Elementary School

Tuesday, November 28th Willow Springs Schools will be celebrating MO Beef Day! Help us show our local farmers support by dressing like a farmer on Tuesday!👨‍🌾

Students in Mrs. Warren’s 4th grade reading class wrote many wonderful things about what they were thankful for this week!🥰 #OneWillow

Kindergarteners gave a Thanksgiving performance to family and friends yesterday! They did such a wonderful job!🧡 #OneWillow

It’s #TeacherProud and #BearProud Tuesday! Willow Springs is excited to join other school districts across the region in celebrating teachers and district staff. Our nominees for the month of November are: 🐻 Jessica Cunningham - Willow Springs Elementary School 1st grade teacher 🐻 Amanda Marks - Willow Springs Elementary School special education teacher 🐻 Amber Lewis - Willow Springs Middle School 5th grade science teacher 🐻 Jerry Wickens - Willow Springs High School american government and criminal justice teacher 🐻 Kenny Smith - Willow Springs Schools transportation Congratulations to this month's recipients, we are so grateful for all the hard work and dedication you give to our district and students! Stay tuned for our recipient spotlight videos! #OneWillow

There will be no school November 22-24 for Thanksgiving break.

Students in Mrs. Land's class recently completed a fun fall project!🍂 Using all natural supplies and their imaginations, students created "leaf people"! They also named their leaf person and wrote about them!🍁 #OneWillow

Join us on Tuesday, November 21st at 9:00 am in Grimes Auditorium for a Thanksgiving Program that is being put on by the Kindergarten classes!✨

Congratulations to Mrs. Brooke Coffman for being selected for the McDonald's Outstanding Educator Award!✨ This award program honors local educators for exhibiting the ultimate dedication to their students and those that go the extra mile to contribute to the improvement of education in the communities we serve. Community members were invited to submit nominations online and Mrs. Coffman was selected from a pool of more than 1,700 nominations - 1 of only 5 $1000 winners! Winners of the outstanding educator award each receive a Visa gift card to use toward their classroom, a coffee mug, certificates and McDonald’s coupons to provide to parents with outstanding students throughout the year. The Outstanding Educator Award Recipients are selected at random by using a random generator tool. Here is what the nomination for Mrs. Coffman said: I am nominating Brooke Coffman because of her dedication and love she pours into every student she meets. She offers more love and patience than any other human I have met. She creates and encourages opportunities that most of these students would never receive if it wasn’t for her ongoing support and encouragement. Brooke has said before, I am not only influencing these children as students but as future adults. She is phenomenal and gives 110% and expects nothing in return." Congrats Mrs. Coffman and we are so grateful for the hard work and dedication you bring every day! #OneWillow

Join us Saturday, November 18th at 10:00 am for the Bears for a Better Christmas cornhole tournament! All proceeds from the tournament will go to Bears for a Better Christmas to purchase toys, books, and warm winter clothes for kids. There will also be a bake sale and silent auction going on. If your family lives within the Willow Springs school district, has kids 0-15, and needs assistance with gifts, warm items, and books for Christmas stop by MUNCH to sign up as soon as possible.

On Friday, we honored and celebrated those who have sacrificed so much for us!🇺🇸 We appreciate everyone who joined us for our Veterans Day breakfast and assembly that was student-led and organized by Kaylee Pendergrass and the Willow Springs FACS and FCCLA! Thank you to Mrs. Courtney Foster and Mr. Jeff Conger for speaking at today's assembly! We also want to thank the 4th grade choir, high school choir and Mr. Good for performing! Thank you, veterans! We are forever grateful for your sacrifices.❤️🇺🇸 #OneWillow

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age 5, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and the State of Missouri. Every child from birth to age 5 in Missouri is eligible to participate - sign your child up today by clicking this link! https://imaginationlibrary.com/check-availability/

The first edition of the Willow Springs District Digest is available now!🐻 See all the exciting things that happened during the first quarter by clicking this link: https://go.willowbears.com/newsletter

Join us tomorrow evening for the 3rd and 4th grade Fall Choir Concert!🎼 It will be a Veteran's Day/Thanksgiving themed concert! #OneWillow

The 4th grade team had so much fun on their field trip at the Dickerson Park Zoo!🐯 #OneWillow

The 4th grade team had so much fun on their field trip at the Dickerson Park Zoo!🐯 #OneWillow

Mrs. Chaney's Kindergarten friends went back in time to the 50's to celebrate the 50th day of school on Thursday! #OneWillow

Please help us welcome our next new teacher feature, Ashley Freeman! About Ms. Freeman: "Hello! My name is Ashley Freeman. This is my 5th year teaching, specifically in early childhood education. I previously taught in the West Plains school district for 4 years. I am so thankful for the opportunity to teach Kindergarten here at Willow! I am involved with the youth ministry and worship team at my church and absolutely love it! When I’m not at school you can more than likely find me at church or spending time with family or friends. I love the the community in Willow Springs!" Welcome to Bear Nation Ms. Freeman, we're so glad you're here!🐻 #OneWillow

Mrs. Pitts' class recently participated in a fun pumpkin estimation project!🎃 #OneWillow

We now have a sensory path at the elementary school that is utilized for behavior regulation! Sensory paths are a great resource and benefit for students because they can help reduce stress or anxiety, improve cognitive function and sharpen their gross motor skills, improve spatial awareness, improve hand-eye coordination and so many other benefits! All K-4 students will have access to use the sensory path for regulating behaviors. #onewillow

🚨Important reminders! • Today, Thursday October 26th is an EARLY DISMISSAL day at 12:45 pm. Parent/Teacher Conferences will be from 1:00-6:00 pm today. • There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 27th for Fall Break. • There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 30th for Professional Development Day.