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Meet your new principals
This year, Bach, Burns Park and Pattengill elementary schools, along with Clague Middle and Skyline High School, are welcoming new principals. Learn about them here!
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Bach Family Reading Night shows love of reading across languages
Bach Elementary School’s Family Reading Night on March 22 drew hundreds of students and their families for some good old-fashioned story time. The kids (and many of their teachers and parents) cuddled up in their […]
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Kindergarten Round-Ups begin in February
Will you have a kindergartener in the Ann Arbor Public Schools in the 2013-2014 school year? Then make sure to get to the information sessions, called Kindergarten Round-Ups, that start in just a few weeks. […]
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AAPS Class Size Targets – Daily monitoring as the school year begins
By Liz Margolis, Director of Communications for the Ann Arbor Public Schools School has started and the Ann Arbor Public Schools, like all districts across Michigan, continues to face financial pressure from the state. This […]
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Kindergarten round-ups happening now
This year’s kindergarten round-ups are more kid-centered, teaching parents and future students about the kindergarten experience.
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Pioneer seniors blaze a path to success for young students
WITH VIDEO: A group of senior mentors will leave behind a legacy of helping students at Bach, Dicken, Eberwhite, Haisley, Lawton, Lakewood, and Pattengill elementary schools through the Trailblazers program.
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King Day activities: Contests, special events in Ann Arbor schools
WITH VIDEO: Clague Middle School event involves 60 students in a multi-media production, Bryant Early Elementary School sings about peace and Dicken Elementary students learn about jazz music and history with an assembly by Vincent York & Jazzistry. Many other schools around the district host MLK Day activities.
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Geologist-teacher educates from lessons learned on the ice
Geologist and Bach Elementary fourth-grade teacher Robin Frisch-Gleason continues to share lessons learned from a 2007 trip to Antarctica. A student climate summit is planned for April involving eight teachers from the Ann Arbor Public Schools.
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School Bells: NAAPID Showcase slated for Feb. 8 at Skyline
Upcoming events and other news from around The Ann Arbor Public Schools.
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Bach Elementary music teacher learns lessons traveling to China
Bach Elementary School music teacher Kristi Bishop recently returned from a trip to mainland China, where she traveled with a delegation of 51 educators from around the country. “We were given such an opportunity,” she said.