Features
Skyline High School’s 2015 Homecoming Parade
The AAPS District News’ Andrew Cluley captured some of the sights of Skyline High School’s 2015 Homecoming Parade. See the slideshow here.
Articles by AAPS News Editor
High School News
Students encouraged to become engaged and dialed-in; follow-up workshop set for Oct. 8
Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News About 400 business and engineering students at Pioneer High School recently learned the importance of cultivating and taking action on the things they’re passionate about. The “Take […]
Community Gives Back
‘Become who you were born to be,’ professors tell students at HistoryMakers’ Back to School Day
Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Stay in school and work hard so that one day you will do what you were born to do. That was the message University of Michigan professors […]
Community Gives Back
Annual run-a-thon is colorful blast for Lawton community
AAPS News Editor Jo Mathis captured the excitement of Friday evening’s 14th Annual Lawton Color Run-a-thon which raised money for the John R. Crosby Foundation and the Lawton Elementary PTO. John Crosby was a third […]
"Exceptional" profiles
Deborah Wolter, AAPS teacher consultant
Deborah Wolter, an AAPS elementary teacher consultant, has worked with public school teachers and their students from all walks of life, including those in special education and English language learners. Prior to that, she […]
Board of Education
Judge upholds Ann Arbor Public Schools safety policies banning guns
“We have a higher standard of care for our students that we willingly embrace and fiercely defend – that of maintaining the safest educational environment – an environment in which guns simply have no place,” says School Board President Deb Mexicotte.
Board of Education
Ann Arbor schools removed from Focus Schools list
“By almost every measure including the top to bottom list, Ann Arbor was achieving especially for our underrepresented minority students, especially for those who are socio-economically challenged that was being recognized by state and national organizations and state and national governments,” School Board President Deb Mexicotte explains.
"Exceptional" profiles
Jonathan Stern, Pioneer High School social worker
Jonathan Stern grew up in Englewood New Jersey, a diverse suburb of New York City. Education is the family business. His mother had a 60-year career as a public high school teacher and administrator and […]
Elementary News
AAPS celebrates Constitution Day; attorneys speak in every middle school
By Jo Mathis AAPS District News Constitution Day may be one of those under-the-radar observances for most Americans. But in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, it’s yet another reason for students to learn something relevant. […]
Features
Preschool opens today; hugs abound
AAPS District News Editor Jo Mathis was there to capture some of the action of the day: