For nearly four decades, Don Packard and Maria Murphy have shaped lives across the Ann Arbor Public Schools. Now their daughters are carrying on that legacy.

On any given school day, this AAPS family heads out for work in different directions.

Representatives from 19 community organizations—counselors, crisis workers, social workers, program managers, and school administrators—came together for the inaugural AAPS Student Mental Health Partnerships Summit.

Attendees included 30 district staff and leaders, along with 45 participants from local partner agencies that provide mental health promotion and intervention services to AAPS students and their families.

My passion comes from providing students with something that wasn’t available for me: a safe space and the opportunity to learn in a way that works for them. I began teaching in 2013 and have spent my entire career (purposefully) in alternative and urban education settings. I love teaching students who find traditional education boring, unappealing, or boxed. I was one of those students.

Two ensembles from Ann Arbor Pioneer High School’s celebrated choir program were named top performers at the Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) State Solo & Ensemble Festival held April 10–11.

A year after her all-female mission aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard, the Slauson alum returns to a cheering crowd of eighth graders, sharing her path and fielding questions.