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AAPS Tuition Preschool Open Houses coming up in March
The Ann Arbor Public Schools Rec & Ed offers tuition preschools at Allen and Thurston Elementary. Students who are age four by 12/1/2013 are welcome.
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Michigan Department of Community Health awards Community Rec&Ed $100K grant
By Tara Cavanaugh Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Community Education and Recreation Department is the grateful recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health. The grant is awarded as part of MCDH’s […]
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VIDEOS: Hikone-Ann Arbor exchange provides lessons in culture, lifelong friendships
The Ann Arbor Educational Exchange Program provides young teens from Ann Arbor and its sister city of Hikone, Japan the opportunity to engage with a culture halfway across the world. […]
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Say hello to your new Rec and Ed Director Jenna Bacolor
By Tara Cavanaugh If you see Jenna Bacolor, be sure to say hi. She’d be thrilled to get to know you. You might see the new Rec and Ed director out with her family in […]
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Forget losing weight—instead, get healthy
By Tara Cavanaugh, AAPS News Service Pete Thomas knows a few things about losing weight. Thomas won $100,000 after being a contestant in the 2005 season of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” a reality show dedicated […]
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Burns Park Players presents ‘How to Succeed in Business …’
The Feb. 4-5 and Feb. 10-12 performances at Tappan Middle School include a cast of 170 community members, including 100 Burns Park Elementary students. Proceeds of the annual production benefit students in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. […]
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FIT & FUN: Personal training one option for a lifestyle of fitness
Personal trainer Mark Harris says getting in shape and staying fit is no more difficult than any other goal in life: take it in small bites and eventually, you will make it to the finish line. Harris does personal training for AAPS Rec & Ed. […]
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Ready or not, here comes a summer of fun at Rec & Ed camps
The popular Green Adventures Camp is being offered for a third year in The Ann Arbor Public Schools. Its offerings are among 200 being offered by the district’s Rec & Ed Department this summer season. […]
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Rec & Ed gets new home at Pioneer
Community Education and Recreation will move this week to a new location in the “E” Wing of Pioneer High School. Offices open there on Feb. 2 […]