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NorthwesternNorthwesternTHETHENorthwestern Local Schools * 7571 N. Elyria Rd. * West Salem, OH 44287419-846-3151 * Fax: 419-846-3361 * www.northwestern-wayne.k12.oh.us

January 2018

AdministrationJeffrey Layton, Superintendent

[email protected] Forbes, Treasurer

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Mike Burkholder, High School Principal419-846-3833

[email protected] Brightbill, Middle School Principal

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Julie McCumber, Elementary Principal419-846-3519

[email protected] Smith, Assoc. Supt., Curriculum &

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Board of EducationLaura Woodring, President

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Charles Beck, Vice-President330-464-8614

[email protected] Wellert

[email protected] Abrecht330-464-3204

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Northwestern Middle School 6th GradeSharing Christmas Joy at Nursing Homes

Northwestern High School delegates from Buckeye Girls State Emily Bouffardand Alyssa Toppins, and delegates from Buckeye Boys State Steven Cozzuli andGarret Dever attended and spoke at a local Veterans Banquet. ( see page 4 )

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Mr. Jeff LaytonNorthwestern

SuperintendentWork: 419-846-3151Cell: 330-317-5175email:[email protected]

January 2018 THE Northwestern

Friends,

The warm spring is on the horizon. Thishas been an especially frigid winter thus far.

Northwestern continues to be the schooldistrict to follow, the district others desire to em-ulate and partner with. The success of our stu-dents is so very evident. Through theiraccomplishments and feedback the fine educa-tion and quality of our students is evident.

The accomplishments of our studentshas been fantastic. The accolades received forour educational excellence and leadership by theeducational community has been astounding.The articles within this newsletter provide evi-dence of our schools doing the great work for ourstudents. Whether it be fine arts, STEM pro-grams, core foundational courses, or extracurric-ular activities we do prepare our students todayfor tomorrow’s opportunities. More-so, we haveused collaboration, grant writing, and striving forefficiencies to pursue our mission within our fi-nancial constraints. We are driven by goals forcontinuous improvement. Our strategic plan isour road map and promotes a vision that includessuggestions for the future that include:

• Expanded, Universal Preschool is ourgoal. Our STEM Preschool is EXCELLENT andwe are striving to have two STEM Preschoolclasses for the 2018-2019SY.• Pursuit of the new Ohio STEM Learn-ing Network’s “STEAM Designation” for eachof our buildings in recognition of our extraordi-nary fine arts programs.• Continuing to provide needed supportsfor our students with disabilities and at-risk stu-dents.• Expanding gifted and talented opportu-nities and extended learning.

• Operating under a balanced budget. • Continue refining and expanding authen-tic learning through Project-based learning andSTEM, as well as our Career Pathways and CareerPlanning.• Expanded and improved Science and ca-reer pathway lab spaces – most especially at thehigh school • Updating our current Library-Media

Centers to high tech Makerspace Innovation LabMedia Centers (in line with our career and collab-orative project-based learning instructional philos-ophy). Our MS is completed with HS and ESanticipated being converted over the next 1½years.• Continue and complete the recommis-sioning and updates of our HVAC systems overthe next two years. • Completion of the HS fire suppressionsystem this summer.• Theatre lighting replacement.• Studying flexible hours, days, yearscheduling.• Adjacent land acquisition as opportuni-ties arise down the road and funds might allow.

As far as our budget, we are currently in“Fiscal Watch” status as are many, many schooldistricts in Ohio - due to inadequate state fundingthat was reduced significantly, then has essentiallybeen flat-lined for the past 7 years in spite of manyadditional state and federal mandates. This “FiscalWatch” means we are projected to spend morethan we bring in this year and in ensuing years andthat we have sufficient carry-over revenue to re-main in the black less than 3 years. We have cre-ated a budged revision and plan of action tobalance our revenue and expenditures. The rea-sons for the deficit spending stems from the majorcosts in updating and recommissioning our HVACsystems the past few years and planned for thenext two years, the timing of the emergency levythat we just started collecting this past July, majorincreases in health insurance costs, in addition toinadequate state funding, as well as bleeding fromonline charter schools (which the state allows tonot only take our state funds, but also take localfunds from us).

We will continue to pursue grants andcontributions, as well as consider reductions to

live within our means to ensure that these are af-fordable as we move forward with our mission inpreparing our students today for tomorrow’s op-portunities, as has been our practice.

Our community has so much to be grate-ful for - our families, friends, and wonderfulschool system. In our schools we have extraordi-nary teachers and support staff, wonderful admin-istrators, and wise board members. We also havenumerous support organizations which help ourmission such as Ruritans, All Sports, PTOs, MusicBoosters, Alumni & Friends, FFA Alumni, etc.Without our community of leaders working col-laboratively and exhibiting transparency we wouldnot be serving our students to the fantastic degreethat we are. This being “School Board Recogni-tion Month” I want to thank our 5 outstandingSchool Board Members for their leadership andsupport – Phil Keener, Kim Wellert, LauraWoodring, Chuck Beck, Paula Abrecht. We areblessed with the 5 amazing leaders!

I take great pride in sharing the continuedaccomplishments of our students, community, andschools. The supports and relationships through-out our community are unique. We can take greatpride in our schools and together we can continueto strive for even greater heights. With our dedi-cated administrators, staff, and community we willcontinue striving for and achieving well-beyondexpectations.

We are all about excellence and increas-ing expectations at Northwestern. Within ourNorthwestern family we will continue to focus onthe needs of our students. We will continue to pre-pare our students today for tomorrow’s opportu-nities!

I am always willing to listen to ideas,questions, and concerns from students, parents,and anyone in our community. It is only by ask-ing, sharing, and participating that we can con-tinue our important work. Please do not hesitateto contact me for any reason and “thank you” foryour ongoing support. Work: 419-846-3151Cell: 330-317-5175e-mail: [email protected] N. LaytonSuperintendentNorthwestern Local Schools


Higher Education for Older AdultsOhio State University graduate-level Program 60 allows Ohio residents age 60 and older to

take Ohio State University classes tuition-free on a non-credit, non-degree basis. In most cases, allthey need to do is signup for Program 60 and get permission from the instructor of each class theywant to take. Courses can be taken at the OSU Wooster Campus as well as main campus or any OSUsatellite campus.

This semester, Program 60 had 336 students enrolled in courses at Ohio State and 792 reg-istered participants.

What Program 60 provides older adults is not only an opportunity for learning, but also anopportunity for building relationships and emotional satisfaction in life," said Holly Dabelko-Schoeny,professor of social work at Ohio State..

If there is anything that unites people who take Program 60 classes, it is a life-long interestin learning.

Taking classes on art, medieval history, women in cinema, astronomy, renewable energy,technology, or just about any content is available.

Many participants do not take the exams or write the papers assigned in class. But that doesn'tmean that students aren't interested in learning the material in their classes. The social work studyfound that 86 percent of Program 60 students were motivated to participate in order to develop theirknowledge.

What Program 60 participants get from taking classes goes beyond the usual advice for olderpeople to keep their mind active.

"They are able to pursue areas of interest from a huge catalog of classes at Ohio State," saysDabelko-Schoeny. "It is not just exercising your brain with crossword puzzles or Sudoku. It is aboutgrowth and development as a person."

Many participants share how much they enjoyed interacting not only with their instructors,but especially with the younger students in their classes. This inter-generational interaction is a keypart of what makes Program 60 successful. In fact, a study found that Program 60 participants thoughtthe program contributed more to expanding their social network with younger generations than withother older participants in the program. What Program 60 does is provide a unique opportunity forcross-generational relationship building.

And it is not only the older students who benefit. Younger students ask for advice about avariety of experiences from participants, including about finding jobs, interviewing, life lessons, andimproving their resume.

"Program 60 counters some of our societal stereotypes about how we stop learning and grow-ing and developing intellectually and socially as we get older," Dabelko-Schoeny says. Contact OhioState University for more information about enrolling in this unique program!

Annual notice of Student Wellness Meeting Northwestern will conduct our Wellness Com-mittee Meeting on Friday, April 6th.

Northwestern Schools recognize the im-portance of a healthy child in regard to increasedcapacity for learning, attendance, and overallhealth and well-being. Northwestern School Dis-trict is committed to providing a healthy schoolenvironment which cares for the total child aca-demically, socially, emotionally, and physically.In order to support current and lifelong health awellness committee has been established andmeets annually to evaluate various measurementsand discussed ideas for continued improvement.Our wellness committee has bene instrumental insecuring and insuring:• Healthy meals and snacks• Expanding our Breakfast program• Installing defibrillators in each building• Installing first aid stations at locationsthroughout the buildings• Creating and supplying first aid kits foreach teachers’ desk• Securing an epinephrine (EpiPen) foreach building• Beginning concussion protocol prior toOHSAA requiring it• Coordinating influenza vaccine availablefor all employees so as to inhibit a flu outbreak• Providing hand sanitation stations

Our Wellness policy #EFG explains ourwellness practices. This policy is listed on ourwebsite (as are all Northwestern policies) and inthis issue of our district newsletter. Please contactany member of our Wellness Committee below forinformation on how to participate.Contacts for additional information and serv-ices include:Superintendent Jeffrey N. Layton (419-846-3151)High School Principal Mike BurkholderMiddle School Principal Joey BrightbillElementary Principal Julie McCumberOther participants on our Wellness committeeinclude:Curriculum Director, Food Service Supervisor,School Nurse, MS Health teacher, HS HealthTeacher, Physical Education Teachers (3-ES, MS,HS), an at large community member.


