Novi Virtual News

Hello Wildcat Families,

We had a wonderful first week at Novi Virtual. I have been delighted to see and hear about the amazing things that have been happening in our virtual classrooms. Teachers and students have begun building relationships that are crucial in helping students learn and grow. Our students showed flexibility and perseverance while our district wide shift to PowerSchool impacted their digital logins. We are grateful for students’ grace as our district made this transition.

Please review the following important updates below. If you need additional assistance you may reach out to Jackie Boboige at jacqueline.boboige@novik12.org.

Sincerely,

Principal Pohlonski

The 5th and 6th grade teachers enjoyed meeting with families this week. The remaining grades have curriculum nights coming up:

K-4 Curriculum Nights:

Teachers will send out a Zoom link via email so that families can join.

Kindergarten & 1st Grade - September 13 at 6pm

2nd Grade - September 15 at 7pm

3rd Grade - September 13 at 7pm

4th Grade - September 15 at 6pm

Middle School Curriculum Night:

Novi Middle School will email a link so that you will be able to review presentations from each of your student's teachers. They will share information about the classes they teach and you are welcome to review these videos when you have time!

7th-8th Grade - September 16.

High School Curriculum Night:

NHS will be hosting a virtual Curriculum Night on Wednesday, September 15th starting at 7pm. At your convenience, please log in to Schoology and click into each of your student's courses to find curriculum night information. In each course you will find a folder under the daily agenda called "Curriculum Night." In it you will have access to a welcome video and any other helpful documents posted there by the teacher. Teachers are looking forward to sharing with you! If you do not yet have parent access to Schoology, please email your student's Advisory teacher for help getting your login information.

9th-12th Grade - September 15

Great News! There will be one last day for device distribution.

The final day of NCSD device distribution

• Monday, September 13 (9/13/21)

• Times: 7 am – 9 am & 3 pm – 5 pm

Location

• Novi High School (24062 Taft Road, Novi, MI 48375)

• Enter the auditorium off of 10 Mile Road

• Park in the student parking lot located off of 10 Mile Road (see images below)

• Please arrive with a completed and signed Nov 1:1 Agreement Sign Off Form (see attached)

*Please see the following important documents*

Novi 1-1 Distribution Plan

Novi 1-1 Agreement

Helpful Information for NCSD Student Devices

Device Safeware Protection Plans

Novi Virtual has officially moved into the ROAR Center.

ROAR Center
Phone Number: 248-449-1717 option 6

Address: 41500 Gardenbrook, Novi, MI 48375

We loved seeing so many of our Wildcats at the September 2 materials pick up. Families who were not able to pick up their materials at that time can come to the Novi Virtual Office in the ROAR Center, at 41500 Gardenbrook. Due to supply chain issues, K-5 Everyday Math Journals are not available yet. Once they are available, we will reach out to families about an additional materials pick up.

Families who have additional questions about materials pick up can reach out to Jacqueline Boboige at jacqueline.boboige@novik12.org. The district has also provided a suggested school supply list for next year here. These materials are not required but might be helpful for students to use while learning from home.

Our technology department has worked hard to ensure that students that are new to Novi, including Kindergarteners, now have emails and passwords.

Novi Virtual students needing to know their password can email Jackie Boboige at jacqueline.boboige@novik12.org.

Become a founding member of Novi Virtual's Parent Teacher Organization! Help us plan safe and fun meet ups so that Novi Virtual students can interact in person.

Meeting Date: September 20, 2021 at 6pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84142743160?pwd=SWttZ1luNGJoNzc5ZFpqTmROeUIwUT09

Meeting ID: 841 4274 3160
Passcode: 758036

Novi Virtual will have pictures at the ROAR center on October 11 from 3-7pm. This is for all K-6 Virtual students and for any 7-12 virtual student who did not have their picture taken at the Middle School or High School registration. Click HERE for a copy of the picture order form. Pictures can be ordered at SchoolPictures.com using our Access Code: AXK9DUS4.

