Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Dear Logan Families, 

I hope you had a wonderful long weekend. With just two weeks of school left, there’s a lot going on at Logan! One of the highlights of the year will be our Spring Carnival. It will take place this Friday, June 3 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm. While I love this event, and I am so happy that we’re able to host it again, I want to let everyone know that I will not be there. I will be attending my niece’s graduation on the same evening. I’m so sorry to miss it, but we’ll have several Logan staff members there as well as our amazing PTO. Thanks in advance for your understanding! 


This weekly update includes information about: 


  • A2VE Summer Success Program for K-4 Students - Register by May 31, 2022 (TODAY!)

  • Friday, June 10, 2022 - Last Day of School is a Half Day

  • AAPS Free and Reduced Lunch Applications - Apply Now!

  • Summer Enrichment in the AAPS

  • AAPS InfoSnap Pre-Registration Parent Communication

  • Student Chromebook Return

  • Important Upcoming Dates


As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 


Sincerely,

Will Wright

 

A2VE Summer Success Program for K-4 Students - Register by May 31, 2022 (TODAY!)

Interested in a flexible summer learning opportunity for your child? The A2 Virtual Elementary Summer Success Program is flexible and self-paced. This program will focus on maintaining and extending literacy and math skills by providing targeted lessons to meet individual interests and needs of students.


Students will independently access lesson materials in order to complete 4 to 5 lessons in math and literacy each week. The lessons are self-guided and interactive.


The program will run from July 5, 2022 through July 29, 2022. 


Registration is open through May 31, 2022.


Check out the A2VE Summer Success webpage for additional details.  You are also welcome to email us at a2velementary@a2schools.org with any questions.


Friday, June 10, 2022 - Last Day of School is a Half Day

Our last day of school is a half-day. Students will be dismissed at 11:28am. 


AAPS Free and Reduced Lunch Applications - Apply Now!

For the past two years school districts across the United States, including the Ann Arbor Public Schools,  have been fortunate to be able to provide free meals to all students under the COVID-19 pandemic initiatives. While there is still some debate if this free meal program will continue we need to be prepared for this program to end, as announced, at the end of June, 2022. 


It is important that qualifying families submit a Free and Reduced Meal application before the start of the 2022/2023 school year to ensure your student(s) receives free or reduced-price meals for the new school year. 


If you have an approved application on file for this past school year, that award will be valid the first 30-days of the start of Fall 2022/2023 school year - but you must fill out a new application in order for your student to qualify for free or reduced meals for the remainder of the school year. 


How to Apply for Free & Reduced Meals

For students who meet the family income level requirements will reduce or waive meals provided in our schools.  We encourage every AAPS family to apply using the online application process. Select the link to enter  the Ann Arbor Family Portal and select “Guest”, to get started: https://annarbor.familyportal.cloud/


It is fast and easy to apply! You can use your computer, phone or tablet to apply but we suggest you use Google Chrome to better access the application. Please make sure when you fill out the income section you use your GROSS income before taxes and benefits are taken out. It is not the amount deposited into your bank account. 


We can also send you a paper application to return to your school or ask the school to put an application in your student’s backpack to fill out. Please contact your school or call the Food Service Office at 734-994-2265. 


Helpful Information

  • All meals served to students contain the same fresh and nutritious entrees, sides and drink selections, regardless of ability to pay. 

  • Please only submit one application per family. If you have children in multiple school buildings within AAPS, it is not necessary to apply for each student.

  •  All free and reduced-price meal applications are kept confidential per USDA guidelines. 


Free Meals for All Students who attend Mitchell, Pittsfield, Scarlett or Pathways

These AAPS schools are designated CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) schools by the Michigan Department of Education and USDA.


Every household attending these schools needs to fill out the Household information Report as required by the USDA. All students attending these schools will be able to eat both Breakfast and Lunch at no charge. 


The Household Information Report is also found on the Free and Reduced Lunch application portal  - https://www.a2schools.org/Page/8315. 


You can complete the form online or print and complete the form and send it in with your child to school. 


Important Note

If you have children attending other AAPS schools besides the ones listed above that may qualify for free or reduced meals, you will also need to fill out a Free and Reduced Meal Application for them. Make sure that you list all family members including the child that is attending a CEP school. 