Northwestern Ruritans Northwestern Ruritan meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 PM in the Northwest-ern High School commons. Each meeting begins with a catered meal, followed by a presentation andmeeting. Visitors are welcome and new members are encouraged to participate.Ruritans are about “servant leadership” and about “community”.The 2018 current president is Dwight Wasson and the 2017 past president is Kim Wellert.Northwestern Schools-Ruritan Businesses Recognition Award winners over the past 8 years include:Lodi Lumber Koenig’s KornerScot Industries LuK, USAHagans Construction, Inc. New Pittsburgh Fire & RescueCentral Farm & Garden, Inc. American Legion Post #499 Commodity Blenders Fuhrman’s IGAWest Salem IGA Town & Country Co-opCutter Oil Hud Wharton ExcavatingWellerts A.C. Parts (2015) Owner Kim Wellert Friendly Wholesale Company of WoosterEd Marty Studios G & S Titanium Prentke Romich Co. & Romich Foundation Heffelfinger Meats Health Point Wooster BrushAbout Northwestern Ruritans:

The Northwestern Ruritan Club is an organization dedicated to the betterment of our com-munity. Our mission is “to make our community a better place in which to live.”

The Ruritans raise funds in three primary ways: – by manning the gates of the Wayne CountyFair, manning Congress recycling, and through the annual Sausage & Pancake Breakfast held in con-junction with the Northwestern Washington, D. C. Auction the second Saturday of March. There arealso several additional projects held in order to raise funds.The Ruritans provide ongoing community service projects that include:• Northwestern Husky Brigade - Distributing donations to active military from our commu-nity• Northwestern Husky Brigade Annual Golf Outing• Community Parade of Flags-new this spring, distribution and setting-up United States Flags• Providing numerous Northwestern Scholarships each year• Sponsoring students for various leadership projects and activities• Community Recycling• Roadside clean-up• Donations for families and organizations in need• Buckeye Boys State & Buckeye Girls State Leadership weekend contributions• Recognizing area businesses & volunteer organizations for community and school support• Cemetery clean-up• Support for our Northwestern Schools• Support for the Old School House in West Salem• Support for the West Salem Town & Country Festival• Numerous ongoing and special activities to support our community

Northwestern Schools-RuritanBusiness Recognition AwardBusiness Award of Merit Nomination Form

Name of Business______________________________________Address______________________________________

Phone_____________________________________

Owner/Contact Person_____________________________Contributions to school and/or community:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Nominated by: ______________________________________

(Deadline: March 10th)

Note: Nomination information may be typed orprinted on other paper and attached to this form.

Nominator: Please send to the office of anyschool building to be forward to Mr. Layton.


Title I & Special Education (IDEA) Annual Notifications

The elementary and middle school aredesignated as Title I buildings and participate inthe Title I with “school-wide” service status.Northwestern encourages active, ongoing parentinvolvement with their child’s education, which isa parental right under Title I. Collaboration be-tween student, parents, teachers, paraprofession-als, and administrators are strongly correlated withstudent achievement and success.

A special Title I and IDEA (Special Edu-cation) parental planning and involvement meet-ing is held annually at the March Board ofEducation regular meeting. These meetings areheld the 3rd Monday in March at 7:00PM in theHigh School library. This is our annual parentinvolvement & collaborative planning meeting forour Special Education (IDEA) and Title I pro-grams. We discuss current programs and collab-oratively plan for utilization of these funds for theupcoming school year. Last March parents, com-munity members, administrators and the Board ofEducation discussed and planned for this year’sprograms. Our Special Education, Title I, as wellas Gifted Services were also an important part ofour recently completed Strategic Plan Meetingdiscussions.

Please contact your child’s teacher,building administrator, intervention specialist,Title I coordinator, or special education coordina-tor with questions, concerns, comments, perform-ance data, suggestions, and/or desire for increasedparticipation in the planning of your child’s edu-cation, programs, curriculum, and communica-tions utilizing Title I and IDEA federal funds. • Parents are encouraged to request infor-mation regarding professional qualifications oftheir student’s classroom teachers, includingteacher state qualifications & licensing appropriateto grade level and subject area taught,

as well as if the teacher is teaching under a tem-porary license in which state qualifications or li-censing qualifications might be temporarilywaived. In addition, parents have a right to re-quest information regarding baccalaureate degreemajor, graduate school certification, field of dis-cipline, and whether the student is provided serv-ices by paraprofessionals, and if so, theirqualifications.• Note: 100% of Northwestern Districtteachers are HQT (Highly Qualified Teachers),and 100% of paraprofessionals are HQ (HighlyQualified). Highly Qualified Paraprofessionalsmust hold an Associate’s Degree, 2+ years of col-lege, or passed the rigorous state academic assess-ment. • Northwestern school district consistently

strives to utilize all federal, state, and local dollarswisely with the optimal impact on student achieve-ment. We encourage parental participation andinput into possible improvements of the fund uti-lization – especially with Title I funds.• Northwestern has zero “targeted assis-tance” schools for the current school year. In ad-dition, no buildings are in “continuousimprovement” status or lower as determined bythe state of Ohio. • All current and former migratory, tran-sient, and homeless students enrolling at North-western receive the same Title I and Specialeducation Services as other children in Northwest-ern Schools as determined by school-wide pro-grams, specialized programs, and IEPs.Northwestern serves all students and does not dis-criminate services based upon gender, race, or dis-ability.• Northwestern participates in the Tri-County ESC Preschool Consortium for both hand-icapped and traditional preschool children. TitleI-A and school district funds are used to supportthese programs.• Northwestern has LEP (Limited EnglishProficient) support for LEP students. LEP stu-dents and their parents are encouraged to discussadditional needs relative to their language barrierand beyond current LEP and Title I support.• Northwestern coordinates and integratesfederal, state, and local funds that include pro-grams required under NCLB (No Child Left Be-hind), bullying, violence prevention, nutrition,

head start, job training, and vocational & technicaleducation.• Northwestern consults with nonpublicand private schools regarding available title I serv-ices for schools located within the NorthwesternSchool District and those schools outside on theNorthwestern School District having Northwest-ern school district resident students attending.

Ohio Parent Information and ResourceCenter (PIRC)Northwestern supports the Ohio Parent Informa-

tion and Resource Center Ohio PIRC website http://www.ohiopirc.org/ PIRC Mission: Knowing that parent involvementin schools is critical to success, the Ohio PIRCprovides opportunities for families to learn, share,and lead in their homes, schools, and communi-ties. Supporting parents and professionals to: * learn about "No Child Left Behind" legislation * understand Academic Standards * understand the importance of family involve-ment in schools * increase parent knowledge of child developmentand educational practices and to ultimately - * increase student success!

RuritanSausage-Pancake RuritanSausage-Pancake BreakfastBreakfastThe annual Ruritan Sausage-PancakeBreakfast will be Saturday, March 10ththis spring!As is the norm:• It will run allday• It coincideswith the Washington, D.C. auction• We will have fresh sausage, thickpancakes, and real 100% maple syrup!• Money raised funds student schol-arships


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FOOD SERVICE NEWSWinter is REALLY here this year. We

have already experienced several delay days, butas a reminder to all there is NO breakfast servedat any of the schools if we have a delay. We alsohave started selling frozen yogurt from Eva’s Yo-gurt in Ashland. The cost is $2.00 per cup andcomes in a variety of flavors. The yogurt willmeet the USDA standard for healthy snacks so besure to ask you kids if they have tried it and if theylike it! Please also remember that you can applyfor free or reduced price meals any time through-out the school year. If you are approved at anytime of the year it will extend to all meals weserve, breakfast and lunch.

This school year we partnered with AWhole Community to pilot a program of farm toschool and fresh local produce. Through the ef-forts of Karen Potter from A Whole Communitywe were able to partner with Local Roots out ofWooster and had some fresh produce items deliv-ered to the district. Most of the produce was usedin some kind of dish and available to all studentsfor taste testing if they wanted. Our goal was toexpose students to a variety of vegetables that theymight not get to see or taste in their own homes.Eventually we would like to incorporate those andmore vegetables into our daily breakfast and lunchofferings and menus. As a final meeting for theyear we were treated to a visit from a chef for aninformal training session and a taste testing expe-rience for a few 4th graders. Chef Ben the exec-utive chef at “Brio Tuscan Restaurant” inColumbus at the Polaris Mall came and demon-strated how to cook fresh broccoli and then sauteit with butter and garlic. The other vegetable heshowed us how to cook was sweet potatoes. Webaked them in the oven and then removed theskins and mashed them. He just added a bit of but-ter but we decided the kids would like it betterwith some cinnamon and maybe some brownsugar! After our cooking demo the 4th gradersjoined us in the cafeteria for a taste testing. Eachgroup was given a paper to answer a few basicquestions and a small cup and spoon of the food.When the results were tallied it was decided thatthe students really liked both vegetables andwould eat them if they were cooked and served inthat way.

