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Virtual learning with Leslie Baugh, Scarlett Middle School PLTW teacher

September 9, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Scarlett Middle School Project Lead the Way (PLTW) teacher Leslie Baugh shares a few moments of Day One of the AAPS 2020-21 school year:

Entire Clague & Scarlett staffs virtually greet students & families

September 4, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Creative videos allow the staff’s personalities to shine through By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Days before the all-virtual start to the school year, the Clague and Scarlett middle school communities have been able to meet […]

Video: Middle school options 2020-21 explained

August 10, 2020 AAPS News Editor

The latest information on the upcoming school year Synopsis of Video with Links to Topics Overview of options A2 Student Link and A2 Classroom Connect very similar offering AAPS teachers, curricula and programming tied to your […]

More than 300 AAPS students from 12 schools volunteered in 'Anna's Kindness' projects this 2019-20 school year

June 26, 2020 AAPS News Editor

AAPS students didn’t let COVID-19 stop them from helping others in need. Students continued volunteering through Anna’s Kindness—a public charity established in 2017 in memory of 12-year-old Forsythe Middle School student Anna LeFort, who passed […]

Video: Slauson welcomes incoming sixth graders

June 8, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor What’s your favorite part about Slauson Middle School? What advice do you have for incoming sixth graders? Who are the principals? What do current sixth graders have to say? […]

Can't stop the music: Slauson holds virtual spring concert

June 4, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Slauson Middle School Orchestra Director Sara Gibson wasn’t about to let the annual spring concert simply not happen. So she created the Slauson Orchestra Virtual Concert: “Many students love […]

Zoom meeting surprise: Scarlett's Laura Morning receives A2Y Distinguished Teacher award

June 3, 2020 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor She thought she was logging on to Zoom for the weekly Scarlett staff meeting. And she was. But there was a special surprise for special education teacher consultant Laura […]

A2 STEAM student illustrates coloring book explaining COVID-19 to children

April 22, 2020 AAPS News Editor

U-M’s Zero to Thrive prenatal and early childhood initiative releases `Georgie and the Giant Germ’ By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor A2 STEAM seventh grader Maja Rosenblum-Muzik spends hours every day drawing, painting, and creating. […]

Video: Clague Middle School: Cougar Pride. All in!

April 10, 2020 AAPS News Editor

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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 […]