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Sale of refunding bonds results in savings for taxpayers

March 4, 2015 AAPS News Editor

The Ann Arbor School Board of Education is pleased to announce that it will save its taxpayers $3.3 million in reduced interest expense over the next 14 years following the successful sale of $30.8 million […]

Homework Diner strengthens teacher-parent bonds

March 3, 2015 AAPS News Editor

It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Thursday evening, and dozens of Mitchell Elementary students, staff, and parents are hanging out in the school cafeteria, laughing, eating, reading, and finishing homework. Homework Diner is a new program […]

A2STEAM @ Northside students design their own playground

February 27, 2015 AAPS News Editor

How many students get the chance to design their own playground? That’s exactly what’s happening at A2STEAM @ Northside, where students on Saturday will present a large-scale model of the playscape they’ve designed to a […]

All AAPS eighth graders treated to viewing of Selma

February 27, 2015 AAPS News Editor

“Awesome.” “Cool.” “Sad, but good.” That’s how three eighth graders walking out of the movie “Selma” summed up the award-winning movie Friday morning at Cinemark on Carpenter Road. Thanks to the generosity of Old […]

Skyline students are building 28 little neighborhood libraries for bookish Ann Arbor

February 26, 2015 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Here’s yet another reason to root for spring: Along with the forsythia and daffodils, 28 little neighborhood libraries will pop up here and there. And it’s all thanks […]

Logan Elementary welcomes musicians from Ghana at interactive assembly

February 25, 2015 AAPS News Editor

For Pioneer student, Kenya Summer Research Program has been a life-changing experience

February 25, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Pioneer High School junior Anjuli Kapila treasures the time she’s spent in Kenya with the University of Michigan’s Kenya Summer Research Program. Participants of the two-week program implement clean water systems, teach, and hold public health […]

Orchestra Night to thrill music-lovers Feb. 26 at Hill Auditorium; will feature AAPS middle and high school musicians

February 23, 2015 AAPS News Editor

The Fine Arts Department of the Ann Arbor Public Schools will present Orchestra Night on Thursday, Feb. 26 at Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus. The advanced repertoire to be performed by middle […]

AAPS families open homes to top young hockey players; say the rewards are great

February 20, 2015 AAPS News Editor

As a busy wife and mother, healthcare strategist, and the vice president of the Ann Arbor School Board, Christine Stead wasn’t looking for another role to fill when she was asked to take in […]

Review of top college towns highlights Ann Arbor’s public schools

February 18, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor often shows up on lists of Top Places for this or that. So it’s not a big surprise that the city came in Number Two on Best College Reviews’ “The 50 Best College […]