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Pattengill chooses book for all-school read that was—surprise!—written by a Pattengill alum

March 9, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Skype call among Pumas includes author tips, memories By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When the Pattengill Elementary Building Support Team got together to choose the one book that all 255 students would read as […]

Star power: Therapy dog meets Abbot students, staff on her first day on the job

March 3, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Star is expected to give comfort, relieve anxiety, be a good reading buddy. Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor After much anticipation, Abbot Elementary’s new therapy dog—an amiable hypoallergenic bernedoodle named […]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary—aka “King Dreamkeepers”—celebrates 50th anniversary

January 21, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/news.a2schools.org Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School observed its 50th anniversary three months ago but held off until the weekend before the national MLK Jr. Day to really celebrate. After […]

Yael Rothfeld, Exceptional Music Teacher, Thurston Elementary & MMEA’s Music Educator of the Year

January 14, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Yael Rothfeld, a music teacher at Thurston Elementary, has been named the Michigan Music Education Association’s Music Educator of the Year. She will be presented with the award […]

3 questions for: Andy Meyer, RE 5th Grade Robotics Competition

January 8, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Forsythe Middle School will be the setting Saturday for the Ann Arbor Public Schools’ annual 5th Grade Robotics Competition among students from Abbot, Allen, Bach, Dicken, Haisley, Mitchell, and […]

Purple Power: Westerman Preschool celebrates new mascot, school color, motto

December 20, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On Panda Power Pajama Day, the Westerman Preschool & Family Center celebrated its new school color, mascot and motto: Together we grow.” Take a 20-second look at some of […]

Ann Arbor Open students transform classrooms; prepare for annual Multicultural Fair tonight

December 19, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It’s Ann Arbor Open’s biggest event of the year. The Multicultural Fair takes place tonight, inviting visitors to travel around the world without leaving the building. […]

30 seconds with … Thurston kinders enjoying music class

December 18, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor These Thurston kindergarteners had a great time in Sarah Vaujin’s music class Monday. Take a 30-second peak:

Three Pattengill students, Principal Robin Kocher, teacher Bernadette Swanson, and Andy Thomas

2019 Karen Thomas Memorial Fund grants presented to teachers in 5 schools

December 17, 2019 AAPS News Editor

“These are teacher initiated grants that meet the needs of the particular classroom,” says Andy Thomas.

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30 seconds with: Sarah Corcoran’s morning meeting with her Thurston kindergarteners

December 17, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Morning meetings are a chance for students to share a bit of what’s happening in their lives as well as consider such things as how they might perform […]