Community Resource Program (CR)
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!
2024-2025 Deadlines:
Summer Dates:
06/01 - Summer Application Opens
06/28 - Application & Forms deadline
07/01 - Summer School Begins
08/02 - Summer School Ends
Continuing throughout the summer:
Summaries & documentation required same as semester CRs
Summer school fee applies
1st Semester Dates:
05/15 - Application Opens
06/07 - Application freezes
08/15 - Application Re-opens
09/05 - Application Closes and forms deadline
09/08 - Notification of Approval of CR course
09/08 - Drop/Add Deadline for all Sem1 courses
CR Orientation Sessions:
at Skyline: Friday, Sept 15, during Early and Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in Room A212. This is a Conference Room in the Main Office.
at Huron: Monday, Sept 18, during Early and Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in the MCR. The MCR is located right behind the security desk at the Main Entrance.
at Pioneer: Monday, Sept 18 during Early and Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in the Media Center
at Community: Monday, Sept 18 during lunch in Room 307 and Tuesday, Sept 19 during lunch in Room 3111
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
2nd Semester Dates:
11/13 - Application Opens
12/05 - Application freezes
12/07 - Application Re-opens
01/12 - Application Closes and forms deadline
01/30 - Notification of Approval of CR course
02/01 - Drop/Add Deadline for all Semester 2 courses
CR Orientation Sessions:
at Pioneer: Friday, Feb 9 during Early and Late Lunch (you only need to attend one) in the Media Center
at Community: Friday, Feb 9 during lunch in Room 311
on Zoom (updated link here) for Skyline and Huron (and anyone else who would like to complete it on Zoom):
Wednesday, Feb 7 at 6:00pm
Monday, Feb 12 at 7:00pm.
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
A Community Resource (CR) Course
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.
A Volunteer CR Instructor
teaches you the content that you have laid out in your CR course plan.
A Community Resource Monitor
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.