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Check this worry off your list: How to open a middle school locker

August 16, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Rising sixth graders often have some anxiety as they make the transition to middle school. How to open a locker is a common concern. Hoping to eliminate that […]

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Marriage of math and engineering evident in middle school Math/PLTW Camp

August 9, 2018 AAPS News Editor

“Engineering and math just go hand in hand, it’s very seamless you know to go from the math part to the engineering. The cool thing about it for them is they get to see the fact that math is not just a stand-alone, it’s actually used somewhere else,” says Marty Moreno. […]

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King principal says educators’ trip to Japan was `a dream come true’

August 8, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Editor’s Note: King Elementary Principal Mary Cooper was one of 31 teachers chosen as a 2018 International Educator to Japan. The teachers—including four from Brussels, one from Canada and 26 from around the United States—spent […]

Elementary News

It was all about birds at the 2018 Summer Learning Institute

August 3, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was all about birds this year as more than 280 families participated in one of two action-packed sessions of the Summer Learning Institute concluding today at Allen Elementary. […]

Community Gives Back

Scarlett’s newly enhanced bird sanctuary is a gift from SESLA students

July 30, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Students returning to Scarlett Middle School in September will quickly notice a new addition thanks to students in the Summer English as a Second Language Academy […]

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Fairytale STEAM Camp lets preschoolers see how science can be magical

July 27, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Showing preschoolers that science is magical is the idea behind the newest Rec & Ed summer camp. Have a look at at few minutes of Fairytale STEAM Camp: […]

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AAPS middle school English Language Arts Camp instills love of reading and much more

July 23, 2018 AAPS News Editor

“At this point I just think that it’s great that we just caught some of those kids, and if we catch you with one book, then it’s going to spread like wildfire and you’re going to find other books that you like in that genre or by that author,” says Tappan ELA teacher Shannon Epps. […]

Features

Dancing, painting, exploring: AAPS’ youngest students are enjoying summer classes

July 19, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor What have our youngest students been up to this summer? Take a peek at some of the action over at the Early Childhood division of Rec & Ed: […]

Community Gives Back

Safety Town—one of Rec & Ed’s most popular summer day camps—is underway

July 12, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis, AAPS District News Editor The ever popular Safety Town is now underway, helping incoming Young 5’s, kindergarteners and first graders learn the difference between safe and unsafe situations. Held […]

Elementary News

Thurston English Language Program makes learning language and science fun and relevant

July 3, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The annual Thurston English Language Summer Program partners with the Leslie Science Center to provide experiential learning opportunities aligned to the AAPS science curriculum. “We explicitly focus on building content […]

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