SCHOOLS

AAPS Exceptional Teacher Consultant: Laura Morning, Scarlett Middle School

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Laura Morning grew up in Chelsea, the youngest of five children. In high school, she began tutoring a 4-year-old family friend who was autistic. This is

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First Steps PTO Autumn Adventures Fundraiser is Oct. 5-11

First Steps-Ann Arbor is Rec & Ed’s popular community program for infants through preschoolers and their adult caregiver. They have had thousands of families participate since the first

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School supply kit distribution continues at AAPS

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor By the end of next week, every AAPS student will have received a school supply kit containing the basic supplies they need for the school year. Preschoolers

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AAPS: Performing arts app will enhance music ed for middle & HS students

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor How will our middle and high school music students continue to perform together from their homes? It’s a natural question, and now AAPS has an exciting

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Profiles

Profile: Pioneer’s Tess Yuhas has learned “every challenge has a reward”

The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to so many people in so many ways that it’s almost impossible to add them all up. Whether directly or indirectly, it has impacted many people’s lives

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AAPS: Virtual learning with – Dimitri Przeslawski, Slauson Middle School

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When Dimitri Przeslawski was an education student at the University of Michigan, he would sometimes imagine what his first day of teaching would look like.

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Home Builder’s Class: Longtime program continues but with new challenges to build from

The Ann Arbor Student Building Industry Program is ready to build its 51st house this month with lead instructor Mark Valchine and assistant Grant Welch back at the head of the class to help

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AAPS: School Supply Kit Distribution begins next week

Every AAPS student will receive a school supply kit containing the basic supplies they need for the school year. These kits are being distributed at the student’s school on specific dates

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AAPS Virtual learning with: Cathy Glei, Eberwhite Elementary kindergarten teacher

“We do our best, and we work together.” By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It’s easy enough to imagine high school students taking an online computer science course. But online kindergarten?

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AAPS: Virtual learning with Leslie Baugh, Scarlett Middle School PLTW teacher

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Scarlett Middle School Project Lead the Way (PLTW) teacher Leslie Baugh shares a few moments of Day One of the AAPS 2020-21 school year:

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