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Community Gives Back

New furniture arrives in Ann Arbor Public Schools over winter break

January 4, 2018 AAPS News Editor

The new classroom furniture is more flexible than traditional school desks so teachers and students can easily reconfigure the classroom to work in small groups or other formations. Many of the items can be lifted and moved with just a finger or two. […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Shaquanda Thomas, Bryant Elementary paraprofessional

December 19, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Profile and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Shaquanda Thomas grew up in  Ypsilanti, the daughter of Nolen Thomas and Shirley Love, and granddaughter of Cora A. Woods, who helped raise her.  Thomas attended […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Alivia Maus, Dicken Elementary first grade teacher

December 15, 2017 AAPS News Editor

  Profile and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Alivia Maus grew up with her two younger siblings on her parents’ small farm in Milan just south of Ann Arbor. As a child, she […]

Elementary News

Burns Park students get a taste for keeping cool under pressure in “Chopped Junior Assembly”

December 8, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos, and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Twelve Burns Park Elementary students demonstrated their abilities to chop, flip, fold and maintain grace under pressure during a “Chopped Junior Assembly” Friday morning. The […]

Photo of tweet from Project Lead the Way with a still shot of the opening of a video featuring AAPS teacher Sarah Schemanske
Elementary News

AAPS focus of national video highlighting coding opportunities in elementary schools

December 7, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“It not only taught them the basics of computer science and coding, but it also taught them to try things they had never tried before,” said PLTW Teacher Sarah Schemanske. […]

Elementary News

District-wide STEAM Expo gives AAPS students the chance to demonstrate wide variety of tech skills

December 6, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The AAPS district-wide STEAM Expo held at Skyline High School Tuesday night showcased PLTW K-12 including coding, robotics, 3D printing, and design thinking. Attendance was estimated at about […]

Academics

Pattengill’s ‘Tech It Out’ on Dec. 7 will feature both high- and low-tech trends

December 5, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Pattengill Elementary’s ‘Tech it Out’ on Dec. 7 will introduce parents to the exciting technology their children are using at school, and invite students to make […]

Elementary News

Rec & Ed’s ‘epic’ Computer Coding class provides lots of ‘aha’ moments, say teen teachers

November 30, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pioneer High School junior Anne Ye didn’t know much about teaching when she and two other PHS students signed up to teach the new Rec & […]

Community Gives Back

Leveling the playing field: `We are all Lawton Leopards’

November 21, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On the last day of school in June, a Lawton Elementary student turned to Principal Shannon Blick and said: “Kids like me don’t get yearbooks.” Blick responded: “What do […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Darcy Knoll, Pittsfield and Pattengill elementary physical education teacher

November 15, 2017 AAPS News Editor

    By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pittsfield and Pattengill’s Elementary physical education teacher Darcy Knoll was recently named SHAPE Michigan’s Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.  She is very passionate about physical […]

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