Weekly Notes for October 24th  2016-17

Happenings at A2 STEAM!

Monday, 10/24	8:30 – 9:30 Admin meeting 10:45 Post conference eval 2:00 – 2:45 Third Grade Guest Speaker
Tuesday, 10/25	9:00 Farmington School District Tours
Wednesday, 10/26	!/2 Day Early Release  10:50 AM 8:15 Avalon Meeting 8:30 – 10:30 IEP mtgs 10:50 – 4:30 Half Day PD for teachers 4:30 – 5:30  Ribbon Cutting at A2 STEAM
Thursday, 10/27	8:00  Reed mtg 1:00 – 2:00 504 mtg 1:45 – 2:50 7th grade Invasive Species Guest Speaker 2:00 – 2:50 6th grade Thumbs Up mtg 2:00 – 3:00 Reed mtg
Friday, 10/28	8:30 – 9:00 Officer Hickey visits Kindergarten 8:30 – 9:20 7th grade Thumbs Up 9:30 – 10:15 8th grader Thumbs Up

Good news and reminders for the week:

A2gether Fall Festival - Thank you to the PTO for organizing this wonderful evening.  There was much fun had by all.   A special thank you to Ashini Harris and her team who organized the event.

Dedication at A2 STEAM:  Please join us for the dedication and ribbon cutting this week Wednesday at 4:30!

Safe Routes to School Project – Phase 1 – Please fill out Survey

We are currently in Phase 1 of our SRTS Project. This is the Data-Gathering Phase and we need your help. Please fill out the Parent Survey which asks you questions of what you think of children walking and biking to school. It takes a maximum of 10 minutes. Please fill out this survey by Friday, October 28.

Here is the link to the survey: http://www.saferoutesdata.org/surveyformparent.cfm?key=8193632

This SRTS Project will span from now through the summer of 2018, culminating in the completion of much-needed infrastructure enhancements by the city of Ann Arbor. A complete description of the project will be presented during our Initial Public Input Meeting. Please mark your calendars forThursday, November 10, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the school’s multi-purpose room.

Thank you for your help in this important endeavor!

Weekly Notes for October 17th  2016-17

Happenings at A2 STEAM!

Good news and reminders for the week:

Monday, 10/17	1:00-3:00  7th grade - Toledo Zoo visit 1:20 PM  Fitz - Kindergarten interview
Tuesday, 10/18	8:00  6th Grade Thumbs Up Reward 8:30 – 11:00  504 Meetings / Admin / counselor 11:00  Post conference mtg teacher eval 11:30  EMU phone conference 1:00 – 5:00  Admin at District Instructional Council
Wednesday, 10/19	8:30 – 3:30  IEP meetings all day
Thursday, 10/20	8:30 Leverage Leadership Conference – Admin 4:00 A2 STEAM Soccer Game Home
Friday, 10/21	8:30 – 10:30  NASA Presentations - Guest Marlon Cox 8:35 - 9:15 (Grades 1 & 3) 9:35 - 10:30 (Grades 6 & 8) 9:00 – 10:00 IEP Speech 2:00 – 3:00  IEP 6:30 – 8:00 A2gether PTO Fall Family Fun Night

Good news and reminders for the week:

A2gether Fall Festival - Please join us Friday 10/21 @ 6:30pm.  We are in need of many volunteers to make this night a success!  Please sign up here to volunteer and to view the flyer click here.  T-shirts and cinch sacks will be for sale (cash only) Photo Booth - pictures will be $1 (cash only) PTO Thrift Store Raffle Ticket sale $5 each. 1/2 of the money raised goes right back to STEAM (cash only)  

Guest visitor from NASA-   Friday, Oct 21, we will have a special guest visitor from NASA speaking to some of our students. Marlon Cox, a Detroit Native and friend of 3rd Grade Teacher Kimmie Conrad's, has offered to come speak to students and show them parts of an Astronaut suit. For the past 10 years Marlon has been working with Space Suit systems at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He has worked with the Extra-Vehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) which currently services the International Space Station and he is currently working on the development of new Space Suit system slated to be use in future exploration. 

Since space relates to a few of our projects he will give two different sessions in the MPR: 

8:30 - 9:15 - 1st & 3rd Grade

9:35 - 10:30 - 6th & 8th Grade

Weekly Notes for October 10th 2016-17

Weekly Notes for October 10th  2016-17

Happenings at A2 STEAM!

