Parents & Guardians,

Reminder no school for students this Friday, Nov. 8th. Professional development for teachers. 

Report Cards went home this past week with your child. You should have also received an email with an attachment with the report card.  If you have any questions feel free to contact the office. 

On Tuesday, December 10th Mr. Meyer will hold our 5th through 8th grade district-wide band concert beginning at 6:30pm. Our Kindergarten through 8th grade Christmas Concert will be held on Monday, December 16th at Northwest High School. The concert will start at 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Liberty and Mrs. Gapp have been hard at work preparing for the concert. 

Middle School winter sports season is kicking off soon. Girls basketball is getting underway this past week. Reminder – ALL girls home basketball games are played at Cedar Hollow. Please monitor and check the schedules on the google calendar and follow coaches’ updates. We may run into schedule changes as we start up games. Wrestlers have been practicing and have their first meet coming up soon. We wish our sports teams the best of luck this winter. 

Please welcome Mrs. Carpenter on Monday, Nov. 11th as we begin our second trimester in Careers.  Students will explore careers, jobs and opportunities they have interest in. 6th grade will also have Health in the second trimester. Thank you, Ms. Broadwell for a fun filled creative first trimester in Art.

PTO will be wrapping up a couple of holiday fundraisers. Wreaths/Greenery should be arriving around November 18th and pick up will be Tuesday, 19th. Poinsettia plants will be arriving in the early part of December. Please be looking for more information to come on those deliveries in the next few weeks. Families had a fun night at Helgoth’s’Pumpkin Patch.  The next PTO Dining night out is tomorrow Tuesday, November 5th 4-8pm at Freddy’s. December 3rd will be PTO Dining night out at Runza from 5-8pm. There is no PTO meeting in December. 

Winter Reminder – We will go outside as much as possible for recess. Please make sure children are dressing appropriately as the seasons change – coats, hats, mittens and gloves. If there is snow on the playground they must have snow pants and boots to play in it. Otherwise, they have to stay on the concrete. They need to bring a separate pair of boots for outside recess unless they are rubber or water resistant shoes. Please put initials or names on student items as we always accumulate lost and found piles. The cost of items adds up and this would help us get items back to the rightful owners. 

We will utilize Bright Arrow as our mass communication delivery system this year for weather closings. Please check that your information is updated and current in Power School so you may receive important school and district information. Announcements will also be made on KOLN/KGIN 10/11 (Lincoln), KSNB Local 4, KHGI Channel 13 and KRGI Radio along with Northwest social media accounts. 

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! NO School over Thanksgiving break on November 27, 28, & 29.

On behalf of the staff and myself, we thank you for your continued support. If you have questions regarding your children’s education, please do not hesitate to contact the office at 385-6352.

Sincerely,

Mr. Retzlaff, Principal