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Elementary News

3 questions for: Logan 5th grade ESL learners

April 3, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor What’s it like to start a new school in a new country? In December, twins Chau and Quy arrived here from Vietnam and became fifth graders at Logan Elementary School, […]

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 […]

Community Gives Back

“This program changed my life.” AAPS Adult Education proves pivotal

March 19, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Victoria Newell looks at where she was two years ago and says she can’t believe she’s come as far as she has. “It all started with me […]

Features

The Pioneer Music Department presents the 63rd annual Concerto Concert Thursday, March 14

March 13, 2019 AAPS News Editor

The Pioneer Music Department will present the 63rd annual Concerto Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14 at Pioneer High School. This year, the Slauson and Tappan orchestras will start the show to feature the talents […]

Community Gives Back

Lawton’s Day in the Community sends volunteers to help in the area and at school; ends with fundraising dinner

March 7, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor About 160 Lawton Elementary students, staff and parents volunteered hundreds of collective hours Saturday during the school’s first ever Lawton’s Day in the Community event. […]

High School News

30 seconds with … a Pathways Panther Power Assembly

March 6, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Every Friday morning, Pathways to Success invites a speaker to the school’s Panther Power Assembly to motivate students and highlight student accomplishments. Here’s a quick video of a typical assembly, this time featuring student advocate/coach […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Bill Van Loo, technology & engineering teacher at A2 STEAM

February 28, 2019 AAPS News Editor

  Photos & video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Bill Van Loo is a maker, teacher, musician, and photographer. He grew up in Jackson County and graduated from Napoleon High School. Both of his […]

Features

Writing project gives voices to Pathways students—literally

February 27, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Story, video, and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor A new project lining the main hall of Pathways to Success Academic Campus gives students an opportunity to tell their own stories in their own voices. […]

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 […]

Features

Skyline’s annual Black History Month Assembly again inspires with music, dance, art, poetry, drama

February 21, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Skyline’s African American Humanities class once again presented its annual Black History Month Assembly to the entire student body. The hour-long celebration of culture showcased the students’ talents […]

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