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  • [ December 9, 2025 ] Building dreams from cardboard: Grant brings safe cutting tools to AAPS elementary schools Community Gives Back
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  • [ December 8, 2025 ] Video: Pioneer High School sophomore Natasza Dudek wins the Nike Cross Nationals Features
  • [ December 8, 2025 ] Community High Jazz ensemble performs at the John D. Dingell dinner High School News
  • [ December 5, 2025 ] Video: AAPS students from three high schools perform at the annual ACappellapalooza Concert High School News

Community Gives Back

Community Gives Back

Building dreams from cardboard: Grant brings safe cutting tools to AAPS elementary schools

December 9, 2025 AAPS News Editor

The ChompSaws have opened a world where cardboard becomes a medium for creative problem-solving. When Katie Kipp Dohm saw an opportunity to enhance hands-on learning across Ann Arbor’s elementary schools, she knew exactly what her […]

Community Gives Back

Mitchell Elementary community holds ‘Topping Out’ ceremony as construction of new building continues

December 3, 2025 AAPS News Editor

The tradition honors the hard work of the construction team, signifies progress, and is believed to bring good luck to the building’s future occupants. The AAPS Capital Program celebrated a milestone on Tuesday as the […]

Community Gives Back

Making waves beyond the pool: Skyline Swim & Dive team will participate in Michigan’s first Swim Across America Event

September 24, 2025 AAPS News Editor

The student-athletes have already raised more than $5,000 for cancer reseach When the Skyline High School Swim & Dive team takes to the water this Sunday, they won’t just be swimming laps—they’ll be swimming for […]

Community Gives Back

Breaking down mental health barriers: The MJR Foundation becomes a strategic partner with AAPS

September 23, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Miles Roberts was a 15-year-old athlete at Skyline High School when he took his own life. Now they want to help students feel free to seek help and know where to find it The Miles […]

Community Gives Back

Turning tragedy into hope: how one family’s loss is creating a lifeline for struggling young adults

July 16, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Garrett’s Space will honor the memory of AAPS alumnus Garrett Halpert When 2012 Pioneer High School graduate Garrett Halpert took his own life in 2017, his parents Julie and Scott faced an unimaginable loss. Channeling […]

Community Gives Back

Logan Elementary celebrates groundbreaking for new facility

May 7, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Logan Elementary School hosted ceremonial groundbreaking activities on Monday to mark the beginning of construction for its new facility. The current school, located at 2685 Traverse Boulevard, will be relocated to a new site adjacent […]

Community Gives Back

Dicken Elementary breaks ground on new school

May 5, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Students, staff, and community members gathered at Dicken Elementary on Friday for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on a new building that will serve Ann Arbor Public Schools for generations to come. […]

Community Gives Back

AAPS celebrates National African American Parent Involvement Day (NAAPID)

February 11, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Special events were held in every building to recognize the day Ann Arbor Public Schools celebrated NAAPID (National African American Parent Involvement Day) with special events across the district today, with each school choosing its […]

Community Gives Back

Pioneer High School partners with the City of Ann Arbor and ZeroWaste.Org for Neighborhood Swap Day on Saturday, June 29

June 25, 2024 AAPS News Editor

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pioneer High School In collaboration with the City of Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovations and ZeroWaste.org, Pioneer High School will host […]

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Margaret Baker, PTO volunteer at Thurston, Clague and Huron

May 17, 2024 AAPS News Editor

Margaret Baker’s passion for volunteering and fostering a sense of community in schools can be traced back to her upbringing in Massachusetts, where her mother, who volunteered extensively in schools, particularly in music, served as […]

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