Karen Potter then gave the pans and bas-ket that Chef Ben used as a gift to the school dis-trict. We have not fixed the vegetables for thelunch program as of yet but we are looking aheadto future menus where broccoli and sweet potatoeswill be served using our new skills and equipment.We had a great first year experience.

HONORING OUR LOCALVETERANS

The American Legion Post 499 hostedtheir annual Veterans Banquet to honor the localVeterans of our community. "Our service organi-zation represents those who have honorablyserved our country and are still serving the com-munity, state and nation as volunteers." The din-ner was opened by Vice Commander DonaldProchazka, Jr and lead in prayer by Chaplin JonShadley. The Veterans and their guest were servedby members of the Legion and the Auxiliary.

During the meal the Northwestern HighSchool delegates from Buckeye Girls State(hosted at the University of Mount Union, June11-17, 2017) Emily Bouffard and Alyssa Top-pins,

and delegates from Buckeye Boys State (hostedat Miami University June 11-18, 2017) StevenCozzuli and Garret Dever were introduced.They each spoke about their experiences of whatleadership positions they held, what they learnedabout the government, how they related to otherdelegates, and that they continue to communicatewith other delegates today. They were each thank-ful to the Legion and the Auxiliary for allowingthem to have this opportunity.

The guest speaker of the night wasColonel Walter M. Duzzny who gave a very en-tertaining, emotional, and meaningful speechabout the military. He spoke of all the great freethings the military does for you. Some of his ex-amples where they all received the same free hair-cut, same outfits (uniforms), the free destinationslike Normandy, Korea, Quait, Afghanistan, Iraq,and so on. He also explained how one could havebecome a member of the military (volunteer ordrafted in this case), to the time one learns (freeeducation and training) that they were walking in-correctly because at boot camp they now march,and that the drill sergeant has two voices loud andlouder. He spoke of how soldiers had to leave be-hind those they loved parents, wives, and children.When a deployed soldier received mail everyonewho was around would get to hear the news aboutthe new baby on its way, the soldier going to be adaddy, and they got to view all of pictures too.Unfortunately, not all of our soldiers got to returnhome. For in this story the wife and child had tocontinue their lives without their soldier. Yearswent by and they were sitting at a table in a restau-rant. A man kept staring at them, and they had be-come very uncomfortable. The man had thecourage to address them at their table, apologized,and introduced himself. Once information hadbeen shared, this man had served in the same unitas her husband and the child's father. Thus begin-ning a conversation of memories and the child gotto hear stories of the father never known. In clos-ing Col. Duzzny ended with the words God Blessthe USA!! Thank you to all of our veterans whoserved and are still serving. You are not forgottenand we the Legion support you now and forever-more. Have a safe and blessed Veterans Day. GodBless America!Respectfully Submitted, Jennifer Smith-Bowers American Legion Auxiliary Post 499Buckeye Girls State, Committee Chair


The role of the Tech Team is to help in anyway we are needed. Each student has a workday dur-ing their extra help period and the eighth grade mem-bers teach the seventh and sixth graders during thistime. The eight graders are a dedicated and helpfulgroup. Each class acts as mentors to their youngercounterparts. A service we provide for the school issetting up microphones and monitor the sound systemfor assemblies and the talent show. The Tech Teamvideos assemblies and works the sound and lightboard for eighth grade promotion. Members also as-sist teachers with technology problems, support staffwith computer set-up for standardized tests, and lenda hand to students with software problems. Sixthgrade Tech Team members are in charge of puttingthe day's announcements on the TV system in thecafeteria, which provides students the opportunityread the announcements. Eighth grade Tech Teammember, Dominic Wallace is the voice of Northwest-ern Middle School. Dom faithfully reads the daily an-nouncements to the school over the public addresssystem.

Along with our daily activities, we havebeen fortunate to help this year by setting-up and pro-viding video recording services during our school'sVeteran's Day assembly, and finally, editing the videoof the assembly and making DVDs of the footage.

This year's Northwestern Middle School Tech Team members are front row from left: StevenWiddows,Sofi Linder, Brennen Topp, Brooke McNeil, Maddy Hunt, and Ethan Miller. Second Row:Dominic Wallace, Margaret McCullough, Hayden Novak, Gabriel Chupp, Joshua Spencer, and Pey-ton Hostetler. Third Row: Mary Wellert, Jesse Evans, Jacob Wakefield, and Alyssah Fisher. BackRow: Jennie Riffle, Kylee Purdy, Virginia Hamers, Drake Crumley, Tristan Miller, and Troy Rock.

Northwestern HS National Honor Society following their group service project at the WestSalem Town Hall on 11/29/17.


Northwestern ElementaryNorthwestern ElementaryANNOUNCEMENTS -- Stay ANNOUNCEMENTS -- Stay Informed!Informed!!

Yearbooks can now be ordered onlineybpay.lifetouch.comyearbook ID code: 2304718Order deadline online is March 3

If you haven't already done so,please pay your child's workbook fees 2017-18 - $25.00 If you are new to the district and would like to

register a new student, please bring with you thefollowing documents: Birth Certificate, Social Se-curity card, Immunization record, proof of resi-dency, & custody papers if applicable to yourfamily. If your child has an IEP/ETR, please bringthe most recent copies of those documents. Youmay bring originals, and we will make copies ofyour documents.

If you are open-enrolling to Northwestern,please make sure you first enroll your child inthe school district where you are residing. Thencome into our office and fill out the appropriateforms for Northwestern.

School hours - 9:05 AM - 3:35 PMStudents may enter the building at

8:50 AM.Students eating breakfast may enter

the building at 8:45 AM and go directlyto the cafeteria.Lunch/BreakfastLunch price - $2.00Reduced lunch price - $.40Breakfast price - $1.00Pick up Free/Reduced Lunch forms inthe office. A new form has to be filledout each school year.

Northwestern MIddle SchoolNorthwestern MIddle SchoolANNOUNCEMENTS -- Stay ANNOUNCEMENTS -- Stay Informed!Informed!!

A reminder to all students: All schoolfees are now considered past due. Any-one with outstanding fees could be re-stricted from athletics and other schoolactivities.

The West Salem branch of the WayneCounty Public Library has some excitingprograms coming up in February. Thereare flyers in the Information Rack withmore details. You can also find out aboutthese programs on their website!

The Jr. Class Post Prom parents aresponsoring a Fair Chicken Dinner on Sat-urday, February 17 from 4-6 here in theMiddle School cafeteria. Paid ordersmust be turned in no later than February9. Order forms are available in the Infor-mation Rack.It’s time to order 2017/18 yearbooks!Order forms are available in the office.Orders can be placed online athttp://www.ybpay.lifetouch.com/ usingYearbook ID Code: 2089218. No person-alized cover orders will be accepted afterJanuary 26.

Reminder: NO SCHOOL on February16 and 19th!!

Spring Sports Meeting on February 20at 6:00 p.m. at the High SchoolSki Club Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27

Northwestern FFA Picks UpChristmas Trees

On January 4th several members of theNorthwestern FFA Chapter participated in aChristmas Tree pick-up for the community. Mem-bers Kyle Piscione, Cody Morrow, Brock Tegt-meier and Cody Tegtmeier all helped out with thisproject. Members went to areas around the North-western School District to pick up the trees. Thetrees were then donated to the West Salem BeagleClub for “recycling.” The trees will be used forwildlife habitats. This is the 31st annual event theChapter participates in and is looking forward toparticipate in years to come.

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Northwestern Staff SpotlightNorthwestern Staff Spotlight***New Employees ******New Employees ***

Cathie FranksFamily: Husband Donny, Daughter Audrey Name of parents: David (deceased) and CharleneCornishPets: 2 German Shepherds: Scooby and Elfie; 1cat: Rascal High School Graduated from: Mapleton College Graduated From: North Central State Col-legeHobbies: hiking, gardening, craftsFavorite Movie: Open SeasonFavorite Restaurant: Longhorn Favorite Sports Team: College: OSU Pro-fessional: IndiansThe best thing about Northwestern is… the staff. Who inspired me to choose this career path: my husbandFew people know that I… am one of five childrenMy greatest hero is… my younger brother DannyMy greatest phobia is… MICE!!!My favorite Quote/Phrase/Scripture… It’s a small worldMy greatest accomplishment is…being a mom. My husband and I areblessed with our wonderful family.Kaitlyn AuckermanFamily: Brothers Nathan and JoshName of parents: Rod and Kim AuckermanPets: 2 cats that live in a window pane house outside, Mia and ChaseHigh School Graduated from: WoosterCollege Graduated From: Ashland UniversityHobbies: book folding, volleyball, hikingFavorite Movie: The Green MileFavorite Restaurant: Olive GardenFavorite Sports Team: College: OSU Professional: IndiansThe best thing about Northwestern is… how well the staff comes together tobuild such a great community themselves, students and parents.Who inspired me to choose this career path: my aunt who teaches first gradeat Wooster.Few people know that I am secretly a goat whispererMy greatest phobia is… spiders!My favorite Quote/Phrase/Scripture… It’s not going to happen in one day,but one day, it’s going to happen.My greateste accomplishment is .... getting through college debt free!Words of wisdom ... Difficult doesn’t mean impossible, it just means youhave to work hard.

