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Alpena Public Schools is a Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

school district

School district

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encompassing all of Alpena County

Alpena County, Michigan

Alpena County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,598. The county seat is Alpena. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan.It was founded originally in 1840 as Anomickee County...

and, in Presque Isle County

Presque Isle County, Michigan

Presque Isle County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 14,411. The county seat is Rogers City....

, all of Presque Isle Township

Presque Isle Township, Michigan

Presque Isle Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,376 at the 2010 census.-Communities:...

and part of Krakow Township

Krakow Township, Michigan

Krakow Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 622 at the 2000 census. It was named after the Polish city of Kraków, a historical capital of Poland and seat of Polish monarchs.-Geography:...

. APS covers more than 620 square miles (1,605.8 km²) and was officially established as Michigan's first county-wide school district in 1963.

Secondary
Secondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...

Alpena High School
Alpena High School (Michigan)
Alpena High School is a public high school for students in grades 9-12 located in the city of Alpena, Michigan. For the 2005-06 school year AHS reported an enrollment of exactly 1,600 students. The current school building opened in 1967. There was an addition in 1998-99 where a new wing was...
Thunder Bay Junior High School
Middle school
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(grades 6-8)
ACES (Alternative Choices for Educational Success) Academy - alternative high school/adult high school
Adult high school
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Elementary
Primary education
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All Elementary schools are grades K

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

-5, some with preschool

Nursery school

A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...

or Head Start programs.

Former

Baldwin Elementary School - This school has been razed.
Besser Junior High School - First opened in 1958 as an elementary school, until converted into a middle school in 1963. It closed at the end of the 1982-1983 due to declining enrollment, but reopened in the 1986-1987 school year as an elementary school.
Bingham Elementary School - Sold and later reopened in 2004 as Bingham Arts Academy, a charter school
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...

.
Central Junior High School - This short-lived seventh-grade-only school used the former Catholic Central High School campus.
Gordon Consolidated School - Facility is now used as the district's administrative offices, sharing the space with NEMCSA offices.
Hubbard Lake Elementary School - Closed due to declining enrollment at the end of the 2002-2003 school year.
Long Rapids Elementary School - Closed due to declining enrollment at the end of the 2009-2010 school year.
Maple Ridge Elementary School - Closed due to declining enrollment at the end of the 2002-2003 school year.
McPhee Elementary School - This school has been razed.
Sunset Elementary School- Closed due to declining enrollment at the end of the 2009-2010 school year.
Town Hall Elementary School

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