Meal Status Letter - after the application has been submitted

Once your Meal Application or Household Information Report is processed you will receive a letter to the email on file with AAPS indicating your student’s approval status. 


BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR AWARD LETTER AS YOU CAN USE IT TO APPLY FOR ATHLETIC AND/OR REC & ED SCHOLARSHIPS. Your child can also attend after school classes and other Rec & Ed programs for free or reduced costs if qualified. Visit aareced.com for more information. 


AAPS Food Service is here to help! Please contact us if you have any questions - 734-994-2265



Summer Enrichment in the AAPS

Registration is open now for Rec & Ed Summer Enrichment Camps. We’re inviting campers to have fun, form friendships, find new talents and gain confidence with a summer they won’t forget. The possibilities are endless, with art, science, music, chess, robotics, drama, sports and many other types of camps available. Summer Camp 2022 will be in-person, and the AAPS COVID-19 Health and Safety protocols will be followed. Call Rec & Ed for details on scholarships.


Rec and Ed has also shortened the registration process by adopting a software package called ePACT. This allows parents to fill out most information forms one time and will only take a few minutes to review your information and sign any new waivers when registering for subsequent classes.



AAPS InfoSnap Pre-Registration Parent Communication

Our student accounting department sent Info-Snap pre-registration emails to all elementary families this past week. All families should complete the documents sent. This will help us plan for next year and allow families to update your information in PowerSchool if necessary. Please complete the InfoSnap pre-registration information before June 10th so that schools can process the information before staff leave for the summer break. Families can contact the main office for assistance if you are not able to locate the InfoSnap email from our student accounting office.



Student Chromebook Return

Students in young 5s through fifth grade will be returning their AAPS issued Chromebook before the end of the school-year unless they are attending an AAPS sponsored summer program this summer. Students participating in AAPS sponsored summer learning programs should keep their devices and chargers. 

 

We will collect devices from students in young fives through 2rd grade on Wednesday, June 1. We will collect devices from third grade through fifth grade students on Thursday, June 9. Please be sure to send your child’s device and their charger on their assigned pick up day. 



Important Upcoming Dates

  • Wednesday, June 1 - PTO meeting, 9:15 AM

  • Wednesday, June 1 - Y5s-2nd grade Chromebook return

  • Thursday, June 2 - Logan Field Day

  • Friday, June 3 - Logan Spring Carnival, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

  • Thursday, June 9 - 3rd through 5th grade Chrome book return

  • Friday, June 10 - Last day of school, 11:28 AM dismissal

Monday, May 23, 2022

Dear Logan Families, 

I had so much fun at our Family Traditions and Heritage Festival on Friday! Thank you to everyone who contributed and attended. It was so wonderful to have a community gathering and celebrating Logan families. Special thanks to our planning committee for organizing such a amazing event and to our PTO for supporting it. 

This weekly update includes information about: 

  • AAPS InfoSnap Pre-Registration Parent Communication

  • Student Chromebook Return

  • School of Choice Window Open

  • Summer Learning in the AAPS

  • Summer Enrichment in the AAPS

  • Important Upcoming Dates

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 


Sincerely,

Will Wright

AAPS InfoSnap Pre-Registration Parent Communication

Our student accounting department sent Info-Snap pre-registration emails to all elementary families this past week. All families should complete the documents. This will help us plan for next year and allow families to update their information in PowerSchool if necessary. Please complete the InfoSnap pre-registration information before June 10th. Families can contact the main office for assistance if you are not able to locate the InfoSnap email from our student accounting office.


Disability Awareness Workshop Postponed

Unfortunately, we have made the decision to postpone Disability Awareness Workshop. We were unable to recruit enough volunteers and the Center for Independent Living was struggling to get enough volunteers as well. We are hoping to offer the workshop next year to both our fourth and fifth grade students.



Student Chromebook Return

Students in young 5s through fifth grade will be returning their AAPS issued Chromebook before the end of the school-year unless they are attending an AAPS sponsored summer program this summer. Students participating in AAPS sponsored summer learning programs should keep their devices and chargers. 

We will collect devices from students in young fives through 2nd grade on Wednesday, June 1. We will collect devices from third grade through fifth grade students on Thursday, June 9. Please be sure to send your child’s device and their charger on their assigned pick up day. 