Mr. Chris HeroldFamily: Irene (wife), Henry (son)High School Graduated from: Queen Anne HS, Seattle WACollege Graduated From: University of WashingtonHobbies: music, travel, baseballFavorite Movie: CasablancaFavorite Restaurant: BasilFavorite Sports Team: College: UW Huskies Professional: SeattleMarinersThe best thing about Northwestern is… friendly staff and studentsWho inspired me to choose this career path: a college professorFew people know that I… met quarterback Phil SimmsMy greatest hero is… Franklin D. RooseveltMy greatest phobia is… a curveballMy favorite Quote/Phrase/Scripture… The only people who never fail arethose that do not try. My greatest accomplishment is…surviving grad school.Words of Wisdom .. you can accomplishment more than you think

Miss Julianna HuckriedeFamily: Mom Julie, Dad Randy, brother Alex and sister in law KatiePet: black cat named BatmanHigh School Graduated from: Barberton HSCollege Graduated From: University of AkronHobbies: listening, playing, singing music, painting, working out, read-ing, watching TV shows and movies with family, spending time with fam-ily and friendsFavorite Movie: The Dark Knight and Beauty and the BeastFavorite Restaurant: Casa Del Rio or Angies PizzaFavorite Sports Team: College: Univ. of Akron Professional: Cavs andIndiansWho inspired me to choose this career path: A teacher how inspired methe most would be my 1st-3rd grade teacher who I absolutely adored andalways wanted to be like when I was little. She passed away when I wasin middle school so that was really hard. I know that she is still with meand is on my side as I start my career. The impact that she made on me isamazing and now that is what I hope to be to my students one day!Few people know that I… am in a handbell choirMy greatest hero is… my mom. She is so strong and she does everythingwith love and positivity! She is the best!My greatest phobia is… spiders and creepy crawling bugs!My favorite Quote/Phrase/Scripture… When you see only one set of foot-prints in the sand, it was then that I carried you. My greatest accomplishment is…graduating from the Univ. of Akron andgetting my teaching license.Words of Wisdom .. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you knownothing about. Be kind. Always.


Mr. Mike Burkholder

NorthwesternHigh School

Principal

Hello from Northwestern High School,As time rolls on, we can be assured that

winter will gave way to spring – bringing with itthe spring assessment season. We have nowphased out the Ohio Graduation Test. Our seniorsare the first class to utilize End of Course testsas their graduation standard. Our students will betaking End of Course tests if they are enrolled inany of the following classes: English 9, English10, Algebra I, Geometry, Biology, American His-tory and Government. The end of course testswill be in April. Students will take these assess-ments and need to accumulate at least 18 pointsacross these tests, as a graduation requirement.There will be retest opportunities, where neces-sary. We are looking at our options and we willrelease a test schedule once we have finalized theplans. We will meet the requirements, but keepour focus on educating our children to the verybest of our ability rather than focus on the assess-ment.

We are very proud of the body of workcompleted by our students in senior seminar, in-ternships and capstone classes. Thank you to allcommunity members who took the time to serveas mentors or to sit on the panel during presen-tations. It is a huge endeavor, but is very worth-while

We have many students who are partic-ipating in the College Credit Plus program. Forthe 2017-18 school year we had an increase inthe number of students that are taking all of theircoursework on the college campuses. While werespect each student’s right to make decisions ontheir educational opportunities we would like toput in a plug for accumulating college creditswithout leaving the Northwestern campus. Weare shifting to allow the majority of our CCPclasses to mimic the college offerings and for-mat.

We will have offerings in English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Business, Music and AgriculturalScience. Please contact me or our guidance office to learn more about these opportunities. We aretrying to create a scenario where our students can have the best of both worlds and not have to sacri-fice time and money traveling to the campuses or sacrifice the social experience of the final years inhigh school.

It is the time of year that we begin planning for the coming year and will be starting thescheduling process for returning students. We have scheduled a meeting to help with this process onTuesday March 6th at 6:00 p.m. The 2017 – 2018 course selection books will be available on-line. Asexpected, our curriculum is always evolving. We have some new course offerings in our Math, Eng-lish, and Social Studies. A capstone course in the clean energy pathway will be added and we will bereleasing the third class in the computer science pathway. We will also be working to launch ateacher education pathway. Please contact us with any questions you may have, relative to yourchild’s academic selections.

We have had many exciting things going on at the high school. . The music and visual artsprograms have continued to perform well. Many community members have had the pleasure of lis-tening to their concert performances and seeing their displayed work. We have participated in theOne Act Play Festival. Our winter sports teams have worked hard and have given their best efforts.

A reminder to all community members; thanks to the generosity of the Northwestern All-Sports Association and Northwestern High School Physical Education classes now has a well-equipped fitness room. The fitness room is equipped with 2 treadmills, 2 ellipticals, upright bikes &recumbent bikes. The fitness room is located on the Northwest Corner of the High School in Room400. The room is available to members of the Northwestern Community from 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.on days that the high school is in session. Northwestern Middle School students may use the equip-ment if accompanied by an adult. For safety reasons, we cannot allow children 11 or younger to usethe equipment. Access to the fitness room may vary with the season, and the school calendar. Community members have access to the track during daylight hours. Please restrict your use to theoutside four lanes to reduce the wear on the inner lanes, which have more use during athletic events.The free weight facility in the community building is also available to community members, with re-strictions. During the school day it can be accessed by signing in and getting a key from the board of-fice. If we have a physical education class using the facility, they have priority. These classes aretypically scheduled from 7:20 to 9:32. After school hours the weight room is generally utilized byathletic teams, making the facility unavailable. If the board office is closed and the athletic teamshave finished their practices, access to the weight room may be achieved through a coach or North-western staff member who has a key, but they must be on the premises with you as a supervisor.These tightened restrictions are a result of trying to be good members of the community while bal-ancing issues related to safety and liability.

We have so many people that invest so much for our students and children. Thank you foryour continued support as we continue the work of “Preparing our Students Today for Tomorrow’sOpportunities”.


NHS YearbookLAST CALL! Class of 2018 - This is

your last chance to be featured in the yearbookand in the special senior edition of the localnewspapers. If you have not yet submitted a sen-ior portrait, please email a photo to Mrs. HudsonASAP at [email protected]. You will re-ceive a confirmation email upon receipt; if youdo not, please contact the school for further in-formation.

Baby photos are also past due. Yourbaby photos and senior portraits will be used inthe yearbook AND in the graduation slideshow.Please submit your photos NOW.

Order your 2017-2018 NHS Year-book now by visiting jostens.com! You are guar-anteed the pre-order cost until May.

Limited quantities of 2016-2017yearbooks are still available. See Mrs. Hudsonto obtain yours today!

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

The NHS National Honor Society com-pleted a group service project on November29th. The group visited the West Salem TownHall and helped to clean the old opera house/au-ditorium space. It was a fun day, and this serviceallowed a holiday event to be held in the spaceonly a week later! Later that evening, the honorsociety celebrated returning members and in-ducted new members during the formal induc-tion ceremony in the NHS auditorium. Junior Post Prom FundraisersThe junior class wants your scrap metal! Do you haveold household items you want gone? There is a dumpsterlocated behind the elementary school for scrap metal. Ifyou have something that you need hauled away or havequestions, please contact Shelli Kanzeg at 440-213-6561.Gift Card Raffle - Over $585 in gift cards to restaurants and other businesses! ONE lucky winner takes all! Winner willbe drawn at during theFebruary 17th boys basketball game. Winner need not be present. Tickets are $1 each, 6 for $5, and and arm's length (ap-proximately 14 tickets) for $10. Contact Shelli Kanzeg at 440-213-6561 or Norma Guidetti at 330-465-8292 to get yourtickets. All proceeds go to the junior class post prom.


Northwestern High SchoolNorthwestern High SchoolHonor and Merit RollHonor and Merit Roll

