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
