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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Too legit to quit: Ms. Hammer the turtle has been classroom pet for 27 years — so far

October 9, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Tappan Middle School science teacher Susan Baker has some company in her staff photo I.D. Cradled in her hand is Ms. Hammer, a three-toed Eastern box turtle […]

Slauson kicks off anti-bullying campaign with `Heroes in the Hallway’

October 3, 2018 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Schools across the country observe this month are taking many approaches to National Bullying Prevention Month. Many middle schools have taken on the Heroes in the […]

AAPS welcomes 40th delegation from Hikone to Ann Arbor; AAPS students look forward to their visit to Japan next month

October 2, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor “Youkoso!” Ann Arbor Public Schools today welcomed 14 students and two chaperones from Hikone, Japan during a reception at Scarlett Middle School. This year marks […]

Author urges Tappan Middle School students to be engaged and compassionate; discusses her closeup view of the refugee crisis

September 27, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Author Katherine Marsh spoke to Tappan Middle School students today about the impetus for her book, “Nowhere Boy” and her family’s experience living in Belgium and seeing the recent […]