Northwest News
2025-2026
🌟🎄 Holiday Happiness 🎄🌟
December has arrived, bringing with it cheerful smiles, creative outfits, and festive celebrations through concerts and class events. During this exciting time, please continue supporting your children at home by encouraging them to be respectful, responsible, and make safe choices at school. Amidst the hustle and bustle, we hope you find joy in the holiday season, sharing special moments with family and friends.
Weather Preparedness Reminder
Please ensure your children are dressed appropriately for the weather, as we continue to have outdoor recess unless it's dangerously cold. To prevent items from getting lost, consider labeling your child's jacket and belongings. Encourage them to check the lost-and-found if something goes missing.
Portrait of a Cedar: Critical Thinker
This month, we're excited to focus on the character trait of being a "Critical Thinker." We'll explore what it means to think critically and why it's important in our everyday lives. Throughout the month, students will learn how to understand the big picture, propose solutions based on evidence, evaluate and prioritize different solutions, and seek ways to resolve conflicts. We look forward to recognizing and celebrating those students who show these valuable skills in their learning journey.
Connect
We encourage you to stay connected with your child's classroom through SeeSaw and MyPowerHub. If you encounter any difficulties reaching your child's teacher, please don't hesitate to contact the Northwest Office. Our Northwest team is committed to fostering community connections and will keep you informed about all the exciting events happening at school.
With Unity and Northwest Pride,
NW Administration
Principal, Mrs. Jennifer Nordall, jnordall@lebanon.k12.pa.us
Assistant Principal, Mrs. Jill Becker, jbecker@lebanon.k12.pa.us
📕 Book BINGO 📘
Northwest students, families, and staff filled the cafetorium for a fun night of BINGO and snacks!
📕 Book BINGO 📘
📕 Book BINGO 📘
Many thanks to our Literacy Coaches, Mrs. Custer and Mrs. Johnson, for planning and organizing an enjoyable literacy event!
Grade 1
✄ Crafts with LHS NHS ✄
LHS National Honor Society students paid a special visit to NW to do a craft with Mrs. Hill's class!
Grade 5
📗 Starbooks Cafe 📗
Students in Mrs. Matz's classes participated in a special book tasting to kick-off the next Module in ELA.
📗 Starbooks Cafe 📗
Students enjoyed sampling and rating a variety of books, chatting with peers, and munching on snacks!
🎨 Creative Artists ♻️
Northwest students recently created recycle-themed artwork for the City of Lebanon Department of Public Works.
🎨 Creative Artists ♻️
Selected student artwork will be displayed in the department office as a reminder to reduce, reuse, and recycle!
🎨 Creative Artists ♻️
Thank you to our talented Art teacher, Miss Reigert, for all you do to teach, support, and inspire!
🔴 Portrait of a Cedar 🔵
Congratulations to one student selected in each grade level who exemplified the character trait "PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE" with consistency throughout the month of September! 🌟
🔴 Portrait of a Cedar 🔵
Congratulations to one student selected in each grade level who exemplified the character trait "EMPATHETIC" with consistency throughout the month of October! 🌟
🔴 Portrait of a Cedar 🔵
Congratulations to one student selected in each grade level who exemplified the character trait "ADAPTABLE" with consistency throughout the month of November! 🌟
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Congratulations to our Positive Office Referral recipients! Will your child be the next one caught being respectful, responsible, and/or safe?
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Students receive a personalized note from our principals and add their name to our Smile Squad Spotlight board for a chance at winning a larger reward!
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Once an entire row or column is filled on the 200 board, all students in the winning row or column will be announced to come to the office to select a special reward!
😊 Smile Squad 😊
YAY!! We had another winning column on our Smile Squad Spotlight 200 board!
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Our 10 winners from the 200 board were able to select another reward from a variety of experiences with teachers and staff to incentive certificates.
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Our 3 lucky Smile Squad t-shirt winners from our month of OCTOBER drawing. All students who receive Positive Office Referrals throughout the month are entered into the drawing.
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Our 3 lucky Smile Squad t-shirt winners from our month of NOVEMBER drawing. Janessa Zimmerman is missing from the picture.
😊 Smile Squad 😊
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Cool creations and memories made!
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Cashing in an experience reward of Lego creations with Mrs. Mueller!
😊 Smile Squad 😊
Bringing along a friend makes it extra special!!
