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Month: December 2019

Elementary News

Purple Power: Westerman Preschool celebrates new mascot, school color, motto

December 20, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On Panda Power Pajama Day, the Westerman Preschool & Family Center celebrated its new school color, mascot and motto: Together we grow.” Take a 20-second look at some of […]

Elementary News

Ann Arbor Open students transform classrooms; prepare for annual Multicultural Fair tonight

December 19, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It’s Ann Arbor Open’s biggest event of the year. The Multicultural Fair takes place tonight, inviting visitors to travel around the world without leaving the building. […]

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Elementary News

30 seconds with … Thurston kinders enjoying music class

December 18, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor These Thurston kindergarteners had a great time in Sarah Vaujin’s music class Monday. Take a 30-second peak:    

Three Pattengill students, Principal Robin Kocher, teacher Bernadette Swanson, and Andy Thomas
Community Gives Back

2019 Karen Thomas Memorial Fund grants presented to teachers in 5 schools

December 17, 2019 AAPS News Editor

“These are teacher initiated grants that meet the needs of the particular classroom,” says Andy Thomas. […]

Elementary News

30 seconds with: Sarah Corcoran’s morning meeting with her Thurston kindergarteners

December 17, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Morning meetings are a chance for students to share a bit of what’s happening in their lives as well as consider such things as how they might perform […]

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"Exceptional" profiles

Becca Robinson, Bach Elementary third/fourth grade teacher

December 13, 2019 AAPS News Editor

  By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Becca Robinson teaches a third/fourth combination class at Bach Elementary School.  She grew up in Huntington Woods, a small city near the Detroit Zoo. An only child, she […]

Community Gives Back

AAPS students delve into coding during week-long Hour of Code

December 12, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor In celebration of Computer Science Education Week—and just because it’s a very good idea—27 of AAPS’ 32 schools this week are learning new computing skills […]

Features

Pioneer Symphony Band to perform composition by Pioneer alum Chris Hass Dec. 12 at Winter Winds Concert

December 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video, photos and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pioneer High School graduate Chris Hass is looking forward to his alma mater’s Winter Woods Concert on Thursday for one very special reason. During the […]

Features

Huron High School counselor Caitlin Van Cleve wins first WCC Bridge Award

December 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Rich Rezler /Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor Huron High School counselor Caitlin Van Cleve is the inaugural winner of the WCC Bridge Award, a student-nominated honor intended to reward a local high school counselor […]

Elementary News

30 seconds with … a Bach kindergarten teacher who knows how to make it all better

December 10, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was a tender, ordinary moment captured by chance—one of those teacher-student interactions that occur countless times throughout a school day. When Zoey suddenly began to cry, Bach […]

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