Northwest Elementary
December 2018
School Day Time Information
Full Day:
8:25 a.m.-3:40 p.m.
Half Day:
8:25 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Early Release:
8:25 a.m.-2:35 p.m.
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Giving Tree
Each holiday season the Northwest Community adopts several families within our school district and helps to make their holidays special. We would like to invite you to help us. If you would like to help, please consider removing ornaments from the trees, purchasing the items requested, and returning your unwrapped donation to any NW building by Wednesday, December 12. All donations will be given to families with children in the Northwest School District. Giving Trees will be going up in the school lobby during the weekend of November 9. In addition to our Giving Tree items, we are graciously accepting monetary donations as well.
Sweets For Soldiers
We are doing a candy drive for our soldiers. Starting on November 9 until December 10, we will be collecting candy/treats to send to soldiers. This is the third year we have participated in this event, and Northwest Elementary always come through strong!
Mr. Jerry Nugent, will be coming on the 10th of December to pack items and ship them out. The top class in each grade level will receive a pizza party. the overall top donating class will receive a $50.00 gift certificate for the teacher to spend on the class.
Please do not send any chocolate as it will melt during shipping. We appreciate your participation in this project, and look forward to sending many boxes to our troops!
Northwest Elementary Physical Education
In Physical Education class at NWEL the students have been busy working on their basketball skills. The focus of our basketball unit is on skill development and using the correct form when practicing these basketball skills:
- 3rd grade-dribbling and beginning shooting
- 4th grade-dribbling, bounce pass and shooting
- 5th grade-dribbling, chest and bounce pass, shooting and lay-ups
In December we will begin our Candy Cane Classic. The students will be participating in Reindeer Games. These games are relay races that focus on teamwork, eye-hand coordination, speed and fun! They are a great way to improve the students' cardiovascular health.
FUN FACTS
The first basketball hoops were actually real peach baskets. Peaches are a good source of vitamins A, B and C. There are over 175 varieties of peaches. So be peachy and eat one. Then shoot the pit into a waste paper basket!
Fun in Mrs. Kennendy's Class
On Friday, Nov. 7, we are going to the Walton agency for a Christmastime experience. Students will view Christmas decorations, write a letter to Santa, Frost a cookie with Mrs. Claus, pick out a present, meet Santa and get a photo with him and sing Christmas carols.
We are going to Maxium Gymnastics with friends from the Torrant Center on Dec 3 to learn about the sport and work on our gross motor skills.
On Dec. 17 we are teaming up with Student council. We are doing a service project for the Jackson Friendly Home and then go ice skating with hockey players on the Jackson United team.
On Dec. 20 we are meeting up with other CI classes in the ISD to watch a Christmas movie at the Michigan Theater.
Our lost and found is growing! We also have numerous pairs of glasses in the office. Please stop by if your student is missing any items.
Mark Your Calendar
December 3-7- Secret Santa Shoppe
December 5- Lock Down Drill, Early Release 2:35 p.m.
December 10- Board Meeting 5:00 p.m.
December 11- Kids on the Block Assembly
December 12- Early Release 2:35 p.m.
December 13- Shop with a Cop
December 14- Shop with a Cop
December 18- Bible Study, ORFF Field Trip
December 19- Early Release 2:35 p.m.
December 20- 4th Grade at All-Skate
December 21- Half Day of School 12:15 p.m.
December 24-January 6- Winter Break
January 7- First Day Back from Winter Break
Remember to check your students Friday Folder for teacher specific happenings.
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedures
Drop-Off
Pick-Up
If you will be picking your child up, please make sure to send a note to the teacher, or call the office. If calling the office, please do so before 3:00 p.m. This will allow us to get lists finalized and given to the teacher. If you call after this time, your request unfortunately will not be honored. We will not pull children off the bus for late calls. You will need to meet them at the bus stop. When picking up your child please park in a designated parking spot and not along the drop-off curb. Make sure to bring a photo ID. Parents are asked to wait in the cafeteria until students are dismissed. Students will be dismissed by grade starting at 3:32 p.m on full days, and 2:27 p.m. on Early Release days. When exiting the parking lot please do not turn around in the Lansing Avenue Baptist Church parking lot.
Parking Lot
Thank you for your continued patience with the volume of traffic during our drop-off and pick-up times! You are doing a fantastic job of parking in parking spaces, driving slowly in the parking lot and being timely in your efforts. Please remember when dropping off a student to only drop them off when you have reached the sidewalk.
Morning Tardiness
We encourage promptness since tardies affect everyone and disrupt classroom time. One of the most valuable life skills a student can learn from his/her parent/guardian is the responsibility of arriving at school every day on time. Morning is the time when important school news is announced, teachers define the plans for the day, and instructional goals are reviewed and set. The whole tone of a child’s school day is set in the first part of the day.
Main doors open at 8:15 a.m.
School starts at 8:25 a.m.
Students not in their classroom seat by 8:35 a.m. shall be considered tardy.
If the supervisory aides are not present when you drop off your student, they are tardy. Please make sure to come in the office and sign them in.
Students who arrive after 9:00 a.m. will be marked as a morning absence.
Doctor appointments/professional appointments are excused with a doctors note.
Students must be in school at least half of the day, to count as a full day.
Please help support your child in learning habits that will help them be successful at school and throughout life. If you need help or have concerns getting your child to school on time please contact the office. We are here to help.
Medicine Procedures
- Do not send any medication on the school bus. Medication could easily be taken by the wrong child when it is not monitored by an adult. It is the parent's responsibility to bring medication into the Northwest Elementary office and check it in with a secretary.
- Over-the-counter medications (cough drops, Tylenol, Tums) must have a doctors order.
- No staff member will be permitted to dispense non-prescribed, over-the-counter (OTC) medication to any student with out a medication form filled out by a prescribing physician.
Click below for Parent Resources:
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Website: www.nwschools.org
Location: 3757 Lansing Avenue, Jackson, MI, United States
Phone: (517) 817-4704