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Board of Education President Deb Mexicotte Responds to Student Safety

March 11, 2015 AAPS News Editor

President’s Statement – Deb Mexicotte Regular Meeting of the AAPS Board of Education Huron High School Auditorium 3/11/15 I am going to start my remarks with the simple sentence – “We don’t want guns in […]

Dr. Swift Responds to Student Safety

March 11, 2015 AAPS News Editor

March 11, 2015 The mission of the Ann Arbor Public Schools is, “to ensure each student realizes his or her aspirations while advancing the common good, by creating a world-class system of innovative teaching and […]

Largest elementary school blood drive in the state underway at Burns Park

March 10, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis, AAPS District News Editor The state’s largest elementary school blood drive is underway today through 7:30 p.m. at Burns Park Elementary today, March 10, 2015. Appointments are not […]

Students win lots of green for creating green design

March 10, 2015 AAPS News Editor

The work of five AAPS students may be coming soon to a trail near you. All are winners in the Allen Creek Green the Way: Student Sculpture Competition. A2STEAM art and design teacher Rachael Van […]

Pioneer clarinetist wins $2,000 in concerto competition

March 10, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Griffin Roy, a clarinetist in the Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Symphony Band, has won $2,000 in the first concerto competition sponsored by the Washtenaw Community Concert Band (WCCB). “We are pleased to provide this […]

Mitchell students make their coach proud during their first trip to state Academic Games

March 9, 2015 AAPS News Editor

The first Mitchell Academic Games team did a terrific job representing Mitchell Elementary last week at the Michigan Leagues of Academic Games State Tournament in Grand Rapids. “The students conducted themselves extremely well, and we are […]

Angell/Ann Arbor Open team takes fourth consecutive win at Academic Games

March 6, 2015 AAPS News Editor

In the 41-year history of Michigan Leagues of Academic Games, no school has ever taken first place three years in a row until Angell/Ann Arbor Open elementaries did it last year. And now they’ve done […]

‘Yoga is for everyone,’ say Rec & Ed teachers, a mother-daughter team committed to wellness and outreach

March 5, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Victoria Cendrowski and her daughter, Chelsea, each teach weekly yoga classes for Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Community Education & Recreation. In addition, they team-teach karma yoga once a month, and donate all proceeds to charity. […]

Superintendent Responds to Transportation Challenges

March 4, 2015 AAPS News Editor

March 2, 2015 Dear AAPS Families and Staff, First, I apologize to our AAPS students, families, and staff for the unfortunate inconvenience this morning in facing the challenge of getting students safely to school without […]

Pioneer students claim 5 prizes in documentary film contest

March 4, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Five groups of Pioneer students were among the winners in C-SPAN’s 2015 StudentCam documentary film contest. This year’s contest had 2280 total entries, which made it very competitive. Pioneer has had winners every year its students have entered […]