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Showing posts with label Pioneer. Show all posts
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Help the Sanchez-Ronquillo Family This Week

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UPDATE May 16, 2017: Deportation delayed--for now . Many of you may already know the story of Jose Sanchez-Ronquillo.  The CHS Communica...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Principal Principles, Perspectives, and Publicity

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Pioneer Perspicacity   (I was looking for P words--and I had to look perspicacity up, but it's a good choice because essentially it me...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

State Board of Ed Roadshow Gives (A Lot of) Food for Thought

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As I noted the other day, I was unable to be at the recent forum at Pioneer High School with the State Board of Education. Luckily, my frien...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Patricia Green "Declines to Comment"

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Check out this morning's article in annarbor.com by Danielle Arndt about class sizes and difficulty enrolling in full classes. And what...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

MIFA Theater "One-Acts" This Friday and Saturday

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This year, the MIFA One-Act State Competition is being held at Dexter High School on Friday and Saturday, February 17th and 18th. You can co...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Theatre. . . Competition?!

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Without much notice or fanfare, high school theater* groups around the state prepare one-act plays for a theater competition--the Michigan I...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Foul Play? Fair Play? Great Plays

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A friend sent me this note (redacted just slightly for privacy): Hi Ruth, Not sure if you are interested in this kind of stuff - sort of...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

There's Lots Going On Locally

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Ann Arbor Public Schools are deciding if they should be open for schools of choice. Here's the proposal , the decision comes next week. ...
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Monday, March 7, 2011

Good Luck With That, And More

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Good Luck With That The Ann Arbor school board has chosen Patricia Green to be the new superintendent. From what I read, both finalists see...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

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When we came home from the preliminary round of Future Stars last night, my husband said to me, "I don't think they sang that well ...
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Happy News

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Before break, some happy news. Congratulations to Adams Elementary in Ypsilanti for making Adequate Yearly Progress two years in a row. I...
Friday, October 29, 2010

The Theater Moon

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Last Saturday night, with a double bonus of occupied children and no plans, we ended up at the UM ice hockey game--and it was fun. However,...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Supica Family: Lawton, Slauson, Pioneer

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Some of you may have heard the sad news that two members of the Supica family were killed (daughter Samantha and mother Theresa) and two tee...
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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Music

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Let's start with this interesting comment that I got the other day on my Cui Bono (Who Benefits?) post: Speaking of Who Benefits, Pion...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Trimesters: Can We End the Experiment Now?

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With a child at Skyline, I've now had nearly two years "trying out" the trimester system. I also have experience with block sc...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Revenue Side

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It is, in fact, more pleasant to talk about how AAPS can increase its revenue stream than to talk about how it can cut. So here are a few pl...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Varsity Bear

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Who knew that you could buy Pioneer paraphernalia right next to the UM wine buckets at a local drugstore? And I'm told that on the west...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

Thank You

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I received two nominations for the Thank You contest. I am hoping, though, that some of you will thank those staff who have been helpful to ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Annie Get Your...Gun?!

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High school theater is a special kind of theater. On the one hand, at times the productions seem professional. On the other hand, those who ...
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