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[ October 2, 2026 ] A minute in the room: Abbot School Librarian Christina Nielsen welcomes an enthusiastic group of third graders A minute in the room
[ October 1, 2026 ] Dicken community celebrates topping off of new school Elementary News
[ September 30, 2026 ] Marietta “Nurse Rita” Brooks-Hayward, Carpenter Elementary School Nurse "Exceptional" profiles
[ September 29, 2026 ] A minute in the room: Quran Jackson teaches the new 4th/5th class at Carpenter Elementary A minute in the room
[ September 28, 2026 ] AAPS singers from three high schools accepted to the MSVMA Musical Theatre Intensive High School News

Virtual learning with: Dimitri Przeslawski, first-year teacher, Slauson Middle School social studies

September 16, 2020 AAPS News Editor

What’s it like to begin your first year of teaching totally online? By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When Dimitri Przeslawski was an education student at the University of Michigan, he would sometimes imagine what […]

Back on the trails: Defending state cross country champs are eager to again represent Pioneer

September 15, 2020 AAPS News Editor

COVID prevented Division 1 champs from competing in nationals in March. Now the girls are happy to be training together again, and hoping for another big win. By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was […]

Virtual learning with: Cathy Glei, Eberwhite Elementary kindergarten teacher

September 11, 2020 AAPS News Editor

“We do our best, and we work together.” By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It’s easy enough to imagine high school students taking an online computer science course. But online kindergarten? Eberwhite kindergarten teacher Cathy […]

Entire Clague & Scarlett staffs virtually greet students & families

September 4, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Creative videos allow the staff’s personalities to shine through By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Days before the all-virtual start to the school year, the Clague and Scarlett middle school communities have been able to meet […]

Ted Emch, Pioneer High School computer science teacher

August 26, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Pioneer computer science teacher wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pioneer High School math teacher Theodore Emch has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in […]

Video: Elementary options for 2020 explained

August 10, 2020 AAPS News Editor

The latest information on the upcoming school year Synopsis of Video with Links to Topics Overview of Options – A2 Classroom Connect and A2 Student Link both are AAPS curricula and teachers and tied to the […]

Profile: Skyline’s Koselka triplets finding great success together and individually

July 29, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby /weloveannarbor.com No, you aren’t seeing double. And you also aren’t seeing triple when you look at the Koselka triplets. Even though they were born on the same day, share the same last […]

Summer school students take on fresh challenges while learning AAPS' new online platform

July 23, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Schoology will serve as the district’s unified digital hub to keep teaching and learning organized and easily accessible in one spot By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor In addition to honing their academic skills, summer […]

Bach Elementary can drive raises $2,418 for Black Lives Matter and Detroit Justice Center

July 14, 2020 AAPS News Editor

First grade teacher Gabby Taylor—who spearheaded the drive—spent five weeks collecting and returning thousands of bottles and cans for the cause By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor If Gabby Taylor’s garage still reeks of the […]

More than 300 AAPS students from 12 schools volunteered in 'Anna's Kindness' projects this 2019-20 school year

June 26, 2020 AAPS News Editor

AAPS students didn’t let COVID-19 stop them from helping others in need. Students continued volunteering through Anna’s Kindness—a public charity established in 2017 in memory of 12-year-old Forsythe Middle School student Anna LeFort, who passed […]