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PTO Council launches advocacy effort to educate on school funding

March 15, 2010 AAPS News Editor

A core group of Ann Arbor Public Schools parents has banded together to advocate and create a voice for change in state funding for public schools. The PTO Advocacy Committee meets again on March 23.

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School Bells: Student musician plays with U-M jazz ensemble

March 15, 2010 AAPS News Editor

Trombonist Max Hully, a Community High School Advanced Combo member and a Pioneer High School Jazz Band member, was recently selected as “outstanding” at the University of Michigan Jazz Festival. Though a non-competitive event, the […]

2 Community High teams move on to state mock trials

March 14, 2010 AAPS News Editor

Community High School teams finished first and third among 41 teams competing at the Michigan High School Mock Trial Eastern Regional Tournament Saturday.

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Pioneer’s Cartwright named Outstanding Educator

March 12, 2010 AAPS News Editor

Lorin Cartwright, athletic director and assistant principal at Pioneer High School, has been awarded the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Outstanding Educator Award.

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Ann Arbor schools recognized in Forbes.com ranking

March 12, 2010 AAPS News Editor

The Ann Arbor Public Schools was recognized in a Forbes.com report this week that named the city as No. 1 in a ranking of “Top College Sports Towns.”

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Board names Stead as new trustee

March 11, 2010 AAPS News Editor

Parent Christine Stead was named to the Ann Arbor Board of Education Wednesday. She was selected from a field of eight to fill a board vacancy created when Adam Hollier resigned.

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Burns Park Elementary named UMS School of the Year

March 10, 2010 AAPS News Editor

The University Musical Society has honored Ann Arbor’s Burns Park Elementary School as its 2009-10 School of the Year. DTE Energy Foundation sponsors the award through a commitment to UMS’s Youth Education Programs.

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Board expected to select new trustee tonight

March 4, 2010 AAPS News Editor

Eight candidates were interviewed Monday, March 8 for a seat left vacant last month when Trustee Adam Hollier resigned. The school board is expected to select a candidate tonight.

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REMS grant dollars boost communication, school safety

March 1, 2010 AAPS News Editor

A second federal REMS grant of $315,000 to The Ann Arbor Public Schools will enhance emergency preparedness and allow purchase of SchoolMessenger system to notify parents via phone, e-mail and text messages for both critical and regular information.

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School Bells: Tuition preschool open houses in March

March 1, 2010 AAPS News Editor

Tuition Preschool Open Houses in March Families with children who will be 4 years old by Dec. 1, 2010, are invited to visit one of two open houses for The Ann Arbor Public Schools tuition […]