Novi Meadows News
FRIDAY May 6, 2022
IMPORTANT DATES
May
9 - After School Intramurals, Kickball, Last Names A-L
9-13 - iReady Testing
10 - NM 6 Vocal Music Concert A (6:00) & B (7:15)
10 - 5K Afterschool Bootcamp 2:30-3:30 pm
10 - 5K T-Shirt Orders Due (see below)
11 - NM6 Vocal Music Concert C (6:00)
11 - Parent Connect Book Club 6:30 pm
11 - PTO Blaze Pizza Night
16 - After School Intramurals, Kickball, Last Names M-Z
17 - 5K Afterschool Bootcamp 2:30-3:30 pm
24 - Math Placement Testing
24 - 5K Afterschool Bootcamp 2:30-3:30 pm
26 - Roller Skating Party at Bonaventure, 6:30-8:30
30 - Memorial Day, No School
31 - Spring Book Fair
June
1-3 - Spring Book Fair
1 - PTO Dash & Dine 5K and Food Truck Party 5:30-8 pm
With your generous donations, staff has been able to enjoy Panera breakfast, Leo’s Coney Island lunch, a basket raffle, a snack bar and to-go goodie bags.
6TH GRADE UPCOMING VOCAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES
Concert A: Tuesday, May 10, 6-6:30 pm @ Novi MS Auditorium
Jenkins, Dalzochio, Troost, McClafferty, Cojei, Cosman, Burnside/Pas
Concert B: Tuesday, May 10, 7:15-7:45 pm @ Novi MS Auditorium
Timmer, Wellock, Yuchuck, Muscio, Burry, Erickson
Concert C: Wednesday, May 11, 6 pm @ Novi MS Auditorium
9:40-10:40 am: Westra, McDonald, Kable, Vollmer, Carothers, Tyrpak, Baranek
PTO BLAZE PIZZA NIGHT - MAY 11TH, 12 pm - 9 pm
The PTO is hosting a restaurant night at Blaze Pizza on May 11th from noon to 9pm.
We will receive 20% of all orders.
Please bring a printed or digital copy of the flyer to the event, in order to get credit for the PTO or you can order online and use the code 1015A.
ROLLER SKATING PARTY
SPRING BOOK FAIR
Novi Meadows Scholastic Spring BOGO Book Fair will be during the week of May 31st in the 6th Grade Media Center. Meadows students will have an opportunity to make purchases during a time scheduled with their teacher.
Parents can sign up for an e-wallet and deposit money into their child’s account online.
Students may shop anytime online from May 31 - June 3rd.Unfortunately, online purchases are NOT a BOGO: www.scholastic.com/bf/nm2018
DASH & DINE
Don't Miss Dash & Dine, Wednesday, June 1st
This school community event expands Novi Meadows' 5K with a food truck after party. This event will happen on Wednesday, June 1st. The 5K will begin at 5:30pm and the food truck rally will follow.
Please visit the form below to register and gauge interest for the Novi Meadows 5K, optional boot camp practices led by Mr. Michalski, and food truck after party. This is an outdoor school-wide community event for us to run, cheer each other on, and celebrate the end of the year!
All Novi Meadows staff, students (including virtual 5th and 6th grade) and their families, including siblings and parents, are welcome to participate in the 5K and after party. Only Novi Meadows students may participate in the bootcamps.
Sponsors for Dash & Dine
We are looking for community business sponsors for our 5K event (sponsorships begin at $100). Sponsoring helps to off-set the costs of what the PTO will need to cover and helps us to raise funds for student and school enrichment. When corporate partners sponsor, we will include your logo (size based on sponsorship level) on the back of the 5K t-shirts, and we will list sponsors in our future communication, school flyers, and Facebook group regarding the event.
If you or your company are interested, please reach out to the PTO board at novimeadows.pto@gmail.com
Volunteer for Dash & Dine
In order to make Dash & Dine a success, we will need a lot of volunteers! Check out this sign up genius to see how you can help!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ea9ad2ca7fcce9-meadows
NOVI MEADOWS 5K RUN
T-shirts for Dash & Dine - Deadline to order is May 10th
5K t-shirts are available for purchase to commemorate this year's Dash & Dine event. A portion of each sale will go back to the Novi Meadows PTO to provide enrichment for students and staff.
