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Month: May 2023

Features

Teachers brave the dunk tank on Disability Awareness Day to raise money for senior heading for the Special Olympics World Games

May 18, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Dunk after dunk, five good-natured Pioneer High School teachers hit the water Wednesday while a circle of students and staff cheered the tennis balls that struck the target. It was all for a good cause […]

Latest news

Julia Williams, Lakewood Elementary special education teacher

May 17, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Julia Stier Williams grew up in Ann Arbor, the second oldest of four girls. She went to Carpenter Elementary for 5th grade, then Scarlett for Middle school, and graduated from Huron High School in 2011. […]

High School News

Spotlight: Pioneer’s Lleyton Lage Tosses No-Hitter – And Hits A HR In 1-0 Win Over Canton  

May 17, 2023 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com Here is a script that Hollywood executives would laugh at before throwing a fastball into the bin – even The Natural was more believable than what happened on May 12 on the […]

High School News

Huron IB Diploma juniors demonstrate ability to analyze and think creatively during Theory of Knowledge Exhibition

May 17, 2023 AAPS News Editor

The Huron International Baccalaureate Diploma Program‘s Theory of Knowledge Exhibition this week is considered one of the most unique assessments for IB Diploma Candidates, “The students have a tremendous amount of choice in this assignment to allow […]

Elementary News

Burns Park Building Literacy coach publishes children’s book promoting compassion, acceptance, and bravery

May 16, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Kyunghee Chen hopes ‘See Us Bloom’ will be embraced and celebrated during AAPI Heritage Month in May—and always Burns Park Building Literacy Coach Kyunghee Chen has published a children’s book she hopes will encourage all […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Patrice Gage, school nurse at Bryant, Dicken, King, and Pattengill Elementary schools

May 11, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Patrice Gage was born and raised in Royal Oak, the youngest of seven children. Her mother was an elementary and high school teacher and principal of a grade school and through her experiences, Gage grew […]

Features

C-SPAN honors Skyline juniors for a documentary they created in their Communication, Media and Public Policy (CMPP) magnet

May 11, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Amelia Repp and Ava DeBenedet receive Honorable Mention Video Documentary Award Skyline High School juniors Amelia Repp and Ava DeBenedet have received an honorable mention video award from C-SPAN for their video titled “Gerrymandering: Michigan Tackles […]

Latest news

Video: AAPS celebrates and honors school nurses on National School Nurse Day May 10

May 10, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Public Schools honors its school nurses today on National School Nurse Day, which is celebrated on Wednesday within National Nurses Week. This is the first year that Governor Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed this day […]

Academics

Ann Arbor Academic Games participants excel at 2023 national tournament in Orlando

May 8, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Academic Games traveled to Orlando, Florida for the Academic Games League of America’s National Tournament last month, and returned with many trophies. Participants included 38 students from King Elementary, Clague Middle School, and […]

Features

AAPS Homebuilding students nearing completion of the largest house ever built by a high school building program in one year

May 8, 2023 AAPS News Editor

The five-bedroom Scio Township house features nearly 4,000 square feet of living space The largest house ever built in a year by a high school homebuilding program is a matter of weeks from hitting the […]

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