Late Starts:

(2023-24 School Calendar)

January 31

February 7, 28

March 6, 13, 20

February 12: PTA Meeting 7 PM Virtual (Meeting Link)

February 14: Eagles Nest

Feb 16, 19-20 - Mid-Winter Break

February 27 - Election Day - No Students

Our next PTA meeting will take place on Monday, February 12th at 7:00 PM. This meeting will be held virtually. You can use the following link to join: PTA Zoom Meeting

There will no late start this week. Students will be participating in our next Eagles Nest. We will continue our discussion on zones and talk about our new sensory path.

There is no school scheduled from Friday, February 16-Tuesday, February 20. Have a wonderful Mid-Winter Break!

We are continuing our search for a new Media Tech at Addams and Upton Elementary. The job posting is up again and we look forward to finding some new candidates. Please see the posting below. Anyone who is interested needs to set up an application at the Oakland Schools Jobs consortium.

Royal Oak Schools is pleased to welcome children and their families to kindergarten. Kindergarten enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year begins on Thursday, February 1, 2024. District-wide enrollment for all kindergarten programs, including Developmental Kindergarten, is processed through our Central Enrollment Office.

All enrollments will be virtual including uploading of the required documentation to the pre-enrollment. Please see the "How to Enroll" portion of the Enrollment website for more information. To watch a short video regarding the enrollment process, click here.

Elementary transfer requests for priority consideration will be accepted between February 1 - February 29, 2024. Please make sure to mark your calendar for Kindergarten Information Night on January 31, 2024, which will be in person at each elementary building.

Kindergarten Age Requirements
A resident child must be five (5) years of age on or before September 1st in order to be eligible to attend kindergarten.

If a child is not five (5) years of age by the September 1st enrollment eligibility date, but will be five (5) years of age no later than December 1st, the parent/guardian may still enroll the child in kindergarten. The parent must notify the school district, in writing, prior to the beginning of the school year. Notification, by way of a completed Kindergarten Age Waiver, must be received in order for a child born between September 1 and December 1 to be enrolled in kindergarten.

The new semester for our Homework Club on Late Start Wednesdays is starting soon. If you would like your child to attend, the cost is $15 for the semester.

Homework Club Form

February Book: "Chinese New Year's Dragon"

Author: Rachel Sing

Illustrator: Shao Wei Liu

A festive account of one family’s Chinese New Year celebration. A little girl describes the preparations—everything from cleaning and shopping to food preparation and gifts—leading up to a magical Lunar New Year. In one dreamy sequence, the girl imagines herself in Ancient China, riding on a dragon, and watching the celebration unfold.

While recalling her own most ``positively magical'' Lunar New Year, a girl describes the customs and rituals surrounding the celebration. Liu's artwork is appropriately festive, and the illustrations of the family's holiday are divine. - Publisher's Weekly

Click the link to learn more about Art at Addams.

Click here for Mr. Watson's newsletter.

Click here for Mrs. Johnson's newsletter.

November PE Newsletter - Glowacki

Click here for Mrs. O'Dell's newsletter.

Addams PTA's JEDI (Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion) Committee held a live listening session via Zoom on 1/25/24. As a follow-up for those who may not have been able to be in attendance, we have created a survey with the same questions for families to complete.

We want to learn more about the ways you prefer to engage in your children’s school life. Engagement takes many forms—it could look like watching your child in a concert or a talent show, cheering them on during a sports game, helping them homework, advocating for their needs and accommodations, volunteering at a school event, or attending a PTA meeting.

We are also interested in your experience with the PTA, the ways you’re most interested in engaging, and how we can better serve you. We know it’s possible that you may not want to engage with the PTA for a variety of reasons. Whatever your experience—good or bad— we’d like to hear it.

Finally we hope to use the Information gathered through this dialogue to create a plan to help us bridge the gaps and needs in our school community.

This document will address some common questions, as well as basic troubleshooting steps to take if you are having an issue with your school-issued Chromebook.

Chromebook FAQ

January:

11 - Shiny and Sparkly

18 - Shades of Blue

25 - Peace & Love

February:

1 - Winter Wonderland

8 - Superhero

15 - Red/Pink/Hearts/Love

22 - Stripes

29 - Pajamas

“Blessings in a Backpack” is a program designed to provide students on the free and reduced lunch program with enough food for three meals a day during the weekends. This program, administered by the Community Foundation of Greater Rochester, is active in Royal Oak Schools. If you agree to take part in this program during the school year, your child will receive a bag filled with food for the weekend. A bag of food will be put in your child's locker for take home on Fridays. The simple meals may include food like macaroni and cheese, beef ravioli, canned fruit, granola bars, soups, juice and other items. Students will receive a bag every week.

If you would like to have your child participate in this program, fill out the form below.. Please be sure to indicate on the form if you child has any food allergies. If your child has a food allergy, you as the parent are responsible for checking all food labels when the food arrives home. Royal Oak Schools, as well as Blessings in a Backpack, will not be held responsible for any accidental food allergen exposure.

Blessings in a Backpack Form

2023-2024 Calendar: A calendar for the 2023-2024 school year is now available! Building and program specific calendars, as well as a complete calendar for our current school year, are all available from the calendar page of our district website.

Addams Media Center Policy 2023-2024

Parking reminders: Please be sure to not park in the back parking lot as that is for staff only between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Webster Road, the East side of Clawson and the West side of Linwood is DROP-OFF ONLY areas from 8:00 to 4:00, Monday through Friday. Parking is available beyond the school staff parking lot to the North of the building (around the playground) and down side streets South of Webster. Thank you in advance for adhering to these parking rules so that we can keep all of our students safe.

• It is requested that all adults arriving and departing from the school be particularly cautious and mindful of the children and adult pedestrians in the vicinity of the school.

• Students should enter and exit on the passenger side of the vehicle only.

This school year, Addams will be serving breakfast before school in our cafeteria starting at 7:55 a.m. and ending at 8:20 a.m. Breakfast will be available to all students at no cost. Menu will consist of grains, fruit, and milk as established by the USDA. Breakfast menus will be available weekly to see specific items being offered. All food items will be nut free. If your child has specific dietary needs, please contact our Food Service Department.

Additional Forms:

Free and Reduced Meal Application

Request for special dietary needs form

Principal, Addams Elementary and Early Childhood Center

Email: Timothy.boyer@royaloakschools.org
Location: 2222 West Webster Road, Royal Oak, MI, United States
Phone: 248-288-3100