Middle School News
Articles by AAPS News Editor
Features
Pioneer grads reunite via Facebook; collaborate on choral piece honoring the homeless
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Two 2009 Pioneer High School graduates who barely knew each other as teens recently reconnected via Facebook. Nothing unusual about that. But Stephanie Ann […]
Features
Check this worry off your list: How to open a middle school locker
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Rising sixth graders often have some anxiety as they make the transition to middle school. How to open a locker is a common concern. Hoping to eliminate that […]
Features
Marriage of math and engineering evident in middle school Math/PLTW Camp
“Engineering and math just go hand in hand, it’s very seamless you know to go from the math part to the engineering. The cool thing about it for them is they get to see the fact that math is not just a stand-alone, it’s actually used somewhere else,” says Marty Moreno.
Features
King principal says educators’ trip to Japan was `a dream come true’
Editor’s Note: King Elementary Principal Mary Cooper was one of 31 teachers chosen as a 2018 International Educator to Japan. The teachers—including four from Brussels, one from Canada and 26 from around the United States—spent […]
Videos & slide shows
30 seconds with … FairyTale STEAM Camp
Thanks to this Rec & Ed summer camp, these AAPS preschoolers know just how magical science can be.
Videos & slide shows
Community Gives Back
Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop to host open house celebration Aug. 12
By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com The Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop has a few million reasons to celebrate 25 years of supporting the outstanding students who have walked the halls of the Ann Arbor Public Schools. And […]
Elementary News
It was all about birds at the 2018 Summer Learning Institute
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was all about birds this year as more than 280 families participated in one of two action-packed sessions of the Summer Learning Institute concluding today at Allen Elementary. […]
Community Gives Back
Scarlett’s newly enhanced bird sanctuary is a gift from SESLA students
Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Students returning to Scarlett Middle School in September will quickly notice a new addition thanks to students in the Summer English as a Second Language Academy […]