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3:56 Two NPS Teams Selected As Top Finalists in World Competition Featured

Two teams from Northville Public Schools are finalists in the international Airport Design Challenge, sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration. Team Aireos is made up of 5 NHS students and Team Aero is made up of 5 NPS elementary students.

The goal for the project is to create a virtual airport using Minecraft. Team Aireos got a behind the scenes tour of DTW Airport to help with their research for this year's competition. The team took notes so they could create a 1:1 scaling of the airport, and then added some of their own innovations.

"We had the sandipods which was another project, it was another STEM project where we had to create an innovation just solely to help a modern problem. We chose to do the sandipods, which stands for Sanitization Pod, meaning that we could put this at a major area and have people walk through it, get sanitized, tested for covid," said Chet Sands, member of Team Aireos.

And one of the team member's little brothers was so inspired, he started his own team; Team Aero.

"It was all a team effort, honestly, I'm really proud of my team and what we've done, all the support and guidance we've had along the way, it was absolutely key to making this happen," said Arjun Saini, student leader of Team Aireos.

On February 17, 2022, Team Aireos received 1st place in the world for their age group and Team Aero received 3rd place for their age group.

2:57 Thornton Creek Embraces Kindness Rocks Project Featured

The Thornton Creek Elementary School Student Lighthouse Team painted about 200 kindness rocks which were placed on their playground for students to find. Once found, students are encouraged to return the rocks to the media center and pick up a Pay It Forward paper. The paper provides several Pay It Forward ideas for kids to help brighten someone’s day.

This project is in memory of Porter Riedl. The community is also encouraged to partake in the movement: Pay It Forward For Porter. To learn more, visit their instagram page at @PayItForwardForPorter.

3:20 Northville Public Schools Highlights Hardworking Food Service Staff Featured

Northville Public Schools has an incredibly dedicated food service staff and they have been put through the ringer this year.

"I've worked over 20 years in food service and the last two and a half years have been like nothing else I've ever experienced. Food service is always challenging, it's always fast paced, it's always a little bit of where you have to think on your feet. The last two and a half years have been five times that, ten times that. Covid just kind of put a wrench in everything, multiple times, sometimes the day before. It's been crazy," explained Carrie Morfino, food service manager, NPS.

Lunches are free for students this year, it's a blessing and a curse because the already understaffed lunch ladies are serving triple the number of kids they're use to and the food supply chain is lacking.

Right now, NPS food service is trying to fill more than 15 part-time and full-time positions around the district. To apply, visit www.northvilleschools.org, and then click on the Employment button, then Current Job Openings. A big thank you goes out to our food service staff for providing nutritious meals made with love each and every day.

2:49 NHS' Unified Program Featured

Five years ago, Northville High School was named a Unified Champion School but this past fall they received National Banner Recognition. A Unified Champion School receiving national banner recognition is one that has demonstrated commitment to inclusion by meeting 10 national standards of excellence. These standards were developed by a national panel of leaders from Special Olympics and the education community. NHS has a unified robotics team, basketball team, and soon a bocce ball team.

NHS' first Inclusion Week will be February 14-18, 2022, concluding with the Novi vs. Northville Unified Basketball game where they will be officially awarded their Unified National Banner.

2:46 NHS' eSports Program Featured

The NHS esports team is a fairly new organization, making Northville High School one of few high schools to have a competitive gaming team. Esports is a form of competition using video games. The team is rapidly growing and standing out as a team to beat at the state level. They recently competed for the fall 2021 championship at Eastern Michigan University.

2:32 Third Grade Class Hosts Econ Fair Featured

In early December, a 3rd grade class at Amerman Elementary hosted their annual Econ Fair. Ms. Parnin's class learned about Michigan's economy and had to create a product and business. Students in other classes were given 15 Parnin bucks to shop with at the fair.

2:37 Student-Run Credit Union Featured

NPS is proud to partner with Community Financial Credit Union in Northville to provide student-run credit unions at most of our schools. It’s a great opportunity to expose our students to money management skills whether they are depositing money into an account or working alongside the credit union tellers. To learn more about the program, visit https://www.cfcu.org/scu.

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