Northwest School of the Arts

Corey Mitchell's Next Big Act: Helping Nontraditional Student Performers Get To College Former Northwest School of the Arts teacher Corey Mitchell — who won a Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education — has created a program that provides training and college prep for talented but disadvantaged students at Central Piedmont Community College's Levine Campus in Matthews.

Extensive video tours of the campus for incoming students. Please ignore most of the dialogue from them as they were from last year.

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Hello NWSA:
Some news about Open House and a few other things. We know there have been a ton of calls. The best way to receive our information is usually the email version of the calls. If you are not receiving this, please email our registrar, Ms. Warren, to ensure you have an email on record. After this week, we will have one regular call a week, on Sunday's with only emergency calls on any other day.

Tomorrow, Monday, we will have an orientation video posted on our website. We ask that you view it, as it will cover everything from Covid Protocols to Transportation.

10th, 11th and 12th grade NWSA Students. Your Open House/Meet Your Teachers event is Monday! On August 23rd, grade 10 will take place from 11:00 to noon.
Grade 11 will be from 1 PM until 2.
Grade 12 will be from 2:30 to 3:30. All visitors must be masked at all times.

There will be no entry to any school building, and we ask that you access your schedule electronically through powerschool and bring either a copy or a screenshot. For families that cannot attend, there are welcome videos on our website, look for the link on the left that says Open House.

Do you know what immunizations the state of North Carolina require for your student? Find out: https://www.cms.k12.nc.us/News/Pages/back-to-school-immunizations.aspx

10th, 11th and 12th grade NWSA Students.

Your Open House/Meet Your Teachers event is Monday!

On August 23rd, grade 10 will take place from 11:00 to noon.
Grade 11 will be from 1 PM until 2.
Grade 12 will be from 2:30 to 3:30.

Students will have the opportunity to meet their teachers in the school courtyard, best accessed by parking in the bus lot. There will be no entry to any school building, and we ask that you acccess your schedule electronically through powerschool and bring either a copy or a screenshot. For families that cannot attend, there are welcome videos on our website, look for the link on the left that says Open House. https://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/northwestHS/Pages/2021-2022-Open-House.aspx
Masks will be required at all times on campus

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Schedules are now view-able (I hope that's a word) through PowerSchool. They will not be mailed. Students will recieve a final schedule on the first day of school.
If you are attending Open House, please be sure to bring a copy or screenshot of your schedule.

If you would like changes to your schedule, please fill out the google form at bit.ly/nwsaschedule2122

Counselors will begin reviewing the form Friday Afternoon. Students are expected to follow the schedule until they are informed by the counselor it has been changed.
They will primarily be honored for these reasons:
1. Student is missing a needed core class or is placed at the wrong level.
2. Student is missing a major class.
3. Student has a hole in their schedule.
4. Student has a class on their schedule they have previously passed.

Schedule Change Form Schedules are built around two primary considerations: 1. To ensure the student has the classes they need for promotion or graduation. 2. To ensure the student has needed major classes. Additional changes may be made as possible. They will primarily be honored for these reasons: 1. Student is missin...

Parking Passes:

This is a message about parking passes. Please go online to our website and print out and fill out the Student Vehicle Parking Authorization Form. (https://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/northwestHS/_layouts/15/CharMeckSchoolFiles/school_announcementdetails.aspx?id=510)
You will need to pay the fee online. We will distribute them Friday at 11am. Please bring your printed out form and a photocopy of your license. We cannot make a copy for you, and we will not take any money on that day. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Leeson.

School Announcements

Communication with the school is only done through emailing through the school site, not through social media. If you have questions about the school, or information we relay, please contact us there:

https://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/northwestHS/pages/FacultyAndStaff.aspx

After school begins, comments will be disabled on most posts, to ensure communications go to the staff that needs to see them.

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Thanks to our friends at Sabrenation for putting together this great summary of transportation as we look at school opening in slightly less than a month. Some things to keep in mind.
1. Transportation will create stops for students who have requested transportation (through the survey or this site https://ei.synovia.com/public/cms/forms/LoginForm.aspx?nyr=1)
provided the address and request were in by August 4.

2. If this deadline is missed by parents/guardians then stops will be created on an ongoing basis but not by the first day of school.

3. If you want to use an alternative stop that is a registered after/before school care site, you must request it at the same site as above under Alternate Stops. (https://ei.synovia.com/public/cms/forms/LoginForm.aspx?nyr=1)

4. CMS will not create stops to workplaces, or to two different addresses. If you need students to go to a different address, we are sometimes able to write passes to currently existing stops provided that:

a. A student is currently assigned to that stop, (Stops that are not being used by the assigned student will go away in 10 days, regardless of us writing passes)
b. That stop is within walking distance of the sought after address, which is usually within 1/4 of a mile and not across a major intersection. Safety will come first always.
c. Passes cannot be written until after the first week of August, which is when we usually receive the master list.

Yearbook pick up for students/parents who have not done so is Thursday morning, 930-1030 through the carpool line behind NWSA. We have a limited number of books still available for sale. You may purchase for $60 from Jostens on side and get your book until we are sold out. First come, First Served.

IF you are unable to pick up during this time, your prepaid book will be stored in the Front Office. You will need to make arrangements with Ms. Leeson to pick up after the 27th.

Today is an “early release”
Day.