Thank you for visiting the Wines School website and for visiting my page! 

I have been the Wines principal since 2010. Prior to that I was the principal at Ealy Elementary in the West Bloomfield School District. I am a product of the Ann Arbor Public Schools. I graduated from Pioneer High School in 1991. Before that I was a student at Forsythe, and I was an elementary student right here at Wines! So in many ways, I have been part of the Wines community my whole life. 

My teaching career began in 1995 in the St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colorado just north of Boulder. I moved to Boulder after finishing my undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. In 2000, my wife Trish and I moved back to Ann Arbor where we both began graduate school. I completed my Masters Degree in 2002 and my Ph.D. in 2004. 

My family includes Trish, our twin Sons Nico and Lucas--who are Wines students--and our two dogs Wagner and Piper. We clearly like dogs and spend lots of time outdoors as a family and with the dogs. Trish and I are also avid Scuba Divers and have visited many great places to explore the under water life. 

Please feel free to contact me at any time at deyoung@aaps.k12.mi.us or give me a call at school at (734) 994-1973.