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Penguin's Raft

2nd week of March

Penguin's Raft2nd week of March

#GOPENGUINS #PositiveSignThursday

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Dear Moraine Families,


In this newsletter:

  • Last Chance to buy tickets for the Night for Northville this Saturday!
  • March is Reading Month Information!
  • Parent Math 101 - March 8th Sign Up
  • Summer Programming and Camp Invention for K-5 students
  • Pants Needed for Office!
  • Fun Fair Sponsorship Now Open
  • PTA 2023-24 Call for Committee Volunteers
  • Early Childhood Open House


Take care and be well,


Joe Reimann
Proud Principal of Moraine Elementary


Teaching for Learning for All!

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High School students visit for Inclusion Week

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NEF's Annual Night for Northville

Northville Educational Foundation's Night for Northville - Casino Night, presented by Royal Truck & Utility Trailer! Tickets are selling fast! VIP is sold out but we have General Admission tickets still available at https://www.supportnef.org/night-for-northville. Join us on the second floor of the Northville Square Mall, home of our community partners, Lava Grille of Northville & Sweet Brew n' Spice on Saturday, March 11th. This amazing evening will feature casino games, delicious hors d'oeuvres, an open bar, dancing with live music from Northville Folk, silent auction, wine pull and much more! Come celebrate our Northville Public School students, teachers & staff! Don't forget - the school with the most representation at Night for Northville will receive $500 for your school PTA! Right now Winchester is in the lead.... which PTA will win the big check this year?!

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Parent Math 101 - March 8th, 2023

Dear Moraine Families,

Do you have questions about how to help your child (ren) with math homework? You may be interested in a Parent Math 101 session we are offering with our District Math Consultant/Coach, Dr. Carrie Zielinski at Moraine on Wednesday, March 8th . She has set aside a block of time from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM to meet with parents to review some of the math strategies and math models we use when teaching students mathematics here in Northville. This will be a great time to learn about the best ways to support your child with mathematics.


Please RSVP by clicking this link!

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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

  • Wednesday, March 8th @ 11:30am - Parent Math 101
  • Wednesday, March 8th @ 5pm - Early Childhood & Extended Day Programs Open House
  • Saturday, March 11th @ 6:30pm - Night for Northville, Northville Square
  • Wednesday, April 12 after school - Crafting w/ a Cop (sign up coming soon!)


2022-23 Moraine School Calendar
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Extra Pants Needed!

The office is in need of extra pants of all sizes for children who need a change during the day. We're entering the muddy season, and are running low on pants for kids to change into. Please and thank you!
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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!