Features
See the slideshow of Skyline’s farewell to seniors
Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News
Videos & slide shows
Features
Skyline bids farewell to seniors during Operation Senior Standing Ovation: See the video
Photos and video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Skyline High School Principal Cory McElmeel started a new tradition last year of giving seniors a standing ovation on their last day of classes:
Features
Pioneer says farewell to seniors during bittersweet Clap Out
Photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor
Board of Education
Ann Arbor Community Celebrates State of the Schools
“What I have noticed, even at a very young age, is that students in Ann Arbor Public Schools, they yearn for perfection, they believe perfection is how we succeed. There are students in high school that they get 4.0s because they know that they are supposed to get 4.0s,” says Skyline Senior Charles Graham.
Academics
Students join forces on the field on A2 Unified Day
Slideshow by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor The action on the field at Huron High School Thursday reflected two of Ann Arbor Public Schools’ core values: working together, and respect for all. On the […]
Elementary News
Massive Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad sparks students’ interest in science at critical time
Story, photos and slideshow by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News At the annual Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad (WESO) held Saturday at Pioneer High School, 40 schools across Washtenaw County sent second, third, fourth and fifth grade teams […]
Elementary News
“Welcome!” say staff and students on annual AAPS Transition Day
Slideshow, story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Any transition can be hard, and high on a student’s stress meter is the move from elementary to middle school, followed a few years later […]
Academics
Ann Arbor Public Schools celebrate the newly named W. Scott Westerman, Jr. Preschool and Family Center
“We began to think about the match between the man and the location. We couldn’t think of a better match because we know your commitment to early childhood and to what it means, not just for their K-12 experience, but for their entire lifetime,” Superintendent Jeanice Swift says about the W. Scott Westerman, Jr. Preschool & Family Center.
Elementary News
Here’s to those who keep things humming: AAPS salutes office professionals
Story, photos and video by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor They know every name, can handle every emergency, and answer the doorbell 80 times a day. On Administrative Professionals Day, AAPS honors its 105 […]
Features
Community High Jazz combo Tempus Fugit wins prestigious Downbeat Magazine award
Video and photo by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News The Community High Jazz combo Tempus Fugit has just won a major international award: The Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance Award in the High School Combo contest. This is the biggest worldwide […]