2nd Nine Weeks2017-18

1ST HONORS 4.010-OVER)Seniors: Jared Alberts, Emily Bouffard, Garrett Dever, Derik DuVall, Jr., Justin Ebert, Emily Finley,Sarah Fraser, Spencer Garrison, Isabella Gill, Nicolas Grassman, Caleb Groves, Hannah Kardohely,Margaret Linder, Nicole Russell, Mykenzie Snyder, Hunter Stidham, Cody Tegtmeier, Devin Whis-man, Amaya White, Austen WoodJuniors: Weslea Arthur, Mikayla Beegle, Grace Chupp, Jaimie Critzer, Skylar Dawson, Kaylie Dye,Isabella Flickinger, Hannah Fricke, Mackenzi Gray, Cortney Hoff, Elizabeth Kanzeg, Nikolas King,Elise Krajcik, Cassandra Nutter, Benjamin Pollizi, Cael Rowland, Kailey Schwartz, Kaitlyn Secrist,Brianna Shearer, Jadah Smith, Allison St. Clair, Olivia WakefieldSophomores: Colin Agnes, Jordan Allshouse, Austin Beegle, Claire Bond, Alexander Borton, JoshuaCline, Travis Cochran, James Evans, Zaine Garver, Taylor Howman, Jordan Melegari, Hunter Miller,Karlie Mowrer, Mehli Rogers, Leeanna Ruegg. Katherine Shambaugh, Aidan Spitler, Lindsey Sykes,Brianna Teal, Brock Tegtmeier, Rachel WinklerFreshmen: Samantha Barnette, Jillian Beun, Eleanore Bond, Gabriel Buchholz, Sara Cassady, ZaneFast, Mitchell Gray, Cierra Hershey, Elizabeth Howman, Valerie Imhoff, Katherine Linder, MorganMcCoy, Halie O’Loughlin, Lariah Severs, Allison Spencer, Hayden Stoller, Riley Stull, Liam Sykes,Megan Tomechko, Briana Troyan, Jacob Westover, Haley Wilson, Brooklyn Woodruff, Emma Ze-mancik2ND HONORS (3.75-4.00)Seniors: Taylor Dawson, Aaron Eicher, Jordan Gilbert, Peyton Hendricks, Hunter Kanzeg, Rae Rem-pher, Hayden Tiliske, Alyssa Toppins, Nicole WinklerJuniors: Trenton Boatner, Tanner Carlson, Avery Crumley, Peyton Edwards, Isaac Franks, AlexisHall, James McLaurin, Caleb Purdy, Alexandra Rowe Sophomores: Elliot Coffman, Jordyn Ference, Logan Haven, Phillip Howman, Savannah Hunt, Na-talie Mareno, Robert Martin, Makenzie Nowell, Cal Rhamy, Sarah Roder Freshmen: Brandon Casto, Mary Nixon, Noah Pack, Robert Soueid, Betty Stevens, Hailie Tomsik,Tamar Walton, Kylie Wellert3RD HONORS (3.000-3.740)Seniors: : Jessica Bair, Bryce Beery, Madison Cook, Maverick Duncan, Brandon Feist, Skyla Harp,Jacob Hudson, Chianne Neider, Michael Nutter, April StraitJuniors: Danielle Ballinger, Aubrey Bodager, Nicholas Burns, London Chaffee, Lindsey Ciolek,Daniel Dietrich, Gabriela Fabris Cordeiro, Raini Hershey, Nicholas Howman, Alora Hughes, KoltonKliner, Christopher Kovacs, Tori McConnell, Carter Melicant, Jessica Moats, Cody Morrow, CamiloRogers, Bethanie Schaefer, Shane Smith, Nathan Smithberger, Mason Taylor, Claire VaughanSophomores: Shelby Anderson, Jayla Berry, Lindsay Boak, Jett Conley, Jordan Deming, Skylar Ed-ington, Avery Garver, Rebecca Hall, Brooke Hinton, Nathaniel Hudson, Isabella Ingraham, TreytonJester, Allison Kandel, Matthew Kobak, Chase Leighty, Riley Massengill, Sasha McConahay, GraceMcCullough, Lawrence Noble, Tucker Ott, Kaitlyn Praisler, Abigail Ramseyer, Brock Rush, GabrielSarno, Ceili Smith, Lydia Smith, Montana Stidham, Makayla Stormer, Kenneth Strait, Haley Webb,Matthew YatesFreshmen:Rilee Ammon, Joseph Ballinger, Cassidy Brown, Max Carlson, Braden Colter, JamesCooke, Coleston Cutter, Tyler Farner, Gerald Fricke, Mercedes Gecking, Ryan Kuhn, Jason Markley,Cole McClure, Tanner Meininger, Dakota Rainsberger, Breanna Slanczka, Nathan Stoltz, Cole Wharton

Spaghetti Supper and Pops Concert

March 3rdThe Northwestern Music Boosters will

be holding its annual all you can eat spaghetti din-ner and pops concert March 3rd at NorthwesternHigh School, 7473 N. Elyria road, West Salem, 5-7:30p.m.

The menu includes spaghetti, homemademeat balls and sausage, garlic bread, toss salad orapple sauce, sherbet and beverage. Prices are $7for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens,preschoolers are free. Carry out available.

The fifth grade band will play at5:30p.m. and the sixth grade band will play at6:15p.m. Seventh and eight grade students willperform at 7p.m. The high School band will playat 7:45p.m. A raffle drawing will be held at 7:30prizes including hind quarter of beef, half hog,multiple gift card array of local restaurants, andmuch more. Need not be present to win.

Band members in grades five – 12 andchoir members grades seven – 12 will be sellingtickets for the raffle at $1 each or six for $5.

March 3March 35:00-7:305:00-7:30

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Mr. Joey BrightbillNorthwesternMiddle School

Principal

Message from Mr. Brightbill:I hope this message finds everyone

warm, safe and off to a great start to 2018! Ourstaff and students have been working extremelyhard to finish up the second quarter and begin thenew academic semester.

To enhance our student’s skills to be-come more college and career ready, our 8th gradestudents participated in a “Career Day” on January11, 2018. Area professionals came to Northwest-ern Middle School to conduct mock interviewsand listen to student presentations about their “JobShadow Internship” students completed this year.It is much appreciated that so many local profes-sionals came in to work and share their knowledgewith our students.

The NMS library is currently getting up-dated as we continue to enhance our building toimplement more 21st Century Skills. The librarywill be complete with new furniture and chairs thathave the ability to move and fit together in “Pods”so that students can work independently or ingroups. Along with furniture, we have installednew carpet and changed the color scheme withpaint and fabric. There will be a “MakerSpace”area designated in the library so staff and studentscan utilize STEM related projects and resourcesfor more hands on learning. I have added a fewpictures to the article to capture the look of the li-brary. I want to make sure to thank our custodialand maintenance staff for their hard work puttingthe library together over Christmas Break.

We have begun the process of looking atour master schedule for next school year. Eachyear we gather input from staff and students to re-view courses, curriculum and schedules to imple-ment or change for the next year. Academicscheduling for 2018-2019 for students will beginsometime in February.

Students will learn about courses from the middleschool and high school staff and have the oppor-tunity to view course selection books before se-lecting their classes. We are proud of our careerand academic pathway courses we offer here atNorthwestern Middle School and we continue toreview to enhance our current course options. State testing will begin at the end of March andfinish early May. As the dates get closer, moretesting information will be communicated withstudents and parents. You can view and help pre-pare your son or daughter for the tests athttp://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/students-and-fam-ilies/.

As always, we value community input,thoughts and ideas. Thank you for your continuedsupport for Northwestern Middle School. Best WishesMr. Joey BrightbillNMS Principal

Mr. Kimmich’s Design and Modeling8th grade students work with Mrs. Lee’s Kinder-garten students on a Christmas ornament project.While in the STEM lab, the students were visitedby a special guest, Santa Claus (Mr. Layton).Santa read all the students a Christmas story andpassed out gifts that were STEM related.

Northwestern Middle School studentsparticipate in their “Mock Interviews” during theCareer Fairy Day.

NMS UPCOMING DATESJanuary 24- Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00-

7:30 pmJanuary 30- Wayne County Spelling Bee 7:00pmFebruary 1- Early Release for Professional

DevelopmentFebruary 15 - Science Fair Judging

Early Release for Professional Development

February 16 & 19- No School February 23- End of the 3rd quarterMarch 1- Early Release for Professional

DevelopmentMarch 15- Early Release for Professional

DevelopmentMarch 26-30- Spring Break

Reminder: Parent/Guardian Drop off andPick-Up

As a reminder, we are asking students to bedropped off and picked up in the North park-

ing lot closest to the gym and practice field.We need to keep the lane in front of the schoolclear for the buses to pick up and drop off the

students. Thank You.


Academic Honor Roll2nd Nine Weeks 2017-18

All “A” Honor Roll8TH GRADE: Shayna Allshouse, Jacqueline Bar-rington, Arianna Borton, Deanna Devore, AveryGarver, Dominic Guidetti, Sarah Miller, EmmaNicholson, Alexus Sandy, Clara Zemancik7TH GRADE: Marina Aulger, Brailee Beun,Florida Blake, Addie Bodager, Jesse Evans, Made-lyn Fricke, Karissa Groves, Melanie Imhoff, Cait-lyn Leighty, Brooke McNeil, Gavin Phillips,Kylee Purdy, Daylie Rickard, Morgan Sexten,Lauren Vaughan, Jacob Wakefield, Paige WalterSamantha Yates6TH GRADE: Grant Bond, Kirsten Boreman,Quinn Fast, Alyssah Fisher, Logan Garman, Vir-ginia Hamers, Ellie Hanshaw, Jacob Heubner,Sophia Linder, Ethan Mausolf, Tristan Miller, Jen-nie Riffle, Ella Saal, Caydence Scale, HunterSciortino, Cade St. Clair, Kade Tegtmeier, LillianWakefield, Luke Walton, Joshua Webel, JonathonWiddowsAll “A” and “B” Merit Roll8TH GRADE: Weston Arthur, Rylee Dawson, Ad-dison DeSanto, Grant Dever, Zoey Dudte, StefanieEcker, Laurissa Fulton, Taylor Haley, Gabe Hen-dricks, Cassandra Hiner, Jameson Holtz, ArielHughes, Nathaniel Jackson, Riley James, KathleenKindall, Margaret McCullough, Ethan Miller,,Gunnar Mullet, Jake Newcombe, Emily Reed,Tori Rogers, Allison Rowland, Kaylyn Smith,Rachel Smithberger, Ryan Walter7TH GRADE: Jozielynn Brenner, Carissa BrinkerBrooklyn Buzzard, Gabriel Chupp, Arianna Fire-baugh, Harper Flores, Nolan Hartsel, Charlie Her-man, Alexa Hively, Cole Hoffer, Anthony Huber,Lindsey Luther, Jacquelyn McLaurin, CharleighMcMillan, Louisa Morris, Ava O’Loughlin, JuliaOurs, Trenton Sigler, Ava Stoller, Shelby Thorpe,Isabella Vacco, Danielle Wilkes, Hanna Wilson6TH GRADE: Emma Adkison, Brandon BarnetteLeona Buettner, Kara Burgan, Hayden Cline,Rylie Dugan, Jacob Farner, Owen Ferriman, Cay-den Fiala, Kendra Flickinger

