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[ January 21, 2026 ] Board of Education elects officers at 2026 Organizational Meeting Board of Education
[ January 21, 2026 ] Skyline High School hosts Restorative Justice Practices Symposium, celebrating 12 years of student-led peacemaking Features
[ January 20, 2026 ] Jonathan Smigell, Huron High School art teacher "Exceptional" profiles
[ January 17, 2026 ] Abbot Elementary holds annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Assembly Elementary News
[ January 9, 2026 ] Skyline Arts Benefit & Collage Concert to be held Feb. 11 at Skyline High School Features

Video: Wines Elementary kinders visit Domino’s Farms’ Petting Farm

December 1, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Wines kinders visit Domino’s Farms’ Petting Farm; field trip ties to an Arts & Letters curriculum module Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Wines Elementary kindergarteners had an amazing time at Domino’s Farms […]

Skyline Learning Center: Building confidence through peer support

December 1, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Math tutoring is now offered alongside a comprehensive range of academic subjects. Diego Hurtado says a lot has changed since he was a Skyline High School sophomore two years ago. Approaching someone to receive or […]

Video: AAPS students share their thoughts about the Thanksgiving holiday

November 26, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News We took to the halls of Ann Arbor Public Schools to ask students a few questions about Thanksgiving. In this four-minute video, hear from our diverse student body as […]

Geologist Naomi Levin visits Eberwhite’s 5th graders for Hands-On limestone exploration

November 21, 2025 AAPS News Editor

The event tied into Module Two of the new Arts & Letters curriculum, which centers on observing, analyzing, and interpreting the natural world. Eberwhite Elementary School’s fifth graders had an exciting real-world science experience today […]

Sheril Bulley-Simpson, A2 Open 3rd/4th grade teacher

November 20, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Sheril Bulley-Simpson, an A2 Open 3rd/4th-grade teacher, was born and raised in Detroit and is a proud graduate of Cass Technical High School. Teaching is her passion. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan […]

Hearts, hands, and higher learning: Pattengill 4th graders get up close with science

November 19, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Students experience a memorable lesson that again brings the new Arts & Letters curriculum to life Some eager Pattengill fourth-graders got in line recently to see something they’d only seen in textbooks, if at all: […]

Community Ensemble Theatre to present Ray Bradbury’s “FAHRENHEIT 451” Nov. 20-23

November 13, 2025 AAPS News Editor

Don’t miss “Fahrenheit 451” on stage! Community Ensemble Theatre will present Ray Bradbury’s timeless classic “FAHRENHEIT 451” directed by Emily Wilson-Tobin and hosted at Community High School. Showtimes: • November 20-23 • Thursday, Friday, Saturday […]