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Slauson Middle School’s new outdoor classroom lets students learn in the fresh air and sunshine while enjoying the garden

September 20, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Slauson Middle School students can now enjoy the fresh autumn air during instructional time. The ribbon was cut Monday afternoon on a new outdoor classroom, which features long benches […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Larissa Czuchnowsky, Forsythe Middle School Spanish teacher

September 12, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Photo and profile by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Larissa Czuchnowsky grew up in  Windsor, Ontario,  the daughter of Polish immigrants Dan and Mica Czuchnowsky. After high school, she took a gap year to travel to […]

Features

`The Color of our Dreams’ mural unveiled at Scarlett Middle School

July 28, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The 108 students of the Summer English as a Second Language Academy (SESLA) were excited last night to unveil the new expansive mural they painted […]

Features

Couple reflects on their daughter’s kind spirit as the Forsythe community pledges to keep her memory alive

June 29, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Susan Smiddy, a music therapist at the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, recorded Anna’s heartbeat in her final days, then recorded a song using parts of Anna’s favorite songs on top of her heartbeat. The family […]

Features

Scarlett’s Make a Difference Club collects 2090 books for preschoolers, charities

May 30, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Thanks to the hard work of eight Scarlett Middle School sixth graders in the Make a Difference Club, hundreds of local preschoolers and their families will […]

Features

Clague celebrates new status as “Michigan School to Watch”

May 26, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis AAPS District News editor Clague Middle School has been named just one of the state’s 12 “2017 School to Watch” by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades […]

Features

Slauson and Clague students excel at State Science Olympiad Tournament

May 22, 2017 AAPS News Editor

More than 200 Division B schools in Michigan competed in 23 events at their regional tournaments before 60 of those schools qualified for the annual Michigan Science Olympiad State Tournament April 29 at Michigan State […]

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Community Gives Back

Scarlett Middle School 8th graders learn job interview skills on Portfolio Day

May 19, 2017 AAPS News Editor

More than 80 people that work at a wide variety of Ann Arbor area businesses and organizations came to Scarlett Middle School and gave the students the chance to do practice interviews with someone currently working in a field that interests them. […]

High School News

AAPS musicians please the crowds at Picnic Pops 2017

May 15, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The weather was perfect Saturday for a picnic on the lawn of Pioneer High School while middle and high school musicians performed under the tent. The 2017 Picnic Pops—an annual […]

Community Gives Back

Slauson Middle School students celebrate Arbor Day with tree planting

April 28, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Tree City USA is four trees (two tulip trees and two katsuras) more beautiful now that Slauson Middle School students have helped plant the trees along Crest Avenue. The […]

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