School of Choice Window Open

AAPS’s School of Choice window is now open. It will be open from May 2, 2022 through May 31, 2022. If you live outside of AAPS’s attendance boundaries and if you have a new student to enroll, please apply. If you have any questions about enrolling students in AAPS, please contact our enrollment office at enroll@a2schools.org or Mrs. Landefeld at landefeldc@aaps.k12.mi.us. 



Summer Learning in the AAPS

We are pleased once again to offer summer learning opportunities for our AAPS families, with many open enrollment options to meet the needs of our students.  Summer learning encompasses all academic content areas, and programs are designed for elementary, middle, and high school, special education and English learners. 

Families will find information and enrollment links for all of our summer learning opportunities here: https://www.a2schools.org/summer 

We encourage everyone with interest to enroll now.

Summer Enrichment in the AAPS

Registration is open now for Rec & Ed Summer Enrichment Camps. We’re inviting campers to have fun, form friendships, find new talents and gain confidence with a summer they won’t forget. The possibilities are endless, with art, science, music, chess, robotics, drama, sports and many other types of camps available. Summer Camp 2022 will be in-person, and the AAPS COVID-19 Health and Safety protocols will be followed. Call Rec & Ed for details on scholarships.

Rec and Ed has also shortened the registration process by adopting a software package called ePACT. This allows parents to fill out most information forms one time and will only take a few minutes to review your information and sign any new waivers when registering for subsequent classes.


Important Upcoming Dates

  • Wednesday, May 25 - Fifth Grade Band/Orchestra Concert

  • Monday, May 30 - No School, Memorial Day

  • Wednesday, June 1 - PTO meeting, 9:15 AM

  • Wednesday, June 1 - Y5s-2nd grade Chromebook return

  • Thursday, June 2 - Logan Field Day

  • Friday, June 3 - Logan Spring Carnival, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

  • Thursday, June 9 - 3rd through 5th grade Chrome book return

  • Friday, June 10 - Last day of school, 11:28 AM dismissal

Monday, May 16, 2022

Dear Logan Families, 

This weekly update is packed! There's a lot of year-end announcements and information. Thanks in advance for taking the time to read through everything! 


This weekly update includes information about: 


  • Updates COVID Notification Process

  • NEW DATE: Please join us for the 2022 Family Traditions & HeritageFestival Potluck

  • School of Choice Window Open

  • Summer Learning in the AAPS

  • Summer Enrichment in the AAPS

  • Bikeapalooza - Downtown Ann Arbor - Sunday, May 22 - 12noon - 2pm

  • Disability Awareness Workshop: Volunteers Needed

  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Events

  • Important Upcoming Dates


As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 


Sincerely,

Will Wright



Updates COVID Notification Process

As we near the end of the school year, student and staff cases of COVID remain high across all of our schools and our county. Thus, our safety guidelines remain in place, specifically masking while indoors.


In addition, our protocols for reporting student cases are being modified as follows:

  1. Parents/guardians shall now report their student's case directly to the district using this form: bit.ly/AAPSCaseReport. Reporting your student's case promptly helps our AAPS COVID Response Team prevent the spread of COVID in our schools. 

    • For families needing assistance with reporting, please contact our main office. 

  2. The school-wide notification of COVID cases will now be sent to school communities once per week, instead of daily (when there are cases), on Fridays, beginning the week of May 16. Classroom and outbreak notifications will continue to be sent as often as needed.



NEW DATE: Please join us for the 2022 Family Traditions & HeritageFestival Potluck

  • DATE: Friday, May 20, 2022

  • Time: 6-8 PM

  • Where: Upper EL Playground

 

One of our favorite events is almost here! Please consider joining us for our Family Traditions and Heritage Festival. We are excited to be able to gather again in-person while honoring and celebrating our traditions and heritages. Bring your picnic blankets, lawn chairs, and family & friends! Join the fun and ask other Logan families to participate with you!

 

Click Here For Logan Family Festival Flyer



School of Choice Window Open

AAPS’s School of Choice window is now open. It will be open from May 2, 2022 through May 31, 2022. If you live outside of AAPS’s attendance boundaries and if you have a new student to enroll, please apply. If you have any questions about enrolling students in AAPS, please contact our enrollment office at enroll@a2schools.org or Mrs. Landefeld at landefeldc@aaps.k12.mi.us. 



