Weekly Notes for  November 28th  2016-17 

Good news and reminders for the week:

Monday, 11/28	8:30 – 9:30 Admin team meeting 1:00 – 3:00 IEP meetings 3:00 -5:00 Scholastic Book Fair set up
Tuesday, 11/29	All Day Evaluation training Admin 10:45 – 12:00 Achievement Team Meetings
Wednesday, 11/30	8:00 – 9:30 IEP meetings 11:30 – 3:00 IEP meetings 3:20- 5:00 Staff meeting
Thursday, 12/1	Scholastic Book Fair 1:55 – 2:50 Informance Vocal Music 2:00 Thumbs Up 6th grade 3:00 – 6:00 Scholastic Book Fair evening event
Friday, 12/2	End of Term 1 Middle School 8:30 – 10:30 Thumbs Up 7th/8 th grade 3:00 – 5:00  Book Fair Take Down

Thanksgiving Break-   We hope you enjoyed the break and had time with family and friends.  We have just 19 days before Winter Break. Lots will be taking place during this month so stay tuned to the blog and your child’s newsletters for details.

Expo: See are Expo coverage from MLive 
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/11/a2_steam_students_use_science.html

Scholastic Book Fair- This week is the Scholastic Book Fair.  The purchase days are Thursday and Friday.  Online orders can be made throughout the week.  Thanks to Anne Reader for her hard work and the volunteers who will be supporting this endeavor.

Northside Church Parking lot closed until further notice-  A reminder that due to some unfortunate experiences with the use of the church lot we will not be using this until further notice.   Parking at the bottom of the hill at Barton and Traver, using Bethel AME church at John Woods, as well as the use of Leslie Science Center are all alternative options.

Weekly Notes for  November 21st  2016-17

                                                    Happenings at A2 STEAM!

Good news and reminders for the week:

Monday, 11/21	Book Fair Online Sale
Tuesday, 11/22	Book Fair Online Sale Thanksgiving Assembly 1:  9:00-9:30 Thanksgiving Assembly 2:  2:00-2:30 Elementary Report Cards Go Home
Wednesday, 11/23	No School Thanksgiving Break
Thursday, 11/24	No School Thanksgiving Break
Friday, 11/25	No School Thanksgiving Break

Expo:  This year’s first Expo was a huge success.  Presenting to a public audience is an essential element of Project Based Learning, so thank you to all the family members, friends, and community members who came to support and learn from our students.

Happy Thanksgiving:  There is no school November 23-25.  Please enjoy time with family and friends this Thanksgiving break.   We will come back refreshed and ready to go on Monday, November 28!

School Closing information:  It’s that time of year J

All information for school closings will come through SchoolMessenger.  Reminder: if you have chosen to opt out of notifications, then you will not receive calls from any AAPS building - including inclement weather notifications.  Any school closing information will be left as a voice mail message so you do not have to worry about missing the call.

You may review school safety information, including weather protocols at  http://aaps.schoolwires.net/domain/2601

Hikone Japan visit

We look forward to our two 8th grade A2 STEAM students Peter Nemecek and Erin Simmons who will arrive home today from their visit to Hikone, Japan.  We look forward to their return and sharing details of their trip with our school.

Hiroshima Children’s Peace Memorial, holding paper cranes.  

Laying 1000 paper cranes at the peace memorial. Made in Ann Arbor, delivered to Japan.

Road closure on Stadium begins next week

Road closure on Stadium begins next week

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Thank you for subscribing to receive road or lane closure notifications from the City of Ann Arbor. Please note the following information:  

Stadium Boulevard: Monday, November 21through July 2017. Beginning on Monday, November 21, 2016, Stadium Blvd between South Main Street and South Industrial Highway will be closed to through traffic for reconstruction and utilities work. Local access to Kipke Drive, the University of Michigan's Golf Course (Blue Course) and the Ann Arbor Golf and Outing Club will be maintained by approaching from South Industrial Highway. East Stadium Blvd will be completely closed at South Main St.

Eastbound traffic on West Stadium Blvd will be detoured south on South Main Street, east on Eisenhower then north onto South Industrial. Westbound traffic on East Stadium Blvd will be detoured south on South Industrial, west onto Eisenhower then North on South Main Street. In addition, traffic movements at the intersection of South Main and Stadium Blvd will be altered for construction.

For a detailed detour and turning movement map, please visit the road or lane closures page. 

It's EXPO week

A2 STEAM Fall Expo 2016: https://youtu.be/KGY-kmmQRlo

Weekly Notes for  November 7th  2016-17

                                                    Happenings at A2 STEAM!

Good news and reminders for the week:

Monday, 11/7	8:30 – 9:30 Admin meeting 9:30 – 12:30 Sixth Grade Field Trip – Planetarium 9:00 Pre conference 10:00 Ach Team Meeting 11:00  Pre conference 3:00 – 7:00  Whole School Conference Night 3:15  Tech meeting Admin / District 4:00 IEP meeting
Tuesday, 11/8	NO SCHOOL ELECTION DAY
Wednesday, 11/9	8:30 – 2:00  IEP / Ach team meetings 8:30 Teacher Observation 1:00 Teacher pre conference 2:00 Video Security Training 3:20 – 4:50  Staff Meeting
Thursday, 11/10	8:45am – 9:15am Lockdown Drill # 2 of 3 9:30am – 10:00am Disease ecology  1:20pm – 1:50pm Jackson pre  2:00pm – 2:45pm Thumbs up mtg - 6th grade  6:30pm – 8:00pm  SR2S Public Kick Off Meeting
Friday, 11/11	8:30 – 10:30  7/8th grade Thumbs Up 10:00 – 10:30  Teacher Post 1:00 – 1:30  Teacher Pre 1:30 – 3:30  District 8th grade HS transition Meeting

Building Wide Parent Teacher Conferences will take place tonight. Have you scheduled your conference yet? We want 100% attendance at Fall conferences. MSTEP, NWEA, Benchmark assessments & student goals will be shared at these conferences.

Tuesday, November 8^th: School will be closed due to Election Day and Report Card Writing for teachers.   Please mark your calendars and vote!

Safe Routes to School Community Meeting -  In September A2 STEAM at Northside began working with the Safe Routes to School contingent from MSU to develop a Complete Action Plan to obtain funding for street and sidewalk infrastructure enhancements from the Michigan Department of Transportation. The school SRTS committee has spent the past month completing the data gathering phase and the MSU team is ready to host the Initial Public Input meeting based on findings so far. As committed advocates for pedestrian and cyclist safety, your support, perspective and feedback at this stage of the process are very important. 

Please join us this Thursday, November 10 at 6:30pm in the school’s multi-purpose room for our Initial Public Input Meeting. We look forward to seeing you. 

Expo is 10 Days away!  Mark your calendars for November 17th: