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AAPS graduate Jessica Francis Kane returns to Ann Arbor to read latest collection of short stories

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Jessica Francis Kane will be reading from her brand new collection of short stories, “This Close,” March 28 at 7 p.m. at Nicola’s Books. Kane attended Burns Park, Tappan and Pioneer. Her newest book is […]

NAAPID at Night held at Ypsilanti’s Lincoln High School

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

NAAPID at Night was held on March 12, 2013, 5:30-8:30p at Lincoln High School. Poster contest winners were Maya Sudharsan, Kindergarten, Eberwhite, Blake Paul-McDonald, 2nd grade, Bryant, Amelia Holl, 4th grade, Eberwhite, and Sierra Dailey, […]

Clague orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin named Yale Distinguished Music Educator

March 14, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin is going on a four-day, all-expenses paid trip to Yale this summer to attend its Symposium on Music in Schools. She’ll join the other 50 teachers, out of over 300 applicants, […]

Skyline Principal Sulura Jackson departs for North Carolina

March 11, 2013 AAPS News Editor

We send best wishes to Skyline Principal Sulura Jackson as she leaves the district. Jackson has accepted a position as a high school principal in Chapel Hill, N.C. She will finish out the school year […]

Two new Kindergarten Round-Up dates added for March

March 6, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Kindergarten Round-Ups are important information sessions for parents of next year’s kindergarteners. Two new sessions have been added for the month of March:

John Latini performs at Northside for NAAPID celebration

March 6, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Local singer-songwriter John Latini performed at Northside for the school’s NAAPID celebration.

Forsythe 8th grader wins Second Prize at Ann Arbor Society for Musical Arts youth music competition

March 6, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Forsythe 8th grader and pianist, Forrest Flesher, won Second Prize at the Ann Arbor Society for Musical Arts Rosalie Edwards Youth Music Competition, and will be performing on Wednesday, March 20th at 10:30am at the Ann Arbor […]

Skyline Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras impress at MSBOA Band and Orchestra Festival

March 6, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Saturday, March 2nd, at Pioneer High School, the Skyline Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras participated in MSBOA Band and Orchestra Festival. Each orchestra prepared three concert pieces performed for a panel of three judges followed by […]

Burns Park Students ‘Read to Feed’

March 5, 2013 AAPS News Editor

March is Reading Month, and Burns Park students are celebrating by “reading to feed.” The students will take pledges and participate in a fundraiser for Heifer International, which supplies families in third-world countries with livestock […]

University Musical Society gives Carpenter Elementary ‘DTE Energy Foundation School of the Year’ Award

March 5, 2013 AAPS News Editor

The University Musical Society named Carpenter Elementary its “DTE Energy Foundation School of the Year” for its dedication and commitment to arts education. The DTE Energy Foundation generously supports this award through a financial commitment […]