Second Application Windows Opened for Space-Available In-District Transfers and Non-Resident Child of Employee Enrollment

AAPS has opened a second application window for Space-Available In-District Transfers and Non-Resident Child of Employee enrollments. Applications will be accepted May 17 through 5pm on June 4. A very limited number of spaces are available at 13 elementary schools; the grades with spaces available vary from building to building. Full details and applications are available on the Space-Available In-District Transfers and Non-Resident Child of Employee Enrollment pages.

Thank you Ann Arbor Community! AAPS Technology Bond Approved on May 8th!

Thank you to the Ann Arbor Community for supporting the AAPS Technology Bond. Over 70% of voters approved the passage of the $45,855,000, 10 year bond which will provide technology in three phases to district students, staff and schools.

Thank you to the volunteer Citizen's Millage Committee, thank you to the PTO's, thank you to the staff, thank you to the parents and thanks to all the voters! This important bond will help keep the Ann Arbor Public Schools Exceptional!

Vote for Ann Arbor Preschool & Family Center & Skyline High School in Bank of Ann Arbor's Project Help Contest

We have TWO projects nominated in the voting contest for Bank of Ann Arbor's Project Help. We need your Facebook votes! You can vote for each project and since they are in different award categories, they don't compete against eachother!

1) Our speech therapists at Ann Arbor Preschool & Family Center have had their project selected to compete in Bank of Ann Arbor's Project Help contest. The project that gets the most votes will win $10,000.
2) Skyline's Athletic Booster Club has a project competing in the $1,000 category to erect a flagpole near the athletic fields. Help them reach their goal by voting every day!

Here's how to vote:

Go on Facebook:

• Visit the Bank of Ann Arbor page and click on the Project Help button: http://www.facebook.com/bankofannarbor/posts/10150892966794124
  #!/bankofannarbor
• Give permission to use the Project Help app.
• Click the Project Help banner at the top of the Project Help app and find Ann Arbor Preschool under the $10,000 projects, and Ann Arbor Skyline under the $1,000 projects.
• Click on Ann Arbor Preschool and you will be directed to a brief explanation about the project, iPads for our speech therapists, with a great picture of Jennie Marenghi and a student.
• Right underneath the project description, choose "vote."
• When it says "thanks," you can click the X in the Vote window to close it. Then scroll down to the $1000 projects, and repeat for Skyline High School.
  Participants can vote once in each category every day. Share this with as many folks as you can! We need everyone to vote once a day between now and May 23rd. Please help!

Proposed 2012/13 Budget Plan Now Available; Community Budget Forums Announced

The Ann Arbor Public Schools has begun the process to set the 2012/2013 budget. A presentation was made to the board on Wednesday, April 25. The presentation is available to review here (1mb PDF). The Board of Education must pass the 2012/2013 budget on or before June 30, 2012.

There are two budget forums scheduled. Please come and hear the proposed budget details and offer your opinions, advice and solutions.

All budget forums begin at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, May 7
Pioneer High School
Cafeteria Annex

Monday, May 14
Huron High School
Cafeteria

NAMM Foundation Survey Reveals Ann Arbor A 'Best Community for Music Education' in the United States

176 Communities Nationwide Achieve Prestigious Designation; 166 School Districts and 10 Schools Achieve Prestigious National DesignationCARLSBAD, Calif. (April 17, 2012) — The NAMM Foundation today announced the results of its 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) survey, which acknowledges schools and districts across the U.S. for their commitment and support for music education as part of the core curriculum. In all, 176 communities out of 237 that submitted surveys were recognized, including 166 school districts and 10 schools. This year, Ann Arbor, MI, has been designated a “Best Community.”

Stadium Bridge Replacement Causing Street Closures; Detours Required

On Monday, November 28, the two bridges over State Street between Main Street and South Industrial, will be closed for demolition and reconstruction for a year. For Ann Arbor Public School families and staff it will mean a year-long inconvenience, especially attempting to go west and east on Stadium which will now be closed. Read more...

Ann Arbor Public Schools Named a State Academic Champion by Bridge Magazine

In total, Bridge Magazine recognized 60 school districts from across Michigan as State Academic Champions for excelling in academic categories ranging from fourth-grade reading to college readiness to graduation rates. Read more...

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