Novi Virtual Students grades K-6 can be a part of our Friday Announcements. Use THIS LINK to upload a video of yourself saying the Pledge of Allegiance or our Novi Virtual Birthday Chant. Checkout this week's Friday Announcement below.

Grades K-4: 9:00 a.m. - 3:52 p.m.

Grades 5-6: 7:30 a.m. - 2:22 p.m.

Grades 7-8: 8:30 a.m. - 3:11 p.m.

Grades 9-12: 8:00 a.m. - 2:44 p.m.

Students will join their classes using ZOOM links that are available in Schoology, our learning management system.

Directions:

1. Go to novi.schoology.com
2. Login using your district email and password.
3. Click on your course (K-4 students should choose Learning Skills)
4. Click on the header of the course that contains the ZOOM link. (see example below)

Teachers have also shared their ZOOM links with families over email.

• Chromebook login directions for NCSD device & digital tools (grades 2-6)

• Need to add Class

• iPad login directions for NCSD device & digital tools (grades K-1)

• Need to update Schoology

• Need to add Class

• Seesaw Family Resources (grades K-4)

• Translatable Seesaw for Families Instructions

• Translatable Seesaw for Students Instructions

• Schoology Parent/Guardian Directions

• 3 Tips to Help Increase Speed of Chromebook

A service desk technician will communicate with you first to try and solve your issue and if the technician cannot solve the issue they will route to a field service technician.

3 Ways to Get Technology Support:

- By Phone: (248) 209 - 2060 Monday-Friday from 7am-6pm

- By Email: servicedesk@oakland.k12.mi.us

- By Online Ticket/Live Chat: servicedesk.oakland.k12.mi.us

Students can use PowerSchool to access their teacher names and 7-12 students can use it to access their class schedule.

K-4th Virtual Daily Schedule

K-4th Specials Schedule

5th-6th Virtual Daily Schedule
7th-8th Virtual Daily Schedule

9th-12th Virtual Daily Schedule

If a student has an IEP, the special education providers will reach out to individual families with information regarding their service schedules.

Each Novi Virtual Family will need to sign a Virtual Consent Form. Many families turned this in at the September 2 materials pick up. If you did not submit it at that time, please print and sign this consent form below and email it to to Jacqueline Boboige at jacqueline.boboige@novik12.org.

Virtual Consent Form

We know how important it is to get books in the hands of our students in order to help them grow as readers. We encourage every Novi Community Schools student to get a Novi Public Library card. September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. For more information click here.

At Novi Virtual, we have amazing Media Specialists to support our students.

Kindergarten & 2nd grade Students - Kimberly Taylor kimberly.taylor@novik12.org

1st grade students - Danielle Courtemanche danielle.courtemanche@novik12.org

3rd & 4th grade students - Pauline Wolstencroft panagiota.wolstencroft@novik12.org

5th & 6th grade students - Todd Erickson todd.erickson@novik12.org

7th & 8th grade students - Kim Wesner kimberly.wesner@novik12.org

9th-12th grade students Bethany Bratney bethany.bratney@novik12.org

Additionally we have a number of ways to help students access reading materials.

Novi Public Library Libby App
Novi Middle School Library Resources

Novi High School Library Resources

We will begin distribution on September 9th that will cover 5 days of breakfast and lunch for our virtual families. Per the MDE we are limited to supplying meals to virtual students on days that they would be in the classroom at school. Distribution will be located at Novi High School and the time will be Thursday from 1:30-2:30.

If your student is going to be absent, please call the grade appropriate absence line.

