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Four Ann Arbor Public Schools win medals in latest US News and World Report Rankings
For the second year in a row four Ann Arbor Public Schools have received medals in the US News and World Report’s annual high school rankings. Community, Huron, Pioneer, and Skyline High Schools each claimed silver medals in the 2015 rankings.
"Exceptional" profiles
Marie Embry: Pattengill fifth grade teacher
“I love it when my students get the “ah-ha” moment. Sometimes it happens quickly and sometimes it is a long process but in the end, every time it’s worth the effort,” says Pattengill fifth grade teacher Marie Embry.
Board of Education
School board authorizes sale of bonds
With 73 percent support, voters last week approved Ann Arbor Public Schools $33 million dollar bond proposal. The Board of Education has now authorized the sale of the first series of bonds.
Elementary News
Third graders form friendships, write bios, of ‘elderbuddies’
ByJo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Rita Hepner was one of about a dozen older residents who had sat patiently on the patio of Clare Bridge Memory Care facility in Ann Arbor one recent sunny […]
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Derrick Padgett: AAPS truant officer
Thirteen years ago, Liam Scott was a struggling Community High School freshman who could find no reason to get up in the morning and get to school. He was socially anxious, depressed, and much preferred […]
Features
Makers welcome here: Skyline expands annual gaming event
– Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor For several years, Skyline High School held an annual gamer event specifically geared to the geeks. This spring’s event expanded to include a term you may be […]
High School News
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Tonya Whitehorn: ELA teacher, Skyline High School
If it hadn’t been for the 1995 Newspaper Guild strike in Detroit, Tonya Whitehorn might have kept to her career plan to become a newspaper reporter. As it was, she has spent the last […]
Academics
University of Michigan partnership with Scarlett and Mitchell continuing as schools transition to International Baccalaureate program
“The IB core values really align with what we’re doing already,” says Clinical Assistant Professor of Education Debi Khasnabis.