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VIDEO: Teachers Go Bananas at Bryant Elementary

March 29, 2013 AAPS News Editor

“Teachers Go Bananas” at Bryant Elementary is a favorite yearly treat. Teachers dress up as their favorite book characters and then during “Banana Time” rush to another classroom to share their story. “Banana Time” happens […]

Lakewood’s NAAPID assembly highlights the importance of kindness

March 1, 2013 AAPS News Editor

There was a snow day on Feb. 11 this year, which was the day most schools had planned their National African American Parent Involvement Day activities. School have rescheduled their NAAPID celebrations since then. One […]

VIDEO: Chartwells makes healthy food with attitude

February 19, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Chartwells sent chefs into AAPS high schools last week to show students that healthy eating can be anything but bland. At Pioneer, Kim Sinclair and head cook Allison Kiersey (shown in the […]

Storyteller Laura Raynor performs African folk tales at Carpenter

February 18, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Laura Raynor is a professional storyteller who is also a youth librarian at the Ann Arbor District Library.

Learning centers meet kindergarteners’ individual learning needs

January 8, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Peek inside any kindergarten classroom in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, and you’ll likely see small groups of students working intensely at different tables. Whether they’re arranging letters or patterns of blocks, […]

Dicken fourth graders perform ‘Let’s Hear it for America’ by Carmino Rovosa

December 7, 2012 AAPS News Editor

[soundslides width=”475″ height =”413″ id=”8653″] By Tara Cavanaugh Fourth graders from Ms. Thomas, Mrs. Bankey, Mr. Michelson and Mr. Klein’s fourth grade classes performed a rousing tribute to America this week. Carmino Rovosa’s half hour […]

Clague Middle School celebrates 40th anniversary

November 20, 2012 AAPS News Editor

[soundslides width=”475″ height =”413″ id=”8656″] By Tara Cavanaugh A school is never just a school. It’s a second home. It’s a place to grow up. It’s a family all its own. That familiar feeling […]

PHOTOS: Halloween parties, parades at AAPS

October 31, 2012 AAPS News Editor

The students were especially creative with their costumes this year. One kid even carried his own head in a jar!

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Eberwhite’s Woodchip Day: Building community, one pile at a time

October 19, 2012 AAPS News Editor

Woodchip Day is an annual tradition that involves the local neighborhoods and Eberwhite Elementary School.

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Long walks stretch kindergarteners’ legs, minds

October 12, 2012 AAPS News Editor

AAO teacher Diane VanDorn takes her students on walks often, providing her ambling kindergarteners myriad learning opportunities.

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