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Month: January 2016

Community Gives Back

Mother of five AAPS students wins big in Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop drawing

January 13, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Moira Yuhas says she felt a bit sheepish spending $40 on four raffle tickets in the Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop’s Car & Cash Raffle. “It was just before Christmas, […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Dawn Blair, Pattengill Elementary fourth grade teacher

January 12, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Dawn Blair completed her elementary and high school years in Somerville, which is outside Memphis. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University […]

Features

Huron student featured in inspirational skiing video

January 8, 2016 AAPS News Editor

  By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Austin Shepherd, a sophomore at Huron High School, is featured in a new youtube video skiing the mountains in Telluride, Colorado. Austin, has participated in all sorts of outdoor […]

Academics

Skyline High School students take field trips without leaving the building

January 8, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“They’ve got everything from under sea to outer space to career explorations. There are probably 10 to 15 career explorations that they can take the kids on as well as sites all over the world. It’s incredibly immersive,” says Instructional technology teacher Peter Pasque. […]

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Leslie Landrum, French teacher at Scarlett Middle School

January 7, 2016 AAPS News Editor

  Listen to Leslie Landrum, pictured above in her classroom, introduce herself in French: Leslie Landrum earned bachelor degrees in interior architecture and French at Michigan State University, and studied at the University of London […]

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Pathways Principal Tyrone Weeks: `Students know I genuinely care’

January 6, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor When Tyrone Weeks was growing up on Detroit’s historic North End, his house was unique to others in his neighborhood because his father lived there. […]

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