Jacoby Gilbert, Gavin Hines, Madalyne Hunt,Mikalah Jones, Jocelyn Lucas, Benjamin MacFar-land, Faith Maiher, Alexzander Maxwell, JuliaNorby, Zoey Oldaker, Bradley Randall, GabriellaReam, Hattie Sciortino, Kierstin Skelly, AidenSklenicka, Jacob Ward, Keturah Weaver, AnthonyWelch, Carissa Whisman, Ivy Wintrow, McKennaWitucki, Josie Wright

NMS 6th Grade Visit Nursing Homes The 6th graders’ Caroling day in Decem-

ber was postponed due to the weather. We wereable to visit 3 nursing homes on January 11th,sharing the Christmas JOY with singing, the bandplaying, stories, conversation, and witnessing therelationship bonding with children and the elderly.We are very proud of our students and the the joythat they brought to all that they encountered.

Pictured below are the crafts that thesixth graders made and gave to the residents atthe nursing homes. They loved them!

Northwestern High School’sONE ACT PLAY participants.


Mrs. Rachel BeunNorthwesternMiddle School

Assistant Principal

NMS CAREER FAIROn Thursday, January 11, students in

Mrs. St. Clair’s English classes participated intheir very first Career Fair. Unlike other careerfairs where area professionals come to the schoolto share their expertise with students, the stu-dents, in this case, were the ones presenting thecareer information. Each student participated intwo separate events during the morning, whichinvolved Job Shadow presentations and StudentMock Interviews.

The Career Fair was developed to allowstudents the opportunity to share their career ex-pertise with area professionals. The presentationsegment of the morning involved students pre-senting their Job Shadow project to their peers,a teacher, and a professional who had experiencein that area/field. Student presentations were de-signed to share both research information, aswell as, their observations during their jobshadow experience, where students are given aday from school to work within their field or togo on a field trip. Students were required to havea prepared presentation to share with the groupthat accurately described the career that theychose. Students also fielded questions from theadults at the end of their presentation.

“I would hire you tomorrow,” wasamong the comments students heard during themock interview process, which was the secondpart of the morning. Participating in this seg-ment, students were interviewed individually byone of multiple area professionals who volun-teered.

Students rotated through the gym in themorning, visiting different tables and profession-als. Throughout their session, students receivedboth verbal and written feedback on their per-formance. Each volunteer was instructed tocoach students on their interview skills, allowingfor students to practice and understand the skillsnecessary for a successful interview.

The comments about the Career Fair was overwhelmingly positive from students, staff, andthe professionals who volunteered to help. By the end of the morning, most students were able to speakwith multiple adults and professionals, which allowed for both student practice and valuable feedback.By allowing students to practice both their presentation and interview skills, students were able to learnfrom professionals about the expectations in today’s job market, helping them to better prepare forfuture opportunities. The Career Fair is one of the many ways that NMS continues to strive to meetour district mission statement- “preparing students today for tomorrow’s opportunities!”

Cookies and Canvas Night…A FUNdraiser!The first cookies and canvas night was a huge success! The Northwestern art teachers would

like to give their thanks to the talented community for participating, volunteers who helped out duringthe event, and all of FCS for baking the cookies! All of the money raised will be going towards theart clubs and the art programs as a whole. We plan on holding more Cookies and Canvas events inthe fall, winter, and spring of next school year!


Mrs. Julie McCumber

NorthwesternElementary

Principal

Mrs. Tiano's kindergarten class. Theydiscussed the process of how to make a life-sizegingerbread man. They had to problem solve andcome up with what they needed to complete thisgingerbread man.

Northwestern Elementary has been offand running with the New Year. The first semesterof the 2017-2018 school year was very busy!Teachers and students are enjoying the new tech-nology in the classrooms and library. The Mak-erspace projects have been amazing and thestudents have been extremely excited to partici-pate in them. The students are starting to gear upfor Science Fair. Please join us for Family ScienceFair Night on February 21st from 5:00pm-7:00pm. The Science Fair projects will be dis-played in the hallway.

Parents continued support of ourfundraisers has been so gracious. Our PTO isthriving again which allows for added resourcesin the classrooms, and wonderful assemblies thatour students enjoy so much and that have en-riched our school. One assembly that we will beable to bring back is COSI on Wheels. This wasdiscussed at the PTO meeting that was held onJanuary 16. Please feel free to join us the fourthTuesday of each month at 4:00pm in the Library.We are always looking for feedback, new pro-grams and volunteers to help with the events wehave at our school. These events include BookFair, Santa Shop, Grandparents Day and FUNFAIR which will be taking place April 20th.

Northwestern Elementary and North-western High School are teaming together withANAZAO Community partners to create a Youth-led Mentoring Program called “Husky Buddies”.Husky Buddies uses a peer mentoring approachwith high school student leaders being trained towork with elementary students.

The high school students provide en-couragement, friendship and role modeling.

Participation in the Husky Buddy program is vol-untary for the elementary and high school stu-dents. It is overseen by school student servicesstaff and building principals. A big Thank You toDawn Wiles, Steve McCumber, Mike Burkholderand Anazao for helping develop the program.

Working Together CornerStudent Success depends heavily on

school and home working together. The word“MINDSET” and “DETERMINATION” arewords used often at NES. Students need to hearthese words from parents and staff in relation tomaking an effort, working hard, never giving up,and planning ahead are all important. We need toencourage students to set reasonable expectations,and celebrate with them when they make progresstoward their goal. In general, a growth mindset isthe belief that intelligence and ‘smartness’ can alsobe learned and that the brain grows from experi-ence and effort. The opposite, a fixed mindset, isthe idea that you are smart, or you are not. In mathfor example, that translates into “some people aregood at math and some are not.” Did you knowthat praising efforts, rather than intelligence or re-sults, can impact a child’s ability to persevere inchallenges?! The goal is to have children thrive onchallenges and see failures, not as a sign of lowintelligence, but as a learning opportunity. That iswhere “The Power of YET” comes into play! Forexample, “I may not understand this math problemyet!” Brain research tells us that making mistakesactually wires more connections into the brain.When a person has a growth mindset, they acceptchallenges, see their efforts as worthwhile, and areopen to learning from mistakes. How can we allhelp? Here are some simple ways through conver-sations that take place at home and the school en-vironment.

• Adding “yet” when they claim they are“not good at this” • Respond: You are not good at it “yet.”

• Ask questions that focus on their effortand choices and get them to reflect on satisfactionof that effort (What did you learn today? Whatmistakes did you make that taught you some-thing? What did you try hard at today?)

Thomas Edison said that he did not failat making the light bulb one thousand times, butrather that "the light bulb was an invention with1,000 steps.""I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've beentrusted to take the game winning shot... andmissed. I've failed over and over and over againin my life. That is why I succeed." (Michael Jor-dan)


