Editor’s note: This is the first 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, implementation (and often …
AAPS Updates
- Ashley Garvin, Bryant Elementary young fives teacher
- 30 seconds with: percussionist Brian Young, 2005 Pioneer grad
- First in a series: Q & A with Curriculum Coordinator Amy Deller-Antieau, District Science Department Chair, Grades 6-12
- Neighbor’s sidewalk art welcomes, inspires Allen Elementary students
- Being sent to the principal’s office: Not so bad after all
Middle School News
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Free books. New friends. Hands-on projects that bring the concept of aerodynamics to life. The first session of the AAPS Middle School ELA and Math/PLTW camps came to …
Video, photos and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On your mark. Get set. Go! Students cheered from the sidelines as their peers raced down the track at the recent 5th Annual A2 Unifed …
The Slauson Science Olympiad team competed at the 2019 Science Olympian National Tournament at Cornell University on June 1, placing an impressive 14th of 60 teams. Slauson teams won medals in two of the 23 …
Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Scarlett Middle School’s annual Portfolio Day is a rite of passage for more than 200 eighth graders, who shared their portfolios of classwork and awards …
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Slauson Middle School has been named a Michigan School to Watch. The program is part of a nationwide network that identifies and recognizes excellence in middle-grades schools. Schools to …
Ann Arbor’s Pioneer High School improved upon their 2018 fourth place finish to place second in Division C at the Michigan Science Olympiad State Tournament held at Michigan State University on Saturday, April 27. This …
Eleven students from Scarlett Middle School presented at the UMS K-12 Partnership Luncheon on Friday, April 26. The students discussed the interdisciplinary unit that all Scarlett students participated in to prepare for the UMS school day performance …
The University Musical Society (UMS) and the DTE Energy Foundation are pleased to honor Scarlett Middle School band teacher Caroline Fitzgerald as the 2019 DTE Energy Foundation Educator of the Year. The award recognizes and …
Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Slauson Middle School librarian Laurel Maguire recently asked students to do something that horrified them. She challenged them to give up their mobile devices for …
Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Would you like a packet of seeds with that book? That’s a reasonable question at Slauson Middle School now that a new Seed Library cart is …
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Clague Middle School librarian Kim McLean grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Temple University, where she studied communications and theater. She started her career in book publishing, where …
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It takes a lot of helpful A2 STEAM @ Northside to raise a tank of salmon. In this video, we see fifth grade students of Ashley Moore, Amanda …
Profile, video, and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Stephan Hogan was born and raised in the shadow of The Big House right here in Ann Arbor. He attended Abbot Elementary and Forsythe Middle School, …
Video and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Tappan Middle School science teacher Susan Baker has some company in her staff photo I.D. Cradled in her hand is Ms. Hammer, a three-toed Eastern box turtle …