K-4 Grade: 248-449-1200, Ask for Jackie Boboige

5th Grade: 248-449-1251

6th Grade: 248-449-1271

7th-8th Grade: 248-449-1601

9th-12th Grade: 248-449-1501

Sept 13:

• Kindergarten & 1st Grade Curriculum Night (6pm-7pm)

Sept 15:

• 4th Grade Curriculum Night (6pm-7pm)
  
• 2nd Grade Curriculum Night (7pm-8pm)
• 9th-12th Grade Curriculum Night

Sept 16:

• 7th-8th Grade Curriculum Night
  

Sept 17:

• Tastefest (District Event) at Novi High School (See flyer below for details)

Sept 20:

• Novi Virtual PTO Meeting - Done Virtually (6pm-7pm)

Oct 1:

• Novi Homecoming Parade 5:oopm Game 7:00 pm at Novi High School

Oct 8:

• No School Grades K-6
  

Oct 11:

• School Pictures at the ROAR Center (3pm-7pm)
• No School Grades 7-12
  

Additional information on the school calendar for next year is available here.

Novi Community Schools is proud to provide virtual learning opportunities for our Novi students. Novi Virtual students are Novi students and therefore can participate in after school clubs and activities. The information below is featured in other district newsletters. However, we have highlighted a few key items below to ensure that our Virtual Wildcats stay connected.

Important information for Novi Middle School Students:

Information regarding middle school athletics can be found here.

**Registration and payment for participation in a sport is done here. **

Important information for Elementary Students:

Village Oaks Elementary is hosting a Bonaventure Skate Night (6-8:30pm) on September 22. The cost is $10.

Information regarding high school athletics can be found here.

Novi HOSA Informational Meeting 9/22 at 6 PM via Zoom

Please join the Novi HOSA Schoology Group using Access Code FDVFF-CXGTH. We will post relevant information and meeting links there.

High School Homecoming 2021 will be held Saturday, October 2nd at the Novi High School Football Stadium from 7-10pm. Tickets will be on sale for $20 each starting Monday, September 13th until Friday, September 24th. Virtual students may come into the ROAR center to purchase tickets between 8:30am and 4:30pm. ROAR center is located at 41500 Gardenbrook in Novi. Students may pay with cash or by a check payable to Novi High School. Tickets will only be sold to NCSD students in grades 9-12. Tickets will not be sold at the Novi High School or at the ROAR center during the week of Homecoming. We are selling tickets for two weeks in order to prepare based on the number of students who buy!

Senior Photos

SchoolPictures.com in conjunction with Michael Barton Studios will now be our official photographer for all school portrait services. Students may choose to simply have one photo taken for senior publication purposes or they may choose to take multiple portraits. There will be a $25 sitting fee for the full photo package.

These pictures will be the only portraits accepted for the Senior Class Composite.

You may still have your student’s senior pictures taken at any studio of your choosing for your personal purposes; however, ONLY photos taken by a SchoolPictures.com photographer will be included in the school’s materials (yearbook and class composite). If you would like to ONLY have your yearbook/composite pose taken through School Pictures, the sitting fee is $5. This picture will automatically be included in the yearbook and class composite. This $5 can be used as a credit towards purchasing your class composite if desired.

The following dates are available for portrait sessions at Novi High School:

September 18th and 27th (evening session), and November 6th.

Please sign up for a portrait session here: https://schoolpictures.simplybook.me/v2/

If you have any questions, please contact SchoolPictures.com at: (734) 677-3400.

We are extremely excited to offer this excellent opportunity for our NHS seniors!

Virtual Financial Aid Night Sept. 20th from 6-7:30 PM

Novi High School is pleased to offer a Virtual Financial Aid Night presented by the University of Michigan. The information covered is not specific to U of M, and is relevant for any student attending college in the United States. Please scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to view the informational flyer.

Student Council for the Class of 2025

Any member of the Class of 2025 who is interested in running for Student Council should fill out the following Google form: https://forms.gle/EEHLpT2FbzzXFt2p6

Website: https://novik12mius-4963-us-east1-01.preview.finalsitecdn.com/
Location: 41500 Gardenbrook Road, Novi, MI, USA
Phone: 248-449-1717
Twitter: @novivirtual