🍂 Fall Break is here!

We hope our Griffin families enjoy a restful break filled with time to relax, recharge, and Sharpen the Saw! Take some time to unplug, spend time with loved ones, and enjoy the little things.

We'll be ready to welcome our Griffins back on October 12th! Have a wonderful Fall Break! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Homecoming Week will be here before you know it! We are excited to see our Griffin show their school spirit! #LEADlikeaGriffin

NDUE would like to thank all the families that joined us at our Johnny's Pizza Night Fundraiser! It was a great night! #LEADlikeaGriffin

These students had the best time celebrating their ZEARN challenge this week with different dress up themes! We are so proud of your achievements Griffins! Keep up the hard work! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Happy National Custodian Day to our wonderful team! Our custodians go above and beyond—often behind the scenes—and we are so grateful for their dedication, care, and pride in our school.

Thank you for all you do for our students, staff, and school community. NDUE wouldn’t be the same without you! #LEADLikeaGriffin

Mrs. Waller’s 5th graders had a fun time creating drawings from figurative language found in “The Birchbark House!” ❤️💙

🔬📚 Science is better with a buddy! Our 4th graders teamed up for partner reading and put their brains together to learn something new. 💡💙 #LEADlikeaGriffin

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Mrs. Bearden's homeroom is working so hard sorting the parts of a paragraph before they start writing their Most Important Things About School books!📚✏️🚌

A big thank you to Gloster Baptist Church for blessing us with a wonderful lunch! We were celebrating all of our September birthdays in the building, and there’s no better way to head into the weekend than with full bellies and grateful hearts! #LEADlikeaGriffin

"Ms. Knotts went to our boys’ (Reeves ND 9/10 navy and white team) football game! It meant the world to the boys that she came and cheered them on, AND it was an 8 AM game on a Saturday!!!!! So thankful for teachers that take the time to come support their students outside of school! Amazing!" - From a mom of one of the boys on the team! Thank you Mrs. Knox for being the Desoto Difference! #LEADlikeaGriffin

Congratulations to all of our A.R. Winners from our A.R. Assembly this morning! Special shout-out to Avery Self and Maverick Jennings for making the Million Word Club and Mrs. Meade and Dufour's classes for getting the most A.R. Points in the school! Third grade had the most overall for grade levels, and they get jeans on Monday! We are so excited to see all our Griffins reading! #LEADlikeaGriffin #ReadersareLeaders

Ms. Carrell’s class has enjoyed their field trips outside to learn about shadows and the earths rotation  🌎

See You at the Pole! These students chose to come together this morning for FCA at the NDUE flag pole to pray for their school, friends, teachers, and community! Thank you to guest speaker, Pastor Eddie Briery and the student leaders that led the event. What a sight it was! #LEADlikeaGriffin

These scholars worked on finding the meanings of new words from the stories using context clues. Our 4th graders did a great job reading, thinking, and growing their vocabulary! 💙📝 #LEADlikeaGriffin

NDUE FCA will be participating in "See You at the Pole", Wednesday, Sept. 23rd starting at 7:25 am (doors close at 7:30). All are welcome to join them for prayer around the flagpole in the gym to pray for our Students, Teachers/Staff, Community, Families, Churches, and Government/Leaders! #LEADlikeaGriffin

These third graders rocked their crazy hair styles yesterday! What a fun way to celebrate having the most Zearn lessons as a grade level! Way to go third grade! #LEADlikeGriffin

NDUE would like to recognize our PTO Board members and volunteers: PTO President-Casey Kelly, Vice President-Amber Waters, Secretary-LaCourtney Sersch, Treasurer-Jennifer Kennedy, Concessions Coordinator-Rachel Todd, Media Coordinator-Delaney Burke, and board members Tracey Coates and Kelly Nelson. The MAGIC that is NDUE would not be possible without your support, determination, encouragement, and innovative ideas. We are so lucky to have you serving in our school. You ladies not only LEAD like a GRIFFIN, you are the DESOTO Difference! #LEADlikeaGriffin