School Governance Council MeetingMeeting with Public CommentTuesday, February 3, 2015
The next meeting of the NMS School Governance Council is scheduled for Tuesday, February 3rd, at 10:30AM in Room 711 at Northwestern Middle School. This meeting will allow time for public comment. Please note the change in time.
To access the agenda for this meeting and to learn more about the School Governance Council, please look for School Governance Council under the About tab above. If you would like sign up for a public comment please email Kimberly Jones (chair) at
JonesKim@fultonschools.org by Monday, February 2nd at 5:00PM or you may sign in on the sign in sheet at 8:50AM on the morning of the meeting. The sign-ups are first come first serve for a period of 15 minutes and each speaker will have 3 minutes or until the slots are full.
Parent Coffee
I am changing the date to our parent coffee to Tuesday, February 24th. Turnout seems to be higher when it’s not held on a Tuesday after a long weekend! The parent coffees have become a great venue to have informal discussion about any issues or concerns parents may have, in addition to ask questions as well as to hear about what is happening at Northwestern. We hope to see our parents there at 8:10am on February 24th.
Jane Tucker
Ms. Tucker’s husband has been relocated to Dallas, Texas which sadly means for us that Ms. Tucker will also be moving! We wish her all the best as she begins another adventure in Texas. Thank you to Ms. Tucker for all that you have done for our Northwestern students.
Race Coming Up!
Our 2nd annual 5km race is coming up – Saturday, March 14th. All proceeds go to the Cancer Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and last year we were able to donate $10,4471.32! We are looking for your support again this year so if you or your company would be interested in sponsoring our race, please see the sponsorship form on this week's newsletter. If you have any questions, you can contact Coach H. We look forward to seeing you all at the race! You can register for the race through www.active.com.
Teacher of the Year
The process for selecting this year’s teacher of the year has started! Our top 5 teachers selected to participate are:
Ms. Biesiadecki (6th ELA)
Ms. Brening (8th Science)
Ms. Nadir (7th Spanish)
Ms. Naughton (Band)
Mr. Pearson (8th Math)
Our teacher of the year selection committee will be making classroom visits and conducting interviews to select the final winner!