The Spring Book Fair at the Willow High School Library (March 25-28) was our most successful one yet! 🎉 Thank you to Blue Cypress Books for putting together such a beautiful display and diverse variety of books! Thank you to Willow parent volunteers, Willow HS faculty, staff, and students for supporting the Fair! We look forward to hosting the Fall Book Fair in November 2024.
Eclipse viewing
Willow School Blood Drive--April 25, from 9-2. The bloodmobile will be parked in the front of the high school campus.
The latest CAVA Senior Show in the Cave Gallery features E. Moore's mysterious, fantastical animation, and I. Lenton's drawing-based installations.
Let’s “Boil like it’s 1984!" It’s the 40th anniversary of our crawfish boil and this year we’re going BIG!! Come join us at the middle school campus (5625 Loyola Avenue) on Sunday, March 24, and help us celebrate 40 years of food and fun! We will have student performances, live bands, games, prizes, inflatables, and food and beverages!
CA Choir had a visit from The Ransom Notes, an award-winning a cappella group at UChicago. We exchanged performances, socialized, and talked about shared interests from singing to engineering to medicine. They were impressed with our singers' musicianship, so they taught us one of their intricate arrangements, which we all sang together.
The Willow HS Library Spring Book Fair is NEXT WEEK, March 25-28! We're once again partnering with Blue Cypress Books to bring Willow HS students the very best quality books and book-related merch. Shop at the Fair using Apple Pay, credit, cash, or Venmo. Please join us to shop at the Book Fair during the Parent Coffee on Thurs. March 28, from 8am-9am. ☕☕☕
Book Fairs are a major fundraiser for the HS Library. Thank you so much for your support!
Certificate of Artistry in Creative Writing students will launch the 2024 issue of street magazine. This magazine is a culmination of the work of creative writing students and creatives outside CACW (or any CA for that matter). The magazine contains student writing, painting, comics, photos, etc. It is truly a slice of the cultural life here at Willow and a testament to the work of many teachers.
Uniform reveal day for the inaugural Willow School Girls Flag Football Team at the New Orleans Saints facility. #neworleanssaints #flagfootball #nolaEd #willowschool
The Willow Middle and High School choirs presented a successful and beautiful concert last night!
High school dance teacher Ms. Buckels, rehearsing “Wade in the Water” from Alvin Ailey’s Revelations with the Certificate of Artistry in Dance Level 2 & 3 dancers for Black History Month.
Gallery show today through Wednesday, March 13, featuring K. Nation's digital drawings of fantastical characters, E. Hammel's laboriously intricate stippled drawings, and K. Andrews' lush paintings and prints. Check it out-Room 407. Reception after school 3:35 - 4:30 on Tuesday, March 12.
Save the date for the next Willow High School Parent/Guardian Coffee! Hope to see you there!
Stella Bourke participated in the Greater New Orleans Science & Engineering Fair (GNOSEF) last weekend. In addition to winning 1st prize in her category: Computational biology bioinformatics and biomedical engineering, she came away with one of 4 grand award prizes. She's now eligible to continue to the international science fair in Los Angeles.
We need many volunteers in order to make our annual Crawfish Boil a success! Please volunteer for a shift here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EABAD23AAF5C16-48412331-crawfish
Willow's Jacobi Wilford was named to the Coaches' 2023-24 11-4A All-District Team in Basketball. Wilford, a junior, averaged 15.2 pts per game this season for the Lions! Elijah Davis received Honorable Mention. Congratulations!
Students Maya Galloway, Jade Cameron, Yva Totchum, Hudson Frederick, and Mo Bidima, with help from Ms. Sullivan, placed second in the Zero Hunger Challenge! Larry Nance challenged high school students to solve the food insecurity problems in the city.
Willow Pride Robotics has won the state championship! The team went undefeated in the qualifying and semi final rounds, and won two of three finals matches to take home the win. In their last match of the day, they set the new high score of 214 points along with Stinger Robotics from Denham Springs. They will represent Louisiana at the World Championships next month in Houston along with Dominican Ultraviolet who won the Inspire Award.
LAST CHANCE TO ORDER SOCCER CHAMPS MERCH! Willow Soccer 2024 Championship gear and other Soccer merchandise is now on sale until Sunday, March 3, at 11:59 cst. Visit www.grundmanns.com Click on red button labeled "TEAM PLAYER PACK" Enter "willowsc24" for the store sale code.
Willow students Maya Galloway, Jade Cameron, Yva Totchum, Hudson Frederick, and Mo Bidima are competing in the Zero Hunger Challenge. Larry Nance is challenging high school students to solve the food insecurity problems in the city. The winning group will receive $50,000 and his support in the implementation of their plan. Our students have advanced to the finals!!! They gave their initial pitch last Saturday.
