On Friday a teacher from Paraguay, Fátima Morinigo visited with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in my classroom. Fátima is part of a teacher exchange program visiting the United States through Emporia State University. She was here to not only share information about her culture but also to observe our classroom procedures.

Friday, January 31, 2020 - NHHS basketball game is postponed!!! Due to illness at Herington school, Herington has decided to cancel school and all activities for Friday 1/31. We will try to reschedule our game with them at a later date. Come support our Wildcats at home on Monday, when NHHS will play Council Grove and Tuesday, NHHS will play Burlingame at home.

Flint Hills League Shootout

​Due to the potential hazardous weather tonight (1/10/20), the Northern Heights basketball games vs. Lyndon have been moved up. We will begin at 4:00 PM with varsity girls and JV boys playing. Varsity boys and JV girls will follow. Unfortunately, no boys C-game tonight. The make-up game against Central Heights has been rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 13th. All games will run on a normal schedule, starting at 4:45.

Representative Schreiber visited with 8th graders at NLC Elementary about his role as a Kansas Representative. The 8th grade class also wrote a resolution on childhood cancer awareness that Mr. Schreiber will introduce to the House of Representatives.

KVOE's Scott Hayes came to NLC Elementary to talk with our CATS (Civic Action Training Squad) students on the importance of community partnerships when trying to make the largest impact with civic engagement.

Great Jr High games last night! Both A teams came away with a win! Great job Cats! The boys continue their perfect season!

The following ESU students joined our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to interact with and answer questions pertaining to the country they are from. Thanks ESU students! Yui Sato Yifang Han Daniel Agbaji Khalid Ghamch Nurgiza Tazhibaeva Suyeon Byun Mina Hagiwara Eunyoung Kim

NLC Elementary had another successful Halloween celebration and parade! Thanks go out to staff, parents, and businesses that participated!

Sadly, this challenge is not just at the high school level. I see it at the Jr High level and even witnessed it first hand at a recent 5th and 6th grade football game! Be a spectator and positively cheer on your player(s). If you want to officiate, call KSHSAA-they are hiring!

A VERY busy day today with our Grand Lunch and ESU Cultural Experience. To cap it off we celebrated by announcing that we made our goal of raising over $2000 for The Never Let Go Foundation! Part of that was a Pie in the Face fundraiser! Fun for great cause!

Tonight's (9/27/19) NHHS Football Game at NHHS (against Yates Center) has been rescheduled... start time is now at 5:30PM. Trying to get the game in ahead of the predicted storms tonight.

NLC SPIRIT WEEK to support NHHS Homecoming! Details attached to photo! Go Cats!! Beat those Tigers!

Sergeant Sage and working with students over the 4th amendment of "Unreasonable Search and Seizures."

Free Screening

Thank you to the NLC staff and community members who donated blood at our NLC Red Cross Blood drive yesterday. Also a big thank you to the CATS student group for helping organize the event. We exceeded our goal!!!

NLC Elementary students on the radio promoting the Blood Drive they are assisting with and NLC is hosting on Monday, April 1st! So proud of our civic engagement efforts! http://kvoe.com/listen/audio-vault Thank you @kvoenews

Dear Parent/Guardian: On Monday April 1st there will be an 8th grade parent meeting. It will be held at 5:30 pm in the NLC gymnasium. During this meeting several items will be discussed. Mrs. Woodrow will be discussing the high school course offerings and having students make the final decisions for pre-enrollment. Also Mr. French will be there to go over the Driver’s Education requirements and answer any questions. Finally, this meeting will include discussion about the end of year 8th grade trip and 8th grade promotion ceremony. Please make time to attend. If you have any questions about this meeting please contact Jessica Woodrow, woodrowj@usd251.org, 620-481-2067. Thank you, Jessica Woodrow Counselor -NHHS

NLC students who received All A's for the third qtr enjoy a free pizza reward at Pizza Ranch today. Way to go!

Please contact the NLC Elem office at 481-2086 and ask for Mrs. Landgren if you would like to schedule a time to donate.

Board Recognition - Last night the board recognized our 7th Gr Quiz Bowl League Champions and 2 young ladies (Dani McElfresh and Kami Miller) for the amazing job they did as first responders to a teacher who needed medical attention. So very proud ❤️!