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Features

Music breaks down language and cultural barriers at Friendship Concert

August 12, 2015 AAPS News Editor
“Music is an international language so even if we can’t speak English or Japanese we can be friends and make good music together,” says violin player Kanon Ando from Toyota City, Japan.

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Features

KidSport Camp kept kids active this summer

August 10, 2015 AAPS News Editor
“The KidSport approach — to learn sports skills in a non-competitive environment — is the perfect complement to Rec & Ed’s kid-friendly sports program,” says Rec and Ed Director Jenna Bacolor.

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Elementary News

ESL students will tell stories of challenge and triumph at family celebration

July 22, 2015 AAPS News Editor
  By Jo MathisAAPS District News Editor What’s better than writing your own rap song about a way you’ve faced a challenge and triumphed over it? Performing it for an appreciative audience, that’s what. And […]
Features

CDF Freedom School at Clague: So much fun, students don’t realize how much they’re learning

July 6, 2015 AAPS News Editor
By Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Josiah Sims spent his 11th birthday hanging out with his friends, singing, dancing, and having what he called a “really great time.” And he did it all at […]
Board of Education

School named in honor of `icon of excellence in education’

June 25, 2015 AAPS News Editor
  Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Scott Westerman says he’s gone through several stages since learning the Ann Arbor Preschool and Family Center would be renamed the “Ann Arbor Public […]
Features

Ann Arbor Public Schools award more than 1300 diplomas to class of 2015

June 9, 2015 AAPS News Editor
An impressive class of graduates leaves Ann Arbor Public Schools five high schools in 2015. 1,306 diplomas were awarded over the last two weeks at commencement ceremonies for Pathways to Success Academic Campus, Community High School, Huron High School, Pioneer High School and Skyline High School.

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Features

Pioneer graduates told to find their place, make a difference at commencement

June 5, 2015 AAPS News Editor
“Your adjustment to the unexpected and uncontrolled defines your life. It can bring great joys never contemplated. When life puts a roadblock in your path, paint it your favorite color, build a hang glider out of it and soar into a new future,” Pioneer English teacher Shawn Ashley tells the class of 2015.

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Features

River Rats set sail at 47th annual commencement

June 4, 2015 AAPS News Editor
Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center was the setting for Huron High School’s 47th commencement, an inspiring two-hour ceremony that honored each graduating River Rat setting […]
Features

Community High School celebrates class of 2015: See the slideshow

June 3, 2015 AAPS News Editor
“Being around students who love what they do so much, and teachers who love what they do so much, and see them get fulfillment in that when that aren’t necessarily getting fulfillment out of you know financial success or recognition, that meant a lot to me,” Community High School graduate Julian Stockton says about what Community means to him.

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High School News

Pioneer High School 2015 Prom: See the slideshow

May 28, 2015 AAPS News Editor
The weather was perfect on the evening of May 29 when Pioneer High School held its prom at Michigan Stadium. Students enjoyed dinner, dancing, touring the locker room and tossing footballs on the field—something not […]

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