Videos & slide shows

The second annual Rick’s Run 4 Kids raised money for Rec & Ed’s Youth Scholarship Fund. The 5K run/walk at Gallup Park honors Rick Dekeon, a beloved PE teacher who positively impacted the lives of hundreds of Ann Arbor children.

With the start of the new school year there are a lot of exciting new changes across the Ann Arbor Public Schools. Here’s a brief recap of some of the exciting news that Superintendent Jeanice Swift heard about and saw while touring all of the district’s schools in the first weeks of school.

AAPS District News Editor Jo Mathis was there to capture some of the action of the day:

The opening day of the 2015-16 year for AAPS staff and teachers was a busy one Tuesday, with each school focusing on the year-long theme of caring. It was also a time for team building, […]

  By Jo Mathis Eighty Ann Arbor Public Schools leaders gathered for the first day of the 2015-16 Instructional Council Leadership Retreat Tuesday. The daylong event was an information-filled kick-off to the school year for […]