Pep bus to the Girls District Championship game on Saturday! Free Pizza!
Go Mustangs
This is the 2025-2026 school year calendar. The school calendars in our district, both 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, have been designed so that we do NOT have to worry about making up snow days.
School calendars can be found on our website at https://www.northwest.k12.mo.us/ under the For Parents tab. The 2025-2026 calendar will be posted soon.
Northwest JH/HS Students: we will have a pep bus going to the Girls District Championship game on Saturday. Bus will leave around 5:10 and we will have pizza for you! Cost is $6 for admission. We will need at least 10 to sign up before we can get a bus. Sign up will be in the Main Office. Go Mustangs!
GIRLS WIN!!! We are playing in the Basketball District Championship at Green Ridge on Saturday at 6:00. Come support your Mustangs.
Attention upcoming Kindergarten families!
Northwest JH/HS is hiring a School Counselor for the 2025-26 School year. Please contact Shane Ringen, Principal, at 660-827-0774 or sringen@nwmustangs.org
Elementary Teacher Opening for 25-26 School Year!
Please share with our future Mustang families!
Northwest High School is seeking a custodian. Please reach out to the school at 660-827-0772 if you are interested. This is full-time job with paid health insurance, paid life insurance, paid time-off, retirement, and paid vacation. EOE
Senior Students & Parents:
A good way to check on scholarship availability and other post secondary information is to visit our College and Career Readiness page on Google Sites. An easy way to navigate to this treasure trove of information is by going to our district webpage: Pettis County RV (https://www.northwest.k12.mo.us) Go to the "For Students" tab and click on College and Career Readiness. Scroll down to the Scholarship Google Sheet: (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pp3r8_3K3zmR4ZbxrlaauFI9T760dzF4BAnYzdZWyls/view)
Good Luck to the Northwest Archery Team as they compete in the Kaysinger Conference Archery competition today at Cole Camp! Go Mustangs!
Boys & Girls District Basketball Tournament starts next week. Good Luck & Go Mustangs!
Girls tournament is at Green Ridge
Boys tournament is at New Franklin
The Math competition at Cole Camp on Saturday, 2/22/25, has been cancelled.
It takes time, effort, and knowledge to get diesel school buses running and keep them running when it is below zero. A big shout out to our transportation director, David Sanders, and all of the bus drivers - an awesome team!
Great news! Northwest is planning on going to school tomorrow, at regular time! Hopefully, the weather cooperates in the morning. We will be utilizing snow routes. Please contact your bus driver or the transportation director, Mr. Sanders, at 660-287-3505 with any bus route questions. See you tomorrow!
Girls Basketball game scheduled for tonight, 2/20/25, vs. Russellville, has been cancelled.
NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20th. STAY WARM!
NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19th. STAY WARM!
Due to the extreme cold and forecasted snow, school is cancelled for Tuesday, February 18th. Stay warm!
BASKETBALL GAME CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT: The Boys & Girls Basketball game scheduled for Tuesday vs. Windsor is now moved to this Monday, 2/17/25. There will be 2 quarters of JV Boys starting at 5:00, Varsity Girls, Varsity Boys. Senior Night recognition will take place between the Varsity games. We are trying to get the game in before the potential winter weather.