Children from kindergarten through eighth grade lined up to compete in Saturday's eighth annual Thurston School Chess Tournament. The tournament at the elementary school, directed by local chess teacher Ray Garrison, is the largest of its kind in the area.
Ann Arbor's Thurston Elementary School will receive more than $160,000 in federal funds for the Safe Routes to School project, which will help students more safely walk or ride their bikes to school. Thurston, the first school in Washtenaw County to receive the grant, was awarded $160,840 for a number ...
The captain of Thurston Elementary American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Ann Arbor - Joshua Smith — won the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Award for community outreach. He took second place, the $750 silver award for the Detroit area. Josh Smith is a two year team captain of ...
As the school year comes quickly to a close, the fifth graders at Thurston Elementary School proudly participated in the annual fifth grade musical on Thursday. This year's musical, "The Adventures of Lewis and Clark," was a way for the students to demonstrate the skills they have been learning and ...
On Wednesday evening, fifth graders from Thurston Elementary School showed off their ballroom dancing moves for family and friends during the school's third annual dinner dance. For the past nine weeks, students have worked with physical education teacher Paul Test and Calvin and Jackie Siebert (also known as Mr. and ...
Thurston Elementary School was bustling with excited kids and proud parents toting video cameras at the school’s annual International Night on Thursday evening.
If you have been to the Exhibit Museum of Natural History (near North University and Geddes avenues near the University of Michigan's central campus) in the last few weeks on a Sunday, you've probably wondered, "What's with the kids on the balcony throwing things?" The answer is that it's Thurston Elementary ...
Lyrics like “Don’t be loco, use the cocoa” and “I love candy now and later” were part of the many originally adapted songs featured in the Thurston Players' 36th annual production this weekend.
A usually quiet Thurston neighborhood bustled with neighbors and moviemakers today as the movie “Flipped ” continued filming in the area. Neighbors are coming out more than ever now, says resident Jennifer Rice. “I’ve never seen the community so alive," Rice said as actresses in 1950s attire walked by. It’s ...
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