Bobcat Broadcast

I am genuinely thankful for our excellent staff here at Amerman every day, but this next week I will grab my virtual megaphone and proclaim it for all to hear!

Our students are truly fortunate to have intelligent, skilled, and dedicated staff members who are heavily invested in their success. Some of our staff members have been in their roles for decades, some are in their first year, and many fall somewhere in between. While each one brings something unique to Amerman, there is one thing they all have in common: their passion for ensuring every student is safe and receiving the best education.

Our staff members are collaborating with each other and partnering with parents daily. Together they ensure every child has the opportunity to find what they love and build the foundation for a successful future. I see their continued efforts, and I want to acknowledge how proud I am to be their principal

Over this next week, I encourage you to take a moment to thank our Amerman staff. They are the best, and we want to ensure they know it!

Stay Well,

Devon Caudill

May 6 - Spring Clean-up 9:00am

May 8 - Teacher Appreciation Week

May 9 - 5th Grade Music Informance (Wayne, Tiba and Babich)

May 10 - 5th Grade Music Informance (Long and Pinkelman)

May 11 - Credit Union Deposit Day

May 11 - PTA Meeting 6:30pm in Media Center

May 17 - KDG Parent Night for Incoming KDG Students - 6:00pm

May 19 - No School for Current KDG Students

May 19 - KDG Round-up for for Incoming KDG Students

May 29 - No School

June 1 - ALPS Parent Night for New ALPS Students - 6:00pm

June 2 - Bobcat Bash 5:00 - 8:00pm

June 14 - 5th Grade Party at Northville High School

June 15 - Last Day - 12:15 Dismissal

As a Leader in Me Lighthouse School we are always working on continuous improvement. Each year we ask parents to take a short survey. These surveys are used to annually collect, analyze, and report student, staff, and school-level outcomes related to the focus on improving leadership, culture, and academics. They help us identify our strengths and weaknesses, develop improvement plans, and monitor progress. Please complete the survey below. All of your responses are completely anonymous. The survey should take you approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

The newsletter made for Amerman kids, by Amerman kids is back for the 4th year in a row. Check out the thirty-first issue of the 2022-2023 school-year below!

• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 31
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 30
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 29
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 28
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 27
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 25
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 24
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 23
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 22
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 21
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 20
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 19
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 18
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 17
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 16
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 15
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 14
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 13
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 12
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 11
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 10
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 9
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 8
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 7
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 6
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 5
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 4
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 3
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 2
• BPP Volume 4 - Issue 1

One of our most favorite times of the year is coming up and the PTA has you covered! May 8th -12th is Teacher (and Staff) Appreciation Week! (Note: The PTA Year at a Glance calendar sent home at the beginning of the year has the wrong date for TAW.) The Teacher Appreciation Committee is planning fun things to show our love that week - more to come on that later. For now, we've made showing your appreciation fast and easy with several resources:

• GiftCrowd is back: Click here to contribute to a GiftCrowd gift card for any staff member at Amerman. Recipients get to choose where to redeem them and there are no fees. Win-Win! Contribute by May 7th at 11:59 PM as gifts will be sent at that time.
• You can also check out the PTA MemberHub store where you can find great teacher gifts too.
• Plus, here are a couple fun at-home activities your kids can do to show appreciation for their teachers: Teacher acrostic poem and printable thank you card.

As you can imagine the end of the day at Amerman can get very busy. If possible please call the office by 2:00 to make any dismissal changes. We understand that emergencies happen, but if you know you are changing your child's dismissal plan, please call the office by 2:00pm.

I would like to invite everyone to join us to spring clean up of our beautiful school grounds. The Amerman Spring Clean-up is planned for Saturday May, 6th, 2023 starting at 9:00am. Please join us for the annual Spring Clean-up of our school grounds! Many hands make light work, so grab your gardening tools and meet fellow Amerman families as we take pride in our school and ready the landscape for summer. Please bring shovels, rakes, snips, pruners, gloves, brooms. Especially wheelbarrows and plastic baskets are needed. We are going to do mulching. Come for as long as you are able

This event will be held rain or shine!!!Team work is a great work!!! Let’s make it happen!!! A light “grab & go” snacks will be provided!

Thank you in advance!!!

Break the Piggybank and Get Greenlight! Give your kids financial freedom with parental peace of mind with Greenlight, the debit card and app for kids and teens. Parents can control spending categories, turn the card on or off instantly, tie allowance to chore completion, and so much more. Give your kids a first-hand experience of what it's like to be a grown-up with real money that’s tied to real responsibility! As the first-ever credit union to partner with Greenlight, Community Financial would like to offer your family a FREE* subscription. CFCU members who register for Greenlight via the unique link, and add their CFCU account as a funding source, will receive Greenlight for free!

