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3 questions for: Cheryl Haller, RE the Ann Arbor College & Career Fair April 23

April 19, 2019 AAPS News Editor
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor All interested students and their parents throughout Washtenaw County are invited to the 34th annual Ann Arbor College & Career Fair to be held from 6 to 7:30 […]
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Anna’s Day of Kindness mobilizes student volunteers April 4-7

March 29, 2019 AAPS News Editor
More than 55 Ann Arbor area middle school students will volunteer their time to help the less fortunate during the second Anna’s Day of Kindness April 4-7. Students will serve at the Michigan Foster Care […]
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“This program changed my life.” AAPS Adult Education proves pivotal

March 19, 2019 AAPS News Editor
Video and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Victoria Newell looks at where she was two years ago and says she can’t believe she’s come as far as she has. “It all started with me […]
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3 questions for: Odette Petrini, AAPS Adult Education teacher and ESL program facilitator

March 18, 2019 AAPS News Editor
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The Ann Arbor Public Schools Adult Education English as a Second Language (ESL) Program now offers a  free evening New Citizenship class to meet the needs of immigrants in […]
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Following son’s hospital stay, Haisley librarian begins book drive for Giving Library at Mott

March 13, 2019 AAPS News Editor
    By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor   Haisley librarian Sarah Rentz discovered the Giving Library at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital last fall when her toddler, David, was a patient there for a month. […]
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Lawton’s Day in the Community sends volunteers to help in the area and at school; ends with fundraising dinner

March 7, 2019 AAPS News Editor
Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor About 160 Lawton Elementary students, staff and parents volunteered hundreds of collective hours Saturday during the school’s first ever Lawton’s Day in the Community event. […]
Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor holds a check while surrounded with A2 STEAM students, staff, as well as Ann Arbor city government officials
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A2 STEAM receives Sustaining Ann Arbor Together Grant for solar project

February 4, 2019 AAPS News Editor
“Not only do we want to grow this physically and instructionally here at A2 STEAM, but we hope to have a model that we can share with all Ann Arbor Public Schools and actually even further because sustainability is something we want to be the work of all of our young people,” says A2 STEAM Principal Megan Fenech.

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Skywell Club hosts 5th annual Skywell Wellness Expo on Wednesday

February 4, 2019 AAPS News Editor
     Wellness is about physical, social and emotional well-being and students at Skyline High School are leading the way by bringing awareness and wellness resources to the student body during the 5th annual SkyWell […]
A Lakewood student celebrates as she has a coding success during an Hour of Code event
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Volunteers from the community help AAPS students participate in the Hour of Code

December 14, 2018 AAPS News Editor
Students across the Ann Arbor Public Schools participated in Hour of Code events last week. The global event is an opportunity to introduce students to coding and computer science and help students with prior experience advance through a variety of coding programs.

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Lawton students applaud longtime volunteer on her 90th birthday

December 7, 2018 AAPS News Editor
  Fourth grade teacher Jinx Cooke, left, applauds as kindergarten teacher Jenny Szalay, right, escorts Ginny Hartog through Lawton Elementary for an all-school clap-out celebrating her 90th birthday. Hartog volunteers in Cooke’s and Szaley’s classrooms every week. Story, photos […]

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