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Goal of Lakewood’s new Kindness Project is to make students feel safe, accepted, included

April 26, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story, video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Third, fourth and fifth graders at Lakewood Elementary are learning new ways to be kind to each other and to their community thanks to a […]

At Wines Elementary, inclusion is `just who we are’

March 29, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Inclusion is so built into the culture at Wines Elementary, it’s hard to spot it when you see it. People sometimes think of inclusion as something […]

King’s Anti-bullying Club empowers students to stand up to bullying

March 25, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor King Elementary Principal Mary Cooper says the school’s monthly lunchtime Anti-bullying Club is a way for students to learn skills and ways to be empowered to stand up […]

First grader spells pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

March 23, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Bryant first grader Khara, who is blind, does well hearing sounds in words and has quickly mastered the spelling words her teacher Valeska Bass gives her. So Bass decided […]

Student shows schoolmates how he uses assistive technology—and handles a Siri blip with good humor

March 22, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Nearly 2,000 AAPS students with special needs use assistive technology services to be more independent and productive during the school day. At the close of a recent Disability Awareness […]

Carpenter’s Lisa Cope named 2018 Washtenaw County Teacher of the Year

March 20, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Lisa Cope drove her 2005 Dodge Caravan to her job as a physical education teacher at Carpenter Elementary Monday. By the end of the day, she […]

Youth Art Month in downtown Ann Arbor

March 16, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Downtown Ann Arbor businesses have turned into an Ann Arbor Public Schools art gallery for the month of March. More than 30 Main Street Area Association merchants are participating in the Youth Art Month collaboration, by placing student artwork in their display windows.

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Nicole Smitka, Carpenter Elementary 5th grade teacher

March 13, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Nicole Smitka grew up in Ann Arbor and considers herself lucky to have attended Lawton Elementary, Slauson Middle School, and Pioneer High School. With a passion for math and science, […]

‘I Got You’ kindness project at Carpenter is named 2018 Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce E3 Project of the Year

March 9, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos, and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The 2018 Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce E3 Project of the Year has been awarded to a project at Carpenter Elementary that has led to […]

New Allen Elementary theater troupe to perform `Schoolhouse Rock Jr., Live!’ this weekend

March 7, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News AllenKidsAct—a new theatre troupe for Allen’s 1st-5th graders—will perform for the first time this weekend, giving students the chance to participate in a Broadway-style musical and learn […]