Monday, 10/10	8:30 – 9:45 Admin Meetings / Counselor 10:30 – 1:00 Evaluations 6:00 – 9:00 AAPS-Hikone Exchange Program Sayonara Party
Tuesday, 10/11	8:30 – 10:00 Achievement Team Mtgs 10:00 – 10:30 Evaluation 10:30 – 11:00 Carrot Way mtg 1:00 – 2:00 Evaluation
Wednesday, 10/12	8:30 – 3:00 IEP’s 1:30 – 2:30 Evaluations 3:30 – 5:00 Staff Meeting
Thursday, 10/13	WALK TO SCHOOL DAY for A2 STEAM 8:30 – 10:30 Evalations / observations 1:00 – 3:00 DTE presentations 4th grade 2:00 – 2:45 Thumbs Up meetings 6th grade 6:00 – 7:30  PTO meeting
Friday, 10/14	8:30 – 10:30  7/8th grade Thumbs Up Meetings 10:30 – 11:00 Lockdown Drill #1 Happy Friday

Good news and reminders for the week:

Walk to School Day-  This fun event is happening Thursday at A2 STEAM.  Please look at the flyer sent by PTO for more information.

Hikone Visitors- We had a wonderful visit with the teachers from Hikone Friday at A2 STEAM.  We shared about our school and they were very interested in the PBL lessons and activities.  We look forward to our two students; Peter Nemecek and Erin Simmons visiting Japan and sharing their school culture and learnings with all of us.

PTO Meeting-  Reminder our PTO meeting is this Thursday in the Media Center from 6:00 - 7:30 PM.  Child care is provided.

Ribbon Cutting / Dedication Ceremony-  We will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting/ Dedication Ceremony for A2 STEAM on October 26th from 4:30 - 5:30 PM.    The event will host the Board of Education, Superintendent and the many people who contributed to the building of A2 STEAM.  This is also a dedication ceremony as our lead contractor, Michael Hamlin, passed away this summer unexpectedly.  He was a dear man and contributed to helping us at A2 STEAM not only through the construction but also with some of our student projects.  

Our goal to eliminate tardiness-  Each week I will give you the average daily tardy count.  We hope that everyone will do their best to reduce this number to below 10!   

                       This Week's Average per day tardy = 40  (Same as last week)

Social Media and Your Child Presentation Clague MS October 10th

How do you manage social media in your home?

This program will discuss family-centered approaches to managing technology and social media based on recent research. Topics will include 1) setting technology rules for the family (parents and children); 2) how parents should think about their children's online presence (e.g., should you share photos of your children on Facebook?); 3) managing drama and bullying among young people (and adults); and 4) how family time is changing with technology. Questions are welcome during the discussion and afterwards. 

Our presenter is Sarita Schoenebeck, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan who studies the impact of social media use in family life.

Join us:

Monday, October 10th

6:00-7:30 PM

Clague Middle School

2616 Nixon Road

Weekly Notes for October 3 2016-17

Weekly Notes for October 3rd 2016-17

Happenings at A2 STEAM!

Monday, 10/3	Parent Teacher Conference Window Admin Meeting 8:30 – 9:30 AM Evaluations for teachers 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Kindergarten PBL mtg with Admin 12:15 – 1:00 PM District PLTW Mtg Skyline 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday, 10/4	8-8:30 AM Hikone Welcome Breakfast 8:30 – 9:30 Evaluations for teachers 10:30 5th grade PBL mtg / Fitz 1 – 2:15 Hikone Welcome Program – Forsythe 1:45 PM Fire Drill #2 2:00  1st grade PBL mtg / Fitz 2-3:00 PM  REED – SISS team
Wednesday, 10/5	Student Count Day 8:30 – 2:30 REED and IEP mtgs SISS Team 8:00 – 11:00 AM EI teacher interviews / Fitz 1:20 – 1:50 2nd grade PBL mtg – Fitz 1:50 – 2:20 Preconference eval mtg
Thursday, 10/6	8:30 – 9:00 4th grade PBL mtg / Fitz 9:00 – 9:30 Evaluation teacher 10:30 – 11:00 3rd grade PBL mtg / Fitz 2:00 – 2:45 Laurie Hals Assembly 5th – 8th 6:00 – 7:00 Special PTO Budget mtg
Friday, 10/7	9:30 – 11:00 Hikone Visit – Admin 1:30 – 2:00 Pre Conference teacher eval

Upcoming News and Reminders:

Parent Teacher Conferences: Just a reminder that the Conference Window is October 1st - November 14th.  Our Common Conference Night (includes all staff-classroom teachers, special area teachers, and support staff) is Monday, November 7th, 2016, 3:00- 7:00  p.m. 

Hikone Visitors- We're so glad to share that two of our students Erin Simmons and Peter Nemecek are participating in the AAPS-Hikone Exchange Program. They will each host a Japanese student October 3-10 and will travel to Japan November 5-18.  We will be hosting a welcome breakfast in their advisory classes Tuesday, October 4th and meet with Hikone teacher representatives Friday, October 7th.  We are very proud of our students who applied and were chosen to represent A2 STEAM in this exchange.

Our goal to eliminate tardiness-  Each week I will give you the average daily tardy count.  We hope that everyone will do their best to reduce this number to below 10!   

                       This Week's Average per day tardy = 40

Cardboard Challenge Huge Success-  Thanks to Mr. Van Loo and our K-4 students the cardboard challenge was a huge success. Thank you for attending our first kick off PBL.