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[ February 10, 2026 ] District-wide NAAPID celebrations emphasized the importance of family involvement in student success Features

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 […]

‘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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mitchell Elementary begins monthly food distribution

February 18, 2015 AAPS News Editor

On the first day of the Community Action Network’s summer camp at Mitchell Elementary last summer, a young camper asked to take half of her sandwich home for her mom. “We knew from the […]

Pattengill third graders are sweet on service project

February 12, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Pattengill Elementary third grade teacher Susan Beech isn’t wild about the traditional Valentine’s Day parties at school. That’s why her students were happily engaged Thursday in Beech’s Bunch’s Fourth Annual Valentines Service Day. Each year, […]

District celebrates NAAPID; Dicken Elementary students treated to music and dance lessons from Dicken parent

February 9, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Schools across the district celebrated National African American Parental Involvement Day Monday with assemblies, inspiring talks, classroom visits, parent luncheons, and more. The day culminated in a talent-packed NAAPID at Night 20th Anniversary in Ypsilanti, where […]