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September 26 Nova Roots Meeting
NOVA ROOTS MEETING
September 26, 2022 7:00pm
Nova Room 101
The meeting is immediately after new family orientation. If you want to support our students and staff while making connections to the Nova family community, please join us, or send a note to hello@novaroots.org for more information.
Food Pantry Drive Friday 9/9 Starting at 7:30am
Picketing continues at Nova this Friday, 9/9, from 7:30-12:00. At noon, teachers will stop actively picketing to focus on collecting non-perishable food items for Nova's student pantry. Their request is that we focus on this too! Donations for the pantry can be dropped off at the table on 25th Ave next to Nova starting at 7:30am. Items needed:
Individual items that can be microwaved (mac’n’cheese, cup o' noodles)
Protein and other snack bars
Money for gift cards
Gift cards for Seattle food stores (Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, Target, PCC, QFC, etc)
Other ways to help: march with the teachers (note: anyone under 18 should be accompanied by a guardian) or drop off messages of support (at the table on 25th Ave). Or you can email messages to hello@novaroots.org. We'll see that these get forwarded on to the teachers. They appreciate all the encouragement!
If the strike continues next week, we will again support the teachers with food and drink donations. The sign up sheet for these will be updated so we can coordinate and prevent another donut overload. The teachers are so thankful for everything you have done! Let's keep it going.
News Needs You
Newsletters were managed by the Nova Roots team and sent regularly via MailChimp until spring of 2020. If you would like to restart newsletters, please contact site admin at hello@novaroots.org. Some of our past news articles and announcements are below. The newsletter was used to reach students, families, and supporters regarding important dates, events, needs, and celebrations.
Bake Sale & Halloween Dance
Students are holding bake sales on two Mondays in October (14th & 21st) during 1st & 2nd periods. Donations are welcome and should be sent to school with students. Items such as cookies, cupcakes, and specialty treats welcome. Vegan and gluten-free options appreciated!
YUM!
The Halloween Dance is coming Friday, OCT 25 at Nova. Spooky, silly, fun is ahead with the Nova Halloween Dance. Sign-up to provide food and beverages. See our sign-up link HERE. Chaperones are also needed - get into the spirit of the season and move your bones.
Curriculum Night Open House
Curriculum Night Open House is THIS THURSDAY, October 10, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Connect with Nova Teachers, Staff and other Nova Families! This is a great opportunity to meet your students coordinator, to sign-up for November family meetings and to learn more about Nova. Nova Roots will be present to share information about how to get involved in our community. Your can talk with rep’s from Seattle Promise and State Colleges. There will be the possibility to work on FAFSA with Jennifer or sign up for appointments to work with her individually on any college and career related support. Families can learn about Nova’s Family Life & Sexual Health curriculum and lesson opt out options. Join us at 6:00 or come when you can!
Welcome Back!
Giving Opportunity
Check out the Nova teachers' Wish List
Featured items: BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! for the classroom. List includes titles by W.E.B De Bois, Howard Zinn, Olivia E. Butler, James W. Loewen, Ronald Tataki, and more! Multiple copies very much appreciated. Go to the Wish List on our Nova Roots website and follow the link to the Amazon list. For more information contact teacher Debbie.
This list is updated regularly, so please check back. Donations needed of books, pens for illustration class, lamp, and handy person to assist in minor repairs. Staff are encouraged to add items to the list. Community members can help support with in-kind donations. Bring donations to the front office or to staff member asking for them.
Support Opportunities
Front Office Volunteers - weekdays
Nova office needs volunteer staffing each weekday from 8:30 – 10:30 AM. Thursdays are highest priority (and most fun!) but all days needed. Training provided. Taking SPS brief volunteer training and background check also required. Great way to meet folks and get to know Nova. Please contact us at hello@novaroots.com
Food Bank Pick-up (Wednesdays)
Our dedicated food coordinator Suzie (Nova parent) is bringing food to the school twice a week from local food banks. She brings in fresh foods on Fridays from Issaquah, but we need someone (you?) to help on Wednesdays with pick up from a food bank close to Nova. Please contact Suzie if you have questions or think you might be able to help out.
Food Pantry non-perishables (Needed now)
Nova provides a food pantry for students in need. Whether once-in-a-while, or regularly, at least 10% of students in Seattle Public Schools experience food insecurity. That's why we coordinate a pantry stocked with healthy snacks, easy to prepare meals, and fresh goods each week. Needed right now are healthy non-perishable snacks such as:
protein bars
granola bars
fruit snacks
microwavable mac and cheese
instant oatmeal
other healthy, non-perishable items
In addition, EACH classroom needs 1-2 gallon jugs of water for emergencies such as lock-down situations.All food items may be brought to the front office.
Community Building Opportunity
Are you a Nova alum or Nova parent alum? Want to give back to Nova and help us reach out to the community beyond Nova? We are seeking involvement from alumni for our Novaplosion! Art Share event in November, as well as looking to build an alumni network. If you are interested, have ideas, and/or questions let us know at hello@novaroots.org. We'd love to hear from YOU.
You can Still Order School Photos!
If you missed ordering school photos, you still can. After the initial order period is over, and photos arrive at the school, you may order either of two ways:
Online from LifeTouch using the unique portrait code: LS119029Q0
- or -
Wait for Retake day and turn in the paper order form then when your student's photo is taken.
Alumni Tres Leches: Redefining Seattle Music
Tres Leches - Nova alumni Zander Yates and Alaia D'Alessandro with Ulises Mariscal - were included in KUOW’s recent article Beyond Grunge: 15 Artists Redefining Seattle Music. Congratulations to Tres Leches and a big thank you to Zander for coordinating the music and AIAIA for performing at this year’s Novaplosion. Stay tuned for the 3rd Annual Novaplosion in Fall 2019!
Seattle band Tres Leches. What Are You Doing. Film Crew: Ace Wilson, Ulises Mariscal, Anonymous
♬: APPLE / SPOTIFY / TIDAL / BANDCAMP / SOUNDCLOUD
When translated from Spanish to English, Amorfo means changeable, amorphous. That's not just the name of Seattle punk trio Tres Leches' debut album, but also its entire M.O. During their riotously fun shows, members Alaia D'Alessandro, Zander Yates and Ulises Mariscal frequently switch instruments on stage. Their songs are bilingual diatribes, skeptical of capitalism and invested in the power of community. Describing their brand of punk requires a lot of prefixes like art-, pop- and noise-; the band even has an incredible ska-punk iteration of the Leadbelly children's song "Ha-Ha This Away." Few bands in Seattle are as thrillingly unpredictable. --Martin Douglas
Nova's 2nd Annual Pride Flag Raising Ceremony
Nova Project High School students raised the Trans Flag and Philly Pride Flag to recognize the origins of the LGBTQ+ movement at its 2nd Annual Pride Flag Raising Ceremony on Thursday, June 6th.
Student remarks: “Thank you for coming to the Nova Projects 2nd annual pride flag raising, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. This year we have put up the Trans Flag and the Philly Pride flag to recognize the origins of the LGBTQ+ movement, which was started by courageous queer and trans people of color.
We are celebrating 50 years of Pride, of revolution, and of fighting for our rights. There are many ways to celebrate and get involved. We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go, so while you’re celebrating at Volunteer Park, Trans Pride, or Pridefest, also try and get involved in activism in any way you can.”
In honor of Pride Month, the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, our LGBTQ+ youth and the adults who support them, please consider a donation to Nova High School: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/alliance-for-education/nova-high-school.