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Willow middle and high school singers will be the featured choir in Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra's "The Music of John Williams" Concert this month! They will perform 3 pieces during the 2nd half of the program: "Dry Your Tears, Afrika" from Amistad, "Hymn to the Fallen" from Saving Private Ryan, and "Duel of the Fates" from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
You have 3 chances to catch them!
Saturday, Feb. 25 @ Orpheum Theater, 2pm
Saturday, Feb. 25 @ Orpheum Theater, 7:30pm
Sunday, Feb. 26 @ LaFon Performing Arts Center in Luling, 3pm
Tickets are on sale for the Orpheum performances at www.LPOmusic.com and for the LaFon Performing Arts Center at https://lafonartscenter.org/.
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Meet on the Nashville side of the high school campus today (Thursday) at 12:15 to cheer on our boys soccer team before they head to the State championship game in Hammond. Go, Lions!
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Happy Mardi Gras from Willow School 1st graders and their accompanying high school band!
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Go to the following links for this week’s newsletters:
Lower School Newsletter: https://express.adobe.com/page/dEIlHCnBGgnlX/
Middle School Newsletter: https://express.adobe.com/page/XszLB1CbWiWxd/
High School Newsletter: https://express.adobe.com/page/EI1I0pStOxvF2/
Happy Mardi Gras! Stay safe!
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Happy Mardi Gras from your Lower School Admin Team!
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Congratulations to the Willow Varsity boys soccer team for their 3-0 win in the Quarterfinal playoff game against E.D. White! Their semifinal away game against U Lab will be Saturday, Feb. 18 at 6:30.
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Mardi Gras Mambo Morning Meeting
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First grade students share their Valentine hats and smiles!
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"Belonging" art piece was created from individual creations during Heart and Soul week.
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Lagniappe "Green Thumb Class" with Mr. Memo.
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Go to the following links for Friday's newsletters:
Lower School Newsletter: https://express.adobe.com/page/RBlDvjnvfp6uW/
Middle School Newsletter: https://express.adobe.com/page/X6x0XIruSlf12/
High School Newsletter: https://express.adobe.com/page/EI1I0pStOxvF2/
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The Willow Varsity soccer team will play in the Quarterfinal playoff game at HOME on Monday, 2/13, at 5pm. Please come out and support our team!
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We were treated to music by Mark Hughes, Michael Harvey, Dave Doremus, and Jeff Laufer this morning! Two songs and lots of dancing!
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First grade celebrated the 100th day of school by making necklaces with 100 fruit loops, building structures out of 100 toys, creating art with 100 marks, completing a 100 drops of water science experiment, and more 100-themed activities!
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FUN RUN!!!!
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Kindergarten celebrated their 100th day of school on Wednesday, Feb. 8! We have enjoyed many days of fun, learning and exploring together. We participated in a community service project. Our goal was to collect a total of 100 cans to donate to a local community organization. We exceeded our goal…by a lot! Kindergarten collected a total of 305 canned goods!
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Thank you to all of the grownups who helped to pull off today's successful Willow Lower School Fun Run on the Brees Family Field. Special thanks to Coach D and our Fun Run Committee, and to all of the middle and high school staff and students who came out to cheer on our runners!
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Mr. Barrau was joined by Ms. Carney, Ms. Flynn, and Ms. Webb to perform Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow at Morning Meeting today.
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Thank you to The Pelicans for donating 500 tickets to last Sunday's game for our students, staff and families! Player Larry Nance even donned a Willow School shirt and took photos with our students and families! What a great night (capped by a WIN over Sacramento!)
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On the 100th day of first grade, students jumped 100 times, read 100 books collectively, made 100th day hats, and participated in other fun activities to mark the auspicious day.
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