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Ryan Snoddy, Superintendent

December 2011/January 2012

Congratulations to the Northwestern High School Science Team and sponsor Mrs. Patty Zeck for their recent achievements. At the Indiana Junior Academy of Science held at IU Bloomington on Monday, Northwestern won the Most Outstanding School Award accompanied by a three foot trophy for 1st Place. Each team member’s contributions went into a total pool of points in addition to points for placement wins. Winners were as follows: Outstanding Junior Scientist (for the second year in a row) was Tyler Barnes. His award carries a $1000 scholarship. Tyler Barnes and Trevor Sprouse were second in problem solving. Missy Ullmer won the Issues Presentation on the topic of Global Warming.

Brandon Wysong won third place in the Research competition and was a finalist for Outstanding Junior Scientist. Megan Harshman and Jenna Jordan competed in Research finals. Jenna Jordan and Jackson Fessenden were the Olympiad team. Emily Harshman was a candidate for Research. Whitney Wilkinson was the Issues Judge. Official alternates were Conner Miller, Billy Parslow, Shad Jakes, and Ashley Fortune. Each Research and Outstanding Junior Scientist finalist received $25 to offset research expenses. Please congratulate the Science Team for it latest state championship.

In an announcement not related to the science competition, Tyler Barnes was recently named a Wells Scholar at Indiana University, the most prestigious award offered by the Bloomington university.

Both Howard Elementary School and Northwestern Elementary School had teams that competed in the Regional Spell Bowl Contest held in the Northwestern School Corporation Auditorium. Students from Howard Elementary competed in Class 2 and finished first in the regional competition. Howard’s Spell Bowl team is coached by Maureen Davis. In Class 1, Northwestern Elementary School placed first in the regional competition and 22^nd statewide in their class. Members of the Northwestern team were: Ellery Bennett, Ally Bunch, Audrey Condon, Gus Devaul, Kelli Gill, Donovan Hall, Taylor Lamb, Emily Martin, Allison Miller, Alex Mula, Jacob Myers, Paige Schulte, Will Stonestreet, and Tyler Wilson. The Northwestern team was coached by Jan Koloszar and Jane King.

Finally, congratulations go out to our elementary Lego League teams. The Northwestern Technokittens won the first place award in programming at the FIRST Lego League state championships. Team members include: Nathaniel Fivecoate, Grace Guerre, Jada McDaniel, Spencer McDaniel, Vivianne Pentland, Kaylee Riese, Christopher Smith, and Tyler Wilson. Additionally, our Gweek Squad also participated in the state championship and the team consists of the following students: Blake Andrew, Caleb Castleberry, Jace Coumoyer, Zach Foreman, Joseph Johns, Jessie Jones, Maggie McCool, Max McCool, Sammy Scimia, and Kyle Smith. Both teams are led by Mr. Mike Carmain. Congratulations to Mr. Carmain and the teams for their best performance ever in the state championships.

Upcoming Activities:

Northwestern Cheerleading Clinic

The Northwestern Varsity & Junior Varsity cheerleaders will be conducting a cheerleading clinic for girls in grades K-6 to learn proper motion technique, jumps, chants, and a dance. Each participant will receive a t-shirt. Grades k-3 will receive a pizza for lunch. Grades 4-6 will receive pizza for dinner. We are separating the grade levels to allow for more age appropriate instruction. All girls will perform at the home Varsity game that night. The cost of the clinic is as follows: $35 per child; $60 for 2 from the same family $85 for 3 from same family. You must send your registration to the school by January 19 or you will not receive a t shirt for the clinic. Registration forms are available in the elementary offices.

NW District Calendar

2011-2012 Corporation Calendar

Mission Statement

MISSION STATEMENT

Northwestern School Corporation strives for excellence by fostering an environment of respect that is cooperative, effective, safe, clean and student centered so all students will have the opportunity for quality educational experiences.

Are you interested in transferring your children to Northwestern School Corporation? Listed below are the steps you may take if you are interested.

1. Review the transfer tuition guidelines for the school corporation at the following link: Tuition Guidelines

2. Complete the transfer tuition request form available through the following link: Tuition Request Form

3. Mail or bring your completed application form to the school your child would attend or the Educational Service Center, 3075 N. Washington Street, Kokomo, IN 46901.

4. Schedule and attend an interview with the building principal.

Once those steps have been completed decisions regarding tuition transfer students will be determined in May and presented to our school board for approval in June. Availability of space by grade level is a primary factor, and if space becomes an issue, transfer requests will be prioritized by date of application.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of our building principals or Mr. Snoddy in the corporation office.

Any transfer tuition requests made after the Department of Education count day (approximately September 15th) will be subject to the parent being responsible for the unfunded state support of approximately $5,500.

Thank you for your interest in Northwestern School Corporation "Where excellence in education is a tradition."

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