Northwestern School District

What better way to kickoff February than with a celebration for the 100th day of school?! Mrs. Johnson's first grade students spent their day engaging in fun lessons and activities.

It's National School Counseling Week! We would like to give a quick shout out to our amazing counseling team at NW!

Counselors Miss Campbell & Mr. Nieder, Secretary Mrs. Frawley at Northwestern High School
Counselor Mrs. Hannah and Secretary, Mrs. Duda at Northwestern Middle School
Counselor Mrs. Andrews and Student Support Services Specialist Mrs. Finazzo at Northwestern & Springfield Elementary

Thank you for always supporting and encouraging the students to be successful each and every day!
#NSCW26

Do you have a 3 or 4-year old who is ready for preschool? The YMCA is currently enrolling children for the 2026-2027 school year for their Pre-K Counts program. Find out more by clicking the link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lte2Fuz55Y7Lxy18clpvHNAO1X8RRhvx/view?usp=sharing

The Northwestern School District will operate on a 2-hour delay on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 due to the Extreme Cold Warning.

The Northwestern School District will operate on a 2-hour delay Monday, January 26th.

Today high school students on the Youth Advisory Committee for The Nutrition Group took part in a food tasting and critique. Our cafeteria staff graciously prepared some new entrees as well as a la carte items. Students were given the chance to interact with our cafeteria crew and provide meaningful feedback from the student perspective. Thank you to The Nutrition Group for their wonderful work in our cafeterias every single day!

1.15.2026 at 1:17pm

Middle and high school students will be dismissed at 2:10pm today in an effort to keep our elementary bus runs on schedule this afternoon.

All after school activities are cancelled for this afternoon due to weather conditions.

Northwestern HS FBLA is competing at Penn State Behrend today. Best of luck to all of our Wildcats!

Congratulations to the Academic Decathlon Team who competed at Penn State Behrend over the weekend. A special congratulations to Bogdan Garkushov who earned a bronze in Economics, Ella Risjan who earned a bronze medal in Economics and Social Science, and Blake Nine who won bronze medals in Math, Social Science and Speech. Nice work Wildcats!

Today, Mr. Clark's Forensic Science classes had the distinct privilege of interacting with Special Agent Jason Wick. Agent Wick serves our country as an explosive & arson expert. He took time this morning with our students to discuss the cases that he has worked on in the United States. Our Forensic Science classes have been studying cases that impacted our country such as the Pizza Bomber case right here in Erie, PA. Agent Wick played a key role in the investigation on that case right here in Erie County. Thank you to Special Agent Wick for taking his time to speak with Northwestern HS students today.

Northwestern Elementary students ended last week with a fun theme day, Gingerbread Man Day. https://www.canva.com/design/DAG7ldmldfQ/-MgBpB6ocuerB7HI38XDZw/watch?utm_content=DAG7ldmldfQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h88dd8ab644

12.10.2025---The after-school ​MELIA program at Northwestern and Springfield Elementary is cancelled for tonight due to the weather conditions.

Last Thursday, some of our elementary students participated in the Shop with a Hero event at Walmart. They were paired up with first responders and then did a little holiday shopping together. Many thanks to those who organized the event!
#shopwithahero

Our students and staff are getting in the holiday spirit. Today was Grinch day at Northwestern Elementary!

Looking for some entertainment this weekend? Come check out the Northwestern's Got Talent show this Friday, December 5 at 7pm in the PAC (high school auditorium).

The Autism Society of Northwestern PA offers unique events and programs tailored to assist individuals with autism and their families. Check out their upcoming events and programs, https://www.autismnwpa.org/events/. Be sure to register when needed.

Exciting news, Northwestern families!

Carrie Soerensen, French & German Instructor at the High School is leading a 2027 trip to France, Germany & the Alps. RSVP for the virtual info session: https://rsvp.eftours.com/z89rpyf.

Families of NW Sophomores...

Students received information about ordering class rings (and a new option - class belt buckles!) on 10/31.

A rep will be in the high school to take orders on Friday, 11/7. Orders can also be turned in to Miss Campbell until Christmas break.

More information is available in your student's Office Google Classroom.