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Penguin's Raft

3rd week of March

Penguin's Raft3rd week of March

#GOPENGUINS #PositiveSignThursday

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Kindness Leadership Ticket winners share lunch and their ideas on what makes Moraine special!
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Student authors share their writing and take questions from their audience
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Student Lighthouse team plans upcoming activities that include the ENTIRE school :)
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Dear Moraine Families,


In this newsletter:

  • March is Reading Month Information!
  • Summer Programming and Camp Invention for K-5 students
  • Pictures from our Reflections winners this year!
  • Take a night off from cooking! 20% of Sales from Panera this Wednesday comes back to Moraine :)
  • Student Run Credit Union this Thursday
  • Spring Nuts About Science and Art Programs registration now open
  • Fun Fair Sponsorship Now Open
  • PTA 2023-24 Call for Committee Volunteers


Take care and be well,


Joe Reimann
Proud Principal of Moraine Elementary


Teaching for Learning for All!

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Our PTA at work for Moraine Students with our Author visit!

Thank you to the PTA for sponsoring author Philip Stead at Moraine :) He was a big hit with students as he described the writing and illustrating process!
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Parking in North Beacon Woods?

Please only park on one side of the street when picking up students. Otherwise the road is too narrow for cars to pass safely with student walkers. Thank you for working together to keep our students safe!
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Happy School Social Worker's Week!

We LOVE Ms. Byers! Recently, when asked, several staff members used the words "she cares so much about our kids and us," "we're so lucky to have her," and "amazingly patient" to describe the smiling, fast-walking member of our Moraine team (pictured left next to our equally amazing Speech Pathologist, Ms. Brenton).


Her impact on our students and school cannot be understated :) Join me in wishing her a Happy School Social Worker Week!

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Summer Programming for Current K-5 Northville Students

We are excited to offer free Summer Programming for all current NPS K-5 Students again this summer! There are 2 sessions to choose from, which run Monday through Thursday, from 8:30am to 11:30am. No school on Fridays!


Summer Programming: Monday through Thursday, from 8:30am to 11:30am

  • Session 1 - June 26, 2023 through July 20, 2023 (No school July 3-July 4th)
  • Session 2 - July 24, 2023 through August 17, 2023
Each student may register for only one session. Your child will receive reading, math and science instruction throughout the course of each day. In addition, STEM activities and Social-Emotional Learning will also be woven into instruction. The Summer Program will be in person at Moraine Elementary and taught by a highly qualified teacher. Please complete the K-5 Summer Program Sign Up if you would like to register your child. Please note that space may be limited, based on the number of students that register. Students should be enrolled in their current grade level. The deadline to register your child is March 17th, 2023. Please read our Frequently Asked Questions document for more information.

Camp Invention

Give your young innovator an inspiring, action-packed summer adventure! All-new, hands-on challenges will spark their curiosity and build their confidence as they jump into limitless STEM fun with opportunities to imagine, plan, experiment and create.

SECURE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
Register at: https://www.invent.org/programs/camp-invention or call 800-968-4332
Grades: Kindergarten - 6th grade
Location: Thornton Creek Elementary School, 46180 W 9 Mile Road, Novi, MI 48374
Date: July 10 - 14, 2023
Time & Cost: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday | $285 (before discount)
Camp Director: Pamela Brucker pcbrucker@yahoo.com

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Upcoming Dates

  • March 16th - Student Run Credit Union
  • March 16th - Parent Coffee Talk 9am @ OVS
  • March 23rd & 24th, Parent Teacher Conferences, half days of school w/dismissal at 12:15pm
  • Wednesday, April 12 after school - Crafting w/ a Cop (sign up coming soon!)


2022-23 Moraine School Calendar
The Moraine PTA would like to thank and congratulate our students for submitting their artwork to the annual Reflections competition! While no students advanced this year to the State or National level, we are always proud of the hard work and dedication of our Penguins! We hope to see more artistic expression from you all next year and hope other Penguins are encouraged to do so as well. Have a great week everyone!
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Calling all Moraine Parents!