Attendance Reward 🏆 K4 through Grade 2
Congratulations to Miss Renninger's first-grade classroom for being our TOP primary class with 95.98% attendance in November! 🎉
Attendance Reward 🏆 Grade 3 through Grade 5
Congratulations to Mr. Rotunno's fifth-grade classroom for being our TOP intermediate class with 98.43% attendance in November! 🎉
🏆 Attendance Reward 🏆
🤩👏🏼 Building-wide, we had 256 students (93.44%) with perfect attendance and no tardies in the month of November!!! 👏🏼🤩
Who will be our TOP classes for the month of December?
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Student council is selling candy canes for $1 a piece to spread holiday cheer! Delivery of the candy grams is schedule for Friday, December 19th!
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🤍 Thank you, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church! 🤍
A huge thank you to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for their generous support and donations to our school. Their kindness directly supports our students and teachers, and NW is truly grateful for their partnership.
🤍 School Based Counseling 🤍
We are still accepting referrals for School Based Counseling. Any student you feel would benefit, please complete a referral by clicking the image and completing the form.
New Traffic Pattern
Please click the image to watch the video to become familiar with our updated traffic pattern for a smooth and safe arrival and dismissal. As a reminder, it is illegal to park along Old Forge Rd. Please park in the parking lot and follow all arrows and signs.
Arrival Times
Breakfast is served every morning at no cost to your child. Door A opens at 8:35am until 8:50am for all students eating breakfast. After 8:50am, K4 students enter through Door A and K5 students enter through Door O at 9:10am. Students in grades 2 and 3 enter through Door D. Students in grade 4 enter through Door B and grade 5 students enter through Door C. School begins at 9:20am. If students are not in their classroom by 9:20am, they may be marked absent or tardy.
Dismissal
The Northwest Elementary office closes promptly at 4:00pm, daily. Please ensure arrangements are made for your child to be picked up each day by 3:55pm.
Get Connected!
Please be sure to connect with your child's teacher through SeeSaw for information and communication.
Breakfast & Lunch Menus
Enroll Today!
Please click here to sign up for Power Packs for the 2025-2026 school year. Click the "Enrollment" button towards the top.
MyPowerHub provides families a consolidated experience to see the information most relevant to you quickly and securely. If you already have a PowerSchool parent portal account, then you have access to MyPowerHub and you simply need to log into the app or use the link below to log in.
If using the parent portal website, click on the MyPowerHub icon on the left to launch the new interface. If you do not have an account, complete the form below to receive your child’s Access ID and password to create an account.
Key Features of MyPowerHub include:
- Consolidated access to information from PowerSchool SIS
- Easily view information from PowerSchool SIS, like grades, assignments, and more, in one easy-to-use experience
- An Interactive Communication Platform
- Allow families to easily view information around their child(ren)'s performance and allow for back-and-forth communication in the same platform to promote collaboration on student performance
- Message teachers and school administrators
- Keep parents informed of what’s going on at the school with broadcast communications
- Quickly move between students using the Student Switcher while remaining in the same platform
- Allow families to easily view information around their child(ren)'s performance and allow for back-and-forth communication in the same platform to promote collaboration on student performance
Daily school attendance is essential for student achievement. The school day begins at 9:20am and staggered dismissal begins at 3:35pm. If your child is absent or has an early dismissal, please send in a handwritten note or email,
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Visit the Community Bulletin Board on our website that is updated regularly!
The bulletin board is a free tool that is available to our community members to promote activities, events, and resources that may be of interest or beneficial to our students and families. In addition to bulletin board posts, this page also hosts quick links to a variety of event calendars for the Lebanon, PA area.
Please note that posts on the Community Bulletin Board are not sponsored or endorsed by the Lebanon School District and are subject to rejection or removal at any time.
📢 Click the link ⬇️ to view opportunities to join our Lebanon School District team! 📢
Your support is always appreciated in helping us to maintain accurate information regarding address changes, new telephone numbers, etc.
It is a recommended procedure by the Pennsylvania Department of Education that, in the event of a change of address, confirmation of the new address is required before information can be updated/changed. Confirmation of address may include a utility bill or a copy of the lease. If you are residing with someone else, we will provide you with a Residency Affidavit that will need to be signed and notarized.
Please submit all information regarding address changes to the Northwest Office. Accurate information on your child is vital in the event of an emergency! Office personnel will be happy to assist with any questions you may have at 717-270-6800.
Northwest Elementary School is a community that values all students, families, community members and faculty. Teamwork is an important part of everyday life here at our school. We will continue to work together to set a tone of high expectations, clear communication and genuine caring so that all students can experience academic success and social growth this year. Our entire staff looks forward to working with you and your children throughout the school year!
Website: https://www.lebanon.k12.pa.us/northwest/
Location: 1315 Old Forge Road, Lebanon, PA, USA
Phone: (717) 270-6800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthwestES
Twitter: @Northwest_Elem