3rd GRADE HONOR ROLLEmma Altman, Ryleigh Farner, Madison Frazier, Reed Hamey, Aiden Mausolf, Jace Rickard, ClaraSaal, Taryn Stoller, Kezia Weaver, Luke Wilkinson, Grace Wilson4th GRADE HONOR ROLLKaylee Cherry, Hayden Sigler, Audrina Smith, Josey Thomas5th GRADE HONOR ROLLJack Belding, Harmony Blake, Sara Corn, Bladen Friend, Mallory Gilbert, Ashton Good, ElaineGroves, Gino Guidetti, Kelli Kearney, Sydney McConahay, McKensie McCoy, Morgan Murphy,Gabriel Nicholson, Katherine Orosz, Chloe Starcher, Jule Stoller, Bella Stutz, Taylor Wurst3rd GRADE MERIT ROLLCameron Beck, Laci Butler, Jacob Cerklefskie, Jasmine Clark, Riley Damon, Garrett Diehl, LandonDominguez, Elaina Donnelly, Emma Fricke, Riley Graham, Riley Grier, Kenzie Hastings, ChloeHeater, Jake Howman, Lucas Jenkins, Brice Kick, Austin Kovacs, Carter Maxwell, LucasMooney, Sophia Morris, Owen Murphy, Brooke Nolletti, Bryce Nussbaum, Charlotte Radcliff,Alexia Ridenbaugh, Abner Rodriguez, Mason Salem, Daniel Shakan, Bricen Snow, Tim Spencer,Autumn Stamp, Makenna Stansfield, Nichole Troyan, Selena Velez, Abby Webel, Alivia Welch,Allie Wellert, Veda Wickens, Elijah Wilson, Alexandra Yoder4th GRADE MERIT ROLLSophia Ahrendt, Camryn Boak, Claire Buchholz, James Cassady, Adelynne Cassidy, Corbin Chanay,Addy Connelly, Emmalee Connelly, Makenna Connelly, Jason Diehl, Asher Erf, Jackson Evans, LoganFiala, Adam Franks, C.J. Frybarger, Mason Gray, Caden Grier, Coralyn Hall, Jenna Hjerpe, GabiKlinect, Kolten McKinley, Chet McNeil, Lexie Palker, Mia Rosales, Collin Rouse, Millie Sexten,Alaric Trimble, Austin Webb, Holly Widdows, Cy Witmer, Audri Yeagley, Mackenzie Zahradnicek5th GRADE MERIT ROLLKeira Beard, Isaac Beun, Philip Boehm, Kristanna Bradford, Karizma Brinker, Gabby Cubur, KaylaCutter, Natalie Dobbins, Morgan Ervin, Braiden Franks, Nathaniel Fulton, Caeden Graham, AaronHales, Jacob Haley, Will Hamey, Ayden Hendricks, Danyel Hyatt, Taya Kaufman, Jesse Kimble, NoahLee, Cole Loy, Colton Mark, Lacey Mark, Lilly May,Dani, McClure, Mason Meininger, Colton Miller, JosiaMoats, Avery Mullet, Mason Myers, Kalyn Nelson, Emi-lie, Ott, Jenifer Rodriguez Alonzo, Cheyenne Sadler,Logan Shriver, Beth Siedlack, Benjamin Spencer, BraydanSpringer, Rylee Stafford, Alexandra Stoltz, Heidi Topp,Alysa Troyan, Josh Webel, Jailynn Woodruff

2nd Nine Weeks2017-18

Kindergarten Christmas Concert

Grinch Day fruit snacks createdby second grade students

WINTER IS COLDWINTER IS COLDTHERE IS SNOW IN THE SKYTHERE IS SNOW IN THE SKY

THE SQUIRREL GATHER NUTSTHE SQUIRREL GATHER NUTSAND THE WILD GEESE FLYAND THE WILD GEESE FLY

THE FLUFFY RED FOXTHE FLUFFY RED FOXHAS HIS FUR TO KEEP WARMHAS HIS FUR TO KEEP WARM

THE BEAR’S IN HER CAVETHE BEAR’S IN HER CAVESLEEPING ALL THRU THE STORMSLEEPING ALL THRU THE STORM


STEM Preschool was working hard ontheir elf tool belts! They also shared their petreindeer stories!

Stem Preschool Students working ontheir cinnamon ornaments. They had toknead, roll, and flatten the dough.

STEM CHALLENGEBuild the tallest treeWe did a STEM challenge to see who could buildthe tallest Christmas tree. The class all had 25 cupsand they worked in groups of 3. They had 30 min-utes to try to build the tallest tree. Two teams tied in the challenge with their treesboth measuring at 48inches!

STEM PRESCHOOLStudents learning about jobs within a schoolbuilding. Mr. Phelps showing them his floorcleaning machine. He demonstrated the machineand explained it to the students. He uses this ma-chine to keep our school clean.

Appointment times will be available startingFeb. 1st Please call 419-846-3519, ext. 3101 to scheduleyour child’s screening time.Registration DayPlease bring your child, birth certificate, immu-nization records, any custody papers that mayapply, driver’s license (w current address), andproof of residency (it can be a utility bill or junkmail with your name and address on it). You willalso need to know your child’s social securitynumber for some of the paperwork.

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONKindergarten Registration for the 2018-19 schoolyear kindergarten class will be held March 20th& March 21st at the Mohican Church of theBrethren. The church is located at 7759 NorthElyria Road, West Salem. If you have a child whowill be five years old on or before August 1st,2018, please call the school to schedule an ap-pointment for the screening.


Northwestern STEM PreschoolNorthwestern STEM PreschoolEverything you IMAGINE, you can do…and whatever you

DREAM will come true!

Simply THE BEST start for your child!A wise Investment & Value for your child’s future!

Northwestern is the ONLY K-12 STEM School District in Ohio - asdesigned by OSLN!

AboutNorthwestern Preschool is an inquiry based/STEM support approach to earlylearning. It is our objective to meet the needs of young learners through creativethinking, problem solving, and using their critical thinking skills in all curricularareas. The classroom environment stimulates self-motivated learning along withfostering responsibility, self-discipline, and confidence.

ApplyingA $20.00 application fee is required for the 2018-2019 school year registration!Applications available on our website and may be picked up at Northwestern Ele-mentary Office or Northwestern Local Schools Board of Education Office.

DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS April 30, 2018 LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE

TuitionTuition is $198.00 per month. If you have already paid a current preschool regis-tration fee from another school, it will be reimbursed upon acceptance (with re-ceipt).

Northwestern Elementary School7334 N. Elyria Rd.

West Salem, OH 44287419-846-3519

http://www.northwestern-wayne.k12.oh.us

Mrs. Hartzler’s KindergartenClass.

We finished our unit on Martin LutherKing with a STEM Project. The children learnedthat Martin Luther King is a famous American.They first drew a plan and than they were to builda Monument in his honor.


Northwestern Alumni &Northwestern Alumni &Friends AssociationFriends Association

The Northwestern Alumni & Friends Associationhas been busy preparing for this year’s inductionceremony. A selection committee of Northwesternalumni and friends was assembled and given thetask of determining the most worthy to be includedin the 2018 HOF/HOH class of inductees from thenomination forms submitted by members of thecommunity. A total of six individuals will be rec-ognized at the ceremony on June 23, 2018. Theirnames will be published when all inductees havereceived their congratulatory packets!The Northwestern Alumni & Friends Associationwelcome more involvement by the area and not inarea graduates and/or attendees of NorthwesternHigh School, Chester High or Elementary, WestSalem Elementary, or Congress School/JuniorHigh. As a group, we encourage nominations forany graduate/attendee and any ‘friend’ who haveor is felt to have contributed to the community andbeyond our local area such as Iowa, Africa, MiddleEast, etc. in any capacity. These forms can bedownloaded from www.northwestern-wayne.k12.oh.us or picked up at the high schooladministrative office. After the induction ceremony on June 23, 2018,the NWAFA will host a banquet. This annualevent brings together reunion year classmates withdesignated years being honored by the NWAFA.A reservation form are available in the next twoeditions of this newsletter, may be picked up ineach of the school offices and board offices, andfrom www.northwestern-wayne.k12.oh.us. Reser-vations must be received by May 31, 2018 withpayment enclosed to the banquet treasurer, HelenRaudebaugh.The next meeting of the Northwestern Alumni &Friends Association will be held on February 8,2018 at 7 pm in the high school library. Any ques-tions or concerns please bring to the meeting or e-mail [email protected].

NORTHWESTERN ALUMNI & FRIENDS ASSOCIATIONFifteenth Annual NW Reunion & Community BanquetFifteenth Annual NW Reunion & Community Banquet

Seventh Biennial Alumni Hall of Fame/Community Hall ofSeventh Biennial Alumni Hall of Fame/Community Hall ofHonor Induction CeremonyHonor Induction Ceremony

Saturday June 23, 2018 at Northwestern High SchoolInduction ceremony is free & open to the public in the School Auditorium at 3:30. p.m.

Social time: 5:00 P.M. Catered Dinner 6:00 P.M. Program: 7:00 P.M.Dinner reservations required, non-refundable, Children 5 & under-Free

Children 6 thru 11 - $9.50, Children 12 thru Adult $19.00RESERVATION DEADLINE May 31, 2018; Reservations not confirmed

without payment.The 50 year class of 1968, and 60 Year class of 1958 will be recognized.

For a downloadable on-line printable reservation form visit:www.northwestern-wayne.k12.oh.us

Click on Alumni link then on reservationFor further information contact any of the following;

Richard & Jo-An Young: 330-264-6847; e-mail, [email protected] Raudebaugh: 330-264-0253; e-mail, [email protected]

Dwight & Judy Wasson: 330-465-5943; email, dwightwasson@yahoo.com-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northwestern Alumni & Friends Association Dinner Reservation FormRESERVATION DEADLINE MAY 31, 2017; non-refundable, not confirmed with-

out payment.Enclose a check made payable to: Northwestern Alumni & Friends Association

# Children under 5 ___, 6 thru 11 ___, 12 thru Adult ___. TOTAL # attending _____

Mail To; Helen Raudebaugh, 1579 Avalon, Wooster, OH 44691PLEASE PRINT ALL INFORMATION & NAMES as you want them to appear

on NAME TAGSNAME ________________________________ NW grad __ Yes __ No NW Class of __________

NAME ________________________________ NW grad __ Yes __ No NW Class of __________

ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________________PHONE NUMBER ____________________________ Total Amount Enclosed $ _____________

EMAIL ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________Included in my check is a donation of $ _______ to assist with 2018 HOF/HOH CeremoniesIncluded in my check is a donation of $ _______ to assist with general expenses of AssociationIncluded in my check is a donation of $ _______ to assist with NA&F Scholarship fund

The Association is tax exempt. Donations of $25.00 or more will receive a receipt.


