Please help us give a warm welcome to our next new teacher feature, Mr. Nathan Cooper!
About Mr. Cooper: "My name is Nathan Cooper, and I am an SBU graduate. This is my first year as an educator and I am extremely grateful with how my school year has been so far! I have always wanted this to be my career. I could not be any happier to be at Willow Springs working with the most amazing team and Co-Workers that you could ask for!"
Welcome to Bear Nation Mr. Cooper, we're so glad that you're here!🐻
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The Willow Springs Elementary School is celebrating Fire Safety Week!
Firefighters from the Willow Springs Fire Department and the Pomona Fire Department brought fire trucks and did lessons/demonstrations for our students!
Students got to watch videos and ask the firefighters questions. They also got to go outside to see the trucks and their tools!
Thank you to the Willow Springs Fire Department and Pomona Fire Protection District 2 for volunteering their time today to talk to our students!
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It’s #TeacherProud and #BearProud Tuesday!
Willow Springs is excited to join other school districts across the region in celebrating teachers and district staff on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Teacher Proud Recipients:
🐻Anita Ellis - Willow Springs Elementary School 2nd grade Interventionist
🐻Heather Miller - Willow Springs Middle School 6th grade Social Studies Teacher
🐻Jenny Payne - Willow Springs High School Math Teacher
Bear Proud Recipient:
🐻Teresa Vanhorn - Custodian
Congratulations to this month's recipients, we are so grateful for all the hard work and dedication you give to our district and students!
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Some of Ms. Tice's students recently went on field trips to the Willow Health Care Inc Senior Living Home and to the Willow Springs Post Office!
October 2023 Regular Session Board Meeting
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Sophomore Chloe Jones is hosting a flag football night on Friday, October 20th to help raise money for Willow Springs FCCLA! Kickoff is set for 6:30 pm at Palenske Field.
Save the date and come out to support!
Congratulations to Braiden DeWitt and Macy Pearson for a great tournament at the opening of the Speech and Debate season!
They received a 2 ranking in their very first varsity round at the Nixa tournament on Saturday.
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Here's what Mrs. Mayberry's BETA students have been up to recently!
On Tuesday during their CAT time, the students went to Mrs. Siler's office to prepare the weekly student food bags that are sent home on Fridays!
On Wednesday, they went down to MUNCH and helped bag groceries for 350 families!
These are just a few of the projects that the team will use for their service learning project board for Regional BETA competition in late February!
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Mrs. Lewis' fifth grade scientists put their knowledge of physical and chemical changes to the test last week as they tested substances, made qualitative observations, and analyzed their data to figure out the "crime" of who took the missing cake!
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The Willow Springs Bear Pride Band placed 1st overall in class 1A at the Mountain Grove Contest this past Saturday!
Here are all the results:
Excellent Rating
Class 1A first place overall
Class 1A best drum major
Class 1A best color guard
Class 1A best general effect
Class 1A best visual effect
Class 1A 2nd place percussion
Class 1A 2nd place music
Melaina Wilson and Briana Hann are the State Sectional Doubles Champions!!🏆
They won 6-1 and 6-2 over Mount Vernon! They are moving on to final state tournament!
Congratulations girls!!!
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Thank you to G & W Foods for their donation to the Willow Springs Elementary School for collecting 1% of all the receipts brought in by our elementary students from last year!
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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!
