Elementary News
30 seconds with … Abbot fourth graders’ post performance singalong
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor
Elementary News
Elementary News
Lawton holds annual tricycle race in memory of Theresa Supica
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On your mark. Get set. Go! And so began Lawton’s annual Cooke and Blick tricycle race featuring a show-down between Principal Shannon Blick and fourth grade teacher Jinx […]
Elementary News
Lawton students surprise teachers with all-school concert on day before winter break
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Not only was it PJ Day, but vocal music teacher Elizabeth Lentz planned an all-school concert as a surprise for the classroom teachers. That’s second grader Mala’Kai in […]
"Exceptional" profiles
Shanna Middleton, Wines Elementary Young Fives teacher
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Shanna Middleton grew up in Ann Arbor, and attended King Elementary from kindergarten to third grade. When her family—including parents and two younger brothers—moved across town, she attended […]
Elementary News
Haisley teachers’ supportive friendship models the importance of relationships for their students
Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When Dante Watson became principal of Haisley Elementary this school year, he noticed one thing fairly quickly: Second grade teachers Paula Everett and Alicia Rey-Murrell have […]
Community Gives Back
Lawton students applaud longtime volunteer on her 90th birthday
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 […]
Elementary News
Students at 5 AAPS elementary schools rock out at lively nutrition assembly
The Jump with Jill Nutrition Assembly—dubbed “the world’s only rock and roll nutrition show”—was held a five AAPS elementary schools last week. The assemblies—offered at Pittsfield, A2 STEAM, Dicken, King, and Haisley—came at no cost to the […]
Elementary News
Karen Thomas Fund grants support AAPS literacy efforts in elementary schools
“Every single one of them was really high quality, there wasn’t a clunker in the bunch, they were all great requests,” says former AAPS Trustee Andy Thomas.
Elementary News
Haisley’s annual `I Am Thankful Assembly’ still going strong after 30 years
Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Haisley’s “I Am Thankful” assembly has been a day-before-Thanksgiving break tradition for 30 years. Fifth and fourth graders and the kindergarteners they are matched with as […]
Elementary News
30 seconds with … Jenny York’s Young 5’s class at Allen Elementary
Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor