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Northwoods Elementary
Traditional
Calendar: Traditional

Information for the: 2011 - 2012 school year.

If you are planning to visit this school to enroll your child for the 2012-2013 school year, please visit their Website or contact them using the information below for their enrollment schedule. School staff will have times set up to receive your forms and walk you through the process.

Principal, Grades & Calendar

Principal - Kerry Chisnall

Grades - k - 5

2011-12 Bell Schedule - 9:15 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Instructional Calendar

Northwoods Elementary runs on the Traditional calendar. Currently, the following Traditional calendars are available for download:

2011 - 2012 Traditional Calendar (Adobe Reader File)
2012 - 2013 Traditional Calendar (Adobe Reader File)

Before School: WCPSS

After School: Third party provider

Contact the Northwoods Elementary directly for full information about its before- and after-school care programs. For general information about before- and after-school care programs across WCPSS, go here.

Contact

Phone - (919) 460-3491

Fax - (919) 460-3493

Website - http://northwoodses.wcpss.net

Location

Address - 8850 Chapel Hill Road, Cary, NC 27513

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Description

Northwoods Elementary is a true neighborhood school operating on a traditional calendar, with ample parent and community support, and where academic and social growth are equally valued. We are not an overcrowded school with approximately 550 students and this supports a tight-knit community and family-like atmosphere in our school. The fact that we have 12 plus staff members that have relatives that are students in our school further nurtures the family like atmosphere. Our strong positive school culture saw us have a 6% teacher turnover rate versus 11% for WCPSS in 2010-11. For two consecutive years we have received the highest recognition from the state for our Positive Behavior Support Program for students and staff - we are an Exemplar School.

Also, we are blessed with strong PTA and community support. Our PTA has at least 255 paid members and each year fundraises considerable amounts of money to invest in school resources and our students. The PTA funds and organizes a strong cultural arts program which entails having a writer and artist in residence, each for a week, and many visiting performers and shows for the students. Our students attend the following specials on a rotational basis: Art, Music, PE, Technology (3rd-5th) and Media/Library (KG-2nd). Grade levels typically go on three field trips a year. Last year our 5th grade toured Washington DC. Finally, our students have access to a brand new $70,000 playground and large school fields.

We believe in continuous improvement and the need to expose our students to 21st century tools and learning. Our school has wireless connectivity, 9 Smartboards, 26 wireless airslates, 2 mobile laptop labs, a computer lab with numerous desktops, various flip cameras, 2 classroom response systems, and most classrooms have 4-6 desktop computers for students, document cameras, LCD projectors and access to United Streaming educational videos, and so on.

Curriculum: Traditional

Traditional curriculum schools offer students high quality instruction, opportunities for advanced studies, creative exploration and extra-curricular activities in a nurturing educational setting. Some of the highest-performing schools in Wake County are traditional curriculum schools.

8850 Chapel Hill Road, Cary, NC 27513 (919 ) 460-3491

Important: Bus Routes are subject to change, based on actual student distribution, parent appeals and other factors. The information here will be updated regularly, but updates may lag changes by several days.

Route Information Last Updated: 8:20 AM, Mon, Dec 5, 2011