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Clague basketball phenom Emoni Bates comments on NCAA final; his future

April 5, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Clague Middle School eighth grader Emoni Bates is considered to be among the top basketball players his age in the country. Some say the best. We caught up […]

Kristi Krile, Logan Elementary first grade teacher

April 4, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Profile and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Kristi Whitaker Krile was a military brat. Her father was in the Air Force, so she and her younger sister lived all over the world, including […]

At Wines Elementary, inclusion is `just who we are’

March 29, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Inclusion is so built into the culture at Wines Elementary, it’s hard to spot it when you see it. People sometimes think of inclusion as something […]

Meet three young swimmers who helped push Skyline to state title

March 28, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com Having a couple of standout swimmers certainly helps put a team high up on the board at a swimming meet. But to put that team at the top requires a total team […]

King’s Anti-bullying Club empowers students to stand up to bullying

March 25, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor King Elementary Principal Mary Cooper says the school’s monthly lunchtime Anti-bullying Club is a way for students to learn skills and ways to be empowered to stand up […]

First grader spells pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

March 23, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Bryant first grader Khara, who is blind, does well hearing sounds in words and has quickly mastered the spelling words her teacher Valeska Bass gives her. So Bass decided […]

Student shows schoolmates how he uses assistive technology—and handles a Siri blip with good humor

March 22, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Nearly 2,000 AAPS students with special needs use assistive technology services to be more independent and productive during the school day. At the close of a recent Disability Awareness […]

4th Annual SkyWell Wellness Expo focuses on safe driving

March 21, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video and photo by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The Health & Medicine Bio-Medical Sciences Magnet at Ann Arbor’s Skyline High School held its 4th annual SkyWell Wellness Expo for Skyline students and staff recently. Skywell—a […]

Teacher Pat Jenkins with representatives from the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Regional Chamber and LaFontaine Automotive Group

Skyline’s Pat Jenkins named Washtenaw County’s 2018 Distinguished Teacher of the Year

March 20, 2018 AAPS News Editor

“It’s just so thoughtful, and it just makes me want to get in here and do it again and again, year after year with more of you,” said Pat Jenkins on being named Distinguished Teacher of the Year based on nominations submitted by her students.

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Carpenter’s Lisa Cope named 2018 Washtenaw County Teacher of the Year

March 20, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Lisa Cope drove her 2005 Dodge Caravan to her job as a physical education teacher at Carpenter Elementary Monday. By the end of the day, she […]