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Photo of tweet from Project Lead the Way with a still shot of the opening of a video featuring AAPS teacher Sarah Schemanske
Elementary News

AAPS focus of national video highlighting coding opportunities in elementary schools

December 7, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“It not only taught them the basics of computer science and coding, but it also taught them to try things they had never tried before,” said PLTW Teacher Sarah Schemanske. […]

Board of Education

Community conversation to kick off this month will lead to new AAPS Strategic Plan

November 15, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“No one knows better than our students, and our parents, and our community members and our staff exactly where opportunities are to do better, to realize improvement,” says Superintendent Jeanice Swift. […]

Superintendent Jeanice Swift holding the Michigan 2018 Superintendent of the Year award
Board of Education

Superintendent Swift promotes public education as Michigan Superintendent of the Year

November 10, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“We will not take this award as anything other than an opportunity to showcase quality public schooling as a cornerstone of our democracy, and the opportunity for each and every child to have opportunity in this country,” says Superintendent Jeanice Swift. […]

Features

Huron High School senior wins advocacy award; looks forward to a career helping others

November 3, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News When Huron High School senior Austin Shepherd recently received a “Yes I Can” award from the Michigan Council for Exceptional Children (MCEC) this summer, he wasn’t nervous […]

Superintendent Jeanice Swift stands with a group of Allen 5th graders and a teacher all wearing grey Allen t-shirts before starting a tour of the renovated school.
Elementary News

AAPS celebrates Allen Elementary renovation with dedication ceremony

October 27, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Public Schools celebrated renovations and enhancements made in Allen Elementary School after the August 2016 flood with a Dedication Ceremony on October 25, 2017. […]

Features

Musicians perform at Community High just prior to their sold-out show at The Ark

October 26, 2017 AAPS News Editor

    Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The Victor Wooten Trio may be sold out at The Ark tonight, but Wooten—a five-time Grammy-winning bass player—, as well as saxophonist Bob Franceschini, were more than […]

Elementary News

King Elementary honors its first kindergarten teacher, now 96

October 24, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Jean Holmes became King Elementary’s first kindergarten teacher when the school opened in 1969, and taught there for 19 years. On Monday, her two sons surprised her […]

Elementary News

Carpenter Cougars exceed Fun Run goal, so Principal Michael Johnson makes good on an unusual promise

October 23, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The Carpenter Cougar Fun Run not only met its fundraising goal of $5,000, the students collected pledges that more than doubled that. So Principal Michael Johnson made […]

Latest news

Project Lead the Way—now offered in every grade in every AAPS school—to be featured tonight at King Elementary

October 19, 2017 AAPS News Editor

  Story, video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor What’s all this excitement about Project Lead the Way? The King School Improvement Team will answer that question tonight when it features the project-based […]

Features

Skyline High holds 2017 Homecoming Parade; see video and slideshow

October 16, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor See highlights from Skyline High School’s 2017 Homecoming Parade in the following video and slideshow:

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