Ann Arbor Public Schools

Skyline students compete in DECA Career State Conference; one goes to International Career Conference

March 26, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Ann Arbor Skyline students competed at the DECA Career State Conference held in Grand Rapids, MI on March 15-17. The following students received recognition on stage and were finalist in their respective events.

Bach Family Reading Night shows love of reading across languages

March 25, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Bach Elementary School’s Family Reading Night on March 22 drew hundreds of students and their families for some good old-fashioned story time. The kids (and many of their teachers and parents) cuddled up in their […]

Squeamish Haisley scientists dissect squid

March 21, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Every year, Haisley fifth graders dissect squid. It’s a way to get them interested in life science, said teacher Jim Weindorf. The students, lead by pharamacologist and toxicologist Dr. Alan Brown, learned how to cut […]

AAPS School Garden Workshop helps gardeners network, share resources

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

By Tara Cavanaugh Calling all green thumbs! If you’re a volunteer at one of the school gardens, or you’d like to start one, the School Garden Workshop has assembled some networking and resource opportunities for […]

AAPS website again earns high marks from Sunshine Review

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Sunshine Review is a non-profit organization that assesses state and local government transparency, evaluating the content of every state website and more than 60,000 local government websites. The AAPS website, a2schools.org, has won yet another […]

AAPS graduate Jessica Francis Kane returns to Ann Arbor to read latest collection of short stories

March 15, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Jessica Francis Kane will be reading from her brand new collection of short stories, “This Close,” March 28 at 7 p.m. at Nicola’s Books. Kane attended Burns Park, Tappan and Pioneer. Her newest book is […]

Clague orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin named Yale Distinguished Music Educator

March 14, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin is going on a four-day, all-expenses paid trip to Yale this summer to attend its Symposium on Music in Schools. She’ll join the other 50 teachers, out of over 300 applicants, […]

Skyline Principal Sulura Jackson departs for North Carolina

March 11, 2013 AAPS News Editor

We send best wishes to Skyline Principal Sulura Jackson as she leaves the district. Jackson has accepted a position as a high school principal in Chapel Hill, N.C. She will finish out the school year […]

John Latini performs at Northside for NAAPID celebration

March 6, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Local singer-songwriter John Latini performed at Northside for the school’s NAAPID celebration.

Lakewood’s NAAPID assembly highlights the importance of kindness

March 1, 2013 AAPS News Editor

There was a snow day on Feb. 11 this year, which was the day most schools had planned their National African American Parent Involvement Day activities. School have rescheduled their NAAPID celebrations since then. One […]