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Community Gives Back

Annual run-a-thon is colorful blast for Lawton community

September 28, 2015 AAPS News Editor
AAPS News Editor Jo Mathis captured the excitement of Friday evening’s 14th Annual Lawton Color Run-a-thon which raised money for the John R. Crosby Foundation and the Lawton Elementary PTO. John Crosby was a third […]
Elementary News

AAPS celebrates Constitution Day; attorneys speak in every middle school

September 17, 2015 AAPS News Editor
By Jo Mathis AAPS District News Constitution Day may be one of those under-the-radar observances for most Americans. But in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, it’s yet another reason for students to learn something relevant. […]
Community Gives Back

Transformed Dicken garden is one of six to be featured on Sept. 20 AAPS garden tour; reception

September 14, 2015 AAPS News Editor
By Jo Mathis AAPS District News An upcoming garden tour and reception on Sunday, Sept. 20 will highlight six prolific gardens in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. All are the result of many hours of […]
Elementary News

A day in the life … BPE’s first day of school

September 9, 2015 AAPS News Editor
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Elementary News

Teachers and staff head to school on Tuesday

August 31, 2015 AAPS News Editor
  Story and photos by Jo Mathis When AAEA President Linda Carter began her teaching career with Ann Arbor Public Schools 41 years ago, she walked into the Forsythe teachers’ lounge during a break. A […]
Elementary News

14th Annual Runathon proves Lawton community cares for its own

August 26, 2015 AAPS News Editor
By Jo Mathis AAPS District News The 14th Annual Lawton Elementary Runathon will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 at the school. The event brings the Lawton community together to […]
Elementary News

ESL students will tell stories of challenge and triumph at family celebration

July 22, 2015 AAPS News Editor
  By Jo MathisAAPS District News Editor What’s better than writing your own rap song about a way you’ve faced a challenge and triumphed over it? Performing it for an appreciative audience, that’s what. And […]
Elementary News

Homework Club continues for Lakewood kids

July 20, 2015 AAPS News Editor
Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Lakewood Elementary art teacher Peggy Leonard and media specialist Eileen Thomas hated to think that the gains made by students enrolled in the school’s twice-a-week […]
Elementary News

Little Free Library now graces reading corner of Dicken garden

June 16, 2015 AAPS News Editor
Dicken Elementary School installed a Little Free Library in a corner of Dicken’s garden, where there is now a reading garden surrounded by sunflowers. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Little Free Library was held […]
Community Gives Back

Anthology features stories written by Huron students

June 11, 2015 AAPS News Editor
By Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Twenty Huron High School students are now published authors upon the release of their anthology of bedtime stories titled, “A Lantern of Fireflies: An Illustrated Treasury of Tales […]

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