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The Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater thrills Dicken community with interactive performance on NAAPID 2019

February 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor An interactive performance by The Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater got teachers, students, and parents on their feet Monday. See a minute of highlights here:

Erin Wright, Eberwhite fifth grade teacher

February 6, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Erin Wright was born in Detroit and grew up mostly in Grand Rapids. The daughter of a special education teacher, Wright knew how demanding and rewarding teaching is as a […]

Pioneer Theatre Guild (PTG) presents Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

February 5, 2019 AAPS News Editor

For the first time in 20 years, PTG students to perform a work of Shakespeare

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Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor holds a check while surrounded with A2 STEAM students, staff, as well as Ann Arbor city government officials

A2 STEAM receives Sustaining Ann Arbor Together Grant for solar project

February 4, 2019 AAPS News Editor

“Not only do we want to grow this physically and instructionally here at A2 STEAM, but we hope to have a model that we can share with all Ann Arbor Public Schools and actually even further because sustainability is something we want to be the work of all of our young people,” says A2 STEAM Principal Megan Fenech.

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Skywell Club hosts 5th annual Skywell Wellness Expo on Wednesday

February 4, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Wellness is about physical, social and emotional well-being and students at Skyline High School are leading the way by bringing awareness and wellness resources to the student body during the 5th annual SkyWell […]

Forsythe sixth grader writes historical story; sells more than 700 copies on Amazon

February 4, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video & story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Forsythe Middle School sixth grader Arjun Alva didn’t get to relax as much as he would have liked last summer. After all, he had a book […]

Jennifer Kunec, Pioneer High School social studies teacher

February 1, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Jen Kunec was born and raised in Ann Arbor. Her father, Jerome Jelinek, was a concert cellist and a Professor of Music at The University of Michigan. Her mother, […]

AAPS teen talent wows sold-out crowd at annual FutureStars talent show

January 27, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The Pioneer Theatre Guild’s FutureStars 2019 was another sold-out hit featuring the singing, dancing and musical talents of dozens of high school students throughout Ann Arbor […]

Heather Gray, Wines Elementary special education teacher

January 25, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Heather Gray grew up with a brother and sister in the small town of Jesup, Iowa. Her parents were both elementary school teachers and she was a teacher’s […]

Pittsfield students march, sing in school’s annual parade honoring MLK, Jr.

January 18, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pittsfield Elementary students marched throughout the school Friday, singing “We Shall Overcome” and carrying signs they had made promoting the ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr. AAPS schools […]