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Elementary News

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 […]

Elementary News

That’s a Great Idea: PLPs on sticky labels keep students focused on goals

November 14, 2017 AAPS News Editor

    By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When AAPS teachers last year were asked to form Personalized Learning Plans for each student, A2 STEAM first grade teacher Caroline Semrau looked online to the Northwest […]

Superintendent Jeanice Swift stands with a group of Allen 5th graders and a teacher all wearing grey Allen t-shirts before starting a tour of the renovated school.
Elementary News

AAPS celebrates Allen Elementary renovation with dedication ceremony

October 27, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Public Schools celebrated renovations and enhancements made in Allen Elementary School after the August 2016 flood with a Dedication Ceremony on October 25, 2017. […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Kyle Yenor, Logan Elementary fourth grade teacher

October 25, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Kyle Yenor grew up in the rural town of Morenci in Lenawee County, where he attended Morenci Area Schools K-12,  was active in sports and enjoyed the simplicity […]

Elementary News

King Elementary honors its first kindergarten teacher, now 96

October 24, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Jean Holmes became King Elementary’s first kindergarten teacher when the school opened in 1969, and taught there for 19 years. On Monday, her two sons surprised her […]

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