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Month: February 2018

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30 Seconds With … A2 STEAM fifth graders’ Clucky Classroom farm stand

February 28, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Editor’s Note: These 30-second videos capture some ordinary-yet-special moments at AAPS. They will be posted randomly throughout the school year. A2 STEAM fifth graders run a weekly Clucky Classroom Farm Stand at school:

Latest news

30 Seconds With … Natalie Hickman & her Wines kindergarteners

February 28, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Editor’s Note: These 30-second videos capture some ordinary-yet-special few moments at AAPS. They will be posted randomly throughout the school year.  

"Exceptional" profiles

Lisa Ziegler, Burns Park Project Lead the Way teacher

February 26, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Profile and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Lisa Ziegler grew up in Hastings and attended Hastings Area Schools, as did her two younger brothers, Mike and Jimmy.  Her father, Dave Storms (who now […]

Features

Skyline’s African American Humanities Class presents powerful Black History Month Assembly

February 21, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor “We resist. We survive. We thrive.” That was the theme of a Black History Month Assembly Skyline High School’s African American Humanities class presented for the entire school […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Phyllis Newman, Mitchell Elementary preschool teacher

February 19, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Profile and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Phyllis Newman was born and raised in Ann Arbor, the daughter of the late Dr. Rev. A.J. Lightfoot Jr. and Mary C. Kidd-Lightfoot. She attended Haisley, Forsythe, […]

Features

Rhythm Rat Jazz Orchestra named Outstanding Band at CMU Jazz Weekend Festival

February 14, 2018 AAPS News Editor

The Huron Rhythm Rat Jazz Orchestra performed at the 45th Annual Central Michigan University recently, competing in the AA division against 16 other advanced level ensembles. CMU honors bands in each division with the following […]

Community Gives Back

Bryant first grader delivers powerful performance of `Still I Rise’ to standing ovation

February 13, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Bryant Elementary first grader Khara Gilmore received a standing ovation after reciting Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” during  NAAPID at Night at Eastern Michigan University. Khara, […]

Community Gives Back

Area students will take the stage to inspire & motivate during NAAPID at Night Monday, Feb. 12 at EMU

February 8, 2018 AAPS News Editor

An inspiring message and an array of student talent are on tap for the annual NAAPID at Night event to be held starting at 6 p.m. at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center, 900 Oakwood […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Amanda Houston, Bach Elementary first grade teacher

February 6, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Amanda Houston was born in Houston, Texas, and spent her childhood in North Brunswick, New Jersey. At the age of 13, her family—including her parents, Michigan natives Donald and […]

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The Pioneer Theatre Guild presents “The Crucible” Feb. 8-11

February 5, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Kelle Barr/weloveannarbor.com The Salem Witch Trials took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the late 1600s – and more than 300 years later, the messages in Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, “The Crucible,” remain pertinent in […]

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