COUNSELORS CORNER
What a fun week celebrating our mental health!
Thank you so much to all the staff and students who participated in the spirit days and activities for Mental Health Awareness Week! Hopefully everyone walked away with a better understanding of the importance of mental wellbeing and now has a few more “tools” to get through difficult days. Below are a few pictures from the week.
We would like to publicly thank the generous organizations who contributed items for the week.
Novi Community Coalition and Debbie Wertz for the donation of Jolly Ranchers to “Have a Jolly Day”, for coordinating the therapy dogs, and for the donation of Coping Toolboxes for every homeroom class.
The therapy dog parents who donated their time and pups to make our students smile.
Novi Police Department and Detective Julie Warren for the donation of fidgets.
Cigna for donating 1,000 stress balls so EVERY Novi Meadows student could have one!
Perspectives of Novi for the donation of stress balls.
Blue Cross Blue Shield for the donation of stress balls.
Novi Meadows PTO for the donation of stress relief bookmarks and fidgets.
MAY IS ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH!
We will be celebrating later this month but wanted to share some upcoming events that start this weekend!
Celebrations/Activities at the Novi Public Library:
Saturday, May 7 at 3pm: Anime Matinee. Join us as we watch the Academy Award winning film Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki, Rated PG, this movie is an excellent way to kickoff Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Register online.
Saturday, May 14 at 4pm: A Taste of Tea. Enjoy delicious snacks from around the world and watch a short film about the history and cultural significance of Tea. Register online.
Saturday, May 21 at 10:30am and 12:30pm: Cultural Storytime and Craft. Join us as we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month. Featuring cultural stories and an origami bookmark craft. No registration required.
Saturday, May 28 at 2pm: Experience Culture- Asian Pacific American Cultural Celebration. Join us for a day of celebration as the Novi Library spotlights Asian Pacific Heritage Month on Saturday, May 28th, 2pm-5pm. Meet us on the patio and the meeting room for music and dancing, cultural displays, speakers, and free food, including a whole roasted pig and more.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS MONDAYS AFTER SCHOOL
Intramurals will run from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. directly after school on Mondays.
Intramurals are after-school sports for Novi Meadows 5th and 6th graders. Students compete against each other in a sport. There are no established teams, but rather the teams are determined at each session. We stress fair play, good sportsmanship, and teamwork...while having fun learning and playing games with our friends. Students should have appropriate shoes in order to participate.
Please see the attached documents for our FAQ and schedule.
PARENT CONNECT BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION
Novi Meadows will be hosting - a post-event book discussion on Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30pm (location TBD). The book we are reading is "Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Anxiety and Stress in Girls" by Dr. Lisa Damour. This book is being read in conjunction with the Novi Mental Health Alliance's event.
The Novi Mental Health Alliance is excited to announce Dr. Lisa Damour, New York Times best-selling author, will be speaking to the Novi Community on Tuesday, May 3rd at 7pm. Dr. Damour will be doing a live zoom that the whole community is invited to. You can either watch the virtual event in-person at the Novi Middle School Auditorium OR you can get a zoom link to watch from home. You can register for the community discussion on May 3rd at the following link - https://novilibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?eventid=23965
If you would like to hear more about Dr. Lisa Damour has an excellent parenting podcast called Ask Lisa: the Psychology of Parenting.
MATH TEST OUT INFORMATION
Math placement testing will take place on May 24 during the school day. Math teachers will give the 60 minute test to those students who want to try and test out of a level of math. The test is optional.
5th grade
- Math 5 students would take a test to try and test out of math 6.
- Math 6 students would take a test to try and test out of math 7.
- Math 7 students do not have a test to take.
6th grade
- Current Math 6 students would take a test to try and test out of math 7.
- Current Math 7 and Math 8 students who would like to test must register for the Math Test Out offered through Community Education and can do so by clicking the link below or visit the website for more information.
Current 6th Graders in Math 7 and Math 8 Test Out Registration Link
If you want to be placed into the next level of math and not try and skip a level, you DO NOT have to take a test.