Summer Learning in the AAPS

We are pleased once again to offer summer learning opportunities for our AAPS families, with many open enrollment options to meet the needs of our students.  Summer learning encompasses all academic content areas, and programs are designed for elementary, middle, and high school, special education and English learners. 


Families will find information and enrollment links for all of our summer learning opportunities here: https://www.a2schools.org/summer 


We encourage everyone with interest to enroll now.



Summer Enrichment in the AAPS

Registration is open now for Rec & Ed Summer Enrichment Camps. We’re inviting campers to have fun, form friendships, find new talents and gain confidence with a summer they won’t forget. The possibilities are endless, with art, science, music, chess, robotics, drama, sports and many other types of camps available. Summer Camp 2022 will be in-person, and the AAPS COVID-19 Health and Safety protocols will be followed. Call Rec & Ed for details on scholarships.


Rec and Ed has also shortened the registration process by adopting a software package called ePACT. This allows parents to fill out most information forms one time and will only take a few minutes to review your information and sign any new waivers when registering for subsequent classes.


Bikeapalooza - Downtown Ann Arbor - Sunday, May 22 - 12noon - 2pm

The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is hosting a family friendly educational event in celebration of the progress made on the protected bikeway network in downtown Ann Arbor. The event will feature activities in the surface parking lot at 350 S. Fifth Ave. and four educational stations located along the bikeway. Participants visiting all four stations get a Bikeapalooza t-shirt. Activities include Chalk Art by David Zinn, bike helmet fittings and giveaways by Safe Kids Huron Valley, a new rider clinic and mobile bike repair pop-up hosted by Common Cycle, Switched samples from Blom Meadworks, cargo bike demos by Urban Rider, face painting, City of Ann Arbor Public Works bikeway snowplow display, and our friends from the Ann Arbor District Library, City of Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability & Innovation and the Transportation Department will also be part of the festivities! We hope you can attend! Here is the Facebook link :  https://bit.ly/3yuNb8S



Disability Awareness Workshop: Volunteers Needed

Attention Parents! Volunteers are needed to help coordinate and plan Logan’s Annual Disability Awareness Workshop- on May 27. The Disability Awareness Workshop is a one-day program to teach 4th graders an empathetic understanding of physical, developmental, and learning disabilities.

The hands-on-activity based program is designed to help students understand how difficult and complex daily living can be for individuals with “Diverse Abilities.” The program benefits all Logan Leopards by nurturing a more caring and inclusive community, and we welcome parent volunteers from all grade levels! Want to help but not a planner? Look out for a sign-up genius coming soon. Please email Virginia Allen to volunteer or for more information at vczorn@yahoo.com

 

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Events

In celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month,  AAPS and APISA/A Parent Advisory Group hosted a Zoom poetry workshop led by Carlina Duan. Duan is a writer-educator from Michigan and an AAPS graduate. She is the author of the poetry collections I Wore My Blackest Hair and Alien Miss, and a recipient of a Fulbright grant and the Edna Meudt Memorial Award. Duan is currently a doctoral student in the University of Michigan’s Joint Program in English and Education, where she studies community-engaged writing and documentary poetics. If you missed the workshop on May 4 that centered around themes of home, joy, and community, you can still participate!


Watch the recording of the workshop from May 4 and/or review the poems and writing prompts here https://tinyurl.com/APISAApoetry2022. Write a poem, or a "word doodle" as Carlina calls it, that centers around the themes of home, joy, and community. By Friday, May 20, add your writing (or an excerpt of it) to this form: https://tinyurl.com/APISAA-poem. Carlina will work to create a collaborative, crowd-sourced poem from the submissions. Students who submit work will also be invited to contribute a recorded video to help create a mash-up video of the poem, as well.



