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Elementary News

That’s a Great Idea: PLPs on sticky labels keep students focused on goals

November 14, 2017 AAPS News Editor

    By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When AAPS teachers last year were asked to form Personalized Learning Plans for each student, A2 STEAM first grade teacher Caroline Semrau looked online to the Northwest […]

Superintendent Jeanice Swift holding the Michigan 2018 Superintendent of the Year award
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Superintendent Swift promotes public education as Michigan Superintendent of the Year

November 10, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“We will not take this award as anything other than an opportunity to showcase quality public schooling as a cornerstone of our democracy, and the opportunity for each and every child to have opportunity in this country,” says Superintendent Jeanice Swift. […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Don Packard, Pioneer High School English teacher

November 8, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Ann Arbor native Don Packard grew up on the northwest side of town and attended Newport, Forsythe, and Pioneer. Following his 1983 high school graduation, he made the long […]

Features

Huron High School senior wins advocacy award; looks forward to a career helping others

November 3, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News When Huron High School senior Austin Shepherd recently received a “Yes I Can” award from the Michigan Council for Exceptional Children (MCEC) this summer, he wasn’t nervous […]

Superintendent Jeanice Swift sitting at a table with a group of parents talking updating them about work going on across the district.
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A2 Schools Podcast episode 4, Superintendent Swift’s fall update and Special Education Millage Renewal

November 3, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Highlights from the first two months of the 2017-18 school year and information about the WISD Special Education Millage Renewal. […]

Community Gives Back

Burns Park students enjoy the fruit of their labor during lunchtime garden program

October 30, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The Burns Park Weed and Seed Program gives students a weekly lunchtime opportunity to help in the school garden—and enjoy sampling what they’ve grown.     […]

Superintendent Jeanice Swift stands with a group of Allen 5th graders and a teacher all wearing grey Allen t-shirts before starting a tour of the renovated school.
Elementary News

AAPS celebrates Allen Elementary renovation with dedication ceremony

October 27, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Public Schools celebrated renovations and enhancements made in Allen Elementary School after the August 2016 flood with a Dedication Ceremony on October 25, 2017. […]

Features

Musicians perform at Community High just prior to their sold-out show at The Ark

October 26, 2017 AAPS News Editor

    Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The Victor Wooten Trio may be sold out at The Ark tonight, but Wooten—a five-time Grammy-winning bass player—, as well as saxophonist Bob Franceschini, were more than […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Kyle Yenor, Logan Elementary fourth grade teacher

October 25, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Kyle Yenor grew up in the rural town of Morenci in Lenawee County, where he attended Morenci Area Schools K-12,  was active in sports and enjoyed the simplicity […]

Elementary News

King Elementary honors its first kindergarten teacher, now 96

October 24, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Jean Holmes became King Elementary’s first kindergarten teacher when the school opened in 1969, and taught there for 19 years. On Monday, her two sons surprised her […]

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