YPS Awards

Ypsilanti Public Schools and individual teachers/students have won numerous awards. Some of the more recent include:

Students

  • YHS senior LaTisha Campbell was named the Ann Arbor News' 2008 Young Citizen of the Year
  • YHS senior Emanuel Gombos is named the state winner in the Skills USA construction competition
  • YHS Junior Corenne Harris served as a congressional page to U.S. Congressman John Dingell during the fall 2007 semester.
  • YHS senior Genevieve Jones wins first place in the district's Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest
  • YHS Senior Derrick Amison was named a "Young Man of Promise" by the Delta Psi Omega sorority
  • Eight grade East Middle School student Emma Swanson won first place in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "Fight the Fakes" poster contest.

School/Program/District Honors

  • Estabrook Elementary was named a Michigan Blue Ribbon School, 2007. Use this link to learn more at the State Board of Education Announces 23 Blue Ribbon Schools for 2006-2007 link. (http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0%2C1607%2C7-140-37818-162429--%2C00.html)
  • The RCTC Auto repair program received the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation certification-2007
  • YPS received the 2007 "Award of Merit" from the National School Public Relations Association for the 2005-06 annual report.
  • YHS Drama program received the 2007 Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce E3 Award
  • The YHS Creative Arts magazine Palladian won the 2007 Excellence Award
  • YPS 2005-06 annual report received an Award of Merit from the National School Public Relations Association
  • YPS received the Michigan School Public Relations Association 2007 Distinguished Award, in the communication category, for the 2005-06 District Annual Report
  • East and West Middle Schools honored as a "2008 School of Distinction in the Healthy School Environment Recognition Program."
  • YPS received the 2006 Distinguished Award from the Michigan School Public Relations Association for the district's brochure, "Strong from Start to Finish"

Staff/Board Members

  • Erickson Elementary music teacher Crystal Harding received a 2008 Education Excellence Award from the Michigan Association of School Boards
  • First grade Erickson Elementary teacher Gwen Guthrie is a 2008 recipient of the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce's E3 Award
  • Mike Mitchell, teacher of the Regional Career Technical Center's Computer Systems Technology is a 2008 recipient of the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce's E3 Award
  • First grade Estabrook Elementary teacher Deborah Wilbanks is named a 2008 "Teacher of the Year" by the American Legion of Michigan
  • Asst. Superintendent for Quality Education Richard Weigel received the 2008 "Michigan Association of School Administrators" "Winners' Circle Award" for implementing the Critical Friends Groups program at YPS
  • Superintendent Dr. James Hawkins received the 2007 Excellence in Educational Leadership Award from the University of Michigan College of Education
  • Dr. Hawkins receives the 2007 Golden Apple Award from Western Michigan University for his outstanding work in the field of education
  • YHS Business Education Teacher Trish Thomas received the Huron Valley Girl Scouts "2006 Women of Distinction" Award.
  • Erickson Elementary music teacher Crystal Davis-Harding received the 2006 Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce E3 award
  • YHS Drama teacher Michelle Peet named 2006 Teacher of the Year by the Ann Arbor University Musical Society
  • 2008 Washtenaw County Certified Board Member Awards: David Bates, Certified Board Member Award and Award of Merit; Andrew Fanta, Master Diamond Award; Linda Snedacar-Horne, Certified Board Member Award and Award of Merit.