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Julie Walstra, AAPS Data Systems Manager

June 7, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Julie Walstra split her childhood between Lansing, Illinois (just south of Chicago) and Orange Park, Florida (just south of Jacksonville). She earned a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Chicago, which she says […]

Pathways to Success Academic Campus celebrates 2016 graduation with Zingerman’s founder

June 7, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“No one can take away your freedom to choose how you will react. That is yours, and yours alone, and if you continue to make the kind of good choices that got you here to graduation, you will continue to forge your own destiny,” Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw told the 2016 graduating class from Pathways to Success Academic Campus

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Class of 2016 says farewell to Community High School in a night filled with music and memories

June 2, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and slideshow by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On a rainy Wednesday night at Rackham Auditorium, 128 graduates took the microphone during an emotional three-hour ceremony and one by one, told why they […]

We asked Huron seniors: What will you miss most?

May 31, 2016 AAPS News Editor

It’s clear that Huron High School students are true to their school. See the responses of six seniors on their last day of school on Friday. Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News

See the slideshow of Skyline’s farewell to seniors

May 31, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News

Skyline bids farewell to seniors during Operation Senior Standing Ovation: See the video

May 27, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Skyline High School Principal Cory McElmeel started a new tradition last year of giving seniors a standing ovation on their last day of classes:

Pioneer says farewell to seniors during bittersweet Clap Out

May 26, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor

Two water fountains at Huron High School

Water tests show no concern of lead in Ann Arbor Public Schools facilities

May 26, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“This has been a great partnership and I think we want to continue to do that and we’re available to consult as the public schools develops their plans moving forward,” says Ann Arbor Water Treatment Services Manager Brian Steglitz.

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AAACF Youth Council mini grants help elementary students continue to serve the community

May 25, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Wines Elementary fifth grader Arya Joshi says it felt good to take part in a class project to help the Leslie Science & Nature Center. […]

Skyline senior Charles Graham speaking at a podium.

Ann Arbor Community Celebrates State of the Schools

May 24, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“What I have noticed, even at a very young age, is that students in Ann Arbor Public Schools, they yearn for perfection, they believe perfection is how we succeed. There are students in high school that they get 4.0s because they know that they are supposed to get 4.0s,” says Skyline Senior Charles Graham.

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