Late Starts: (2024-25 School Calendar)

February 26

March 5, 12, 19, 26

March 4: Addams PTA Reflections Open House 6:30 - 7:30 PM

March 4: Haven Presentations Grades 3-5 (Rescheduled from Snow Day)

March 6: 1st Grade Concert - Rescheduled date

March 11: PTA Kids Empowered Parent Presentation 6:30 - 8:00 PM Cafeteria

March 18 & 20: Kids Empowered UnAssembly

March 20: 2nd & 3rd Grade Music Concert 7 PM

We are excited to celebrate March is Reading Month with a month full of reading fun. Our theme this year is Ride the Reading Wave! Look out for information from your classroom teachers! Thank you to everyone who makes this month a special event for our students!

Our professional learning morning for staff will take place again this Wednesday, March 5. This means that it is a late start for students. The first bell will ring at 9:20 a.m. with classes starting at 9:25 a.m.

Royal Oak Schools is inviting community members to join Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick and Royal Oak High School seniors for a special lunch event, Soup & Salad with the Super, on Friday, March 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Leo Mahany/Harold Meininger Senior Center (3500 Marais, Royal Oak).

This free event is an opportunity for senior community members to enjoy a warm meal while engaging in meaningful conversations with the district’s leadership and students. Guests will be served a delicious lunch featuring two kinds of soup, salad, bread, and cookies.

Royal Oak Schools values building connections between students, educators, and the broader community. This gathering is designed to foster engagement, encourage discussion, and strengthen relationships across generations.

Interested attendees can sign up in person at the senior center, call 248-246-3900, or register online using the following link: https://forms.gle/JueR8VzvQ6a9rKRD7.

Please take notice that the Sexual Education Advisory Board of the Royal Oak Schools, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 5:00-6:oo PM and Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 6:00-7:00 PM to allow community members to review and comment on the proposed changes to the 4th and 5th grade sexual health curriculum. The meetings will take place at the Royal Oak Schools District Administration Offices, 800 DeVillen, Royal Oak, MI.

According to BeSMARTforKids.org:

• Firearms are the leading cause of death for American children and teens.

• Every year, nearly 360 children in the US under the age of 18 gain access to a firearm and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else.

• More than 700 children living in America die by gun suicide every year, and secure storage can play a crucial role in preventing those deaths.

• 3/4 of school shooters acquired their firearm from the home of a parent or close relative.

Michigan State Police has provided Royal Oak Schools free gun locks to distribute to families or staff members. If you have unsecured weapons in your home, please help to keep our children safe by stopping by the main office at your child's school or the District Administrative Offices at 800 DeVillen, Royal Oak, to pick up a free gun lock.

Royal Oak Schools invites students to showcase their creativity in the "Why Compost?" contest! Participants can submit either:

• A 500-word essay or
• A 12x18 poster on the benefits of composting.

Deadline: March 7, 2025
How to Submit:

• Email essays and digital posters to communications@royaloakschools.org
• Drop off physical posters at the District Office (800 DeVillen, Royal Oak)

Grand Prize: A composting bucket and a tree planted in the winner’s honor on Earth Day, April 22, 2025. Winners will also be featured in the district newsletter, at school, and on social media.

Winners will be announced on March 24. Let’s celebrate sustainability together!

Trombone Shorty

Author: Troy Andrews

Illustrator: Bryan Collier

Focus: Black history month, community pride

This picture-book autobiography follows the rise of a young trombone player in New Orleans and describes the support and encouragement he receives from friends and family.

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

Addams will be hosting an "un-assembly", presented by Kids Empowered, on 3/18 (DK-2nd grade) and 3/20 (3rd-5th grade). What is an un-assembly you may ask, great question! This is an interactive assembly that will help teach and reinforce empowerment skills to our students.

Eash un-assembly is 2.5 hours, and students will travel to multiple interactive stations to learn about things like:

• friendly and unfriendly behavior and how to handle them
• tone of voice in different conversations and interactions
• confident and unconfident body language
• how to use problem solving skills in hard situations
• how their brain reacts to difficult situations along with strategies on how to manage the frustration and help come back to calm

There is also a parent/adult workshop where adults will learn about the same things listed above and how to help their students with these concepts. This workshop is FREE and will be held at Addams on 3/11 from 6:30-8:00pm in the cafeteria. Childcare will be available as well as a virtual option if you are unable to attend in person.

Because the un-assembly is an interactive program, we do need approved adult volunteers to help with each station. If you are interested in volunteering, it would be greatly appreciated! There will be a brief meeting after the adult workshop on 3/11 (brief meeting from 8:10-8:30) to learn about the station you will be helping with. You can sign up to volunteer at one or both of the un-assemblies:

• DK-2nd Grade Volunteer
• 3rd-5th Grade Volunteer

Questions? Please feel free to reach out to Lyndsey Wolfe at donahuele@gmail.com

Addams PTA will be participating in the Royal Oak St. Patrick's Day parade on March 15th. Anyone who attends Addams can join our group! We are hoping to have a good sized group of Addams families to participate!

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