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This summer, Abbot Elementary is the setting for AAPS’ Office of Special Education’s  Extended School Year (ESY) program, serving 73 students from preschool through 12th grade.

ESYis  reserved for students with Individualized Education Programs who meet a strict set of qualifying criteria, and every offering is rooted in special education.

With instruments in hand and music filling the halls at Skyline High School, 125 students took part in the Ann Arbor Public Schools Summer Music Program this year.

The three-week program welcomes incoming sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students, who choose from band, choir, orchestra, jazz, and instrument-specific classes.

Long-time Carpenter Foster Grandparent volunteer, Rubye Ogburn, was honored at state and county events for her dedication and service. Ogburn received Michigan Community Action’s Volunteer of the Year Award at a state-wide event in Lansing and was recognized with a resolution at the June 3^rd Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners meeting.

During Legislative Day hosted by Michigan Community Action at the state capital, Ogburn accepted an award for 13 years of volunteer service with the Foster Grandparent Program. Several awards were given to various legislators, clients, and volunteers to honor the hard work and collective impact of those serving various Michigan communities.

The Freeman Environmental Youth Council is turning student concern into action, pairing an idling-reduction campaign with a deeper exploration of how Ann Arbor Public Schools’ electric buses can improve air quality on and around school campuses.

The effort just received a boost from a $4,300 Sustaining Ann Arbor Together neighborhood grant, which will fund anti-idling signage across district campuses and printed materials to encourage AAPS families to adopt transportation habits that reduce emissions at schools. The signs will be installed along school driveways and in high school parking lots to coincide with the campaign’s planned launch at the beginning of the school year.

Twenty-two Ann Arbor Public Schools retirees walked the red carpet at a district celebration for their years of work. The retiring employees attending the reception combined service with AAPS is nearly 700 years. Overall this year, 87 retirees shared a combined 2,074 years of service to the AAPS community.