📚 Our Book Fair is in FULL SWING through Friday and your child will get to shop during class! Here's the scoop: we're running low on change (especially those sneaky pennies 🪙), so we won't be giving back pennies. BUT here's the cool part—students can round up to the nearest dollar and donate to Share the Fair! 🎁 That generous pot goes straight toward new books for our media center or helps classmates who need a little extra to snag their favorites.

Oh, and one more heads-up: taxes apply at checkout, so remind your child to bring a smidge extra cash just in case! 💵 Thanks so much for supporting our mission to fill our shelves with amazing stories. You're the best! 📖✨

You can still set up an e-wallet for your child. This saves them from having to carry money around with them.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/northwestelementaryschool1

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6 months ago, Jane Paxton

🎉 The Book Fair is LIVE today! 📚 Scheduled Classes are diving into the shelves right now, and tomorrow at 9:00 AM, the doors swing open for student open shopping.

Want to make shopping even smoother? 💳 Set up an E-Wallet so your student can browse, pick, and pay without lugging around a backpack full of cash. It's basically a digital piggy bank that makes book hunting way more convenient!

Head over to https://www.scholastic.com/bf/northwestelementaryschool1 to get started. Happy reading! 📖✨

6 months ago, Jane Paxton

We now have an elite eight for our attendance March Madness competition!

Shout out to the following classes:

Congrats to the competing classroom with the most improved attendance this week: Green's Grizzlies! Their attendance improved by 8% from last week. Thanks for being here every day, Grizzlies!

Great job to the class with the best overall attendance percentage for the week: Riley's Renegades! Mrs. Riley's class had only one absence all week.

Coming in second was another class with only one absence for the entire week: Whaley's Whales. Awesome to see your faces every day!

Here are some stats and facts for last week:

Every competing class had an overall attendance percentage above 90%. Way to go!

Through Tuesday, Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Ridley's classes were tied for the week's highest percentage. They weren't the only class with a close race this week: 6 of the 8 matchups were separated by less than 3% by Wednesday. It really was anyone's game!

On Wednesday, Knick's Knick Knacks and Whaley's Whales were separated by only 0.4%. Thursday and Friday were the deciding days for this matchup, but great work to both homerooms!

Excited to see who makes it to the Final Four! Congrats to the advancing teams, and we appreciate you encouraging your students to be here each and every day!

Elite 8 Matchups:
Hemphill's Heroes vs Minter's Macaws
Riley's Renegades vs Silver's Seaturtles
Grant's Great Group vs Whaley's Whales
Carroll's Crushers vs Green's Grizzlies

Who will advance to the Final Four and be one step closer to bragging rights, Kona Ice, and Pizza?

#NWEWildcatWay

6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Yearbook online sales have started. Please go to - https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/northwestelementary to pre-order your Yearbook. Also, if your student is in the 5th grade and you'd like a memory page for their last year as a Wildcat, check out the photo for more information. Thanks everyone, and Happy Friday!

6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Bus 06-58 has started the 06-57 route. Thank you for your patience, and please be outside when the bus drops off your student.
6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
Students that ride 11-68 will drop off later today at normal times
We are anticipating 06-58 to start 06-57's route at 3:45. Thank you for your patience.
6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
Students that ride 11-68 will drop off later today at normal times
Bus 06-57 arrival times will run later today. These students will be delivered on 06-58. Please expect later drop-off times. Once 06-58 finishes its first route, it will return to school to pick up 06-57 students to take them home.
6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
Students that ride 11-68 will drop off later today at normal times
Round 1 of Attendance March Madness is complete! We will begin Round 2 of our Attendance March Madness Tournament, the Sweet Sixteen.

Great job to the class with the most improved attendance this week: Silvers' Sea Turtles! Their attendance improved by 12% from last week. Congratulations to Mrs. Silvers' class!

The classroom with the best attendance percentage for the week was Vaughn's Vampires! Nice work! Knick's Knick Knacks were right behind them: they had the second-highest percentage, and only 0.2% separated them from the two rooms ahead.

Some fun stats for the week:

We had 8 classrooms start out the week at 100%, but by Tuesday, everyone lost the chance for their perfect week, except 1: Whaley's Whales. Mrs. Whaley's class nearly had a perfect week: there were only 2 absences for the entire week in her room!

On Tuesday, H's Hurricanes and Nix's Nice Ninjas had just about 1% separating them. That increased to a 2.5% difference by Thursday.

On Thursday, Clifford's Cubs and Grant's Great Group were separated by just under 1.5%. This was a nail-biter!

5 classrooms had overall attendance percentages below 90% for the week. That's a lower number than last week, but let's see if each and every classroom can make that goal next week!

11 classrooms had an overall attendance percentage of 95% or higher for the week. This is almost double the number of classrooms that hit that percentage the week before break. Let's see if we have more next week!

Looking forward to some fun matchups next week! Thank you for encouraging your students to be here every day!

