A2 Schools Podcast
A2 Schools Podcast January 31, 2018
This episode of the A2 Schools podcast is a recap of 2017 and a preview of 2018. […]
Month: January 2018
"Exceptional" profiles
Nathan Hatt, A2 STEAM lead teacher/Project-Based Learning coordinator
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Nathan Hatt, lifetime Ann Arbor resident, is a product of the Ann Arbor Public Schools and a University of Michigan alumnus. After five years working as a production artist, […]
Features
FutureStars 2018 showcases exceptional talent
Video by Jo Mathis, AAPS District News Editor It was a night of unbelievable talent as 30 sets of performers wowed the audience during FutureStars 2018 at Pioneer High School. This final talent show followed […]
Community Gives Back
Raise the flag: Burns Park debuts new low cost safety plan at intersection
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Low-cost. No-tech. And it works. Burns Park Elementary students this week put into practice a simple new way to make crossing an intersection a bit safer. And it’s as […]
Features
The Huron Players and the Huron Music Department present “The Pajama Game” Feb. 9-11
By Kelle Barr/weloveannarbor.com Set in the 1950s, The Pajama Game is a musical labor war for wages and love when the show’s two opposing characters find romance. And the Huron Players along with the Huron High […]
"Exceptional" profiles
Jackie Moray, Haisley Elementary kindergarten teacher
Jacqueline Moray was born and raised in Ann Arbor, the daughter of David and Michelle Moray, and sister of Katie Moray. Growing up on Ann Arbor’s southeast side in the Buhr Park neighborhood, she […]
Features
It was ‘one for the record books’ as Huron celebrates 50 years
Slideshow, photos, and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Last year, Athletic Director Dottie Davis said she would stick around for Huron’s 50th Anniversary Celebration before retiring at the end of this school year. The four-hour […]
Features
Huron sophomores share their passion in displaying their Middle Years Programme Personal Project
“You told us what was important to you and what you wanted to learn about, and know we can look back and say look at what you did. Now the world is your oyster, now go off and do other things, other great things that you’re going to become passionate about,” says Middle Years Programme Facilitator Todd Newell. […]
Features
Pioneer students create fleece blankets for patients at Mott Children’s Hospital
Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News A dozen young patients at Mott Children’s Hospital are now enjoying thick warm blankets created just for them by students in a peer-to-peer program at Pioneer High […]
Features
16th annual FutureStars set for Jan. 27; calls on students to ‘Rise Up’
Photos of FutureStars 2017 by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Back for its sixteenth year at Pioneer High School, FutureStars 2018 continues the annual city-wide search for Ann Arbor’s next Future Star. But this year’s […]