Important Upcoming Dates

  • Wednesday, May 18 - Early Release Day, 1:18 PM dismissal

  • Friday, May 20 - Logan Heritage Festival, 6:00pm-8:00pm

  • Wednesday, May 25 - Fifth Grade Band/Orchestra Concert

  • Monday, May 30 - No School, Memorial Day

  • Wednesday, June 1 - PTO meeting, 9:15 AM

  • Friday, June 3 - Logan Spring Carnival, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

  • Friday, June 10 - Last day of school, 11:28 AM dismissal

 

Monday, May 9, 2022

Dear Logan Families, 


This weekly update includes information about: 


  • An Important Message to Families about Sora

  • AAPS Before/After Care Jobs - Virtual Information Session May 10, 12:00pm - 1:00 pm

  • NEW DATE: Please join us for the 2022 Family Traditions & HeritageFestival Potluck

  • School of Choice Window Open

  • Disability Awareness Workshop: Volunteers Needed

  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Events

  • Important Upcoming Dates


As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 


Sincerely,

Will Wright


An Important Message to Families about Sora

Beginning in the Fall of 2020, the AAPS has provided all students with access to a carefully curated digital library called Sora.  We recently became aware of an error that resulted in elementary and middle school students having access to materials that should have been exclusively available to high school students. We deeply apologize for this error.  Please know that we take the safety of our students very seriously and we acted immediately to remove titles from any borrowers and have put additional layers of safety controls in place to prevent this from ever happening again. 

 

While a relatively low number of students actually checked out these materials, we are sharing this information with all of our AAPS elementary and middle school families.  We strongly encourage each family to take full advantage of parent/guardian access to SORA.  Click HERE for step-by-step instructions to using SORA as well as an FAQ about Sora HERE.  If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to your principal or school librarian. 



AAPS Before/After Care Jobs - Virtual Information Session May 10, 12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Ann Arbor Public Schools Rec & Ed is actively hiring Program Directors and Child Care Assistants/Noon Hour Supervisors for the 2022-2023 school year. Interested applicants should register to attend (or receive a recording of) this upcoming virtual info session on May 10 at 12:00pm. Register now: https://zurl.co/feRv. Positions include healthcare and retirement benefits, and opportunities for advancement within AAPS.


Info session presenters will include Zachary Brannock, Supervisor of Before/After School Care and Jenna Bacolor, Executive Director, AAPS Community Division.


Info session topics will include:

  • Available positions

  • Job expectations

  • Benefits and opportunities for career advancement



NEW DATE: Please join us for the 2022 Family Traditions & HeritageFestival Potluck

  • DATE: Friday, May 20, 2022

  • Time: 6-8 PM

  • Where: Upper EL Playground

 

This festival is an opportunity for our school community to gather safely to celebrate and honor our multicultural identity, heritages, and family traditions through sharing our favorite meal!


Join the fun and ask other Logan families to participate with you!



School of Choice Window Open

AAPS’s School of Choice window is now open. It will be open from May 2, 2022 through May 31, 2022. If you live outside of AAPS’s attendance boundaries and if you have a new student to enroll, please apply. If you have any questions about enrolling students in AAPS, please contact our enrollment office at enroll@a2schools.org or Mrs. Landefeld at landefeldc@aaps.k12.mi.us. 




Disability Awareness Workshop: Volunteers Needed

Attention Parents! Volunteers are needed to help coordinate and plan Logan’s Annual Disability Awareness Workshop- on May 27. The Disability Awareness Workshop is a one-day program to teach 4th graders an empathetic understanding of physical, developmental, and learning disabilities.

The hands-on-activity based program is designed to help students understand how difficult and complex daily living can be for individuals with “Diverse Abilities.” The program benefits all Logan Leopards by nurturing a more caring and inclusive community, and we welcome parent volunteers from all grade levels! Want to help but not a planner? Look out for a sign-up genius coming soon. Please email Virginia Allen to volunteer or for more information at vczorn@yahoo.com

 

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Events

The Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian/American Parent Advisory Group has organized two exciting district wide events in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Featured events include: 

  • Author virtual visit with J. Torres for students in grades 4-8, May 20

  • Poetry writing collaboration with poet, Carlina Duan for students in grades 6-12, launching May 4th.

You can learn more HERE. 


Important Upcoming Dates

  • Wednesday, May 11 - PTO Meeting, 9:15am

  • Wednesday, May 18 - Early Release Day, 1:18 PM dismissal

  • Friday, May 20 - Logan Heritage Festival, 6:00pm-8:00pm

  • Wednesday, May 25 - Fifth Grade Band/Orchestra Concert

  • Monday, May 30 - No School, Memorial Day

  • Wednesday, June 1 - PTO meeting, 9:15 AM

  • Friday, June 3 - Logan Spring Carnival, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

  • Friday, June 10 - Last day of school, 11:28 AM dismissal