The Willow High School

This past weekend, Willow High School students participated in a Stage Management and Stagecraft Safety Workshop at Tulane University. Led by Willow alumna and professional stage manager Isabelle Louis, students explored the essential skills required to safely and effectively lead a theatrical production.

We are growing together as we welcome back teachers to The Willow School this year. Employees with 5, 10, 15 and 20 years of service were recognized today with bonuses of $1000-$4000 each. Congratulations to them, and we are ready to grow together! Special congratulations to the 21 employees who have been with us since the formation of our charter, 20 years ago!

Come to the 2026 performance by the Pontalba Chamber Players, a string chamber group composed of current Willow students, distinguished alums, and parent/faculty performers.

Please join us on Sunday June 28 at 3:00 PM at Central St. Mathews UCC, 1333 S. Carrollton (corner Willow and Carrollton.) The hour-long program features music by Copland, Vaughan Williams, Mozart, and other composers, including the brilliant young American Caroline Shaw. Admission is free, although we gratefully accept donations

Willow High School's class of 2026 went back to the Lower School for our annual Senior Send-Off! The kindergarten lions decorated graduation caps for the seniors, who played on the playground, toured the campus and visited with some of their former teachers. What a great tradition!

The girls’ softball team finished a successful season by defeating Madison Prep for a road Playoff victory. The girls finished the season with 11 games won! Congrats to the following athletes who were recognized for All-District 1st Team: B. Ellis; N. Minor; L. Antee; and All District 2nd Team: C. Antee.

Congratulations to all the Willow High School Boys and Girls Track athletes who competed at the State Meet over the weekend. The Girls High School Track & Field Team finished 2nd in The LHSAA 4A State Championship Track Meet this past Saturday. Brooklyn Perkins finished 2nd in the 100M and 200M Open; Emma Aldana Huelga finished 1st in the 3200M Open; 2nd in the 1600M and in the 800M. 

Through a book sale and bake sale earlier this year, Willow High School's Library Club raised enough money to buy the Brimmer campus its first ever Little Free Library!  The Little Library is located at the bottom of the stairs at the Freret Street entrance. Senior Elise Celestine (pictured above) stenciled "Willow Lions" on the sides of the Little Library- more student art will be added in the future. Students, faculty, and parents/guardians are welcome to take a book, leave a book, or both! (Library Club welcomes school-appropriate book donations on an ongoing basis.) Library Club had a ribbon cutting celebration last week during the seniors' last club meeting. 

The Willow track team continued to perform at an elite level at the district track meet. The girls team finished in 1st place and the boys team took 3rd!

Reserve your spot now for the Willlow Spring Dance Concert, April 24 and 25, 7pm, at Ursuline. Tickets are $10.

4/24 - https://gofan.co/event/6475232?schoolId=LA69643

4/25 - https://gofan.co/event/6475232?schoolId=LA69643

The next CA Visual Art senior art show is open for viewing in the CAVE Gallery, room 407, today through next Tuesday featuring work by L. Crump, L. Barrios, A. Lilly and Z. Gordon.

Local poets Justin Lacour (Willow parent) and Karisma Price (Willow graduate) recently visited with students in the Willow High School Library in celebration of National Poetry Month, organized by Creative Writing Department Chair, Dr. Allison Campbell. Both poets read from their work and answered students' questions. Lacour prompted students to try writing an ode, while Price signed copies of her award winning book, I'm Always So Serious. Poets Kenyatta Rogers and SunnyLyn Thibodeaux will be visiting soon.

Olivier Limjuco participated in the Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans and Brees Dream Foundation's Trust Your Crazy Ideas Challenge this year for the second time and placed in semi-finals. Olivier showcased a business idea for kitchen convenience products at Loyola in March, and met and competed against students from other area high schools in a shark-tank-esque competition. Well done!

Before spring break, CA Dance I kindly hosted the CAVA I artists to draw quick gestures of their impressive dancers. The CAVA I artists - many of whom don't have much experience drawing the figure from life - had fun channeling Edgar Degas!

Certificate of Artistry Creative Writing (CACW) students will present Senior Projects at their Senior Showcase on Monday, April 13, 6 pm, in the High School Library. Experience some outstanding and original writing from Harlan Bush, Stella Cooper, Salvador Glasco, Ciara Jones, John Manganaro, Oliver Morse, Gustave Rish, Theo Santanilla, and Ben Vu.

Students in Mr. Grennell's Honors Biology classes hunted for prey and discovered the meaning of evolutionary "fitness" in a physically active game: The Bean-Counter Evolution Lab Experiment.

The Willow High School library's Spring Book Fair was a huge hit! Students enjoyed new features such as a DIY bookmark station and coffee bar, as well as a vintage physical media table, featuring records, CDs, cassette tapes, and DVDs. The most popular books purchased were Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir;  Scythe by Neil Shusterman; The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath; 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell; and I Don't Wish You Well, the latest novel by Baton Rouge author Jumata Emill. Many thanks to Blue Cypress Books for another fun-filled, one-of-a-kind Book Fair experience! 

Congrats to the Willow High School juniors who recently participated in their Ring Ceremony! They'll soon be ruling the school as our new Seniors!

Willow High School students relaxed and reflected at the recent 2026 DaVinci Scholars Summit.

Hope you can make it to the Boil this weekend! The weather will be beautiful and our entertainment lineup is HOT!

The Willow Middle School choir teamed up with the High School Jazz Band for an amazing rehearsal ahead of the Crawfish Boil—and let’s just say, it’s going to be a performance you won’t want to miss on Saturday!