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The Skyline Ethics Team captures the national title

April 5, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Skyline’s team is the first in Michigan to claim the top honor at the National Ethics Bowl Championship The Skyline Ethics Team’s exceptional dialogue and deliberation skills on contemporary moral issues earned them the national […]

Downtown Ann Arbor storefront window with several pieces of artwork from AAPS students.

Highlights from Youth Art Month

April 4, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Downtown Ann Arbor was turned into an outdoor art gallery once again this March, as Main Street area businesses placed the artwork of Ann Arbor Public Schools students in their windows as part of Youth […]

Video: Rec & Ed’s Spring Break Camp concludes a fun-filled week

March 31, 2023 AAPS News Editor

AAPS Rec & Ed concludes a fun-filled week of activities at the 2023 Spring Break Camp.

4 Skyline students are on their way to the 2023 National High School Ethics Bowl this weekend

March 28, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Students excelled at state and regionals before advancing to nationals While most high schools in Michigan are on spring break, four Ann Arbor Skyline students are meeting and discussing their ideas about ethics and philosophy with other students, philosophers, […]

Huron freshmen visit the Zekelman Holocaust Center; reflect on ‘all that was lost’

March 24, 2023 AAPS News Editor

The field trip is part of an interdisciplinary unit in their English, world history, and biology classes exploring the results of identity misrepresentation Helping Huron High School ninth graders see how subjects connect in the […]

Rebecca Landin-Smith, Allen Elementary first grade teacher

March 24, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Rebecca Landin-Smith grew up in Detroit, the oldest of three girls. Her mother worked as a teacher and principal while her father worked in business. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, she completed her graduate […]

This March Madness contest—the Battle of the Sandwiches—is settled

March 23, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Students at Clague, Pathways, and Pioneer vote to add Nashville Hot Chicken to the menu starting May 1 During lunchtime at Pioneer High School on Wednesday, Roost Nashville Hot Chicken and Big City Barbeque battled […]

The Scarlett Step Team wows the crowd gathered for Step Afrika! at Hill Auditorium

March 20, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Step Afrika! was presented by the University Musical Society as part of its School Day Performance series The Scarlett Step Team wowed a crowd gathered for Step Afrika! last week at Hill Auditorium. Step Afrika! […]

‘It’s all about representation.’ Pioneer’s Black Student Union members read to Mitchell second graders

March 17, 2023 AAPS News Editor

March is National Reading Month Eight students from Pioneer High School’s Black Student Union brought some of their favorite books to read to Kelli Tupper’s second grade at Mitchell Elementary Thursday. BSU Advisor William Copeland […]

Natalie DePasquale, Logan Elementary math coach

March 15, 2023 AAPS News Editor

Logan Elementary math coach Natalie DePasquale was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois in 1969, the middle of three children, including an older sister, Julie, and younger brother, Jason, a teacher at A2Open. She has two […]