Late Starts: (2024-25 School Calendar)

April 23, 30

May 7, 14

April 11: 1/2 day for students (End of 3rd Quarter)

April 14: PTA Meeting Virtual 7 PM (PTA Zoom Link)

April 18: No School for Students and Staff

April 21: Report Cards Available in MiSTAR

May 16: Addams PTA Spring Carnival

June 6: Addams Field Day AM

Our next PTA Meeting of the school year will take place on Monday, April 14, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be virtual. Use the link below to join us!

PTA Zoom Link

There will be no school on Friday, April 18.

Report cards will be available to view using Parent Portal starting on April 21, after 2:00 p.m. Please make sure to look over your child's report card to see the progress that is being made. If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.

On behalf of GiGi's Playhouse, I would love to extend a very heartfelt thank you to the entire Addams school! Thank you to the PTA who started this collaboration back in August of 2024. Thank you to the staff who promoted this fundraiser and kept their students excited. Ms Say and anyone who helps her take all those coins to the bank-thank you it's a heavy task! The biggest thank you to the JEDI students who made the posters, educated the student body, and stayed in during their lunch for 2 weeks counting and rolling coins! I can't thank everyone enough! This is the most $ raised for our playhouse by an elementary school since we opened in 2019!

Students in grade 3-5 will be taking the M-STEP this year. Please see the schedule below for specific dates. Please note that the M-STEP is required by the state of Michigan.

We ask that your child is at school on time on each of the scheduled testing days and comes to school well-rested.

Also, electronic devices (smartphones, smart watches, cell phones, book readers, electronic tablets, cameras, non-approved calculators, music players, voice recorders, etc.) are not allowed to be with students during the testing sessions.

Additional Testing Guidelines:

Electronic Assessment Administrative Guidelines for Royal Oak Schools

Testing Dates:

5th Grade

Thursday, April 17: Math

Thursday, April 24: Social Studies

Friday, April 25: Science

4th Grade (Testing will be done in the morning blocks)

Monday, April 14: ELA

Tuesday, April 15: ELA

3rd Grade

Monday, April 21: ELA

Tuesday, April 22: ELA

Tuesday, April 29: Math

Testing is designed to be manageable for students by breaking it up into small sessions over several days. The testing schedule is designed to be safe, fulfill state testing requirements, and provide meaningful data while being minimally disruptive to learning as possible.

As we plan for the administration of these assessments, we will continue to monitor communication from the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and the United States Department of Education (USDE). If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

As the school year winds down, Royal Oak Schools is excited to offer Summer Learning Sessions to keep students engaged and growing throughout the summer months! This is for elementary students exiting DK-4 in June 2025 and middle school students exiting grades 5-8 in June 2025. High School classes will be announced later.

Program Details:

All classes will be held from 8:30 am - 11:30 am, Monday - Thursday, for both sessions.

📍 Location: Addams Elementary School
📆 Session I: June 23 – July 10 (No classes July 3-4)
📆 Session II: July 14 – July 31
🕣 Time: Monday – Thursday, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Designed for students in DK-8, these sessions provide an opportunity to reinforce learning in a supportive and engaging environment. Students will engage in math and ELA enrichment. An email confirmation will be sent once registration closes on April 30, 2025. Classes are subject to cancellation or consolidation due to low enrollment. You can sign up for one or both sessions.

Please fill out a separate form for each of your children.

Cost: $160 per student/session

Registration:

• Elementary: https://bit.ly/4iN9P0c
• Middle School: https://bit.ly/425BjY3

Malala's Magic Pencil

Author: Malala Yousafzai

Illustrator: Kerascoët

Focus: Women’s History- Inclusion & Belonging

As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing.

Please check out the January edition of the English Language Development (ELD) newsletter. The ELD department serves the multilingual student population in Royal Oak. Inside you will find updates from ELD staff, information about upcoming events, and a recap of ELD students' accomplishments and activities in the month of December.

Link for the newsletter is below!

Please see Mrs. Maria Elliot's Newsletter before. She provides art for our ASD, Developmental Kindergarten, and Ms. Parker's class!

In the Art Studio w/ Mrs. Maria

Click the link to learn more about Mr. Woodward's Art Class.

Please click on the link for an update on Vocal Music!

Mr. Watson's Newsletter

Curriculum Information

Please click the link for Mrs. Glowacki's Newsletter.

Please use the following link to learn more about what is happening in Mrs. O'Dell's Spanish class!

https://secure.smore.com/n/g9425-spanish-news?ref=email

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 8:10 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.

“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

If your child needs to take medication throughout the school day, please fill out the following form and return it to the main office. Thank you!

Request for Dispensing Medication

Addams Media Center Policy 2024-2025

Please click the link below for opportunities to volunteer during lunch and recess. The Lunch Buddy program is an awesome way to support your child and all of the students of Addams!

The Justice, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion committee is inviting YOU to join us in our mission to have students feel seen, supported, empowered, and valued while cultivating a community that looks out for others. Meetings are held virtually every other month (starting October) after the general PTA meeting. Register at addamspta.com for meeting link. We hope to see you there!

2024-2025 Calendar: A calendar for the 2024-2025 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.

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