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30 seconds with … Dicken 5th graders showcase annual African-American Trailblazers Wax Museum

February 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The fifth grade students of Avery Hubbard and Jessica Chartier at Dicken Elementary School showcased Dicken’s annual African-American Trailblazers Wax Museum today. Watch students rehearse for the assembly […]

The Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater thrills Dicken community with interactive performance on NAAPID 2019

February 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor An interactive performance by The Bichini Bia Congo Dance Theater got teachers, students, and parents on their feet Monday. See a minute of highlights here:

Forsythe sixth grader writes historical story; sells more than 700 copies on Amazon

February 4, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video & story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Forsythe Middle School sixth grader Arjun Alva didn’t get to relax as much as he would have liked last summer. After all, he had a book […]

30 seconds with … Gene Bartley’s 5th grade music class, Dicken

January 22, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor You’ve probably heard our outstanding high school musicians at one concert or another. Well, once upon a time they were fifth graders just getting the hang of it … […]

FutureStars 2019 promises to feature outstanding talent; see highlights from a preliminary show dress rehearsal

January 17, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It’s considered the most popular talent show in Michigan, and if Wednesday night’s preliminary round dress rehearsal is any indication, FutureStars 2019 may be the best yet. The […]

Celebrity Chef Jet Tila visits AAPS, encourages culinary arts students to travel, explore, work hard

January 10, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Celebrity chef Chef Jet Tila spent the day at three AAPS schools cooking, teaching, and talking to hundreds of students. Tila, who lives in Los Angeles, is a […]

30 seconds with … Bob Tennis, Abbot Elementary PE teacher

December 27, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor

Lawton students surprise teachers with all-school concert on day before winter break

December 21, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Not only was it PJ Day, but vocal music teacher Elizabeth Lentz planned an all-school concert as a surprise for the classroom teachers. That’s second grader Mala’Kai in […]

AAPS BOE Trustee Patricia Manley and President Christine Stead

Reception honors AAPS Board of Education Trustee Pat Manley and President Christine Stead

December 18, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Before the December 12, 2018 meeting of the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education a reception was held to honor Trustee Pat Manley and President Christine Stead for their service on the board.

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Ann Arbor Open teacher Chad Downs wins $25,000 national Milken Educator Award

December 12, 2018 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was billed as a Wednesday morning all-school assembly for the Ann Arbor Open community to meet and greet Michigan’s Interim Superintendent Sheila Alles. That’s […]