>>Five-Day Kindergarten Reinstated: The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to reinstate its all-day every-day Kindergarten to a five-day schedule at a special meeting held Wednesday morning.

The State of Michigan passed its budget by July 1. This budget restores $11 per student of the $165 per student amount which was cut during 2009-10 academic year, allowing APS to restore Kindergarten to five days per week. It has always been the Board’s intention to give priority to the five-day Kindergarten program, which also features

• Highly Qualified Teachers
• Instructional Assistants in Each Classroom
• A Full, Varied Curriculum with Music and PE Every Week
• Up-to-Date Facilities with Modern Technology
• Breakfast and Lunch
• Bus Transportation

Registration for all grades including Kindergarten is now open at the Alpena Public Schools Administration Building at 2373 Gordon Road from 7:30 AM until 3:30 PM Monday through Friday. Back-to-school mailings will be sent out in mid-August for all registered students with details about teacher assignments, schedules, bus information and open houses.

>>Tutor.com Service Now Available! Live online homework help is now available through Tutor.com courtesy of the Alpena County Library. Follow the link at the right and have your Alpena County Library card number ready. Live homework helpers are available to assist with Math, English, Science, and Social Studies from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM every day for students in grades 4-12. Check it out!