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Elementary News

A2 STEAM band rocks Wheelchair Basketball Tournament as the event’s pep squad

October 9, 2024 AAPS News Editor
The band energized the crowd cheering on the University of Michigan’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Photos and video by Elizabeth Walker A2 STEAM band students took their show on the road on Friday, Oct. 4 when […]
"Exceptional" profiles

Sasha Azanov, Tappan Middle School social studies teacher

October 7, 2024 AAPS News Editor
Sasha Azanov grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in a town called New Hope. She says the small, tight-knit community was a great place to grow up. Her parents immigrated from Russia and Germany, so […]
Features

Tappan Middle School Student Champions Cerebral Palsy Awareness

October 4, 2024 AAPS News Editor
Ptolemy Weathersby encourages classmates to treat him as they would anyone else, and to wear green on Monday Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Last spring when Ptolemy Weathersby heard about […]
Alumni Spotlight

From Student to Staff: Liz Margolis

October 2, 2024 AAPS News Editor
As a 1979 graduate of Huron High School, Liz Margolis is a proud River Rat. She attended Thurston Elementary and Clague Middle School the first year it opened. A graduate of  Michigan State University with […]
"Exceptional" profiles

Robin Birdsong, Carpenter Title 1 teacher

October 1, 2024 AAPS News Editor
Carpenter Elementary Title 1 Teacher Robin Birdsong grew up in southern Oregon and attended the University of Oregon. After graduating from college, Birdsong and her husband served as Peace Corps volunteers in Kazakhstan. Teaching English […]
A2 STEAM librarian Julie Darling
Elementary News

A2 STEAM librarian publishes three books on early childhood computer science concepts

September 30, 2024 AAPS News Editor
A2 STEAM librarian Julie Darling, who wanted to be an author from the time she was a student at Abbot Elementary, hopes that her newly published books reinforce the idea that computer science is for […]
Elementary News

Wines Elementary holds its annual runathon

September 27, 2024 AAPS News Editor
The anticipated event is the school’s only fundraiser of the year Today Wines Elementary held its annual runathon—the one and only fundraiser of the year, all thanks to the Wines Elementary Parent Teacher Organization. Great […]
Features

Skyline teacher Anne Bezeau to receive the Community Hero Award at an Oct. 4 fundraiser

September 27, 2024 AAPS News Editor
Washtenaw Area Council for Children’s “Gathering for Good” will celebrate outstanding commitment to protecting children The Washtenaw Area Council for Children (WACC) has announced this year’s “Gathering for Good,” where the community is invited to […]
L-R: Penelope Lopatin, Emmanuel Morgan, Chase Crownover
Latest news

8 AAPS high school choir students accepted to the Michigan School Vocal Music Association’s Musical Theatre Intensive

September 26, 2024 AAPS News Editor
AAPS congratulates eight AAPS choir students who auditioned for and were accepted to the Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) Musical Theatre Intensive. Pictured above, left to right, are Pioneer students Penelope Lopatin, Class of […]
"Exceptional" profiles

Serena Kessler, Skyline English teacher & coach

September 24, 2024 AAPS News Editor
Serena Kessler grew up in western New York, the daughter of a college professor and a corporate trainer. At Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, she majored in English and history and ran cross country and track. […]

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