FFA articles written and submittedby Emily Finley

ReporterNorthwestern-Wayne FFA Chapter

Northwestern High School

FFA Members Ring Bells for the Salvation Army

On December 21st, members of theNorthwestern FFA Chapter participated in bellringing at Walmart in Wooster. The Chapter vol-unteered to ring bells from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to helpthe Salvation Army raise money for those in need.Members signed up in 1 hour shifts with one or 2other people. Rae Rempher, Emily Finley, TravisCochran, Dylan Martin, Brock Tegtmeier, AustinBeegle, McKenzi Snyder, Cole Marley, SilasSmith, Skylar Dawson, Taylor Dawson, JordanMelegari, Claire Vaughan, Leeanna Ruegg, Alli-son Ruegg, Desiree Smith, Cassidy Brown, BrianaTroyan, Riley Stull, Mercedes Gerking, Sara Cas-sady, Devon Malcomb, Cody Morrow, KyleBadger, Abby Ramseyer, Savanna Hunt, MaddyCherry, Dylan Martin, Spencer Garrison, JeffGuidetti, Kaitlyn Praisler, Avery Garver, JazonLeMaster, Jayla Berry, Malibu Hess, Jessie Bair,Tori McConnell, Austen Wood, and Cody Tegt-meier all volunteered their time and rang bells.

The Northwestern FFA Chapter is thank-ful for the opportunity to ring bells and is lookingforward to participating in this projectin future years

Northwestern FFA Parliamentary Pro-cedure Teams Compete at State

On Saturday, December 16th, membersof the Northwestern FFA Chapter traveled to TheOhio State University for the state parliamentaryprocedure contest. Both teams qualified to com-pete at the state contest by placing 1st at the dis-trict level.

The varsity parliamentary procedureteam consisted of Brock Tegtmeier (Chair), AustenWood, Cody Tegtmeier, Kyle Piscione (Secretary),Cody Morrow, and David Miley. Zach Smith andJessie Bair were the team’s alternates. The teamplaced 3rd in the semi-finals.

The novice parliamentary procedureteam was made up of The novice team consistedof, Sara Cassady (Chair), Riley Stull (Chair),Craig Wellert, Desiree Smith, Haley Wilson, Va-lerie Imhoff, Cole Wharton, and Lizzy Howman.The team placed 5th overall in the state.

Teams were scored on running a businessmeeting using correct abilities of parliamentaryprocedure, effectiveness of debate, overall profes-sionalism, the secretary’s minutes, correct re-sponses to a set of oral questions, and a written testtaken beforehand. The Northwestern FFA Chapterwould like to congratulate these members for theirsuccess throughout this contest due to their hardwork and dedication.

The Novice Parliamentary Procedure Team(from left to right): Craig Wellert, DesireeSmith, Riley Stull, Haley Wilson, Sara Cas-sady, Valerie Imhoff, Lizzy Howman, and ColeWharton.

The Advance Parliamentary Procedure Team(from left to right): Zach Smith, Brock Tegt-meier, Jessie Bair, Austen Wood, David Miley,Kyle Piscione, Cody Morrow, and Cody Tegt-meier.


Northwestern FFA Member Competes in State Job InterviewOn Saturday, December 2nd, Emily Finley, daughter of

Chuck and Jean Finley, competed in the State Job Interview contestin Columbus, where she placed 9th in her division consisting of 4thyear FFA members.

This career development event is designed to give FFA mem-bers the opportunity to learn about the interviewing process, as wellas practice interviewing for a job. Members are required to fill out ajob application, complete a cover letter, create a resume participate ina mock interview, and complete a follow up letter.

Northwestern 6th Grade Washington DC Trip AuctionWhen: March 9, 2018 starting at 5:00 p.m. - Purchasing of Gift Certifi-cates March 10, 2018 starting at 9:00 a.m.AuctionWhere: Northwestern Middle SchoolWeekly updates are made to our auc-tion website: http://nms6thevents.weebly.com/auc-tion-items.html

**** Northwestern High School GUIDANCE NOTES******** Northwestern High School GUIDANCE NOTES****It’s always hard to believe when we’re midway through the year and already gearing up for next year. Scheduling presentations to students to re-

ceive information about selecting classes for next year will take place in February. I hope you’ll be able to attend the annual parent scheduling meeting tohear about course options for next year and all the options we are able to offer our students; details on the meeting will coming on daily announcements. I am proud of the work our seniors have been doing on college applications and career planning through the Naviance system. Almost 50% of our seniorshave submitted college applications to 2-year and 4-year schools, with most students applying to at least 3 colleges. Scholarship announcements areadded on Naviance as information is received. Through Senior Seminar, Internships, Apprenticeships, and our Senior Capstone classes, seniors are alsoreceiving practical, hands-on career training and learning valuable real-world skills that employers are seeking.

Please be sure to check out the Guidance site for exciting Summer Opportunities for students including internships, camps, etc. Congratulations to our 8 sophomores and juniors who self-selected to take the PSAT in October. All 8 students performed above the 50th per-

centile compared to all other students nationwide who tested. We also have four students who scored at 90th percentile or above: Claire Bond, CortneyHoff, Katie Koontz, and Olivia Wakefield. Katie and Olivia scored in the top 1% of all juniors in the country, and we are looking forward to see if theyadvance in the National Merit Scholarship selection process. A few reminders for upcoming dates/events of things happening at the high school:• February 27: Juniors will take the state ACT at the high school. This is offered at no cost to families and students do NOT register online for thisparticular test only.• March 9: Regular deadline to register for the national April 14th ACT. Students must register themselves online at www.act.org. This is an im-portant test for any student interested in College Credit Plus (CCP) next year if they have not already taken the ACT and received a qualifying score. • April 1: Any student interested in CCP for next year must have returned a completed “CCP Intent Form” to the Guidance Office. See guidanceor download the form from the Guidance website.


Northwestern Local SchoolsNorthwestern Local SchoolsCalendar 2017-18Calendar 2017-18

2017Monday, August 21 Convocation DayTuesday, August 22 First Day for StudentsMonday, September 4 NO SCHOOL - Labor DayMonday, September 11 NO SCHOOL - Fair DayTuesday, September 12 NO SCHOOL - Professional Development DayWedn., September 13 NO SCHOOL - Professional Development Day - WFriday, October 13 NO SCHOOL - Professional Development Day - WFriday, October 20 End of First Nine Weeks (41 Pupil Days)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, November 2 Parent/Teacher Conferences: H.S. and M.S.Tues./Thurs., Oct.31&Nov. 2 Parent/Teacher Conferences: ElementaryThursday, November 23 and NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving VacationFriday, November 24 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving VacationMonday, November 27 NO SCHOOL - Compensatory TimeThursday, December 21 NO SCHOOL - Christmas VacationWednesday, January 3, 2018 School ReconvenesFriday, January 12, 2018 End of Second Nine Weeks ( 49 Pupil Days)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2018Monday, January 15 NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King DayThursday, January 18 Parent/Teacher Conferences: H.S. and M.S.Mon./Wedn., Jan.29 & 31 Parent/Teacher Conferences: ElementaryFriday, February 16 NO SCHOOL - Compensatory TimeMonday, February 19 NO SCHOOL - President’s DayFriday, March 23 End of Third Nine Weeks ( 48 Pupil Days)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Monday, March 26 -30 NO SCHOOL - Easter VacationThursday, April 5 Parent/Teacher Conferences: H.S. and M.S.Monday, May 28 NO SCHOOL - Memorial DayWednesday, May 30 Student’s Last Day (42 Pupil Days)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, May 31 Teacher’s Last Day

Days in Session with pupils present including 2 parent/teacher conference comp & waiver days 180Professional Development 1

Convocation Day & Teacher work days 3( One of the work days needs to be between August 1-21)

TOTAL 184MAKE UP DAYSFirst March 26 Sixth June 1 If make up days are necessary,Second March 27 Seventh June 4 teacher work day will follow the Third March 28 Eighth June 5 last make up day.Fourth March 29 Ninth June 6Fifth May 31 Tenth June 71

DON’T MISS OUT !!DON’T MISS OUT !!Board of Education MeetingBoard President Laura Woodring3rd Monday each month 7:00 p.m.HS Library

District Facilities CommitteeChair Kim WellertMeets 4 times a yearWatch newspaper for dates and timesDistrict Conference Room

All Sports AssociationPresident Julie Ulrich1st Monday each month 7:30 p.m.HS Commons

Music BoostersPresident Audrey Pollizi3rd Tuesday each month 7:00 p.m.( Do not meet June, July, December)HS Band room

RuritansPresident Dwight Wasson2nd Monday each month 7:00 p.m.HS Commons

Football ClubPresident Craig Wellert3rd Monday each month 7:00 p.m.HS Commons

Soccer ClubPresident Steve Wellert1st Tuesday each month 6:00 p.m.Elementary Cafeteria

Elementary PTOPresident Kim WituckiMeetings 3:45 ES Library - TBA

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If you have information that you would like inthis newsletter, please contact Diane Hannah by

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will be:March 28, May 23, July 25,

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The Northwestern Middle School library updates! Along with Husky col-

ors, there are colors of “Lime Green” and“Teal” accents throughout the room. NMS stu-dents pictured here are enjoying the new loungechairs and rolling desks in the library.

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