Northview Family Communication

Dear Northview Families,

Thank you to all the parents and guardians who attended parent/teacher conferences last week. We appreciate the opportunity to partner with you for the success of our students.

I hope your family enjoyed the long weekend. As a reminder, our faculty and staff will participate in all-day professional learning next Monday, November 3, so you will have another long weekend!

Yesterday I attended the Northview High School Vocal Music Coffee Concert... such incredible student talent! If you missed this performance, you have another chance to see our students perform as Northview Drama presents: Ten November on November 7 & 8 and the Northview High School Veterans Day Concert on November 9. If you haven't attended a student performance, I highly recommend it!

As our students and staff prepare this week to enjoy Friday's Halloween festivities, I'd like to wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween weekend!

Warm regards,

Dr. Christina Hinds

chinds@nvps.net

Our Best. Your Best.

In 2017, the taxpayers approved a regional enhancement millage to support local public schools within the Kent ISD boundaries. Since then, local school districts including Northview has used these funds to support many initiatives. For more information on those initiatives, please visit this website.

Set to expire in the 2026-2027 school year, the enhancement millage proposal would renew 0.8498 mill and restore 0.0502 mill that was reduced as required by state law, allowing a total of 0.9 mill to be levied for another 10 years.

The millage rate is 0.9, the same millage rate voters approved in 2017. If approved, this proposal generates an estimated $35.6 million, approximately $357 per student.

Vote By Mail

If you are a registered Michigan voter, you may request an absentee ballot without requiring a reason, using either of the following methods:

• Online (requires personal ID info, signature upload)—until 5 p.m. the Friday before Election Day

• By mail—must be received by your local clerk by 5 p.m. the Friday before Election Day; best to mail at least 15 days early.

Vote In Person

• At your polling location—find your polling location by visiting michigan.gov/vote.

We look forward to sharing more information with you in the coming weeks. Don’t forget to vote by November 4, 2025. For more information, please visit our website.

Each day in Michigan, there are 15,000 school buses transporting 700,000 children for more than 900,000 miles. At Northview, our 13 school buses transport over 1,200 students more than 800 miles each and every school day!

The Operation Safe Stop (OSS) initiative has a twofold objective:

(1) to raise awareness of the danger for children when drivers violate the law requiring them to STOP for a school bus loading or unloading children, and

(2) to educate children, parents, school staff, and motorists about the school bus zone, danger zone, safe walking, and key school bus safety rules and tips.

Please join us in caring for our students by being extra cautious around school buses and obeying all traffic laws. Additional information about OSS can be found at Michigan.gov/SchoolBusSafety.

Check out this video from RFK Racing driver Ryan Preece, with this important message

WHEN THE REDS ARE FLASHING, THERE IS NO PASSING

The Northview Transportation Department also conducts trainings each fall to ensure that our youngest students remain as safe as possible while on the bus. Recently Director of Transportation Tim Christian, Bus Safety Coordinator Sarah Graham and Northview bus drivers visited each elementary school to conduct trainings. Each class of students came out to the parking lot for 30 minutes of safety awareness training.

Northview Next is a program of Northview Public Schools, which expands career pathways and flexible learning options for high school students. To help all students ages 15-20 earn a NVPS diploma, regardless of their circumstances, Northview Next offers two distinct learning options.

One of these options, the Northview Next Career Center, focuses on skills-based classes, internships, and exposure to a variety of industries. A key component of the Northview Next Career Center is our SACA lab (Smart Automation Certification Alliance, which provides students with hands-on experiences in a variety of manufacturing settings. This lab enables students to earn industry recognized competencies for career readiness. To learn more about this exciting program, please view the video below.

The students of Northview Next Career Center are holding a food drive for the Saint Mary's Food Pantry. We would greatly appreciate any support from our community to gather food and help give back to the community that has shown massive amounts of care for this school. This food drive will be held from October 27 - November 21 at 3801 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI.

Foods to bring: Rice, Beans/Peas/Lentils (canned or dry), Vegetables (canned), Tomatoes (canned), Pasta sauce, Pasta, Macaroni and Cheese, Cereal, Oatmeal, Soup or Soup Mix, Chicken fish (canned), Salad Dressing, And any other canned goods.

Please bring food items to the Career Center and place them in the bin outside of the front entrance to the main building. Thank you for your support!

If you have questions, please contact Nikki Mulheisen at nmulheisen@nvps.net.

Monday, November 3

No School for Students

Staff Professional Development

Monday, November 10

Board of Education Regular Meeting

November 26-28

No School for Students and Staff

Thanksgiving Break

Monday, December 8

Board of Education Regular Meeting

December 22-January 2

No School for Students and Staff

Winter Break