Novi Meadows News
Friday, February 23, 2024
IMPORTANT DATES
For more information on the following events please scroll down.
FEBRUARY
27 - Virtual Day, Students will attend school virtually
29 - 6th Grade Parent Night 6:30-8:00 pm
MARCH
1 - Locked In The Library 6:30-8:30 pm @ Novi Public Library
6 - Half Day for Students, Evening Conferences
8 - Professional Development - No School
9 - NEF Go For The Green Reverse Raffle
11-15 Book Fair
25-29 Spring Break No School
LINKS TO HELPFUL INFORMATION
6TH GRADE PARENT NIGHT
Thursday, February 29th from 6:30-8:00 pm
Novi Middle School Auditorium
Novi Middle School is excited to welcome our current 6th Grade Novi Meadows families into our building! We will have information presented and questions answered about what to expect during the middle school years. The night starts in the auditorium with a welcome from our NMS administrative team. This will be followed by allotted time to visit breakout rooms with the following topics:
Understanding the Math Sequence
The Middle School and High School Transition
Special Education Support at NMS
After School Clubs, Activities and Athletics
Drop In: Q and A
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT INTERNET SAFETY, SOCIAL MEDIA USE, CYBERBULLYING
Over the past few years, we have had our School Resource Officer come talk with our students regarding online safety. Detective Julie Warren is one of Novi’s school resource officers who works mostly with the elementary and middle school buildings. She is housed at the middle school so she will be a familiar face for students when they move to Novi Middle School. These presentations have been a great opportunity for students to meet Detective Warren and begin to build a positive and trusting relationship.
For the online safety presentations, topics covered include internet safety and risks, social media use, cyberbullying, and knowing the impact of our digital footprint. Detective Julie Warren presented to some of our 5th grade students on Thursday, February 15th and Friday, February 16th. Detective Warren will be presenting to our 6th grade students on Thursday, February 29th and Friday, March 1st.
Please ask your child what they learned during this informative presentation! Below are recommended resources and tips for parents to explore regarding online safety. We have been impressed with the students’ prior knowledge thus far! Thank you, parents and guardians, for having these conversations with your students!
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/monitor-media.html
https://www.missingkids.org/netsmartz/resources
LOCKED IN THE LIBRARY
Join us at the Novi Public Library for "Novi Meadows Locked in the Library" to kick off March is Reading Month. The Novi Public Library will be closed to the public and only open to Novi Meadows students. We ask that only Novi Meadows students and one parent attend the event (no siblings, please!). This is not a drop-off event. See the flyer for more details!
VIRTUAL DAY BREAKFAST & LUNCH
February 27 will be a Virtual Day in the Novi Community School District.
The district can provide breakfast and lunch for students that will be distributed on February 26 during lunch.
To prepare these meals in advance, we need you to complete this survey by Monday, February 19th, it is imperative that you fill out this survey as soon as possible by the 19th.
GO FOR THE GREEN REVERSE RAFFLE
On Saturday, March 9, 2024 the Novi Educational Foundation (NEF) and Feldman Automotive Group will host Go For The Green Reverse Raffle at Lyon Oaks Golf Club.
What is a Reverse Raffle? A Reverse Raffle starts as a traditional raffle where patrons purchase tickets. Things get interesting when the drawings start. All of the "losing tickets" are drawn first. Tickets are drawn throughout the night until the last one left is for the grand prize which is $5,000*. Additional prizes will be awarded on random drawings.
The evening will include the raffle, cash bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres, silent auction items and a DJ for dancing.
Money raised will support the NEF's mission to enrich the educational experience of all Novi students by supporting opportunities that require financial resources beyond what is possible with public funding. We do this through Classroom Grants, Fellowship Grants, Scholarships and supporting district programs such as outdoor learning and therapy dogs.
Tickets are on sale now! Only 200 available!!
We hope to see you there!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR MARCH 11-15
A Scholastic Book Fair will be held the week of March 11-15. The fair will be held in the fifth-grade MakerSpace, off the main entrance of the new Meadows building. Students will have an opportunity to shop with their teacher during the school day. We accept cash, credit cards, and checks, and the E-wallet option is available by clicking the book fair link. Proceeds will go to help purchase books for the library. Thank you for your support!
The homepage for the book fair is https://www.scholastic.com/bf/novimeadowselem
Parent Blocksi Accounts
Parents can now request a Blocksi account. Blocksi is a classroom management tool used in the Novi Community School District to aid in keeping students (grades 2-12*) engaged and on-task while learning on an NCSD Chromebook*. Blocksi also has a Parent Portal that gives parents and guardians control/insights about their child(ren)’s use of NCSD Chromebooks and NCSD Google accounts while at home. Please click on this link access the NCSD Blocksi Parent Dashboard Instructions.
PURCHASE YOUR YEARBOOK NOW
NOVI MEADOWS PTO
The PTO is looking forward to a great year, as we support our teachers & staff, students & families! We have a lot of fun activities in the works, and we look forward to connecting with all of you!
If you are interested in volunteering in any capacity, please review the opportunities at the signup genius link below. You can also email the board at novimeadows.pto@gmail.com.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ea9ad2ca7fcce9-novi1?useFullSite=true#/
Please join us in the Novi Meadows Facebook Group (link below). We try to keep this up to date with all of the happenings at Meadows and additional volunteer opportunities, as they arise.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/438604046775892
Spiritwear
Novi spiritwear is available at https://stitchandscribe.com/collections/novi-meadows. A percentage of all sales come back to the Novi Meadows PTO to help support our efforts.
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 student's 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 ahold of you in case of emergency. Make sure your mailbox is not full or that it is set up and ready for messages if needed.
NOVI PUBLIC LIBRARY (NPL)
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
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook: www.facebook.com/novischools
Twitter: @NCSD
Instagram: @novicommunityschooldistrict
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