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Local professionals help Scarlett students hone interview skills on annual Portfolio Day

May 17, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Scarlett Middle School’s annual Portfolio Day is a rite of passage for more than 200 eighth graders, who shared their portfolios of classwork and awards […]

Features

Slauson Middle School is named a ‘Michigan School to Watch’

May 7, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Slauson Middle School has been named a Michigan School to Watch.  The program is part of a nationwide network that identifies and recognizes excellence in middle-grades schools. Schools to […]

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Pioneer & Slauson excel at the Michigan Science Olympiad State Tournament; advance to nationals

April 30, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor’s Pioneer High School improved upon their 2018 fourth place finish to place second in Division C at the Michigan Science Olympiad State Tournament held at Michigan State University on Saturday, April 27. This […]

Features

Scarlett students speak to UMS Board about interdisciplinary unit focused on Power Center show

April 29, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Eleven students from Scarlett Middle School presented at the UMS K-12 Partnership Luncheon on Friday, April 26. The students discussed the interdisciplinary unit that all Scarlett students participated in to prepare for the UMS school day performance […]

Features

Scarlett Middle School band teacher Caroline Fitzgerald is named 2019 DTE Energy Foundation Educator of the Year

April 26, 2019 AAPS News Editor

The University Musical Society (UMS) and the DTE Energy Foundation are pleased to honor Scarlett Middle School band teacher Caroline Fitzgerald as the 2019 DTE Energy Foundation Educator of the Year. The award recognizes and […]

Features

Device-free for a day? For middle schoolers, that’s a tough assignment

April 3, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Slauson Middle School librarian Laurel Maguire recently asked students to do something that horrified them. She challenged them to give up their mobile devices for […]

Features

New Slauson Seed Library will provide a way to share stories, resources, and knowledge

March 27, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News   Would you like a packet of seeds with that book? That’s a reasonable question at Slauson Middle School now that a new Seed Library cart is […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Kim McLean, Clague Middle School librarian

March 22, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Clague Middle School librarian Kim McLean grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Temple University, where she studied communications and theater.  She started her career in book publishing, where […]

Elementary News

30 seconds with … the A2STEAM @ Northside’s salmon and their fifth grade caretakers

February 25, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It takes a lot of helpful A2 STEAM @ Northside to raise a tank of salmon. In this video, we see fifth grade students of Ashley Moore, Amanda […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Stephan Hogan, Tappan Middle School math teacher

October 11, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Profile, video, and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Stephan Hogan was born and raised in the shadow of The Big House right here in Ann Arbor. He attended Abbot Elementary and Forsythe Middle School, […]

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