Lots of wonderful discussions are happening in Ms. Maldonado's ELA class. On Wednesday, the students discussed with their partners the novel The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
Lots of wonderful discussions are happening in Ms. Maldonado's ELA class. On Wednesday, the students discussed with their partners the novel The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
On Wednesday, Ms. Lett's fifth-grade ELA students worked with our librarian Ms. Barrios to learn more about literature genres. They worked collaboratively in groups to identify the genres of given books.
To review for an upcoming assessment, 5th-grade students in Ms. Schwilke's and Mr. Solomon's classes played Bazinga. The students had a lot of fun reviewing materials for their assessments while playing the game.
Our 7th graders are working on a special project for Black History Month. Students are working on finding sources in the library database, answering research questions, and then creating some visuals that will be part of a group shoebox float parade. Stay tuned for more details on this special event!
During Morning Meeting, our Black History Month club is sharing a "spotlight" each day. Our "spotlights" are focused on biographies of African Americans from New Orleans who have made a positive impact on our city. Today, we learned about Matt 'Flukie' Suarez.
It's Valentine's Day at Willow Middle School! Happy Valentine's Day!
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Our 7th grade students (rising 8th graders) recently met with our high school administrators and counselors to learn about scheduling high school courses.
Congratulations to this week's Prides of the Week and the Leader of Pack- Ms. Bagneris.
Our middle school Rainbow Club is having a special Valentine's Day event on Tuesday, Feb. 14. They will have a bake sale in which all proceeds made would go to an LGBTQIA+ foundation chosen by club members. If you would like to purchase items at the bake sale, please bring cash (small bills preferred- no coins accepted).
In honor of the Super Bowl, today is Game Day! Students wore any sport/ any team shirt or jersey. Team shirts could be for football, baseball, soccer - whatever their favorite team is!
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!
Elementary students from our Williams campus visited the Brees Family Field on Wednesday, February 8th for their Fun Run. The Fun Run is an annual fundraiser at the elementary campus in which the students run the track of the Brees Family Field. Many of our middle school students cheered for the elementary students during this special visit. GO LIONS!
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!
We continued our Black History Month Spirit Days today. Today, we wore shirts to celebrate Black history.
For one of our Black History Month celebrations, our middle school students are creating a mural of Ellis Marsalis. Stay tuned for more photos and details as the project progresses!
One of the best views from our campus is the windows to the Brees Family Field. Our students use the field each day during PE. Go Lions!
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!)
Our middle school and high school collected 179 pairs of socks for men, women and children at The Ozanam Inn following last week's Happy Feet drive. Julia Davies and Marbella Maristany represented The Willow School. Together with 11 other area schools, Happy Feet provided more than 5,000 pairs of socks.
