Photos & video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When it was announced that the mascot of Hikone, Japan would visit Ann Arbor this month in honor of the cities’ 50th anniversary as sister cities, …
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Articles by AAPS News Editor
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Hands that feel. Hair that curls. Feet that run. Lisa Teshima’s second graders at King Elementary were encouraged to think of themselves in a positive light during a writing …
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor What’s a Friday night high school football game without a halftime performance by the home team’s marching band? The Huron Rhythm Rat Marching Band gets ready for its …
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Ashley Campbell grew up in Pontiac and graduated from Pontiac Central High School. She then set off to earn a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Ferris State …
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Brian Young, who graduated from Pioneer High School in 2005, says the school’s music department had a great impact on him. And in a way, it still does. …
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of profiles of AAPS curriculum coordinators, our behind-the-scenes educators who fill an important role in our students’ school days. These coordinators plan and facilitate the selection, …
Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Allen Elementary’s 430 students were greeted by all sorts of positive energy last week. And it started from the ground up. Britt Hueter, who lives down …
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Maybe it’s not so bad to be sent to the principal’s office after all. Allen Elementary’s new principal wants to change the narrative about being a principal and about …
Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor
Julie Strassel prepares her “classroom”—the stage at Lawton Elementary—for her students’ first day on Tuesday. Photos and videos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Julie Strassel spent the last five years watching her drama students …
Video by Jo Mathis/news.A2schools.org Teachers took part in team-building activities, discussed plans for the new year, and got to know each other a bit better on their first day back to work this 2019-20 school …
Story, video & photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Dignitaries attending the groundbreaking included former students, teachers, and board members. Team 50 is raring to go on the Ann Arbor Student Building Industry Program‘s …
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was supposed to be just another (glorious) day at the week-long Pioneer Band Camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Then it got really interesting. Five Pioneer High …
Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Rec & Ed’s Junior Golf Camp is designed to make young golfers feel comfortable on the course. Taught by former LPGA tour player Debbie Williams-Hoak and …
For 40 years kids in Ann Arbor have been getting important advice about how to be safe in their home, their community and at school thanks to the Safety Town Program. This morning the Ann Arbor Public Schools and the many partners that make Safety Town an integral part of growing up in Ann Arbor celebrated at Dicken Elementary as they welcomed the young fives and kindergarteners that are currently enrolled in the program.