KEEPING A FOCUS ON RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY
THIS WEEK'S VIP
We are trying to focus on the positive things our 6th grade students are doing here at Novi Meadows.
When we see students making responsible choices, doing the right thing, and giving back to their school and peers, we pass out a VIP ticket to share our appreciation.
All VIP tickets go in a weekly drawing for an opportunity to eat lunch in the VIP Cafe.
Once a week, a VIP winner is announced and that student’s entire lunch table gets to eat in the VIP Cafe for a day.
We hope our students are enjoying this as much as we are! We are so proud of these students and the positive impact they are making at Novi Meadows.
To the left is this weeks winner Jacob. Congratulations, Jacob!
DRESS CODE REMINDER
As the weather gets warmer, we anticipate a change in student attire. Staff will be addressing dress code violations with students as they arise. Please help us from home by reviewing the Dress Code expectations on the district website.
Students will be asked to remove, cover up or call home for a change of attire depending on the violation.
LUNCH SUPERVISORS NEEDED
PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE WHEN YOUR STUDENT IS ABSENT
Absent Line
For 5th grade: 248-449-1251 and for 6th grade: 248-449-1271.
In addition, please remember to spell your students first and last name, the reason for the absence, and their homeroom teacher if you know it.
EARLY RELEASE - Students leaving before the end of the day need to be picked up before 2 p.m. Please call the attendance line to let us us know you will be picking your student up before you get here so that we may have your child ready to go.
ADDITIONALLY - please make sure we can get a hold of you in case of emergency. Make sure your mailbox is not full or that it is set up and ready for message's if needed.
Return the form to the main office when completed.
ABSENT HOMEWORK
Novi Meadows Parents:
When students are absent, teachers will do their best to fill them in on the work they miss. Teachers utilize a variety of tools to keep students up to date on work (Schoology, Google Classroom, on-line planners, etc.). It is not feasible to have absent students Zoom into classes that are happening at school. In addition, teachers are not able to privately Zoom with students who are absent to reteach the lessons. Teachers will provide the work that can be replicated to students upon their return. It is not always possible to recreate classroom discussion or activities
NON BUS DAYS FOR BUS RIDERS
Novi has modified the busing process due to a driver shortage. There will be buses that do not run on a certain day of the week. The following list shows what busses will NOT run on what days:
Monday - busses B, E, G, X will not run
Tuesday - busses D, I, J, R, T will not run
Wednesday - busses H, K, N, W, Y will not run
Thursday - busses A, F, O, P, S will not run
Friday - busses L, Q, U, V will not run
On the day your bus does not run, parents/guardian's will be responsible for transportation to and from school.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
For parents who want to make arrangements for after school CARE on the days their bus does not run, please contact Lori Croad at Lori.Croad@NoviK12.org or call 248-449-1257. Space is limited so act as soon as possible.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THROUGH NOVI COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Click this link to view the classes currently being offered at Novi Meadows.
Register online or by phone, 248-675-3400.
Sign up early as some classes will be cancelled if enrollment is not sufficient.
MASKS OPTIONAL
FOOD SERVICES
Breakfast will be grab and go and eaten in the classroom. Students will make their lunch selections in the morning with their teacher in the classroom. At lunch time students will use their ID badge to receive their individually packaged meal and check out with the cashier. Remember to add funds to your student's account through PowerSchool.
Kim Sinclair
NOVI PUBLIC LIBRARY LIBBY APP
This Novi Public Library app allows users access to digital and audiobook collections. The Libby app streamlines the functions of the original Overdrive app to make finding, downloading and reading e-books and listening to e-audiobooks easier. Find Libby in your device's app store.
NOVI MEADOWS 5TH GRADE HOUSE
Email: Lisa.fenchel@novik12.org
Website: http://www.novi.k12.mi.us/nm/
Location: 25549 Taft Road, Novi, MI 48374, USA
Phone: 248-449-1250
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NoviMeadows
Twitter: @NoviMeadows
NOVI MEADOWS 6TH GRADE HOUSE
Email: John.brickey@novik12.org
Website: http://www.novi.k12.mi.us/nm/
Location: 25299 Taft Road, Novi, MI 48374, USA
Phone: 248-449-1270
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NoviMeadows
Twitter: @NoviMeadows
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