News in brief

Slauson Science Olympiad heads to State championship in April

March 26, 2013 AAPS News Editor

We are so proud of Slauson’s 30 determined, ingenious Science Olympians who took first place in the Region 9 Olympiad in Hillsdale on Saturday, March 16. This means they’re going to the State Olympiad in […]

Community High Jazz musicians take home honors from Western Michigan University Jazz Invitational

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

The Community High Jazz combos “Supernova” and “A2 Blue” were selected as two of the five winning combos at the Western Michigan University Jazz Invitational on Saturday. Supernova took the top spot of the entire […]

Squeamish Haisley scientists dissect squid

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Every year, Haisley fifth graders dissect squid. It’s a way to get them interested in life science, said teacher Jim Weindorf. The students, lead by pharamacologist and toxicologist Dr. Alan Brown, learned how to cut […]

AAPS School Garden Workshop helps gardeners network, share resources

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Calling all green thumbs! If you’re a volunteer at one of the school gardens, or you’d like to start one, the School Garden Workshop has assembled some networking and resource opportunities for […]

AAPS website again earns high marks from Sunshine Review

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Sunshine Review is a non-profit organization that assesses state and local government transparency, evaluating the content of every state website and more than 60,000 local government websites. The AAPS website, a2schools.org, has won yet another […]

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, […]

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 […]