天际线的历史

天际线 was approved by voters in 2004 as a part of the Ann Arbor Public School's Comprehensive School Improvement Program. We opened our doors in 2008 to Freshmen only 和 filled the school one year at a time. Our first senior class graduated in 2012.

A naming committee made up of a group of a diverse group of students, parents, 和 educators formed. 的y mulled around a few ideas for what was temporarily called “New High School” or NHS. Some of the early ideas were North Crest High School 和 Bo Schembechler High School. 的 majestic views during the committee’s first tour of the unfinished building had the students unanimously choosing the name 天际线高中. 的 views on the tour were undoubtedly 高度ened as the windows had not yet been installed! 的 committee report is available here.

Another diverse committee of students were gathered to select the mascot 和 after briefly considering 的 Salam和ers the students chose 的 Eagles 和 the Columbia Blue color to go with the 天际线 theme. Our first Freshmen class even designed the logos that we still use today. Thanks to cooperation with the Leslie Science Center, 天际线 is fortunate enough to have a live Eagle mascot. 

天际线 was designed vertically to preserve as much of the wooded l和 owned by Ann Arbor Public Schools.

天际线’s campus is on a l和 that has been owed by AAPS for a long time. Much care was taken to preserve as much of the woodl和s 和 wetl和s as possible. This is why 天际线 is a 4 story building. A herpetological survey report 和 comprehensive wetl和 report were put together by the City of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation. 最终, a Salam和er pond carefully moved 和 the Salam和ers were relocated over the course of a few years to ensure their survival.

的 Ann Arbor community, 与父母一起完成, 业务人员, higher education representatives, 和 K-12 teachers came together 和 selected what 磁铁的课程 我们应该提供. 最终, the decision came down to the most marketable careers combined with course trends in Higher Education.

While planning the school, we took all of the preconceived notions of what school was off the table 和 carefully included only what students need to be successful. 的se decisions were steeped in research 和 followed the 3 R's; Rigor, Relevance, 和 Relationships. We quickly rearranged the 3 R's to put Relationships first, knowing that we could better address the Rigor 和 Relevance once the Relationships were established.

天际线使用 基于精通的评分 in an attempt to value knowledge acquisition 和 the process of 学习. 作为一名员工, we are continually educating ourselves on the best practices of teaching, 学习, 和分级.

Since our inception, we have used a shared leadership model 在地平线上. Our goal is to draw upon our diverse expertise 和 experiences to best serve our 学生及家庭. Our goal is to help every student find success 和 acceptance at 天际线高中. We hope these goals are reflected in our Mission 和 Motto.

Our Mission: 的 mission of 天际线高中 is to build 和 sustain a community that promotes personal connections, 调查, 敏捷的头脑, 和决心.  We nurture these qualities every day in everyone.

我们的座右铭：敏捷思维. 大的心. 深刻的问题.