6th Grade

Hello families! I am so excited about this school year and look forward to meeting you all soon! I know we will have an incredible year together. I teach math on our fabulous sixth-grade team. I earned my B.S. and M.A. degrees from Eastern Michigan University. This will be my 24th year teaching middle school students. When I’m not teaching, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, including my son Gabe who is beginning 10th grade this year, and our golden doodle Libby. I love spending time up north on the lake, playing golf, and softball, reading, and paper crafting.

Greetings, families! I am so excited for this upcoming school year at A2 STEAM! Born and raised in upstate NY, my teaching career has taken me from New York City to Long Island, NY, and then Copenhagen, Denmark, before landing right here in Ann Arbor. Along the way I met and married my wife, Caitlin, also a teacher (and Ann Arbor native). Our daughter, Simone, will be in First Grade at STEAM this year, my son Evan just turned 4 and our youngest is just coming up on 18 months. In my rapidly disappearing free time, I enjoy reading, working in my garden, playing with our dog, Ruthie, and spending time outdoors. I’ve become a passionate Wolverine since adopting Ann Arbor as my home, but am just as likely to belt out Hamilton lyrics as Hail to the Victors!

Hello! I am looking forward to teaching sixth-grade students in science class this year. This is my tenth year teaching at STEAM, and my 17th year teaching, with some time in Chicago, Dexter, the University of Michigan, and Scarlett Middle School before coming to A2 STEAM in 2014. When I am not teaching or planning, I love to spend time with my family, taking long runs, and spending time in nature. I am really excited to see all the ways we, as a sixth-grade community, will learn, design amazing projects, and support each other in extraordinary ways this year!

Hello 6th grade families! I am so excited for another year of reading and writing! This is my sixth year teaching, and my fourth year at STEAM. I grew up on the east side of the state before moving to Washtenaw County in 2010. I graduated from the University of Michigan in 2018 with a BA in Elementary Education with a focus in Language Arts. I now live in the STEAM neighborhood, and have two daughters here at the school. I love reading and getting kids to love it, too. When I’m not teaching I love spending time with my family. We enjoy traveling, board games, and all things arts and crafts. We spend a lot of time at the Ann Arbor parks, and especially love tubing the cascades. I am also an improv comedian, and spend a lot of my free time making up stories in front of strangers.

Ms. Carly Vincenz

Hello families! I’m excited to get to know you, and I’m looking forward to all of the neat stuff we will learn together. This is my 12th year teaching middle school English language arts (ELA), and my third year at A2 STEAM. I love all things ELA, and how there is always something new to learn about ourselves and the world around us. I  also enjoy reading/listening to audiobooks, Wordle, exploring West Ann Arbor with my partner and (almost) three year old, and spending time with family and friends. I can’t wait to meet you in a few short weeks, and hope to get lots of awesome new book recommendations then, too!