Northwest Early Elementary

January 2025

All-Star Attendance Lunch

Each Friday, students are chosen via Mystery Numbers to sit at a special All-Star Attendance table if they are present at school that day. These students are invited to bring a friend and enjoy their lunch in a fun space as a way to say Thank You for being at school! Make sure your student is here on Fridays for their chance to attend the All-Star Lunch!

Take a look at some of our Second Grade All-Star's enjoying their attendance lunch last month!

Important Dates

March 5: Early Release Wednesday, dismissal @ 2:35pm

March 12: Early Release Wednesday, dismissal @ 2:35pm

March 19: Early Release Wednesday, dismissal @ 2:35pm

March 20: Half Day Students and Staff, dismissal @ 12:20pm

March 21: NO SCHOOL, Spring Break Begins

March 31: First Day back from Spring Break

Kindergarten Roundup

Young Fives and Kindergarten Roundup is now open for the 2025-2026 school year!

Secure your appointment HERE:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSewCSyStCvYsS.../viewform

Visit our website and complete steps 1-4 to ensure your student is ready for Roundup! https://nwee.nwschools.org/kindergarten-roundup

True Community Deposit Dates

Spring Break

Family Engagement

NWEE welcomes families to volunteer in our building as part of our family engagement initiatives! Please read the following policy on background checks that need to be completed before your volunteer service in our building. Please communicate with your classroom teachers on any upcoming opportunities. Regarding school-wide events, communication will be disseminated from the office to all families inviting your participation. Additionally, the PTO has rescheduled their monthly meetings to encourage families to join. Please see the schedule below and we look forward to seeing you then!

"In order to ensure the protection of children in the care of Northwest Community Schools, school policy requires, prior to any and all persons providing a volunteer service at the school or for any function conducted by the school; all potential volunteers complete a State of Michigan background check. The background check is a name check only through the State of Michigan ICHAT system, and is based on individual identifiers.

Any applicant declining to complete a "Volunteer/Chaperone Background Check Acknowledgment Form" will not be considered. Forms are valid for the current school year only and should be submitted at least two weeks before the event. "

Volunteer Background Check Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQUYAxudnRFtSYL0ECYXK6xupsY4UcyRsd7HC2J7OuBgTvIQ/viewform

Drop-Off Information

PTO Information

We want to send a HUGE Thank You to our Northwest PTO for all the hard work they do and the support they give to Teachers, Staff, Parents, and Students.

If you'd like to get involved with the great work the PTO is doing, meetings are held every two months in the cafeteria at 4:00pm. The 1st, 3rd, and 5th meetings are at NWEL and the 2nd and 4th meetings are at NWEE.

Menu Links

March Breakfast Menu

March Lunch Menu

Information

NWEE School Hours

Full Day 8:25 am - 3:40pm

Early Release 8:25 am - 2:35 pm

Half Day 8:25am-12:20pm

MEDICINE PROCEDURES

If your child needs medication to be administered at a school a medication form must be completed, along with a signature by the prescribing physician. The medicine must be brought in the original container with the prescription label attached.

Medication must be transported by a parent and checked in at the office.
Over-the-counter medications (cough drops, Tylenol, Tums) must have doctor's order.

Parking Lot Safety Reminders

Please stay off your cell phone! Your eyes on the road are the best tools for parking lot safety.
Please continue to pull all the way up and use the crosswalk.
If you need to escort your child inside please park in a designated parking spot and not along the drop-off curb.

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.

School starts at 8:25 a.m.
If your student is not participating in their classroom morning routine by 8:35 a.m. they will be considered tardy.
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.
Doctor appointments/professional appointments are excused with a doctors note.

DISMISSAL REMINDERS

Any changes to your students’ transportation/parent pick-up (riding the bus instead, new pickup person, etc.) must be made with the office prior to 3:00pm (2:00pm on Early Release days). After this time we will not make changes to student pick-up in order to ensure student safety.
Students being picked up early must be signed out by 3:15pm (2:10pm on Early Release). After this time, students will need to be picked up at their previously scheduled location. As a measure of student safety, we will not pull students from their class or bus/parent pick-up locations.
Dismissal is at 3:40 pm on Regular Days, 2:35pm on Early Release Days, and 12:20pm on Half-Days.

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.