart […]

Picnic Pops features Marine Band guest, Huron alum

May 21, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh This year’s Picnic Pops featured abundant sunshine, carnival games, balloons and – of course – the fun musical selections of the AAPS middle and high school bands. It also featured an esteemed […]

Student-produced ‘Legacies Project’ presented June 6

May 18, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Twenty-two high school juniors in Patricia Jenkins’s Communications, Media and Public Policy Magnet videotaped comprehensive oral history interviews with seven area seniors. The students conducted several interviews with their subjects, and have been editing for […]

Dance Body Spring Concert May 25

May 18, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Community High School’s Dance Body program will present their 33rd annual Spring Concert on Friday, May 25, starting at 7 p.m. at Tappan Middle School (2251 E. Stadium Blvd.)

Fifth grade friends band together after seeing loved ones suffer from cancer

May 18, 2012 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh This week a group of Pattengill fifth graders sold t-shirts during lunchtime to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. But this wasn’t a traditional fundraiser: the fifth graders came up […]