End of Year

 

Here are the end of year updates (dates, to dos, etc.):

Upcoming Field Trips:

• 6/5 - 5th Grade Safety Patrol & Kindergarten Helpers @ Burton Field, 12:20-2:15pm
• 6/7 - Ms. Ross' students to Knokes, 9:30-11:00

Upcoming Dates

June

6 - 9:00-11:00 - safety vehicles on playground for K-1 We Love our Community

6 - report card changes by 11:59 pm

7 - final printing of report cards

7 - 8:00 - ALL STAFF meeting

8 - 5th Grade Farewell (2:45)

9 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! (Willow Walks, carnival)

Staff TO DO:

• Staff Check Out List
• Update curriculum orders for Handwriting Without Tears and Reader's Notebooks for next year by June 1. 
• June 12: Check Out Day - please sign up for a time in the work room
• 7.5 Hours - determine what you 're going to do, and complete the sheet with Vanessa when you check out.
• Get ready for summer... =)

Thank you!

 

Thank you to every single Willow River staff member for the things you do, big and small, every single day.  Each of you contribute to a place that is amazing!

Young Author's Day: Dream Big!

 

A HUGE thank you to everyone that has helped to plan this week's Young Author's Day! This event, unique to Willow, is something that literally takes a year to plan - so a huge shout out to the YAD committee for planning yet another day that our Willow kids will remember for a long time! A big thank you to Linda Wagner for coordinating this year's special guests/authors!

The YAD Mission

• YAD is an all-day, in-school celebration that recognizes our students as writers.  

• Each year a theme is chosen and activities are chosen to emphasize reading, writing and the arts.  

• An opening ceremony starts the day by providing momentum and excitement for the day’s theme.  

• The morning presents a time for the children to take part in the theme through various interactive stations.  

• In the afternoon, the children share the books they have written in small, mixed-age level groups led by an adult share leader.  

• A closing ceremony wraps up the day’s learning and ends the event.

Things to keep track of for Friday!

• Be sure to complete flags, and bring to closing ceremony!
• Reading goals will be announced at the closing ceremony, so let Grace know if you made it by noon on Friday!
• Stay tuned for any upcoming cup stacking classes... Lindi?!
• Schedule
• Final Share Group List
• Lunch Schedule
• Koda and the Fluff links
• Authors visiting Willow River - after school at the public library

Please let me (or anyone on the YAD committee) know if you have any questions!

Sue

Staff Appreciation

 

Happy Staff Appreciation Week!

I asked the Leadership and Special Ed Teams what they were grateful for at our meetings last week, and the overwhelming response was, "working at a place like Willow where everyone is there for each other, and where kids always come first."

I couldn't agree more.  Thanks for all you do!

Everyone will find a rubber duck in your mailbox or on your desk tomorrow.  Watch the Raider Report, or check the table in the work room each day, to see which four numbers are drawn!  There's a prize cart in Sara/Amy's office (in the back of the office) - stop by and choose a prize if your name is drawn!  

Good luck!

Enjoy the well deserved staff appreciation week!
Sue