Happy Veterans Day from the students and staff at Northwestern Area School!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwa9Wwwel8
(Due to copyright, our Virtual Veteran's Day Program will only be available for viewing today)
Jessica Cihak
K-12 Vocal Music
From Mr. Flemmer:
Hello, everyone!
Our playoff football game has been officially moved to TOMORROW, 5:00PM MST.
We will still be delivering lessons in a combination of online and packets sent home. Please refer to the email sent out. Thank you.
School will be cancelled through May 1st. Please stay tuned for further updates. Stay safe and healthy!
PK-8 tomorrow will be delivered not PK-12. High school classes are all being handled online.
Brentford/Conde (Shelly) 8:00
Rural Brentford (Rose) 9:00
Northville/Mansfield (Bill) 10:00
Aberdeen (Doug) Will be at Hub City Radio from 11:30 to 12:30
Chelsea/Cresbard (Kevin) 11:30
Ashton Athol (Dennis) 1:00
Mellette Students can come to the school from 10:00 to 2:00
Bus drivers will be driving their routes tomorrow to pick up work from last week and exchange packets this week for students in grades PK-12.
If you have an alternate pickup location email jessica.halvorson@k12.sd.us
No School at Northwestern for next week, the week of March 23rd. Please stay tuned for further updates. Stay safe everyone! Thank you to all who made today a success. We will make it through this challenging time.
School will be closed next week in accordance with Governor Noem's recommendation. The school and gyms will be closed to visitors and students. We will send further updates as they come in. Thank you.
Mr. Bruns's Ramblings: https://www.smore.com/tc268-ryan-bruns
Voting is now open for Zech Clemens in the 2nd round of AmFam Dunk Championships. Hint: if you're not 18 you don't have to put in all of your contact information!
https://www.amfam.com/fanvote
We will have small group contest at school on Tuesday. Mrs. Thorson and Mrs. Cihak would like students to wear appropriate contest clothing and bring their music to school.
Northwestern will open at 10:00 tomorrow. There will be no pre-school and no breakfast served. We will still dismiss at 2:00 for P/T conferences.
Due to the rapidly declining weather conditions Northwestern will be closed today. There will be no small group contest. Thanks have a good day.
Check out what our Junior Class business Scratchin Paws Inc. has to offer for apparel and more! https://nwscratchinpawsinc.weebly.com/
Due to illness, we will be canceling the NW Middle School boys basketball tournament scheduled for tomorrow. If we can find a date to reschedule, that is a possibility.
The order of the Double Header on Friday the 31st in Langford has been changed. The updated order starting at 4:00 will be JV boys, JV girls, Varsity boys, Varsity girls.
There is a combined 7th/8th grade BBB game vs Groton tomorrow at 4:00. This an addition to the calendar.
We will be starting the girls basketball games vs Wilmot here on Saturday the 25th at 4:00. JV will play at 4:00 and varsity will follow!
Redfield Classic/Pheasant Shootout tomorrow has been cancelled. No makeup date at this time.
Middle School Boys tournament scheduled for tomorrow has been rescheduled for next Saturday January 25th, schedule is pending. High School GBB game with Florence/Henry is rescheduled for January 23 with JV starting at 4:00 followed by Varsity.
There will be no play practice. There will be no practice today for any activities, basketball or volleyball at all levels.
Elementary parents,
Please ensure your child or children come to school with appropriate outdoor clothing for recess (winter jacket, hats, gloves, etc). Temperatures continue to fall and we need all students safe! Any students without appropriate attire will not go out to recess.
Justine Kougl shares a wonderful message about being kind. Parents are invited to the high school gym on Tuesday January 14th! Middle School/High School assembly at 1:00 and K-5 at 2:00.
Northwestern School District is hiring bus drivers and kitchen staff. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Ryan Bruns at 887-3467 x1002.
By popular demand a Monthly Calendar is now available! https://www.northwestern.k12.sd.us/o/nasdsd/page/monthly-calendar--32
Coming soon are the Apple and Android Apps.
All basketball practices at the school will be cancelled today. There will be no middle school or high school practices. Also, YMCA girls volleyball practice today at the NCA is cancelled as well.
A scheduling error on Waverly/SS’s part was just brought to our attention. Tomorrow’s games will begin at 2:30 in Waverly. Sorry for the confusion and inconvenience. Schedule will still be a rolling schedule.
Games start at 12:00 tomorrow in Waverly. JV Girls, JV Boys, Varsity Girls, Varsity Boys. The schedule is rolling.
Due to current road conditions and impending weather the boys basketball game tonight in Mitchell vs Viborg/Hurley will be cancelled.
Congratulations to the girls basketball team on their win over Warner last night!
Our new website is live! We are currently working on creating a monthly view of activities and events in the calendar.
Ramblings
https://www.smore.com/p80f4-ryan-bruns
Junior Class Business Pre-View Sale!!!
Scratchin' Paws Inc., is doing a pre-view sale
Saturday, the 14th, at the girls basketball game
**Only limited items will be sold!
T-shirts - Sweatshirts - Blankets - Toddler shirts - Onsies - Stocking hats - Bucket hats
More to come next week!!
Congratulations to the FFA members on a successful Leadership Development Events Season! At State Leadership our 4 competitors all placed!
In Employment Skills Megan Nash placed 1st and Chrissy Stoltenberg placed 8th. Megan will advance to National Competition.
In Extemporaneous Public Speaking Mitchell Vander Wal placed 3rd with a speech on the topic of animal cloning and livestock production.
In Prepared Public Speaking Jessica Boekelheide placed 6th with her speech about the incorporation of hydroponics in the class room environment.
Congratulations to Madalyn Groft for being named Aberdeen American News Athlete of the Week!
Congratulations to the sophomore speech students for winning the Redfield VFW Voice of Democracy Speech Contest:
1st Place: Megan Nash
2nd Place: Meadow Remily
3rd Place: Sawyer Styles
#PointOutThePositive
The elementary doors will be open tonight for the concert and all home activities this winter!
American Trust Insurance will have Dip N Dots ice cream at the Elemenary Christmas Concert today for a free will donation all proceeds will go back to the school!