Wear yellow tomorrow! To commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we will wear something yellow to school tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 19. Thank you for participating in this tribute!
Ms. Mitchell checked in with Ms. Guirard's first grade class for Thankful Thursday. Some things they were thankful for: friends, family, football, Taylor Swift, puppies, moms, Minecraft, geckos, and big sisters.
Ms. Sanders’ Diwali Rangoli Sand Art
Willow alumna Samyra Miller (aka Samyra Cambrielle) was featured in a nola.com article today, following her performance at last Sunday's Saints game. Check it out here: http://www.nola.com/tncms/asset/editorial/77a84a60-b0b7-11ee-830e-8b95782b72b9 (photo by David Grunfeld)
Ms. Mitchell checked in with her own 3rd grade class for Thankful Thursday! They were thankful for: Taylor Swift, Nintendo, sleep, books, nature, video games, Ms. Mitchell, coffee, brothers, Pokemon, besties, peacocks, and moms.
Next week we will be honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during our annual Heart and Soul Week. To commemorate Dr. King, we will wear something yellow to school at the Lower School on Friday, Jan. 19. Thank you for participating in this tribute!
Kindergarten and 4th grade buddies worked together to support Take Paws Rescue, a volunteer, foster-based, non-profit rescue group. Take Paws finds animals loving foster families as they await a forever home. The buddies wrote notes of appreciation and encouragement that foster families will receive when they take in a foster animal. They collected items for foster families to be used at Take Paws' Stray Café. Take Paws volunteers and foster dogs Oogie Boogie, Muffin, and Lil Bit visited to share about their organization and collect the students' letters and donations!!
Fun Run is Feb 1! We are excited to announce that this year we are expanding Fun Run to also include middle school! Look for more information next week about sponsorships. This year we are selling t-shirts with a design done by one of our 4th grade students! The pre-order will close 1/11/2024 at 11:59pm. We are planning to have shirts delivered by 1/31. Please use this link to order: https://willowschoolptsa.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/268001
Ms. Stewart's Kandinsky-inspired place value art
Due to expected inclement/severe weather and out of an abundance of caution, The Willow School (all campuses) will close at 11:30 tomorrow (Monday). Aftercare and all after-school events are cancelled. Varsity girls basketball game TBD.
Come out to the Brees Family Field today at 2pm to see the current Willow soccer team take on the visiting Willow alumni players in this long-standing annual tradition. Go Lions (old and new)!
Ms. Mitchell checked in with Ms. Staes's class this morning for Thankful Thursday. They were thankful for: friends and family, sleep, restful break, dogs, food, football, humanity, sunrays, doctors that take care of us, and air.
Our teachers definitely dressed for the holidays! The kindergarten, first, and fourth grade teachers united to share their team festive spirit.
At Monday's Lower School Morning Meeting, Coach D, helped by two skillful students, shared information about the upcoming Willow Basketball Camp. It's Dec. 21-22, (9am to noon), for grades 1-6. Cost -$70. Contact Hunter_higgins@willowschoolnola.org with any questions.
Mr. Hausman and Mr. Barrau were joined by an all star band Monday morning to help put us in the holiday spirit! The band - including Mr. Hughes, Mr. Laufer, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Watson - performed "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and "Run Rudolph Run." It was a perfect morning of dancing and singing and fun!
This holiday season, Kindergarten and 4th Grade Buddies worked together to support Take Paws Rescue. Take Paws Rescue is a volunteer, foster-based, non-profit rescue group based out of New Orleans. Take Paws finds animals loving foster families as they await a forever home. The kindergarten and 4th grade buddies wrote notes of appreciation and encouragement that foster families will receive when they take in a foster animal. With the help of our families, they also collected tons of items for foster families as well as to be used at Take Paws' Stray Café. On Friday afternoon, Take Paws volunteers and foster dogs: Oogie Boogie, Muffin, and Lil Bit visited with them to share about their organization and collect the students' letters and donations!!
Singing and dancing and the Who Dat chant on Friday!
Ms. Mitchell checked in with Ms. Stewart's 4th grade class for Thankful Thursday. They were thankful for: Mr. Barrau and Mr. Hausman, football - especially Heisman trophy winners and Patrick Mahomes, Fortnite, kindergarten buddies, oxygen, friends, teachers, the Willow School, little sisters, anime, and cheese.
Ms. Hausman and Ms. Barnitz's 3rd grade homeroom sang and played "Jingle Bells" for us this morning, showing off all their skills. Bravo!
From Nurse Jo: With fun activities such as sleepovers and playdates, unfortunately come increased cases of lice. Please check your children’s heads when you get a lice notification letter and when you notice, or they tell you, that they have an itchy head. School breaks are an excellent time to do some spot checks. If your child is found to have lice, please notify me. Once treated they may return to school but should come to me for a re-check
