Willard Central teachers love to make learning fun, active and engaging for students.  This week they went above the call of duty to make instruction meaningful and exciting for students.  4th grade students completed their economics study with a Market Day in which each student collaborated to provide a good or service to sell to their fellow classmates.  Students earned money for good attendance, getting their work in and for good behavior, then were ready to spend their earnings in the student created market place purchasing things such as snow-cones, renting video games, chocolate covered strawberries, manicures and pedicures, face painting and much much more.  This hands-on day provided students with applicable understanding of supply and demand, money management, and marketing an item.  Meanwhile the 3rd grade students are busy researching and working on their living museums of famous inventors and scientists.  This interactive project literally brings science and history to life as students transform themselves into these famous individuals. 

As we look ahead to our last week of school, we will have our Field Day on Thursday, May 24th.  On Friday, we will be concluding our year with our 4th Quarter Terrific Tiger Celebration at 9:00.  Don’t forget our early dismissal at 12:40.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for helping keep Willard Central “On Track for Success.”

 Shane Medlin, Principal

Willard Central teachers love to make learning fun, active and engaging for students.  This week they went above the call of duty to make instruction meaningful and exciting for students.  4th grade students completed their economics study with a Market Day in which each student collaborated to provide a good or service to sell to their fellow classmates.  Students earned money for good attendance, getting their work in and for good behavior.  Then they were ready to spend their earnings in the student created market place purchasing things such as snow-cones, renting video games, chocolate covered strawberries, manicures and pedicures, face painting and much, much more.  This hands-on day provided students with an applicable understanding of supply and demand, money management, and marketing an item.  Meanwhile the 3rd grade students have been busy researching and working on their living museums of famous inventors and scientists.  This interactive project literally brings science and history to life as students transform themselves into these famous individuals. 

As we look ahead to our last week of school, we will have our Field Day on Thursday, May 24th.  On Friday, we will be concluding our year with our 4th Quarter Terrific Tiger Celebration at 9:00.  We will then be dismissing after lunch at 12:40. 

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for helping keep Willard Central “On Track for Success.” 

Shane Medlin, Principal

What an exciting week this has been for our special services students! Around 35 students from Mrs. Shikany and Mrs. Stonebarger’s Life Skills classes were treated to a very special day at the Andy Dalton Conservation fishing ponds and archery range. On hand to assist our students with handling bait worms, staying out of the ponds, taking needed breaks and a variety of other activities, were several HS alternative school students and teachers, special services staff and volunteers from the community.Many perch, catfish, largemouth bass, turtles and even sticks were caught with much enthusiasm. We all enjoyed grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, while visiting, before heading to the archery range. We want to thank our physical therapist, Maria Harless, for making this special outing possible. Maria’s grant-writing provided funding from Bass Pro’s Larry Whiteley. Thank you Maria and Larry for this very fun day! Our fourth-graders are one step closer to making the transition to Willard Intermediate School. Special needs students from the four elementary, along with special services teachers and paras, visited Willard Intermediate Friday, where they had the opportunity to meet principal Julie Germann, counselors Melissa Skaggs and Lonnie Compton, special services teachers Cindy Kisling and David Anderson, as well as other staff. A complete tour of the building ended with refreshments in the cafeteria where students were given the opportunity to ask questions and hear about life at Willard Intermediate. We feel this is an important event for our students, and feedback from students and parents indicate appreciation. Thanks goes to Melissa Baker for her organizing, refreshments and all other duties which contributed to the morning.