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School Board calls for using SAT instead of M-STEP for testing 11th graders

November 1, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“Our 11th graders are in a unique position, everyone of them at least in our schools takes the SAT, which is a nationally relevant test. The MSTEP is not,” says School Board Vice-President Christine Stead.

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A2 STEAM at Northside dedication, celebration of expanded building and strong community supported program

October 31, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“The construction provided us many opportunities to use our project based learning. We did erosion projects, and who would have gotten to do that without construction, and we got to design the play scape which was out front now for the K-1 playground, and of course the installation of the wind turbine,” says A2 STEAM Principal Joan Fitzgibbon.

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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 […]

The AAPS school board and others standing in a bright hallway that's the expansion of Mitchell Elementary

Student enrollment grows for third year in a row, as class sizes are reduced

October 28, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“The good news is that we’ve sustained a third year of significant growth in the district. The excellent news is that growth spans early childhood, pre-school and young fives, elementary school, middle school, and high school,” says Superintendent Jeancie Swift.

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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 […]

Community invited to AAPS job fair Nov. 3 highlighting hourly positions

October 25, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News If you’re looking for a part-time job—or two—AAPS invites you to a job fair on Thursday, Nov. 3 at Pioneer High School. There are two sessions: 1 to […]

Mitchell Elementary School expansion celebrated with ribbon cutting

October 24, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“We want people to know that something new and different is happening at Mitchell School, and it is special,” says Principal Kevin Karr.

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Huron, Pioneer and Skyline designated as 2016 MI HEARTSafe schools

October 20, 2016 AAPS News Editor

The Michigan Departments of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), and Education (MDE); American Heart Association (AHA); Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA); and Michigan Alliance for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the Young (MAP-SCDY) […]

District’s new data assessment system is a hit with teachers

October 19, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Ann Arbor Public Schools has implemented a new data assessment system that allows teachers to quickly determine students’ progress in class. Illuminate is an assessment system that warehouses data and […]

Caroline Fitzgerald, Scarlett Middle School band teacher

October 18, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Caroline Fitzgerald grew up in Pearl City, Hawaii and started learning the saxophone in seventh grade. Her band teacher was the most influential teacher in her life and the reason she decided to pursue music education. […]