Help our Fun Fair Committee Raise Funds for Moraine

This year, we are hoping to offset the rising costs for our Fun Fair. If we are able to do so, we won’t need to relay those costs to our families in the form of rising wrist band costs. Any extra funds raised will also help the PTA bring more fun to Moraine next year!


We are asking parents to ask your their of business if they would be willing to sponsor this year’s Fun Fair. We have attached our sponsorship letter for your convenience.


For any questions, please contact Laurie Bohdan at funfairmoraine@gmail.com

The PTA Needs Your Help For The 2023-2024 School Year

Grab a buddy and join the PTA next year in planning and executing school events for our staff and students!

Does work not allow you to volunteer your time? Have one million and one things going on? No problem! Not all of our committees require tons of time and sometimes, an item donation may be all we need!


New volunteers will have access to the previous year’s documents via DropBox. Previous volunteers and your EBoard are also here to help - you will not do this alone!


To Sign up as a committee volunteer or miscellaneous volunteer, click here.


To learn more about what each committee does, visit our PTA website here.

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Kindergarten Enrollment for 2023-24 School Year is now OPEN!

Please visit our Kindergarten Enrollment webpage to sign up for an appointment to enroll your incoming Kindergarten student. Once you've signed up for an appointment, please return to the Enrollment webpage to complete the online portion of your pre-enrollment outlined in Steps 1-3.

If you have any questions, please call Student Data at (248) 344-3524.
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The Moraine School-Wide Kindness Goal

This year, the Moraine staff and students have focused in on the area of our vision that speaks about KINDNESS. We all agree that if we were to focus on being more kind, the results around our school and community would have an incredible impact!


This month, the action step we are taking is about students being helpful to others. You can help us out at home by talking to you child about what it means to be helpful in a shared community. We all share this space - whether at home or at school or anywhere else. Holding the door for someone, picking up a trash when you see it on the floor (especially when it's not yours!), asking what you can do to help....What can your family come up with?


One of our most important jobs as parents is modeling the behavior we want to see developed within our children. Join in on the kindness at home!

Moraine Yearbook 2023 - On sale until March 31st

Moraine Yearbook 2023 - On sale until March 31st.


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Parent Coffee Talks

The Parent Lighthouse Team is planning to host a “Parent Coffee Talk” once a month. Every month we will meet to discuss each of the “7 Habits of Highly Effective Families”. You do not need to have attended the parent workshop in October to join us for these informal “Parent Coffee Talks”.


The schedule is as follows:


March 16 – Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be

Understood

April 20 – Habit 6: Synergize

May 18 – Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw


These meetings will take place in Room 311 at Old Village School (405 Main Street in Northville) from 9:00-10:30 AM (except on January 19). Parking is behind Old Village School next to the library. Light refreshments are provided. Please bring something to drink and join us as we have fun discussing how to successfully (and at times unsuccessfully) implement the 7 Habits at home.


Please contact either one of us with questions:

Mindy Eichenberg (meichenberg@msn.com) or

Jami Knapp (jamiknapp@gmail.com).

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Opportunities for Baseball & Softball

Please see the files below for upcoming baseball & softball opportunities.
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Northville Youth Network Newsletters

Northville Youth Network (NYN) provides valuable programs and services to the Northville Community such as education and awareness, referral services and case work services. As part of the ongoing Social Emotional education NYN provides to our community, they have included resources that are available for parents! Please check out NYN's latest resource templates: Tech and Internet Safety and Social Anxiety as well as all of their other offerings! Be sure to check back in the future as their templates will be updated throughout the year (https://www.twp.northville.mi.us/your_government/departments/NYN)

Support Moraine With the Purchases You Already Make!
Did you know that you can support the Moraine Penguins by just doing your regular shopping? Shop at Kroger, Busch’s or AmazonSmile and a portion of what you spend will go to the Moraine PTA!