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"Exceptional" profiles

Becca Robinson, Bach Elementary third/fourth grade teacher

December 13, 2019 AAPS News Editor

  By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Becca Robinson teaches a third/fourth combination class at Bach Elementary School.  She grew up in Huntington Woods, a small city near the Detroit Zoo. An only child, she […]

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"Exceptional" profiles

Mary Buckwalter, Forsythe Middle School science teacher

November 27, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Mary Buckwalter grew up in the small town of St. Johns in the center of Michigan. During school,  she lettered in vocal music and theater. and was proud to […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Sarah Lindsay, Eberwhite first grade teacher

November 21, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Sarah Lindsay is right at home teaching at Eberwhite Elementary.  In fact, it’s where she attended elementary school as a child and where her own father, Dave LaMoreaux, went to elementary school when he was […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Tom Jameson, Exceptional Volunteer, Environmental Education

November 13, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Tom Jameson, who has volunteered more than 2,200 times for the Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Environmental Education Program, was recently honored with a Recognition Award by the Michigan Alliance for […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Chelsea Birchmeier, Skyline High School ELA teacher

November 5, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Born on the Eastside of Detroit, Chelsea Birchmeier’s upbringing has shaped her teaching style. Her love for school was constant. Beyond watching soap operas with her grandma, reading has […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Jane Nixon, Pioneer High School teacher consultant, coach

October 29, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Tell us a bit about your background. I’m a townie. I was born and raised in Ann Arbor with two sisters, a brother, a dog and kind loving parents […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Jessica Fleming, Clague Middle School social studies teacher

October 22, 2019 AAPS News Editor

  By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Jessica Fleming was born in Silver Springs, Maryland and lived in metro Washington, D.C. until she was 14. New jobs brought her family to the Ann Arbor area […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Katie Kipp Dohm,  PLTW lead teacher, Dicken Elementary 

October 15, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Katie Kipp Dohm grew up in Bloomfield Hills with her parents, Bob and Shirlee, and older brother, Chris. While in first grade at Pine Lake Elementary (which has since been torn down), she fell in […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Julie Arbour, King Elementary physical education teacher

October 9, 2019 AAPS News Editor

    By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Julie Arbour has taught physical education at King Elementary School since 1981. She grew up in Tecumseh, the only girl in a family of three boys. She […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Kristen Smith, Lawton Elementary Building Literacy Expert

October 1, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Kristen Smith grew up in Alma, Michigan and attended Alma High School.  She then moved to Ann Arbor to attend the University of Michigan and earned her bachelor’s degree […]

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