STEPS to COMPLETE APPLICATION: AFTER completing the Google Doc CR Application, students will be emailed the name and email address of their CR monitor with instructions for submitting the syllabus, the CR instructor consent email and the volunteer certification form (if necessary) to the CR monitor. The application is not complete until the syllabus and instructor consent is received by the CR monitor. The deadline to complete all paperwork is September 3, 2026. If UM CR students need an extension due to UM's drop/add period, contact your CR monitor to request one.
Watch this video to see how a local historian, some students, and the Hands-On Museum worked together to create this cool CR course.
A CR is special because you get to create the class based on what YOU want to study! Here's what you need to do:
Find a QUALIFIED volunteer to work with you for 2 to 3 hours a week
Plan to work independently for another hour or two (or more based on your interest)
Put together the curriculum and course plan with your volunteer instructor and guidance from the CR office.
You can also work as a volunteer in a SERVICE CR. Talk to your Forum Leader or someone in the CR Office about how to follow your passion!
05/18 - Summer Application Opens
06/18 - Application & Forms deadline
06/23 - Summer School Begins
07/25 - Summer School Ends
Continuing throughout the summer:
Summaries & documentation required same as semester CRs
Summer school fee applies
05/5 - Application Opens
06/02 - Application freezes for CHS course registration
06/08 - Application Re-Opens
09/03 - Application Closes and forms deadline
09/09- Prior to the Drop/Add Deadline - Notification of Approval of CR course
09/10 - Drop/Add Deadline for all Sem1 courses
CR Orientation Sessions: TBD for 2026-27
at Community: Only attend ONE
Thursday, Sept 11, 2025 at 2pm in the library OR
Monday, Sept 15, during lunch in the library
at Huron:
Friday, Sept 12, 2025 during Early & Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in the MCR which is located right behind the security desk at the Main Entrance
at Pioneer:
Friday, Sept 12, 2025 during Early and Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in the Media Center
at Skyline:
Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 during Early & Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in Room A212. This is a conference room in the Main Office.
Continuing throughout the semester:
Students submit weekly progress summaries to their AAPS CR Monitor on Schoology
Documentation of work shown to CR Monitor by student at each marking period
11/11 - Application Opens
12/16 - Application freezes for CHS course registration
12/18 - Application Re-opens
01/16 - Application Closes and forms deadline
02/02 - Notification of Approval of CR course
02/3 - Drop/Add Deadline for all Semester 2 courses
CR Orientation Sessions:
at Pioneer: Friday, Feb 6 during Early and Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in the Media Center
at Community: Friday, Feb 6 at 2pm in Room 320
on Zoom (updated link here) for Skyline and Huron (and anyone else who would like to complete it on Zoom):
Wednesday, Feb 4 at 6:00pm
Friday, Feb 6 at 6:00pm.
Continuing throughout the semester:
Students submit weekly progress summaries to their AAPS CR Monitor
Documentation of work shown to CR Monitor by student at each marking period
is a class that you create for Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) graduation credit. It appears on your schedule in PowerSchool, counts as one of your 6 classes, and is included in your GPA.
Important notes:
Students who have permission from the UM instructor to attend class at UM as a CR student should begin attending the class on the day that class begins.
UM CR course titles cannot contain the course number that UM uses. The CR monitor will assign a course name to the CR with an appropriate course title that is similar to but may not be exactly how the course is listed at UM.
All CR courses will appear on PowerSchool once approved by the CR monitor. This process often takes a week or two into the semester. If the CR is denied, the student and parent will be notified before the district drop/add deadline.
Student, parent and instructor will receive an email detailing the important dates and requirements of the CR program within the first few weeks of the semester.
All students must complete a CR orientation assignment in Schoology. Help sessions are available for anyone with questions but are not mandatory to attend.
teaches you the content that you have laid out in your CR course plan.
approves the CR course syllabus, oversees the learning experience, and monitors the student's progress throughout the semester.
* If the CR Program reaches a maximum number of students, we will use the date and time of the CR application to form a wait list for those who have submitted the paperwork by the deadline.