Blooming AAPS gardens buzz with life
By Tara Cavanaugh It’s smack in the middle of summer, in the middle of July, and our schools are still under a scalding sun. Playgrounds stand empty. Buildings are dormant. The bells haven’t rung for...
View ArticleAAPSEF, PTO Thrift Shop collaborate on late middle school busing
Thanks to funding from the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation and the Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop, middle schoolers will be offered later busing home from after-school activities. Both the...
View ArticlePTO Thrift Shop, Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation nominated...
By Tara Cavanaugh The Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop and the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation have been nominated for annarbor.com’s 2012 Deal of the Year Award, which highlights business...
View ArticleClague Middle School celebrates 40th anniversary
By Tara Cavanaugh A school is never just a school. It’s a second home. It’s a place to grow up. It’s a family all its own. That familiar feeling was unavoidable at Clague Middle School’s 40th...
View ArticleAAPS graduate begins career in human rights work
By Tara Cavanaugh A year ago, Tao Li was in Battambang, Cambodia, one of the country’s most impoverished areas, teaching 50 children in a small concrete classroom with one window and no electricity....
View ArticleCindy Leaman named new Principal of Pioneer High School
Ann Arbor Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Patricia P. Green is pleased to announce that Cindy Leaman has been named the new Principal at Pioneer High School. Ms. Leaman is currently the Principal at...
View ArticleAnn Arbor PTO Thrift Shop donates over $50K to PTOs, clubs, field trips and more
By Tara Cavanaugh The Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop’s mission is to support the schools. And three times each year, its support comes in the form of a small but valuable slip of paper: a check. On Jan. 29...
View ArticleNAMM Foundation names AAPS one of ‘Best Communities for Music Education’
The NAMM Foundation has named the Ann Arbor Public Schools one of its “Best Communities for Music Education” this year, and it’s just one of three communities from Michigan to get the honor. NAMM,...
View ArticlePTO Thrift Shop distributes $60K to AAPS in May payout
By Tara Cavanaugh Three times a year, the PTO Thrift Shop distributes checks that go directly to the Ann Arbor Public Schools PTOs. The payout on May 30 was one of the largest yet, totaling $60,820....
View ArticleChé Carter named Clague Principal
The Ann Arbor Public Schools is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Ché A. Carter as Principal of Clague Middle School beginning in the fall 2013-2014 school year. Mr. Carter has served the Ann...
View ArticleClague orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin named Yale Distinguished Music Educator
Clague Orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin 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...
View Article‘Midnight Muse’ inspired by surrealism, the unconscious at Clague
Congratulations to Clague’s Art Students for a successful show, Midnight’s Muse, held April 25th and 26th, on the stage at Clague! The students’ work was inspired by their discussions on Surrealism...
View ArticleMeet your new principals
This year, Bach, Burns Park and Pattengill elementary schools, along with Clague Middle and Skyline High School, are welcoming new principals. Learn about them here!
View ArticleU-M athletes teach AAPS students to address bullying
Over 1,300 Ann Arbor Public Schools third-sixth graders learned how to deal with bullying from U-M student athletes.
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