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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

Video: Huron High School staff sends messages of joy & hope to students

April 21, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Huron English/journalism teacher Sara-Beth Badalamente and English/TOK teacher Terry Anderson were inspired by the Slauson staff’s video message, and decided to create one for the River Rats. “We wanted to let our students know that we […]

Video: Carpenter staff reminds students that 'we are family'

April 20, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Carpenter staff reminds students that although they are learning apart from each other, they are still a family.

AAPS librarians remind students & staff of their availability for reading, research support

April 19, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor AAPS librarians wanted to let students and families know they miss them and hope they keep reading. So Lisa Pham, a librarian at Bach and Angell elementary schools, solicited […]

Signs honoring the Class of 2020 give parents a way to celebrate their graduates

April 17, 2020 AAPS News Editor

New Facebook group unites families of AAPS seniors By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Barb Zimdars had been looking forward to her son’s final months as a senior year at Pioneer High School. Then the […]

Video: A2 STEAM teachers & staff find creative ways to tell students they are missed

April 16, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Video: Teachers, staff send love to Lawton Leopards

April 13, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Video: Mitchell teachers and staff send heartfelt greetings to students

April 13, 2020 AAPS News Editor

One thing’s clear in this heart-filled video: Mitchell teachers and staff miss their students.

Slauson Middle School staff sends video greetings to students

April 8, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Slauson Middle School math teacher Diaine Grant was social distancing around a campfire with neighbors Greta and Hannah Niethammer last week when they decided to put a staff video […]

Using county data, Huron freshman creates COVID-19 dashboard to help viewers quickly visualize the curve

April 3, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Huron High School freshman Armaan Kamat has created a COVID-19 dashboard for Washtenaw County that includes daily graphs of the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and new cases […]

`We miss you': Allen Elementary teacher creates video full of staff greetings for students

March 27, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Last week, some Allen Elementary teachers saw a Facebook post about how some teachers in a different state had driven their cars together through the neighborhoods of their students in […]