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Huron & Community news outlets receive top honors from Columbia Scholastic Press

April 7, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Students kept the news coming despite COVID shut-downs By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Local news has faced struggles of late in many cities, but good journalism is alive and thriving at Community and Huron High […]

First & second graders welcomed back to the buildings

April 5, 2021 AAPS News Editor

“Roomies” and “Zoomies” taught simultaneously as Stage 2 of Hybrid Return to In-person Learning takes place district-wide By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Stage 2 of the Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Hybrid Return to In-Person […]

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Huron High School BPA takes home 67 awards at the 2021 BPA State Conference

April 1, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Members of Huron’s Business Professionals of America Chapter captured 67 awards after going online from March 14th-17th to compete against other Michigan schools in the 2021 BPA State Conference. BPA is the nation’s leading Career […]

Scarlett 7th grader’s winning poetic rap reflects on diversity

March 5, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Tamsin Aherne urges us to ‘be kind to every kind of mankind’ By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The challenge: Write a poetic rap reflecting one of three themes: COVID-19 Pandemic School Life in 2020 […]

Community High School ASL students sign “Lift Every Voice”

March 1, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Every year Jen Niner’s Community High School ASL students sign “Lift Every Voice” at the school’s MLK assembly. This year the students asked if they could individually record their part, which Niner then compiled. “It […]

District-wide MS-K8 assembly will celebrate ‘March is Reading Month’ on March 3

March 1, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Former Tappan student Sarah Weeks will talk to students about her work as an author By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The AAPS middle school librarians will host a special virtual assembly for all middle […]

At-home viewers will select the winner of FutureStars 2021 during March 13 event; tickets now on sale

February 25, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Students say this year’s show will be very different—but they wouldn’t have missed it for anything By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The FutureStars talent competition has been a sold-out Pioneer Theatre Guild tradition for […]

Sarah Conner, Allen Elementary art teacher

February 17, 2021 AAPS News Editor

“Teachers and school systems have become the center of a much larger societal conversation and debate. I am acutely aware of the spectrum of learning experiences that families in our district are currently facing. Early […]

Tradition with a twist: Pioneer Theatre Guild to present FutureStars 2021 March 13

February 16, 2021 AAPS News Editor

The celebrated talent show will go on—virtually Pioneer Theatre Guild’s FutureStars 2021 returns for its 19th year—with a twist. This year will be the competition’s first-ever virtual production. A citywide talent search for Ann Arbor’s […]

Slauson student’s greeting cards have raised hundreds for charity; now she’s named one of 2 top youth volunteers in Michigan

February 11, 2021 AAPS News Editor

Izzy Sutton says she’s honored to be recognized and hopes to bring home a national prize for the Slauson trophy case By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Isabel Sutton has enjoyed helping animals as far […]