Sweet Sixteen - Round 2 Matchups:
Hemphills Heroes vs Smith's Shining Stars
Minter's Macaws vs Abernathy's Avengers
Riley's Renegades vs Anderson's Angry Alpacas
Silver's Sea Turtles vs Vaughn's Vampires
Ridley's Rascals vs Grant's Great Group
Knick's Knick Knacks vs Whaley's Whales
Caroll's Crushers vs Newton's Narwhals
H's Hurricanes vs Green's Grizzlies
6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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On Friday, February 27, our school will host a special assembly to celebrate Sloane Singleton, who has been named Murray County's Teacher of the Year. This recognition reflects her dedication to our students and our school community. The assembly will bring together our students, staff, and invited guests to honor this achievement. We invite NWE to wear our school colors—Black and Gold—on Friday to show our Northwest Pride. Mrs. Singleton's contributions to our music program have made a meaningful difference at NWE, and we look forward to celebrating her accomplishment together.
6 months ago, Jane Paxton
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Next Wednesday, March 4th, is picture day. Spring individuals (Orders Only) and class group picture day. Below is our direct link for parents to preorder their student's picture.

https://bpiphotography.net/view-order-photos/
6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Just a remidner the March Madness Attendance Challenge starts tomorrow. Thank you, parents, for bringing your students to school. Perfect Attendance is the best way to ensure victory and advance to the next round.

Round one matchups:
Tolleson's Teddy Bears vs Smith's Shining Stars
Parker's Pipsqueaks vs Anderson's Angry Alpacas
Hart's Hedgehogs vs Silver's Sea Turtles
Clifford's Cubs vs Grant's Great Group
Knick's Knick Knacks vs McCurdy's Kinder Stars
H's Hurricanes vs Nix's Nice Ninjas

#NWEWildcatWay
6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Good Morning, Wildcats!
Attendance is important, and we are a competitive bunch. This week started the seeding process for our March Madness Attendance Challenge. Parents, please help by ensuring your students arrive at school every day. The winning class will receive a Pizza Party and bragging rights. The week after the break, we will start the first round of the tournament with six intriguing first-round matchups.

Round one matchups:
Tolleson's Teddy Bears vs Smith's Shining Stars
Parker's Pipsqueaks vs Anderson's Angry Alpacas
Hart's Hedgehogs vs Silver's Sea Turtles
Clifford's Cubs vs Grant's Great Group
Knick's Knick Knacks vs McCurdy's Kinder Stars
H's Hurricanes vs Nix's Nice Ninjas


We have 6 classrooms that earned a first-round bye because they had the highest attendance percentages for the week. They are:
Hemphill's Heroes
Green's Grizzlies
Ridley's Rascals
Vaughn's Vampires
Riley's Renegades
Whaley's Whales

Great job to all of you! Also, a great job overall: 16 out of 22 classrooms had a final weekly attendance percentage above 90%. Let's see if we can beat that number the week after break! We think we can!

Some more fun stats for you:
We had 100% attendance in two classrooms through Wednesday: Green and Ridley. Green was at 100% for the week until this morning.

Less than 1% separated Hemphill and Green this week, but Ridley and Green were even closer: it was less than 0.25% that separated them.

Hemphill and Ridley were tied at 98.1% on Thursday.

#NWEWildcatWay

6 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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We value your input. Please take the time to take the survey by clicking on the link or scanning the QR code. Thank you all so much!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVBIchHkAvbOTtNFMaXcNZwMWfVOXpa1mGT4unVoxB410U7Q/viewform
7 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Help support our amazing lunch ladies! Our tray is up for Tray of the Week. Please click on the link and go to Georgia School Nutrition's Facebook Page to view the tray of the week post. There will be a post about the Tray of the Week. To vote, click the picture with the soup bowl in the top right and like the photo. Your support is greatly appreciated!

https://www.facebook.com/gadoenutrition/
7 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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PBIS BINGO starts tomorrow for grades - Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd. PBIS BINGO will resume on Friday morning for grades 3, 4, and 5. $1 to play, and the top three in each grade level will earn a prize.
7 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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We value your input. Click on the hyperlink or scan the QR code to share feedback with us.
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9 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Northwest Elementary is currently in a medical soft lockdown. All students and staff are safe. At approximately 12:50 PM, a student experienced a medical emergency that required us to initiate medical soft lockdown procedures. The safety and well-being of students and staff remain Northwest Elementary’s highest priority, and all district safety policies and procedures were followed. The parents of the student involved have been contacted and notified. We appreciate your support and cooperation as we continue to prioritize the safety of our school community.
9 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
The 3rd Annual PBIS Dodgeball Tournament happens next Thursday, December 18th, 2025. It is free for students to watch, but 3$ for students to play. This tournament is for third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders. This is a double-elimination tournament, and the winning team will receive a prize.
9 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Join us for our Title I Family Night on December 18th, starting at 4:00 PM.
9 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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Fundraiser News - Any student who sells an entire box of chocolate will get to go on a trip to Gladden Middle School in March to watch an exciting Dunk Show — plus all the other prizes already listed on the flyer! One of the chocolate boxes will contain a GOLDEN TICKET! The student who finds it will win a 5 lb chocolate bar.
9 months ago, Wiley The Wildcat
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