What time is it? SCIENCE TIME!
On Friday, NW Elementary hosted Mister C- a live, interactive and educational science show. Air is Everywhere taught students properties of air through engaging sets and a lot of laughter!
For more information about Mister C and his awesome STE(a)M experiments please check out these resources:
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/learningscienceisfun
www.diysciencetime.com - TV show (Also a wonderful resource for teachers). 26 full length episodes of content for intermediate grades.
www.wunderstem.com - career exploration series (Also pretty awesome!)
Kindergarten Registration & Assessments for students entering Kindergarten in the 2023-2024 school year will be on March 22nd and March 23rd. Parents of children eligible for Kindergarten should call the school at 937-964-3240 extension 1137 to schedule an appointment. Thank you!
This week is National School Counseling Week 2023, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). We want to honor and highlight the essential contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems and the tremendous impact they have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.
Please take a moment this week to thank our district's school counselors, Mrs. Amy Fraker, Ms. Rachel Poynter, and Mrs. Nussen!
Warrior Wear A Junior Achievement Company Program is selling Warrior Apparel. Please click the QR Code to place your order today!
This is a reminder to all of our Northwestern families: Free and reduced meal applications are available throughout the school year. If you have not yet filled one out OR you need to make changes to your existing application, please fill one out through our link below:
http//www.payschoolscentral.com/
Paper copies are also available if requested. Thank you!
The Entrepreneurship Class welcomed in special guest, Scott Nelson.
Science Saturdays are back at the Dayton Engineers Club!
Check out this family friendly opportunity!
Attention NW Families- Free Family STEM event!
Hands-on activities, Info-Tainment and fun for grades K-12. Be sure to swing by the Dayton Regional Stem Center Science Saturday Booth where we will be making mini lightsabers!
See you at Tech Fest!
Tenth grade students in Mrs. Group's English class completed a Breakout room challenge called Macbeth's Demise. What a fun and engaging way to study Shakespeare!
Northwestern Local Schools are on a 2 hour delay.
Elementary students K-6 are just finishing up a Coding Unit in Mrs. Hermetz's Technology course. Students are challenged to think out the logical steps a character needs to take to complete a task in a gamified scenario. As students complete challenges, new skills are added such as creating loops and other more efficient means of writing code.
Many students love that Hour of Code offers high interest scenarios such as Minecraft and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever challenges.
Pictured is a 4th grade class working on the Minecraft challenge. Way to CODE Warriors!
Northwestern Local Schools are on a 2 hour delay.
Due to the cancelation today, menus have changed for tomorrow, Thursday, Jan 26th.
Jr/Sr High kitchen will be serving:
Macaroni and Cheese
Green Beans
Salad
Fruit
Elementary kitchen will be serving:
Rotini w/ Garlic Bread
Salad
Applesauce
Thank you!
The campus is closed today. Only essential personnel should report to work today.
Northwestern Local Schools will be closed tomorrow Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
Attention: Any girl interested in a Lady Warrior U11 Select Soccer Team. Details are below. Any questions email walshw@nwlschools.org! We will hold a parent meeting soon when we have more information to share. Here is the link to fill out if interested: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehULd_Twpsi0XT_QIHLHv7aFDrWPcssN91-RYWcPTt9Ovbhg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Northwestern Local Schools was awarded a wonderful grant opportunity through one of our prevention partners, WellSpringfield. This grant has allowed primary students to be taught the Pax Good Behavior Game. Additionally the grant covers the cost of materials, teacher training, and ongoing Pax Partner coaching throughout the school year. Pax means peace and it uses different kernels to instill important self-management skills in students while collaborating to make their classroom a peaceful and productive learning environment. Centered on the Good Behavior Game, PAX is not a classroom management program, but it makes managing classrooms much easier. The PAX Good Behavior Game (GBG) contains the combined science from the youth violence prevention program called PeaceBuilders, the good behavior game, and other studies.
One element of Pax is to share Tootles with classmates, teachers and others when you observe them being a Pax Warrior. Take a look at what some students have shared about their fellow students.
Go Pax Warriors!
Northwestern Local Schools are on a 2 hour delay.
Go Warriors!
Students in Mr. Bandstra's Personal Finance class have been working on earning their Yellow Belt in Lean Six Sigma, an industry recognized credential for graduation. Students are learning top business problem solving and collaboration skills to create solutions to real life issues such as pizza deliveries arriving late, speeding in North Hampton, and reducing NFL injuries.
Part of the Yellow Belt training requires a deep dive into understanding how to identify the real issue at hand by using a number of different visual charts such as the sipoc, pareto, fishbone, run, and flow charts as well as utilizing a prioritization matrix.
Congratulations to our first group of students to earn their Yellow Belt! Northwestern students also have the option to earn the Green Belt and Leadership Belt in Lean Six Sigma by electing to take that credit option in 2023-24. This programming is supported by funding through a grant from our State Support Team 10. Northwestern was selected to have two credentialed trainers for Lean Six Sigma through this grant opportunity.
A group of 30 Northwestern student-athletes representing different sports took a short trip to Lincoln Elementary in Springfield. They put shoes and socks on 197 students who were in need of new shoes. Our group did an amazing job stepping into that role and showing compassion and love to a group in need.!
