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Michael Benedict, Pioneer art history, ceramics & sculpture teacher

December 27, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Michael Benedict was born and raised in Ann Arbor, and attended Allen elementary, Tappan Junior High, and Huron High Schools.  He studied chemistry and visual art at the University of Michigan, where he earned a […]

The AAPS BOE Performance committee in a hotel meeting room with a screen in the background highlighting high school start times as the topic of the meeting.
Board of Education

AAPS working on comprehensive high school schedules to address start time concerns

December 22, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“The conversation should be about how can we develop a more comprehensive high school schedule that does allow and offers the flexibility that we certainly want to have for our students and that could support a later start time,” says Paul DeAngelis, Executive Director High School Education. […]

Features

Toyota donates six prototype engines to Pioneer’s auto program

December 22, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Toyota Technical Center in Livonia delivered an unexpected and exceptionally generous holiday gift to Ann Arbor Public Schools today. Six prototype engines, including some with transmissions, were delivered to the […]

Features

Thanks to rally of support, homeless Skyline student fulfills a dream

December 21, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Emma Jackson/WISD       “All I want to do is dance.”      Long before Ke’Ron “Rainbow” Pugh committed that statement to paper, it was written on his heart.      He was smitten […]

Features

Director: `We have yet to see a music program that parallels the music program in Ann Arbor’

December 15, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story, photos & videos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Swedish conductor Göran Staxäng has looked at school music programs around the world, but hasn’t found any community that matches what Ann Arbor Public Schools offers. […]

Features

Pioneer English class to hold fundraiser tonight at the Neutral Zone

December 14, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News When Pioneer High School senior Ty Harris heard his English teacher, Bret Trocchio, ask if there was something the class could do to make the world a […]

"Exceptional" profiles

Kim Garber, Pathways to Success technology teacher

December 9, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Kim Garber grew up in Michigan, and has been a resident of Ann Arbor for more than 20 years.   She earned a bachelor’s of engineering degree from Michigan […]

Features

Huron Symphony Orchestra receives rare honor to perform at annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago

December 8, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor The Huron Symphony Orchestra has been invited to do something that no AAPS band or orchestra has been invited to do since 1990: It will perform at the 70th […]

A female student with a stethoscope checks the heart beat of a male student.
Academics

CTE students demonstrate their skills on career night

December 7, 2016 AAPS News Editor

This year’s Career and Technical Education Career Night hosted by Huron High School gave students in many programs the chance to demonstrate some of the skills they have been learning this year. […]

Features

Final in the series: Huron High senior Taimor Williams honored as ‘Young Man of Promise’

November 23, 2016 AAPS News Editor

     Editor’s note: Six AAPS high school seniors were recently named “Young Men of Promise” by the Delta Psi Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.      The students were recognized during […]

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