The 7th grade boys game has been canceled for tonight.
The 8th grade game is still going on and will start at 5:30.
The 7th Grade Girls Basketball sectional game will be played in Virginia, IL on November 29th @ 6:30.
A fan bus is being offered to our Jr. High students for $3. To ride the bus they will need to obtain and fill out a permission slip from the office.
Congratulations to our 7th grade girls basketball regional champs! Shirt orders are going in on Tuesday. Complete this form and send it in with your student ASAP!
Congratulations to our recent "Reading Counts" students! On 11/8/2023 we honored elem. students who read books and earn points to achieve this recognition! We honored them with certificates from Mrs. Litchfield. Group picture, L to R: Mia Griffiths, Allison Siegworth, Talmage Squire, Maddy Jo Ralph, Lena Primmer, Annika Torgerson, Isaac Shurtleff, Anthony Evans, Alex Pilkington, Colton S., Sam Torgerson, Jacob Hill, Stone Hill. Other picture, L to R: Siouxfirra Young, Brooklyn Leonard, Ianna Feikert, Tatum Griffiths. Keep on reading and learning, Vikings!
The 7th Grade Girls Basketball Regional Championship will be broadcast live on YouTube for anyone that would like to tune in.
To find the game you will search for "TSSR 7th Grade Regional Championship Game" on YouTube.
The game starts at 5pm.
The PTO meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Nov 29th @ 3:15.
At the meeting new officers will be elected. Participating in PTO gives parents and teachers the opportunity to work together to supplement and enrich the educational experiences of the students. Please consider becoming involved with PTO.
Another reminder to Nauvoo-Colusa Students, Staff, Parents, and Veterans: NCES will host an all-school Veterans Day Assembly at 1:45 pm Nov. 9th, in the Jr. High Gym. We invite all veterans and their families to join us for this special assembly to honor all veterans and thank them for their service to our country. Thank you, veterans, for coming if you can, if not, NCES thanks you for your service!
The Scholastic Book Fair will be open until Monday at noon. One last chance to send in money with students to purchase books! We are close to meeting a big goal which would purchase books for every classroom, plus more books for the school library.
Announcement to all Nauvoo-Colusa Students, Staff, Parents, and Veterans: Our school will host an all-school Veterans Day Assembly at 1:45 pm Nov. 9th, in the Jr. High Gym. We invite all veterans and their families to join us for this special assembly to honor all veterans and thank them for their service to our country. Thank you, veterans, for coming if you can, if not, NCES thanks you for your service!
NCES is sponsoring a food drive!
Beginning today and going through the 17th of November. Send nonperishable foods or your spare change to school to help the local food pantry and for a chance to win your class a pizza party!
It's finally here! We have the iPad winner for our Book Blast! Congratulations to Teagan Seiber! Students have done a fabulous job of completing their Treasure Maps this past week. Nice job with building your home libraries! We are very proud of students, and remember just because the iPad drawing is over does not mean the Book Blast is over. Students will receive at least one new, exciting book for their home libraries, but you have the chance to earn ten (10)! #BookBlastAdventures
NCES celebrated Red Ribbon Week on Oct. 23-31, 2023. Students created posters to promote making good choices and staying drug free. The Top 3 winners of the Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest are pictured, with their posters, from left to right: Gavin Jackson (1st place), Adelaide McMillen (3rd place), and Elizabeth Kohl (2nd place). Congrats to our winners and we thank them for their time, work, and creativity on their posters!
Congratulations, Braxen Stevenson, for being our 4th and final Book Blast Treasure Chest winner! Way to go! The grand prize drawing for the iPad is tomorrow! Make sure you’ve invited 15+ friends and family members by tonight to be entered for a chance to win. Don't miss this golden opportunity! If you haven’t already, register here: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/Nauvoo-ColusaES62354. #BookBlastAdventures
Tomorrow we will be hosting our annual costume contest in the gym at 1pm with elementary classroom Halloween parties to follow.
Please don't send your student to school in their costume, they will be given time to change into their costume before the contest.
Congratulations to our October 2023 "Viking Pride Award" recipients! These students and staff displayed kindness, respect, honesty, and/or support for others. We recognized them with certificates and gifts on 10/30/2023, during Viking Time. Pictured, left to right: (staff) Mr. D. Jones, Ms. McCarty, Mrs. Belshaw, Ms. Mathews, Mrs. Sedore, (students) Kamryn Sherburne, Savannah Lamma, Mackenzie Shaw, Isaac Shurtleff, Mesa Kohl, Sutton Radel, Tess Bodily, Caleb Edwards, Carson Martens. (Staff) in separate picture, Ms. Tacy Nelson. Thank you to all students and staff for displaying your Viking Pride! Thank you to our sponsors who donate gift certificates to support NCES and Viking Pride: The Red Front and The Fudge Factory.
Congratulations, Ellie Fink, for being our 3rd Book Blast Treasure Chest winner! Way to go! There is still time to win one more Treasure Chest or an iPad by inviting 15+ friends or family members: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/Nauvoo-ColusaES62354. Let’s keep up the momentum to help build our students’ home libraries! If you’d like to support our school and help all our students have access to more books, please donate here: https://bit.ly/Nauvoo-ColusaBookBlastCommunityLink. Your support truly makes a world of difference in their education! #BookBlastAdventures
Congratulations, Theresa Bodily, for being our 2nd Book Blast Treasure Chest winner! Way to go! There is still time to win a Treasure Chest or an iPad by inviting 15+ friends or family members: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/Nauvoo-ColusaES62354. Let’s keep up the momentum to help build our students’ home libraries! If you’d like to support our school and help all our students have access to more books, please donate here: https://bit.ly/Nauvoo-ColusaBookBlastCommunityLink. Your support truly makes a world of difference in their education! #BookBlastAdventures
Today NCES honored our Books are Fun Book Blast 3-Prize Winners and Treasure Chest Winner on 10/26/2023 at Viking Time (see pictures and list of winners). Congrats!
We are happy to have a Scholastic Bookfair going on!
Below are the hours:
Tonight (10/26) 3:30-7:00
Monday (10/30): 3:30-6:30
Tuesday (10/31): Open during costume parade and class parties- 1:00-3:30
Wednesday: 3:30-6:00
Some clarification amidst confusion:
Today (10/26)we will dismiss at our normal time, 2:55pm. Parent teacher conferences will continue from 3:30-7pm.
Tomorrow (10/27) school will not be in session.