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Michigan soccer players plan Fun Run with Scarlett’s bilingual students

April 13, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Scarlett Middle School’s sixth grade bilingual students, as well as some of the seventh and eighth grade emerging bilingual students, have been working with the University […]

Community Gives Back

Fourth graders learn to empathize and understand at Disability Awareness Workshop

April 11, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis, AAPS District News Editor The Center for Independent Living in Ann Arbor sponsors Disability Awareness Workshops for fourth graders in AAPS each year.  With the help of volunteers from […]

A group of about 20 high school students in a classroom with their teacher holding up his grant award
Community Gives Back

Ann Arbor Educational Foundation awards 22 teacher grants

December 1, 2016 AAPS News Editor

The Ann Arbor Educational Foundation this year awarded 22 teacher grants, totaling over $28,000. This year the foundation focused on literacy programs. […]

Community Gives Back

Ann Arbor chapter of NAACP honors Freedom Fund scholars

November 7, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News “Our Lives Matter, Our Votes Count,” was the theme of Sunday’s 2016 Freedom Fund Dinner, where 139 African American AAPS students were honored for academic excellence. […]

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Preschoolers enjoy Safety Day thanks to dads’ group, public safety officials

November 4, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Photos, story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Thanks to a group of fathers at the Ann Arbor Preschool & Family Center, about   200 preschoolers got the chance Tuesday to learn more about the […]

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Scarlett Middle School Band to march in Saturday’s pithy EdgeFest Parade

October 27, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Own a kazoo?  Itching to play your old high school flute? Then come join the fun in the EdgeFest Parade that will wind through and around the […]

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His classroom is the great outdoors

October 14, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News It’s a sunny fall day at the Fox Preserve gravel pit, and the second graders are super excited about all the rocks they’re collecting in their plastic […]

Community Gives Back

Thurston celebrates International Walk to School Day with honored guests at all-school assembly

October 5, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Ann Arbor Police Department Community Engagement Officer Doug Martell parked his car near Thurston Elementary Wednesday morning, then pulled his bike out and rode to school with […]

Community Gives Back

New Cougar Trail is a welcome addition to the Clague community

September 19, 2016 AAPS News Editor

 Story, video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Clague Middle School PTSO President Margaret Baker says the school’s new “Cougar Trail” reminds her of a feel-good Jimmy Stewart movie. “It’s like a community-gets-together-and-makes-it-happen “Mr. Smith […]

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Middle schoolers showcase new talents at Summer Learning Institute finale at the Neutral Zone

July 29, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News The Summer Learning Institute held at Scarlett Middle School this summer ended this week at the Neutral Zone, where the 65 students in grades 6-8 showed […]

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