SUPERINTENDENT

July 1, 2023

From the Desk of the Superintendent

NCSD Families,

I hope all of you are enjoying the beginning of your summer. We had quite flurry of activities to end our school year from multiple graduation ceremonies to sports. I hope you enjoy the following pictures and articles.

Last month, I shared with you the Summer Reading schedule for August. Due to scheduling conflicts, we had to change a couple of the dates. Here is the revised list:

August 17, at 9:30 AM - Orchard Hills - Novi Rotary Park
August 21 at 10:00 AM - Novi Woods - Novi Public Library
August 22, at 9:30 AM - Village Oaks - Novi Brookfarm Park
August 23, at 9:30 AM - Parkview - Novi Lakeshore Park
August 24, at 9:30 AM - Deerfield - Novi Wildlife Park

Don't forget about our kindergarten enrollment, which continues for the district. We rely these enrollment numbers for building appropriate staffing levels that are based on the number of children we have attending. If you will have a kindergarten student next year or if you know someone in Novi who will have a student starting next year, please have them contact our Enrollment Office at: enrollment@novik12.org

Go Wildcats!

Ben Mainka, Superintendent
Novi Community School District

Novi Career Prep High School Graduation

A combined 27 students completed in Career Prep High School, Adult Education, and GED programs were celebrated by family, friends, staff, administrators, and the Board of Education during a ceremony at Novi Middle School on June 15, 2023.

“I am so very proud of all of our students, both young and those in the adult high school program. It gives me such great joy to know that we in Novi focus on every student from K-12 and beyond. If it weren't for programs like ours, many of our students over 22 would never have a chance to finish high school. Each one of them is special and unique.”said Linda Cianferra, NCSD’s Director of Alternative and Adult Education.

Novi Adult Transition Center Graduation

Matt Heslop graduated from the Novi Adult Transition Center in a ceremony attended by family, friends, teachers, administrators and the Board of Education at the ROAR Center on June 8, 2023.

The Novi Adult Transition Center is a post-secondary life skills and employment skills program servicing Novi results who are 18-26 years old. The program focuses on supporting students in the four main areas of transition (independent living, community participating, employment and training and functional academics).

Matt was a student worker at the Novi HIgh School cafeteria this past year and will return their next year as a Chartwells employee.

The Novi Note covered Matt’s graduation. To read more about visit

https://www.candgnews.com/news/novi-adult-transition-center-student-graduates-with-parttime-job-offer-2840

Novi High School Graduation at EMU

The Novi High Seniors celebrate their graduation with the traditional hat toss. Graduation took place on June 1, 2023, at Eastern Michigan University's George Bervin GameAbove Center.

Novi Baseball Wins State Title

Congratulations to the Novi Varsity Baseball Team for winning their first state championship. The Wildcats received a lot of media coverage from Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Oakland Press, Hometown Life, Novi Note, MHSAA.com, and State Champs, among others during their playoff run.

“I wanted this for the community,” said Rick Green, the Novi baseball coach, who celebrated his 500th career win earlier in the season. “This is for everybody to enjoy, not just our present team but our teams in the past.”

Andrew Abler and Brendon Bennett earned First Team All-State honors from the coaches association.

Abler, Boden Fernster and Stephen Boujoulian earned Academic All-State honors.