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Free jazz concert Dec. 7 will feature AAPS high school bands & Be-Bop Spartans

November 27, 2017 AAPS News Editor

The Huron High School Jazz Band will host a free concert on Thursday, Dec. 7 featuring the 19-piece Michigan State University Be-Bop Spartans as well as performances from jazz bands from Community, Huron, and Pioneer […]

A graph highlighting AAPS Fiscal Year 2017 General Fund Budget to Actual numbers for both revenues and expenses

Ann Arbor Public Schools gets clean audit for fiscal year 2017

November 21, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“When we consider that we managed the Allen Flood event disaster, on top of these great resources that we were able to put in for students, I would put this fiscal year in the ‘W’ column, it was a win for children, and it was a win for our community,” says Superintendent Jeanice Swift.

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Leveling the playing field: `We are all Lawton Leopards’

November 21, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor On the last day of school in June, a Lawton Elementary student turned to Principal Shannon Blick and said: “Kids like me don’t get yearbooks.” Blick responded: “What do […]

Elliot Wills-Begley, Scarlett Middle School language and literature teacher

November 20, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Profile and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Elliot Hammarlund Wills-Begley grew up in the woods, fields, and waters of the Old Mission Peninsula in Grand Traverse County where he spent most of […]

Community conversation to kick off this month will lead to new AAPS Strategic Plan

November 15, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“No one knows better than our students, and our parents, and our community members and our staff exactly where opportunities are to do better, to realize improvement,” says Superintendent Jeanice Swift.

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Darcy Knoll, Pittsfield and Pattengill elementary physical education teacher

November 15, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pittsfield and Pattengill’s Elementary physical education teacher Darcy Knoll was recently named SHAPE Michigan’s Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. She is very passionate about physical […]

That’s a Great Idea: PLPs on sticky labels keep students focused on goals

November 14, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When AAPS teachers last year were asked to form Personalized Learning Plans for each student, A2 STEAM first grade teacher Caroline Semrau looked online to the Northwest […]

Superintendent Jeanice Swift holding the Michigan 2018 Superintendent of the Year award

Superintendent Swift promotes public education as Michigan Superintendent of the Year

November 10, 2017 AAPS News Editor

“We will not take this award as anything other than an opportunity to showcase quality public schooling as a cornerstone of our democracy, and the opportunity for each and every child to have opportunity in this country,” says Superintendent Jeanice Swift.

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Don Packard, Pioneer High School English teacher

November 8, 2017 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Ann Arbor native Don Packard grew up on the northwest side of town and attended Newport, Forsythe, and Pioneer. Following his 1983 high school graduation, he made the long […]

Huron High School senior wins advocacy award; looks forward to a career helping others

November 3, 2017 AAPS News Editor

Story and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News When Huron High School senior Austin Shepherd recently received a “Yes I Can” award from the Michigan Council for Exceptional Children (MCEC) this summer, he wasn’t nervous […]