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Longtime data director retires; career spanned 40 years

October 31, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When Jane Landefeld wakes up tomorrow, it will be the first time in 40 years she will not have a role to fill within Ann […]

Scarlett Middle School Band to march in Saturday’s pithy EdgeFest Parade

October 27, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Own a kazoo? Itching to play your old high school flute? Then come join the fun in the EdgeFest Parade that will wind through and around the […]

Huron seniors looking forward to homecoming dance

October 14, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photo and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The date to the dance started last spring when Huron High School basketball player Lawrence Rowley took part in Project Unify, a partnership program between […]

In a landslide, Pioneer High School student with Down Syndrome is voted homecoming king

October 14, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo MathisAAPS District News Editor It wasn’t even close. When it was time to pick the king of the Pioneer High School Homecoming Dance 2016, the students overwhelmingly chose Donald […]

The Hikone Exchange Program kicks off Monday when AAPS welcomes 14 Japanese students

September 30, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Fourteen AAPS families will welcome guests from Hikone, Japan Monday night as the 38th annual Hikone Exchange Program gets underway. The 14 Japanese middle […]

`Forever a Skyline Eagle’ Homecoming parade honors teacher Chris Peterson, whose family are grand marshals

September 24, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos and videos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News In the weeks following the death of Skyline High School English teacher Chris Peterson in a kayaking accident July 3, many of his students reached […]

AAPS becomes the only district in the state to offer Project Lead the Way in every school

September 22, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News It’s an exciting year at Ann Arbor Public Schools, which is now the only district in the state to offer Project Lead the Way curriculum in each […]

Students return to AAPS schools on first day of the 2016-17 year

September 6, 2016 AAPS News Editor

It was a Big Battle at the Big House for the Pioneers in season opener

August 31, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Playing before a huge crowd at Mighigan Stadium was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Pioneer High School Pioneers on Aug. 27. The “Battle at the Big House” was indeed a […]

Rec & Ed preschool camps keep kids engaged

July 26, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News More than 150 children are participating this summer in preschool camps through Rec & Ed. “Each camp lets children, sometimes with an adult, explore new, fun activities […]