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NAACP honors 102 Ann Arbor students, up 26% from last year
The Ann Arbor chapter honors the district’s top black high school students each fall at its Freedom Fund Dinner.
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Community invited to view Pioneer improvements on Dec. 3
The district celebrates the completion of the last major construction project in the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan, funded through the 2004 bond.
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Allen 3rd-graders share with Japanese classmates via Skype
WITH VIDEO: Dave Corsa’s class did a videoconference with Okurayama Elementary School in Sapporo, Japan in the evening, when it was 8:30 a.m. for the Japanese children.
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Foundation grant brings Skyline physics students lessons in teamwork, project planning
Some 450 physics students at Skyline High Schooare taking part in Crash Test! one of 28 projects funded this fall by the AAPS Educational Foundation.
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Ed Foundation adds world language to funding list
The AAPS Educational Foundation will again fund the district’s elementary world language partnership with U-M this year, bringing the foundation’s total to $230,000 for major projects funded in the district this fall.
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School Bells: Black college tour, pancake dinner, free concert for students, young playwrights highlighted
Historically black college tour info meetings this week, student builder’s pancake dinner Nov. 30, free Michigan Pops concert for students Nov. 21, 1-act play festival involves student playwrights.
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AAPSEF funds $123,000 in ‘Initiatives for Excellence’ grants
The AAPS Educational Foundation has funded Elementary Enrichment, Environmental Science, fifth-grade music and testing assessment programs plus 28 teacher grants for 2010-11. And more are being considered.
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Community jazz combos take the stage at Keystone Underground
Tonight, Nov. 8, The Community High School jazz combos Blue Truth and Standard Deviation will be welcomed by the Paul Keller Orchestra to the stage at the Keystone Underground in Ypsilanti as PKO’s special guest student band in the 2010-11 PKO Jazz Student Outreach Program.
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Ann Arbor moves ahead on search for new superintendent
An application deadline of Jan. 25, 2011 has been set for those applying to be the new superintendent for the Ann Arbor Public Schools. The school board has said it will have a candidate in place before the next school year begins.
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Ann Arbor, U-M eye partnership for campus at Mitchell and Scarlett
A K-8 program for Mitchell and Scarlett schools could offer a balanced school year calendar with a shorter summer break and more school year inter-sessions for academic enrichment or traditional family time.