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Pittsfield PTO wins $1,000 grant for fundraising video

March 12, 2019 AAPS News Editor

The Pittsfield PTO has won first place and a $1,000 grant from Get Movin’ Fundraising   The contest encouraged schools to create a fundraising promotional video to get parents and students excited to support their upcoming event-based […]

Elementary News

3 questions for: Carpenter fifth grader Tamsin Aherne

March 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor What’s on the mind of Carpenter’s 10-year-old Student Council president? In today’s inaugural “3 questions for:” video, we ask Tamsin Aherne about her aspirations, now and in the future. […]

Community Gives Back

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. […]

Elementary News

30 seconds with … the A2STEAM @ Northside’s salmon and their fifth grade caretakers

February 25, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It takes a lot of helpful A2 STEAM @ Northside to raise a tank of salmon. In this video, we see fifth grade students of Ashley Moore, Amanda […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Christine Woelmer, Allen Elementary librarian

February 22, 2019 AAPS News Editor

  By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Christine Woelmer grew up attending the Ida Public Schools in southeast Michigan. Her father was an English professor at Monroe County Community College, and her mother taught English […]

Elementary News

30 seconds with … Deborah Joseph & Bryant kinders celebrate 100th day in costume

February 15, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News If it hadn’t been for the weather-related school cancellations, Feb. 11 would have been the 100th day of school for Ann Arbor Public Schools. At Bryant, the kindergarten teachers […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Sarah Bradley, Abbot Elementary Young Fives teacher

February 14, 2019 AAPS News Editor

    By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Sarah Bradley grew up in Ann Arbor and attended the Ann Arbor public schools. She remembers her first day of kindergarten, walking into Mrs. Clefgard’s classroom at […]

Elementary News

The Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater thrills Dicken community with interactive performance on NAAPID 2019

February 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor An interactive performance by The Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater got teachers, students, and parents on their feet Monday. See a minute of highlights here:  

Elementary News

Forsythe sixth grader writes historical story; sells more than 700 copies on Amazon

February 4, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video & story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Forsythe Middle School sixth grader Arjun Alva didn’t get to relax as much as he would have liked last summer. After all, he had a book […]

Elementary News

Pittsfield students march, sing in school’s annual parade honoring MLK, Jr.

January 18, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pittsfield Elementary students marched throughout the school Friday, singing “We Shall Overcome” and carrying signs they had made promoting the ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr. AAPS schools […]

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