
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.

NCES honored our Books are Fun Book Blast 3-Prize Winners and Treasure Chest Winner on 10/25/2023 at Viking Time (see picture and list of all winners). Congrats!



Check point achieved! The 1st winner of the Book Blast Treasure Chest is Katherine Aitchison! Congratulations! Now, more treasure awaits ahead…. If you haven’t yet, register and enter contact info for 15+ people to support your adventurer’s home library and for the chance to unlock the next Treasure Chest prize: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/Nauvoo-ColusaES62354. #BookBlastAdventures


The NASA (Nauvoo Against Substance Abuse) group will be providing sunglasses for ALL NCES students for the dress up day on Thursday. They will be handed out to the students Thursday morning.

Book Blast begins today! Spend 7 minutes tonight completing the Treasure Map to earn cool rewards, be entered to win prize drawings, and start building your home library. Invite 10+ friends and family members to earn your rewards and 15+ for a chance to win one of four Treasure Chests or an iPad! Visit http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/Nauvoo-ColusaES62354 and unlock your treasure! #BookBlast #UnlockTheTreasure #BookBlastAdventures
The first 40 students to register and invite 10+ friends and family members will receive the 3 rewards the very next day! Any student who qualifies after that will receive the 3 rewards after the event.

We will be celebrating Red Ribbon week in style next week. See the attached flyer for dress-up day details.


NCES Parents/Guardians, please be aware and plan accordingly for Parent/Teacher Conferences on Oct. 25-26, at 3:30-7:00 pm. The Elementary (PreK-6) conferences are by appointment, contact Ms. Tacy Nelson to set an appt. For Jr. High (7-8) conferences, parents/guardians can walk in to meet with each teacher. There will be NO SCHOOL on Fri. Oct. 27, 2023. We look forward to seeing parents/guardians at NCES for conferences!

Congratulations to our recent "Reading Counts" award students for reading books and earning points to achieve this honor! We honored them on 10/18/2023 with certificates from Mrs. Litchfield. Pictured in the photo, left to right: Aimee Childs, Anna Evans, Addison Squire, Jonas Torgerson, Craig Bodily, Grant Squire, Miles Aitchison, Jacob Hill, and Cooper Stull. (not pictured: Colton Schmitz). Keep up the reading and learning, Vikings!


Attention, adventurers! Our Book Blast event starts next week where we will set off in search of treasure to build our students' home libraries. Follow the steps on the Treasure Map coming home next week to embark on an epic quest to earn exciting rewards and books. #BookBlastAdventures


Sips On The Go will be setup in the school parking lot this Friday, Oct 13th. They will be open to the public from 7:30-10am.

Important Announcement for 7th-8th Grade Boys interested in playing on the N-C Jr. High Basketball Team this year: The Parent/Player Meeting will be held at 6:00 pm Oct. 10th here at NCES with Coach Sinele. Players and parents please plan to attend this meeting. Thank you.

Please remember to call the school, or email me before 8:30am if your student won't be attending school or if you know they will be in late.
Please also remember to obtain a note from the doctor's office excusing your student from school if your student had an appointment.


Congratulations to our September 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 9/29/2023, during Viking Time. Pictured, left to right: Brink Burtalo, Luke Mason, Jonas Torgerson, Allison Siegworth, Annabelle Burtalo, Carson Martens, Mesa Kohl, Madelyn Siegworth, Annika Torgerson, Cora Hancock, Anthony Evans, Jaedann Martens, Avery Squire, Mr. Dennis Jones, and Mr. Ryan Kohl. Not pictured: Jordan Schisler. 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.
