
The Hancock County Health Department is sponsoring a CPR class for 12-18 year olds during holiday break. This is a great opportunity for teens who babysit. The training is free, but space is limited and pre-registration by December 14th is required.
The training isn't scheduled until December 22, but we wanted to give you a heads up to allow time to mark your calendars.


Congratulations to our Oct. 2022 "Viking Pride Award" recipients! These students and staff displayed kindness, respect, and/or support for others. We recognized them with certificates, gifts, and treats on 11/4/2022. Pictured from Left to Right: (Students) Anastazia Young, Brayden Shaw, Sadie Gallaher, Mesa Kohl, Siouxfirra Young, Alex Pilkington, T.J. Burtalo, Aubrey Newlan, Brody Lucas, Audrey Young, Marcus Duncan. (Staff) Mrs. Bromley, Mrs. Perego, Ms. Crim, Mrs. Rose, and Mrs. Belshaw. Not pictured: Jordan Schisler. Thank you for showing your Viking Pride! Special "Thank You" to our sponsors who donate gift certificates to support Viking Pride: The Red Front, The Fudge Factory, and Annie's Frozen Custard Shop. Please support them for supporting NCES!


Congrats to our most recent "Reading Counts" award winners! We honored them with certificates from Mrs. Litchfield on 11/2/2022 at Viking Time. Pictured from left to right: Loretta Young, Brody Young, Caleb Edwards, Jaxson Buschling, Zachary Allen, Craig Bodily, Evan Savage, Talmage Squire, Alex Pilkington, Jordan Blunier, T.J. Burtalo, Tatum Griffiths, Jacob Hill, Stone Hill, Lila Schafer, Kat Aitchison, Elizabeth Kohl, Aubrey Newlan, and Avery Squire. Not pictured: Avianna Young. Keep reading and learning, Vikings!


Announcement to all Nauvoo-Colusa Students, Staff, Parents, Citizens: 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 event to honor all veterans and to thank them for their service to our country.

Here are a few more pictures of the NCES Halloween Costume Parade & Contest on Oct. 31, 2022. Enjoy!





NCES had our annual "Costume Parade & Contest" on Oct. 31st. Check out the attached pictures of this cool event! Another post will be made so people can see more pics. Thank you to all students, staff, and parents, who dressed up and/or supported this fun event in any way! Special thanks to Mrs. Kreps and N-C Jr. High Student Council for running this event for us! Also, thanks to Mr. Rhodes, Mrs. Perego, and Mrs. Faul, for serving as contest judges for us.





Elementary parents, please remember to turn in your child's permission slip for skating. The forms are to be given to your child's teacher along with the $5.00 for each student by Wednesday, November 2nd. If you have lost your form please don't hesitate to reach out to Mrs. Belshaw.

Ms. Crim's Science class created a "crime scene" for the whole school to view. Nice work by the students with the details of this crime scene right before Halloween! We have some prospective Crime Scene Investigators in the future!




Here are more pics of students wearing red and student chalk drawings for Red Ribbon Week. Enjoy the pics! Thanks for your support for our kids in/out of NCES.



Our staff and students enjoyed a lot of fun, cool activities for "Red Ribbon Week" at NCES. Enjoy these pictures and I will make another post with more Red Ribbon Week pics. Thank you to all of NCES students and staff for their spirit and support to be drug-free and make good choices.



Monday, Halloween day, the students will be participating in a Costume Contest/Parade at 1pm in the Jr. High gym. Parents are invited to come and watch. The students will be given the opportunity to change into their costumes prior to this event, so please don't send your student to school in costume. Thank you for your support and Happy Halloween!

School will be dismissing at 1:30pm tomorrow (10/27) and school will not be in session Friday (10/28) for parent teacher conferences.

It is “Red Ribbon Week” at NCES! Below are the daily themes and dress-up days are listed for the week. This week is sponsored by Jr. High NASA Club. Oct. 24 is "100% Me Drug-free" (Wear RED). Oct. 25 is "It’s Cool to be Drug-free" (Wear Sunglasses); Oct. 26 is "Lei off of Drugs" (Wear a lei); Oct. 27 is "Our School Chooses to be Drug-free" (Wear Viking gear, school colors, or favorite team shirt). Special thank you to Mrs. Rose for her work and creativity on the "I Pledge to Keep My Hands Off Drugs" Balloon Arch (see picture) to celebrate Red Ribbon Week. Thank you to everyone for your support for Red Ribbon Week!


NCES Students and Parents/Guardians, please be aware and plan accordingly for our 1:30 pm Early Dismissal on Oct. 27, 2022, and 4:00-8:00 pm Parent/Teacher Conferences that night. NO SCHOOL on Oct. 28, 2022, so we can host 8:30-11:30 am Parent/Teacher Conferences. We look forward to seeing our parents/guardians at NCES for conferences!

Tomorrow is the deadline to turn in your Donuts with Grownups order forms.
Donuts with Grownups is on Friday Oct 21st from 7:30-8:05. $3 per person attending (limited to two grownups per student). We are excited to see you there!

October 24th kicks off red ribbon week. Help us celebrate by dressing up on the appropriate days.


Donuts with a Grownup is coming up on October 21st 7:30am-8:05am. A form has gone home with each student, please return the forms as soon as possible so we can get the donuts ordered.

Hello Nauvoo-Colusa Parents/Guardians and Citizens,
If anyone is interested in coaching the 5th/6th Boys Basketball Team this year, please contact Mr. Trevor Knipe for more information by calling (217)-453-2511 or email him at: principal@stspeterpaul.org. Thank you for your consideration.

Congrats to our most recent "Reading Counts" award winners! We honored them with certificates from Mrs. Litchfield on 10/12/2022 at Viking Time. Pictured from left to right: Zachary Allen, Craig Bodily, Annabelle Burtalo, Caleb Edwards, Carson Martens, Delaynie Schmitz, Talmage Squire, Loretta Young, Isaac Shurtleff, Colton Schmitz, Grant Squire, Katherine Aitchison, Emma Bodily, Tyson Coulter, Ellie Fink, Aubrey Newlan, Levi Perego, and Charles Shurtleff. Not pictured: Miles Aitchison and Brikelle Grange. Keep reading, growing, and learning, Vikings!


A reminder to all parents and guardians, school will not be in session on Monday due to the holiday.