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  • [ October 24, 2025 ] Chartwells AAPS holds Mood Boost and Seed to Table event at Carpenter Elementary Elementary News
  • [ October 24, 2025 ] A once-in-a-lifetime musical experience: Pioneer High welcomes Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of the Blind High School News
  • [ October 21, 2025 ] Chartwells AAPS hosts annual Apple Crunch Day Food Service
  • [ October 20, 2025 ] AAPD officers bring “Stop the Bleed Training” to Slauson Middle School students Features
  • [ October 17, 2025 ] Pioneer dominates SEC Red Cross Country Championship Features

Month: October 2025

Elementary News

Chartwells AAPS holds Mood Boost and Seed to Table event at Carpenter Elementary

October 24, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Chartwells AAPS brought a burst of sunshine to lunch at Carpenter Elementary on Thursday with a special Mood Boost and Seed to Table event. Students enjoyed tasty samples of sunflower seeds and sunbutter with celery […]

High School News

A once-in-a-lifetime musical experience: Pioneer High welcomes Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of the Blind

October 24, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Pioneer High School’s Auditorium was the setting on Thursday for a double assembly unlike any before it. The Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of the Blind (KTMOB), also known as Kwanhyun King’s Orchestra, captivated the students […]

Food Service

Chartwells AAPS hosts annual Apple Crunch Day

October 21, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Chartwells AAPS hosted its annual Apple Crunch Day district-wide on Thursday. Each student was given a local, farm-fresh apple to crunch on for the celebration. The apples came from Nemeth’s Greenhouse, Kapnick Orchards, Lesser Farms, […]

Features

AAPD officers bring “Stop the Bleed Training” to Slauson Middle School students

October 20, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Officers from the Ann Arbor Police Department visited Slauson Middle School last week to conduct a Stop the Bleed presentation with 8th Grade Medical Detectives students. In the Medical Detectives (MD) class, students explore the […]

Features

Pioneer dominates SEC Red Cross Country Championship

October 17, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Pioneer High School’s cross country programs delivered a dominant performance at Thursday’s SEC Red championship meet at Hudson Mills Metropark, with both the men’s and women’s teams sweeping the competition in a seven-school field. The […]

Features

At Clague Middle School, quick counselor check-ins create a culture of support

October 16, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Quick, accessible “Minute Meetings” sessions remind students they can access counselors easily. Clague Middle School’s new ‘Minute Meetings’ program ensures that all the nearly 700 students know exactly where to turn for school counselor support. […]

Skyline High School's 2025 National Merit Semi-Finalists
High School News

AAPS recognizes 52 National Merit Semi-Finalists

October 16, 2025 AAPS News Editor

The Ann Arbor Public Schools congratulates 52 students who have been named Semi-Finalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. This year, AAPS accounts for 11% of the approximately 475 students in Michigan selected for […]

Thank you, AAPS Principals!
Latest news

AAPS celebrates National Principal Month

October 15, 2025 AAPS News Editor

October is National Principal Month. Ann Arbor Public Schools students, staff and community members shared their thoughts about our principals and assistant principals. Thank you to all AAPS principals for all that you do for […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Phoenix Purman, Pittsfield Elementary first grade teacher

October 15, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Phoenix Purman grew up in Genesee County and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. She and her husband, Jake, live in Whitmore Lake. In her free time, […]

Dave Szczygiel with the William Stapp Environmental Education Award with Coert Ambrosino, current AAPS Environmental Education Lead Teacher and Sarah Hill, AAPS Environmental Education teacher.
Alumni Spotlight

Retired AAPS educator receives Michigan’s top honor for Environmental Education

October 9, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Last weekend, Dave Szczygiel was honored during the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) annual conference, when he was awarded the William Stapp Environmental Education Award, MAEOE’s highest honor in the field of […]

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