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Ko Shih & Jason DePasquale, Ann Arbor Open team teachers

May 26, 2021 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Teaching can be a lonely profession, but that’s never a problem for Ko Shih and Jason DePasquale. Now in their fourth year of team-teaching 5th and 6th graders at Ann Arbor Open, […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Lori Moizio, Pattengill third grade teacher

May 4, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Lori Moizio and her two siblings grew up in Oak Park, Michigan in a family of educators.  Her mother, father, step-mother and sister-in-law were all teachers and her dad taught at the high school she […]

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Gabby Taylor, Bach first grade teacher

April 13, 2021 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Gabby Taylor is a first grade teacher at Bach Elementary who was raised in a family of helpers who all work with schools, mental health, non-profits, or children with […]

Elementary News

Welcome, third graders! Spring 2021 hybrid learning format takes another step further

April 12, 2021 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The next step in AAPS’ gradual return to hybrid learning took place today as third graders returned to their buildings for the first time this school year. Meanwhile, some […]

Elementary News

First & second graders welcomed back to the buildings

April 5, 2021 AAPS News Editor

“Roomies” and “Zoomies” taught simultaneously as Stage 2 of Hybrid Return to In-person Learning takes place district-wide By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Stage 2 of the Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Hybrid Return to In-Person […]

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Sarah Conner, Allen Elementary art teacher

February 17, 2021 AAPS News Editor

“Teachers and school systems have become the center of a much larger societal conversation and debate. I am acutely aware of the spectrum of learning experiences that families in our district are currently facing. Early […]

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U-M athletes visit 40 virtual classrooms this week in honor of National Women and Girls in Sports Day

February 5, 2021 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor What’s your least favorite sport? Do you guys play games in the pool? What kind of dance do you do? My sister’s on the tennis team. Do you know […]

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Elementary News

4th graders chat with their U-M student-athlete pen pals in virtual meet-and-greet

December 9, 2020 AAPS News Editor

King students had been waiting for weeks to meet their penpals in the Michigan Athletics Let’s Go Do PenPal Program By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was an event Katy Wagner’s fourth graders at […]

Elementary News

‘Supporting your Child’s Elementary Math Education’ parent webinar to be held Nov. 13

November 10, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Parents who can’t attend the webinar are encouraged to register anyhow to receive a recording of the event By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Do you want to understand more about your elementary child’s math […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Erica Peplinski-Burge, Spanish teacher, Angell, Bach, Burns Park, Lakewood, and Pattengill 4th & 5th graders

October 28, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Erica Peplinski-Burge, the 4th and 5th grade Spanish teacher at five AAPS elementary schools, has been named the Michigan World Language Teacher of the Year by the MIWLA Executive Board. The Michigan World Language Association is […]

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