*Subject to minimum balance requirements and identity verification. Offer subject to change at any time.

Every month we hold an assembly to celebrate our ROAR Award winners.We are excited to share the April winners. Congratulations to all of our Bobcats!

Our students creativity and talent shined this week at our Kdg, 2nd and 4th grade art shows! We are blown away hearing how they created their art and what makes them an artist. We are so lucky to have Mrs. Rohrhoff here ensuring all of our students know they are an artist!

• Swim Clinic: August 7th - 11th for grades 4th - 8th
• Tennis: June 19th - 29th for ages 6 and up
• Cross Country: July 24 - 27 for grade 3rd - 5th
• Track and Field: June 19 - 22 for grades 3rd - 5th
• Softball: Begins June 20th for grades 3rd - 8th
• Football Fundamentals: June 26 - 28 for grades 1st - 6th
• Boys Basketball: July 10 -12 for grades 4th - 9th
• Girls Basketball: June 19 - 22 for grades 2nd - 8th
• Academic Games: June 26 - 29 for grades 3rd - 6th

Please click on the button bellow and it will take you to the google folder that has a flyer for each of the above mentioned summer camps that tell you how to register.

CAMP is design to help incoming sixth graders build the personal, academic, and life management skills necessary to successfully transition to middle school. It's a lot of fun, too!

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.

Bobcat Bash Update:

It’s time to purchase wristbands for the BOBCAT BASH! Come out and celebrate the end of a wonderful school year at the Amerman PTA’s biggest fundraising event on Friday, June 2nd from 5-8pm. Multiple bounce houses, carnival games, a cake walk, dunk tank, ice cream, food trucks and a basket raffle will make for a night to remember. Wristbands are required for kids 5+.

Purchase them for a presale discount at https://amerman.memberhub.co/store/items/673354 - $20 per wristband. Family wristbands: https://amerman.memberhub.com/store/items/673359 - $40 family max.

Purchase and pick up pre-ordered wristbands in front of Amerman Tues May 30th - Fri June 2nd, 3:30 - 4:30pm. Wristbands will be available at the door for $25, $50 family max. Raffle tickets & food truck items sold separately. Free entry for adults and children 4 and under!

Everyone in the community is welcome. Don’t miss out on this night of fun! Learn more about the Bobcat Bash here.

Last Bonaventure Skate Night of the School Year! Come join your fellow Bobcats at the last Bonaventure Skate Night on Tuesday May 16th from 6-8:30 pm! See the attached flyer for a coupon and more information. Free wifi is available.

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: Diversity/equity/inclusion 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)

Northville Youth Network's last Wellness Wednesday programs of the year are here! Kids Yoga & Mindfulness is back and very popular. We are currently at capacity, but a waitlist is available. Registration link: https://form.jotform.com/222187543053150

Also, please join us for Kona & Community! Grab a few friends and get a free Kona Ice! We'll see you at Millennium Park on Wednesday, May 10th from 4-5pm. All students K-12 are welcome. No registration is required.

Families must preorder lunches for preschools and elementary students. Orders must be in by 8:30 AM for elementary students to receive a lunch that day. The system will not allow you to order after the time listed above. For your convenience, meals can be preordered up to 30 days in advance. To avoid any issues, we recommend ordering the night before.

• Order Online at Nutrislice

• Download the App (Apple Store)

• Download the App (Google Play)

This month’s Habit: Habit #8 - Find your Voice

What this means: Find your voice means finding something that you are good at and like doing. You are proud, but do not boast. Instead, you use your expertise to help and inspire others.

Physical: Learn your true nature and gifts, then use them to envision what you can achieve.

Social/Emotional: We all have a purpose and special talents.

Mental: Transcend the negative culture of ego, scarcity, comparison, and competitiveness.

Spiritual: Be a catalyst to the success of something bigger than ourselves.

What I can do:

• Try something new like painting, horseback riding, or baseball. Then ask yourself: Did I enjoy myself? Was it easy or hard? Do I want to learn more?
• Go to the library or search the internet to find reading material on new things. What kinds of things spark your interest? What do you want to continue learning about?
• Plan some time to help someone in need. How did the experience make you feel?

Great Books for Habit #8- Find Your Voice

• Wonder by: R.J. Palacio
• The Lion Inside by: Rachel Bright
• Separate is Never Equal by: Duncan Tonatiuh
• Wonderland by: Barbara O'Connor
• Those Shoes by: Maribeth Boelts

Email: caudillde@northvilleschools.org
Website: amerman.northvilleschools.org
Phone: 248-465-2100
Twitter: @amermannv