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The 2019-2020 Ann Arbor Public Schools calendar is now on the district’s website. Are you looking for the 2020-2021 Ann Arbor Public School Calendar? It has not been fully released, but we have details on what has been announced and predictions for the rest. COVID-19 School Calendar Changes The 2019-2020 school year is being greatly […]
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Disclosure: Triangle Cooperative Preschool and Ann Arbor Nursery Cooperative Preschool have sponsored this article on Cooperative Preschools. It was written by Kristen and Catie, board members at each school. All opinions are theirs (although I also loved our years at a Cooperative Preschool). If you’re a parent of a young child, you may have heard
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The 2018-2019 Ann Arbor Public Schools calendar has been released! As with last year, it was posted to their website without an announcement. However, it is more than 4 months earlier than it was released last year (March vs July). Beyond 2018-2019, Winter and Spring Breaks have been announced through the 2021-2022 school year. Ann
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The 2017-2018 Ann Arbor Public Schools Calendar has finally been released – to little fanfare. As a parent, I have not received an email or seen it on their Facebook Page. Also, this year are changes to the Bell Schedule (Start & End Times). Don’t miss our Back to School Guide for more AAPS information
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Tinkergarten offers nature based play classes for kids from 18mos-8 yrs. Jenny Jacobs, an Ann Arbor Mom and biologist, has brought the program to Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor Public Schools will have a “Snow Day” in May – May 3rd to be exact. When I told my daughter this morning, she thought I was playing an April Fools Joke on her. To be clear, this is not an April Fools Joke! Since many schools are used as polling places, Ann Arbor
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This year Clonlara School is expanding their program to offer a new half-day kindergarten option, one of the only Ann Arbor Half Day Kindergarten Programs
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My daughter started using Khan Academy for math last school year. We have kept up with using it periodically over the summer and she has really shown progress in math. She has asked about other topics and also completed the Hour of Code module. Unfortunately, a lot of the other topics are too advanced for her – she’s
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On Saturday, my family spent most of the day at the Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad at Pioneer High School. Science Olympiad is a program for students in grades 2-5 where they compete for their school in a variety of events. Participating schools include public schools, charter schools, and private schools from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Dexter,
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“How was school?” — “Fine” “What happened today?” — “Nothing” Does the above conversation sound familiar? It is one that my daughter and I would repeat almost daily when she started preschool and into Kindergarten and First Grade. Invariably, she’d remember something to tell us at dinner or I’d hear about something from another parent
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