The annual Willow Springs FCCLA Veterans Day assembly and breakfast will be on Friday, November 10th!
The breakfast, for veterans only, will be at 8:15 am in the Bears Den (FEMA shelter).
The assembly, open to the public, will begin at 9:45 am in Munford Gymnasium.
Save the date and join us on November 10th!
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Please help us welcome our next new teacher feature, Mr. James Lee!
About coach Lee: "Hello, my name is James Lee, and I am the new middle school ISS teacher and assistant varsity boys basketball coach. This is my tenth year in education as well as a boys basketball coach. I have two children, Caden, an 8th grader and Deion who is currently in his second year of college. Our family is managed by my wife of 18 years, Stephanie. Before coming to Willow Springs I taught at Liberty for 9 years. During my time at Liberty I taught high school Physics, business, strength and conditioning coach, middle school boys basketball and football coach, and head varsity boys basketball coach. I am excited to be here at Willow and cannot wait till basketball season. Da Bears!"
Welcome to Bear Nation coach Lee, we're so glad you're here!🐻
Mrs. Drake's classes have been doing lots of hands-on projects recently!
7th grade design and modeling students have been practicing their skills with a ruler. Last week they had to use precise measuring skills to accurately build a skimmer. On Monday, they put those skimmers to the test! Later this week they will review and analyze the statistical data from the skimmer launches.
8th grade medical students got out of the classroom to interview “sick” patients. Students took on the role of medical professionals as they sought to ask the right questions in order to gather information about the conditions and symptoms their patients are experiencing. The next step is using the information they’ve gathered to properly diagnose and treat their patients.
8th grade Project STEM students were challenged to create a device that would safely transport supplies (a raw egg) to a target.
Mrs. Mayberry's Junior BETA students spent time working with Mrs. Ryan on creating and making team BETA shirts!
They learned the whole process from start to finish on hot press shirt making! They will wear these shirts when they are working on their Service Learning Projects.
The Elementary and Middle School are excited to announce that the online book fair is now open! 📖
Shop BOTH BUILDINGS at this link: https://efairs.literati.com/?school=willow-springs-elementary-school-willow-spgs-mo
Students can shop in person the week of October 23rd. Families are invited to shop on Thursday, October 26th during parent teacher conferences.
Watch for more information being sent home soon!
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Mr. Bell’s 8th grade shop class built a variety of vehicles last week!
Congratulations to the Willow Springs Bear Pride Band for placing 3rd in Class A and 12th overall at the Ozark Marching Festival on Saturday!
Mrs. Coursen's 7th grade art class had so much fun doing their paint pouring projects!
Meliana Wilson and Briana Hann are the District Doubles Champions!!!🏆
On to State Sectionals! Congrats girls!
Some fun photos from Mrs. White's Free Friday during Bear Time on Friday!
Congratulations to Koby Hicks, Chris Wallace, and Zepplyn Gilliam for completing their OSHA-10 Construction Course as part of Mr. Siler's Carpentry Program!
The OSHA-10 Construction Certification is an industry recognized credential.
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Please help us give a warm welcome to Mr. Glen Cox, our next new teacher feature!
About Mr. Cox:
• 24th year in education
• Taught and coached football/track at Doniphan Middle School, Belton middle School, Lamar schools, Bolivar schools, and Stockton schools
• Married to wife, Mary Beth with 2 sons Jared and Trevor
• Hobbies include farming, animals, camping, hunting, fishing, family, and sports
Welcome to Bear Nation coach Cox, we're so glad you're here!🐻
The Elementary and Middle School will be hosting book fairs the week of October 23rd! More information is coming soon.
Mr. Wilson's students were playing duck, duck, goose in Adaptive PE last week!
They have also been using the recess equipment to build strength!
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Preschool students had so much fun practicing their letters in shaving cream on Friday!
Coach Cox's 8th grade social studies classes are building models of Native American homes as they are going through the early American unit.
Coach Cox says the kids are working really hard on these and he is so proud of them!
Lilian Weimer placed 2nd in singles and the doubles team of Melaina Wilson and Briana Hann placed 3rd at the Nixa Tournament today!🏅
Congratulations girls!
Mrs. Dowden's 5th grade math class ditched their pencils to do some of their math problems with chalk!
The students enjoyed doing something different!
Mrs. Welch's 6th grade science classes recently completed a fun density lab!
Please help us give a warm welcome to one of our newest teachers, Michaela Rodgers!
About Mrs. Rodgers - "Hello, I'm Michaela Rodgers. This is my first year teaching and I'm teaching 3rd grade! I grew up here in Willow Springs and went to school here K-12. I'm super excited to get to come back and work in the school district that raised me!"
Welcome to Bear Nation! We're so happy to have you!
