Ann Arbor Back to School Guide

Do you have questions about Back to School in Ann Arbor Public Schools? Our Back to School Guide will help you find answers to your questions.

We are in the process of updating this guide for 2022-2023.

Recent Updates

• July 18 – Original 2022-2023 Update
  • School Schedule – Calendar & Bell Times
  • School Supplies
  • School Lunch Information
• July 26 – Added Internet Resources

Ann Arbor Public Schools 2022-2023 Schedule

Plan you school year with the 2022-2023 Schedule

• School Calendar
• Bell Times
• Back to School Events – Coming Soon for 2022

School Supplies

• School Supply Lists
  • Backpack & Lunch Box
  • Water Bottle
  • Masks ?
  • Requested Items
  • Recommended Items
• Supply Drives

School Lunches

Meals are no longer free in 2022-2023. We’ve got details on Free/Reduced Lunch Applications and how to add funds to student accounts – a new system since 2019-2020.

• Free & Reduced Lunch Application – 2022-2023 Online Application not available yet. Paper version in various languages including English are available for 2022-2023
• Family Portal to add money to Lunch Accounts – New for 2022-2023
• Free Meals for Summer

School Technology

• District Provided Chromebooks & iPads – Details to Come on distribution for new students
• Google Accounts & Passwords typically reset in August
• Parent Accounts
  • Schoology is online learning system. As parent you can see late assignments, assignment grades, upcoming assignments, and more.
  • Power School is grade reporting system. This is probably more important for middle and high school parents
• Need assistance with internet? Check out the White House’s Get Internet program

Enrolling in Ann Arbor Public Schools

• Returning Families
  • Infosnap Registration should have been sent to returning families
• New Families
  • Find your school with Street Lookup or Boundary Maps – (Elementary), (Middle), (High School)
• In District Transfer/School of Choice
  • Closed for 2022-2023

Before & After Care

• Last Updated by District on June 29
• Still having trouble hiring. Apply Here: bit.ly/Hiring4Care
• Enrollment Options: Morning Only, Afternoon Only, Full Time (Morning and Afternoon)
• Will Continue at Abbot, Carpenter, Lakewood, Mitchell, & Pittsfield
• Hope to add at &
• Third party provided care at Burns Park, Lawton, & King

School Staffing

Most school staff is not working during the summer. They typically return to work a couple of weeks before students.

COVID Safety Information – 2022

AAPS has not announced COVID precautions for 2022-2023. For summer, they are basing mask requirements on community case levels.

Hopefully, the staff vaccine mandate will stay in place. Please do your part and make sure your child is vaccinated – for COVID and everything else.

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2021 Information below this point.

Extra Curricular Activities

Our Extra Curricular Guide is receiving a major overhaul for 2022. We will cover sports, classes, clubs, and more.

Rec & Ed Classes

Rec & Ed typically offers a wide variety of after school classes for elementary and middle school students. AAPS is working to add at least 3 days of after-school enrichment classes at most elementary and K-8 schools. These classes will run to 5:30p this year to provide a better pickup time for working parents.

They are also converting the Let’s Play program they ran in 2020-2021 to an after-school program. Offerings will be based on the ability to hire staff.

Rec & Ed Sports

The typical sport schedule is

• Fall
  • Soccer – Boys & Girls Young 5’s to 8th Grade
  • Field Hockey – Co-Ed Grades 3-6
  • Volleyball – Co-Ed Grades 4-9
  • Basketball – Boys & Girls Grades 2-5
• Winter
  • Basketball – Girls & Boys Grades 4-8, Co-Ed HS Grade 9-10, Co-Ed HS Grades 11-12
  • Indoor Soccer – Girls & Boys Young 5s-5th Grade
• Spring
  • Soccer – Boys & Girls Young 5’s to 8th Grade
  • Field Hockey – Co-Ed Grades 3-6
  • Flag Football – Co-Ed Young 5’s-8th Grade
• Summer
  • T-Ball – Young 5-K
  • Baseball – Boys Grades 1-8
  • Softball – Girls Grades 1-8

Rec & Ed Team Sports will be offered in Fall 2021. Registration for Soccer and Field Hockey ended on July 29. They will not be accepting late registrations this year.

There is no information on the other fall sports – volleyball and basketball (2-5). In past years they have been late fall activities, but they are also indoors, so they may not be held in 2021.

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Fundraising

School Fundraisers are a regular occurrence. Whether it’s for the school as a whole, a particular initiative, a sports team, or a club, opportunities abound. I love the creativity of some of the fundraisers like Easter Egg Delivery, Christmas Tree Pickup, Parents Night Out, bottle/can returns, or a simple restaurant night. Some of the most successful fundraisers are ones that reach out beyond the school community. Fundraising may continue to be a challenge in 2021-2022 while maintaining social distancing.

To help schools with their fundraising, they can add events to our calendar and they are all summarized in our Support School Fundraisers article.

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More Ann Arbor Back to School Information

Student Google Accounts & Passwords

Each student in the Ann Arbor Public School receives an email address and Google Account. Each August the passwords are reset. Make sure your student saves anything they need prior to the reset and logs back in once they get their new login credentials.

Be sure to check your email. They will also need this password to sign into their ChromeBooks once those are distributed and into Schoology for classwork.

Class Assignments

When my daughter started school, elementary class assignments were sent out by mail the week before school started with forms that needed to be filled out, school specific information, lunch menus, and more. A few years ago, they switched to sending class assignments and many documents electronically. For 2020, they sent the information electronically. I hope they continue with electronic distribution moving forward – with an option to get them on paper by request.

Middle and High School schedules are typically loaded into Power School or Schoology about a week before school starts. In person orientation returns for 2021-2022 and students will get their schedules then – before being loaded into Schoology.

Other Questions

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