Willard Central is off to a wonderful start!  Our theme for 2007-2008 school year is “Reach for the Stars.”  To ensure the best education for the 402 students in our care, we are thrilled to welcome the following team members to the Willard Central Family:

Mrs. Terrie Sexton, 3rd Grade
Mrs. Melanie Jones, 3rd Grade
Miss Lauren Baer, 4th Grade
Mrs. Michelle Bougher, Computer Lab
Mrs. Debbie Gromer, Counselor
Mrs. Tonya Lyons, Special Services
Miss Allison Tourville, Special Services
Mrs. Tanya Barnett, Special Services
Mrs. Candace Follis, ESL
Miss Aimee Sims, Paraprofessional
Miss Lindsay Stanton, Paraprofessional

We are looking forward to starting our Community Time on Monday morning and we are excited for the amazing year ahead of us.  Please join us at Willard Central as we “Reach for the Stars” this year.

Shane Medlin, Principal

Willard South SUPER TIGERS are on the prowl! We are off to a great start for the 2007-2008 school year.  I want to welcome all of our new students and staff members to Willard South.  I am looking forward to working with every student, parent and staff member this year. 

New Members of the Willard South Staff:

• Mrs. Lindsay Wallace-Kindergarten
• Mrs. Jeri Washington-2nd Grade
• Mrs. Clara Hayter-3rd Grade
• Mrs. Colleen Appleby-Early Childhood Special Education
• Mrs. Susan Shikany-Speech/Language
• Mrs. LeaAnn Smith-ASSIST
• Mrs. Candace Follis-ESL Paraprofessional
• Mrs. Mary McKee-Paraprofessional
• Mrs. Nancy Jones-Paraprofessional
• Mrs. JoAnn Provinge-Cook
• Mrs. Dana Pratt-Cook
• Mr. Dennis Dye-Custodian

Welcome back! Willard East is “Cruising to Success” this year. We have verified 418 students attending Willard East and 406 of them were here on our 1st day. As we continue to enroll new students, we have added a Kindergarten section. This makes five sections of Kindergarten and four 1st – 4th grades. Thank you again for voting for Willard Schools in the Spring. We look forward to being able to provide more space for all these kiddos!!!

Willard East New Teachers:

Melissa Turner = Kindergarten

Geoff Meiss = Special Services

Stephanie Stroud = Speech

Amanda Woodall = 2nd Grade (Amanda taught at Willard East 2 years ago and missed us so much she decided to return)

Upcoming WE events: Hope to see you there!!!

Cookie Dough Fundraiser – Aug. 27 – Sept 7 – From experience I can guarantee that these cookies are delicious!!!

McAlister’s Night: Monday Sept 10 5PM-9PM

The weather could not dampen our spirits as we started a fantastic school year!  The kids were so excited and we were glad to see them also!  We only have one new face in our building this year.  Mrs Sharon Reed is our new music teacher.  She actually taught at Willard North, Willard Central and Willard South several years ago!  We are excited she has decided to join our team! We look forward to our first full week of school on Monday!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Rhonda Bishop

Principal, Willard North

Our theme for the year at Willard Intermediate School is Bring Your Best Game, and over 600 students have done just that!  We are welcoming several new staff members to our building this year.  In fifth grade, we added two new staff, and replaced 3 who either changed positions or left the district.  Those teachers are Mrs. Raby, Mrs. Rasco, Mrs. Norman, Mrs. Nielson, and Mrs. Barron.  We also welcome Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Harsh to our Special Education team.  We also welcome Mrs. Loffer as a para in our building.  Some other changes in staff include Mrs. Starkey who is now a Title I reading/language teacher and Mrs. Anderson who moved from 5th grade to 6th grade.