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Teachers brave the dunk tank on Disability Awareness Day to raise money for senior heading for the Special Olympics World Games
Dunk after dunk, five good-natured Pioneer High School teachers hit the water Wednesday while a circle of students and staff cheered the tennis balls that struck the target. It was all for a good cause […]
Elementary News
Burns Park Building Literacy coach publishes children’s book promoting compassion, acceptance, and bravery
Kyunghee Chen hopes ‘See Us Bloom’ will be embraced and celebrated during AAPI Heritage Month in May—and always Burns Park Building Literacy Coach Kyunghee Chen has published a children’s book she hopes will encourage all […]
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C-SPAN honors Skyline juniors for a documentary they created in their Communication, Media and Public Policy (CMPP) magnet
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 […]
Academics
Ann Arbor Academic Games participants excel at 2023 national tournament in Orlando
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 […]
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AAPS Homebuilding students nearing completion of the largest house ever built by a high school building program in one year
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 […]
"Exceptional" profiles
Megan Harris, Wines Elementary first grade teacher
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
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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AAPS is nearing 500,000 check-outs using the Sora reading app—an achievement shared by only 61 school districts in the U.S.
Providing digital materials is a convenient and accessible option for students, teachers, and parents An ebook app brought on board by AAPS to accommodate remote learning in 2020 has become a technology enthusiastically embraced by […]
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Community High School senior Bella Stevens commits to Vassar College
After a tedious recruitment process, Bella Stevens is finally able to take a break and enjoy her sport again By Sana Schaden, Opinion Editor, Community High School’s The Communicator It was just over an hour […]