November 22, 2024
From Jeanice K. Swift, Ann Arbor Superintendent of Schools As an Ann Arbor Public Schools community, we have come a long way in this COVID crisis. While the public health concern continues, the
[ Read More ]By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Laurie Hochrein recently retired after 35 years of teaching math at Ann Arbor Public Schools. After beginning her career began at Kalamazoo Central, she
[ Read More ]By Jo Matthis / AAPS Dani Davis grew up in Romeo, Michigan, with her parents, Sheila and Chris, and her two siblings, Justin and Ashley. When she was young, Davis was very active and participated
[ Read More ]Before the December 16, 2020 meeting of the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education a virtual reception was held to honor Trustees Simone Lightfoot and Glenn Nelson for their service on the
[ Read More ]By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Step inside Tierra Jackson’s Ann Arbor home, and it’s soon evident there’s a lot of learning going on. In the living room, Jackson is teaching math to Logan
[ Read More ]2007 Community High graduate talks about why he volunteered for Hour of Code, how CHS teachers set him on a solid path to a great career, and why he believes none of us really knows what we’re
[ Read More ]By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor AAPS students gathered Wednesday at Allen Elementary for a one-time free event in which they learned new techniques and played quick rounds of soccer,
[ Read More ]By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was an event Katy Wagner’s fourth graders at King Elementary had been anticipating for weeks. They were going to meet their pen pals—if not in person,
[ Read More ]By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor When AAPS and the University of Michigan School of Education made the move to virtual teaching this fall, teachers, administrators, and faculty members in
[ Read More ]By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Ongoing initiatives and parent support groups within Ann Arbor Public Schools are designed to make sure no parent or staff feels alone right now. “Social
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