Hello community members!

We want to know more about you! That's why a group of parents and educators are starting a community initiative here at A2 STEAM. We are interested in connecting our community to the good work we do here in some meaningful ways. ​Learn more ​from ​our ​website ​here: http://a2steam-experts.weebly.com/.

Our ​first ​step ​is ​to take ​inventory ​of ​our ​community. ​We ​need ​to ​know ​what makes ​us ​special! ​If ​you ​are ​a ​community ​member interested ​in ​connecting ​to ​A2 ​STEAM, ​fill out the form here: https://goo.gl/forms/dQhqUTAowd9BteBi2. There is no commitment necessary when you fill out this form, but we want to hear from you and learn about you! Please take 10 or 15 minutes to fill it out. Thanks!

Dear Parents,

I am pleased to tell you that we will be using a website called IXL in our classroom this year. IXL is a comprehensive learning program offering unlimited math practice across thousands of skills—all of which are aligned to the Common Core. One of the best things about IXL is that your child can access it from home, so you have a chance to see your child's progress!​

To get your child started on your home computer, please follow these easy steps:

Go to https://www.ixl.com/signin/a2steam
Enter your child's username and password and click "Sign in."

Username: Student first name initial and full last name.
an example for myself would be: aloomis

Password: owl

Right now our class is working through the Kindergarten Section B.  Please try not to have students move through the sections quickly on their own as we will be using this in class.  In the weekly newsletters I will let parents know what IXL activities students should use to reinforce our classwork during the week.


Thank you and please let me know if  you have any troubles signing in from home.

My Best,
Mrs. Loomis

Following the link below to access our Classroom Volunteer Sign Up page!  We look forward to having you in our classroom!

I want to wish everyone a happy and safe summer.  I look forward to hearing of all the wonderful adventures you and your families have taken.  I also look forward to meeting all the new faces entering in to Kindergarten.  
I do check email through out the summer, so please feel free to ask questions or just say hello!

macgeorge@aaps.k12.mi.us

My Best,
Mrs. Loomis

We had an amazing visit from University of Michigan Meteorologist Frank Marsik. He came to our classroom and read an amazing story to the students, along with helping the class to build anemometers.  We were able to build, test, and read our results of the anemometers.  The students loved this activity as we continue to learn about weather!

We had an excellent time celebrating the 100th day of school.  The students made 100 Cheerio necklaces, made 100 stamp gum ball machines, wrote about 100, and build structures with 100 cups!