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AAPS Updates
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- LaKeisha Drummer, third grade teacher at Carpenter Elementary
Elementary News
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On your mark. Get set. Go! And so began Lawton’s annual Cooke and Blick tricycle race featuring a show-down between Principal Shannon Blick and fourth grade teacher Jinx …
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Not only was it PJ Day, but vocal music teacher Elizabeth Lentz planned an all-school concert as a surprise for the classroom teachers. That’s second grader Mala’Kai in …
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Shanna Middleton grew up in Ann Arbor, and attended King Elementary from kindergarten to third grade. When her family—including parents and two younger brothers—moved across town, she attended …
Alicia Rey-Murrell (left) and Paula Everett Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When Dante Watson became principal of Haisley Elementary this school year, he noticed one thing fairly quickly: Second grade teachers …
Fourth grade teacher Jinx Cooke, left, applauds as kindergarten teacher Jenny Szalay, right, escorts Ginny Hartog through Lawton Elementary for an all-school clap-out celebrating her 90th birthday. Hartog volunteers in Cooke’s and Szaley’s classrooms every week. Story, photos …
The Jump with Jill Nutrition Assembly—dubbed “the world’s only rock and roll nutrition show”—was held a five AAPS elementary schools last week. Haisley students listen to some nutrition tips during the rock & roll assembly. …
“Every single one of them was really high quality, there wasn’t a clunker in the bunch, they were all great requests,” says former AAPS Trustee Andy Thomas.
Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Haisley’s “I Am Thankful” assembly has been a day-before-Thanksgiving break tradition for 30 years. Fifth and fourth graders and the kindergarteners they are matched with as …
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By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Natasha Stewart teaches third grade at Logan Elementary School. This is her twelfth year of teaching, six of which have been with Ann Arbor Public …
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Anna Courage is a Resource Room/teacher consultant at the Ann Arbor Open School. This is her tenth year at Ann Arbor Open and her eleventh year teaching in …
Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Just how kind can one school community get? If we’re talking about Carpenter Elementary, the answer is very. In fact, Carpenter has logged 3,242 …
Profile, video, and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Sarah Dominick was born in Wyandotte and grew up in Farmington Hills in the house that her mom had grown up in. After graduating from …
Photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor During Mix It Up at Lunch Day at Burns Park Elementary today, students were re-assigned tables to sit with friends that they would normally not sit …