North DeSoto Upper Elementary

We are proud to announce that NDUE is a Top Gains Honoree School for the year 2023-2024, having earned an “A” in student growth! Thank you to all the teachers, students, and staff that put the work in to make this happen! What a great day to be a Griffin! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Mrs. William's students investigated how traits are passed down from parents to offspring by building clay creature offspring. #LEADlikeaGriffin

Book Fair was a hit and SO MUCH FUN!!! The Library was buzzing last week, and Thanksgiving lunch guests came and enjoyed shopping!!!! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Mrs. Thomas and her homeroom class had a fun time in Social Studies class creating the Maya Pyramids out of play-doh! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Our FCA Students are selling shirts if anyone is interested! Please see the flyer for more information. #LEADlikeaGriffin

Congratulations to our NDUE Lighthouse Leaders of the Month! These friends have been chosen based on their ability to "Begin with the End in Mind". Keep crushing those goals Griffins! #LEADlikeaGriffin

This morning these lucky NDUE Griffins had their names drawn to win a scooter for having Perfect Attendance for the first nine weeks! Congrats to these friends and the many others that didn't miss a day of school the first nine weeks! #LEADlikeaGriffin

2nd graders are showing off their creativity as they create their own abstract painting! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Thank you for joining us for Thanksgiving Lunch. We are so grateful to have such strong community support at our events! I know our students love to have their families join them at school. We appreciate each of you. Tomorrow is the last day to complete our NDUE School Climate Parent Survey. Please take a few minutes to complete this; it provides valuable information to our team. https://app.satchelpulse.com/s/MzoGBPG3rtfqe7qUQhFUxG3Y?country=us Thank you & Geaux Griffins!

Congratulations to all of the 2024 DeSoto Parish Special Olympic Athletes, especially our NDUE Griffins! Way to go! #LEADlikeaGriffin #DeSotoDifference

Ms. Feaster's 4th grade student’s collaborating to interpret and relate multiplication expressions and diagrams that represent products of a whole number and unit fraction! #LEADlikeaGriffin

We look forward to having guests for lunch tomorrow. If you completed the QR code or the pre-pay tickets by paper we have you in the lunch count. We have approx. 150 additional meal tickets which will be sold at the door. Thank you for RSVPing this has helped out our cafe staff tremendously. Students who bought our holiday shirts (pumpkin or turkey) from our spirit store may wear them with jeans tomorrow. All others should remain in uniform. Geaux Griffins!

Mrs. Rogers' class is enjoying measuring in this new math unit! #LEADlikeaGriffin

It's a Great Day to be a Griffin! #LEADlikeaGruffin

These Griffins sure are loving this pumpkin launcher in STEM! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Reminders for Veterans/Grandparents Day TODAY (11/8): - Your child can wear jeans and a red/white/blue spirit shirt to school! - Programs begin at 8 AM for 2nd/4th and 10:00 AM for 3rd/5th - For students in multiple grades, please attend the time for the youngest student. You do not have to attend both programs - If you turned in a Fast Pass form, your child will be able to check out from the classroom with the designated guest. Teachers will be asking for proof of ID that matches what is on the form so please make visitors aware of that! -If you forgot to do a Fast Pass form, you or the grandparent must go through the OFFICE to check your child out if they wish to do so!

Day 1 of Book Fair was SO MUCH FUN! The excitement is in the air as students look forward to coming to shop on their Library day! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Congratulations to our very own Miss Whitley Chadwick for being selected to represent DeSoto Parish as the 5th Grade District Student of the Year! We are so proud of her accomplishment and wish her the best of luck at the state level! Go Whitley!! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Today is the day! NDUE's Book Fair will begin today. Students will visit during their Library time this week. Parents and family members are invited to join students on Thursday, November 14th after Thanksgiving Feast. Can't wait to see you there!

Mrs. Harper's 2nd grade class loves working with their partner to complete their work! #LEADlikeagriffin