APS coaches for the Akron City Series football league talk about the upcoming season and the exceptional students they brought with them.

The most recent Board of Education Meeting video is online now and here are five things you may be interested in. The times codes for each segment are listed at the end of this video.

Teachers never stop learning. Intrepid as they are, APS teachers ventured into a learning experience with one of the district's newest partners

Thank you for all that you've done and do. It's because of you that we have success at APS!

This week, Akron Public Schools Superintendent Christine Fowler Mack informed the board of education and the community that students, staff and visitors to APS schools must wear masks as students return to class for the new school year.

The Ohio Department of Education has announced the 11 teachers who are designated as the “2022 Teacher of the Year” for their respective State Board of Education district through the Teacher of the Year Program.

At the July 26, 2021, meeting of the Akron Board of Education, Superintendent Christine Fowler Mack detailed plans for the beginning of the school year for how the district will, initially, deal with the growing issue of the COVID Delta variant.

Talented young music students around the world share the same dream as Cleveland Institute of Music 2021 Musical Pathway Fellowship (MPF) graduate Damian Goggans – to win acceptance to every music school and conservatory they audition for and to secure multiple full scholarship offers.

Akron Children's Hospital has openings in school-based health care. All positions require a current American Heart Association Heartsaver BLS and the ability to pass a criminal background check, reference check, BCI fingerprint check, education and license/certification verification and urine screen for drugs and nicotine.

Watch and listen to the Rising Stars of the Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts performing "Mother Goose Meets Mozart" as part of the 2021 Digital Spring Concert Series.

Akron Public Schools teacher Niculove Vintula is sharing with us the work of one of his Summer Mystery Camp students.

Akron Public Schools Board of Education has suspended uniform requirements for grades K-8 for the 2021-22 school year. All other elements of the APS Dress Code will be enforced.

Will Clark IV, author of the inspirational blog Bumps and Seams, began meeting with IPS (I PROMISE School) scholars during online learning to share his insights and experiences learned through NCAA.

Congratulations to some stellar student-athletes at Firestone CLC for earning All American honors.

Watch and listen to the combined choirs of the Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts performing "Sing Dem Herrn" by Michael Praetorius as part of our 2021 Digital Spring Concert Series.

APS teacher Nicole Smith from Harris-Jackson CLC wrote to share her excitement from APS Summer Mystery Camp.

Akron Children's Hospital is holding a drive-through child car seat distribution at Spring Hill Apartments (1221 Everton Drive) on Thursday, August 12, by appointment only.

Thank you for all that you've done and do. It's because of you that we have success at APS!

Watch and listen to the sixth-grade Concert Choir of the Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts performing "The Rainbow Connection" by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher, arranged by Gary D. Fry (Hal Leonard #08603534) as part of the school's 2021 Digital Spring Concert.

The Inspired Leaders Program is coordinating a fundraiser for Kenmore-Garfield High School as a capstone for its summer class.

Akron Public Schools teacher Vanzi Wright, an intervention specialist at Seiberling CLC, wrote to tell us about a special former student who, along with his family, she had maintained a close friendship with over the years.

Thanks to the generosity of Children's Hospital and the Akron fire and police departments, some of the youngest APS students will receive free bicycle helmets and have them fitted.

Please click the Safe Return to School and Continuity of Services to view the district's plan for a safe return to school.