Novi Meadows News
Friday, February 3, 2023
IMPORTANT DATES
February
3 - Report Cards (see below)
6 - Parent Night For Human Growth & Development, NM6 6:30 pm
6 - Parent to Parent Book Club With Ben Mainka
6-10 & 13-16 - 5th Grade Vision Screenings
8 - Student Count Day
10 - Family Volleyball Night, 6:30
10 - Yearbook Sales End
16,17 - 5th Grade Human Growth & Development
20-21 - Mid Winter Break, No School
23, 24 - 6th Grade Human Growth & Development
LINKS TO HELPFUL INFORMATION
GET NOTIFIED OF BUS DELAYS
If you don't have a smartphone, you can get text notifications for Meadows Bus notifications. Text the message @c9dd94 to the number 81010. If you're having trouble with 81010, try texting @c9dd94 to 248-236-1777.
SOCIAL MEDIA RED FLAGS
It is hard to keep up with the latest apps that are popular among kids. With the ever changing digital environment, keep these 11 red flags in mind when evaluating social media apps for your child(ren):
Ads and in-app purchases (possible examples)
Age-inappropriate content (possible examples)
Anonymity (possible examples)
Cyberbullying (possible examples)
Location tracking and sharing (possible examples)
Public default settings (possible examples)
Random video chat (possible examples)
Real-time video streaming (possible examples)
Secret chat rooms (possible examples)
"Temporary" pictures and videos (possible examples)
Toxic culture (possible examples)
Refer to the full Common Sense Media Article, 11 Social Media Red Flags Parents Should Know About, for further explanations, suggestions, and talking points to have with your child(ren).
FAMILY VOLLEYBALL NIGHT
HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
Please find the information about this year's Human Growth and development classes attached. cover letter 2023.pdf
Parent Information Night is Monday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the 6th grade media center. This is optional for parents who want to preview materials.
If you would like to exclude your child from participating, please fill out the attached exclusion request for the grade your child is in and return it to the office by February 10.
COUNSELORS CORNER
Black History Month
February begins the start of Black History Month. As Maya Angelou said, “Won’t it be wonderful when black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” Until then, we will highlight and celebrate the rich history of black Americans in a variety of ways throughout the month of February.
During our morning announcements, we will begin each day with a meaningful, thought provoking quote. Background information about the person who wrote each quote will be shared for context. The quote will then be added to a bulletin board in the cafeteria which will showcase all the quotes we hear throughout the month.
Each homeroom will have an opportunity to participate in a Black History Month door decorating contest. Decorating classroom doors is a wonderful way to get kids excited about learning. We found a great selection of designs to help inspire students to learn about and celebrate Black history! The winning homeroom for both 5th and 6th grade will receive a pizza party!
A variety of optional classroom activities and lessons have been shared with teachers to utilize throughout the month as well. Our hope is that by embedding quotes, activities, and lessons into the classroom setting, we will offer an impactful learning experience for all students. Novi Meadows looks forward to celebrating the incredible impact that Black History Month offers.
NOVI MEADOWS PTO
Volunteers Requested - Teacher Snack Attack (Stock the Staff Lounges)
We are so lucky to have such dedicated teachers and staff at Novi Meadows! Let's show our appreciation by stocking the 5th and 6th grade staff lounges with snacks and beverages throughout the school year. Sign up to bring pre-packaged snacks, drinks, k-cups, or creamer to the 5th or 6th grade side. We will restock every 2 weeks. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4EA9AD2CA7FCCE9-teachers
Spiritwear
Purchase your Novi Meadows and Novi Wildcat spirit wear through our new vendor - Stitch & Scribe! A portion of all sales comes back to support the Novi Meadows PTO.
https://stitchandscribe.com/collections/novi-meadows/Novi-Meadows
NOVI PUBLIC LIBRARY STUDENT SURVEY 2023
Help plan the future of the Novi Public Library
The Novi Public Library wants to know what you think about the library and what it offers. We will use your answers to help in planning for the future of the library.
Please take a few minutes to answer the questions in this survey NPL Survey
Thank you for your help.
PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE WHEN YOUR STUDENT IS ABSENT
For 5th grade: 248-449-1251
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 MAIN OFFICE (5TH 248-449-1250, 6TH 248-449-1270) no more than 15 minutes before you arrive to let us us know you will be picking your student up 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.
NOT GETTING EMAILS?
If you are still having a problem you can email Terrie.McCarty@NoviK12.org for help.
Thank you.
EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
NOVI PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE 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: John.Brickey@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: Lisa.Fenchel@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
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook: www.facebook.com/novischools
Twitter: @NCSD
Instagram: @novicommunityschooldistrict
YouTube: Novi Community School District