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Patrice Gage, school nurse at Bryant, Dicken, King, and Pattengill Elementary schools

May 11, 2023 AAPS News Editor
Patrice Gage was born and raised in Royal Oak, the youngest of seven children. Her mother was an elementary and high school teacher and principal of a grade school and through her experiences, Gage grew […]
Features

C-SPAN honors Skyline juniors for a documentary they created in their Communication, Media and Public Policy (CMPP) magnet

May 11, 2023 AAPS News Editor
Amelia Repp and Ava DeBenedet receive Honorable Mention Video Documentary Award Skyline High School juniors Amelia Repp and Ava DeBenedet have received an honorable mention video award from C-SPAN for their video titled “Gerrymandering: Michigan Tackles […]
Latest news

Video: AAPS celebrates and honors school nurses on National School Nurse Day May 10

May 10, 2023 AAPS News Editor
Ann Arbor Public Schools honors its school nurses today on National School Nurse Day, which is celebrated on Wednesday within National Nurses Week. This is the first year that Governor Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed this day […]
Academics

Ann Arbor Academic Games participants excel at 2023 national tournament in Orlando

May 8, 2023 AAPS News Editor
Ann Arbor Academic Games traveled to Orlando, Florida for the Academic Games League of America’s National Tournament last month, and returned with many trophies. Participants included 38 students from King Elementary, Clague Middle School, and […]
Features

AAPS Homebuilding students nearing completion of the largest house ever built by a high school building program in one year

May 8, 2023 AAPS News Editor
The five-bedroom Scio Township house features nearly 4,000 square feet of living space The largest house ever built in a year by a high school homebuilding program is a matter of weeks from hitting the […]
Project Lead the Way awards
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32 Ann Arbor Public Schools receive PLTW Distinguished School recognition for 2022-2023

May 5, 2023 AAPS News Editor
Ann Arbor Public Schools has been recognized as a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Distinguished District—the only district in the state of Michigan to receive this honor and one of only 17 districts throughout the […]
Elementary News

Burns Park 5th graders assist with annual blood drive—the largest blood drive held at any school in the state

May 3, 2023 AAPS News Editor
The 17th Burns Park Elementary School/American Red Cross Blood Drive was back Tuesday for the first time since 2019. Ninety-five pints of blood were drawn during the six-hour event at the school, where fifth graders […]
AAPS high school students listen as keynote speaker Dr. Lakisha Simmons speaks at the local history mini-conference.
High School News

AAPS local history mini-conference gives students chance to learn from historian and study source materials

May 3, 2023 AAPS News Editor
High school students from across Ann Arbor came together last week for the first AAPS Local History Mini-Conference at the downtown Ann Arbor District Library. The students taking the History of Racism and Resistance Course […]
"Exceptional" profiles

Megan Harris, Wines Elementary first grade teacher

May 1, 2023 AAPS News Editor
Megan Harris grew up the youngest of five children in a blended family in Mattawan/Schoolcraft, Michigan. Her father, Jerry Harris, owns a semi company, her mother, Lisa Harris-Smith, is a secretary at a local business, […]
Elementary News

Hundreds attend Angell Elementary’s gala Centennial Celebration

April 28, 2023 AAPS News Editor
Alum return from across the country; mingle with friends, old and new Sue Volkert attended Angell Elementary from 1971 to 1977, and moved with her family to Georgia in 1979. When she received an invitation […]

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