A night out on the town and “mom” doesn’t have to cook?! Join us Tuesday night at the Willard McDonald’s for a night of fun and fun-draising! All proceeds will help enhance the technology at Willard East.

Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate!!! Willard East hosts monthly Tiger Pride assemblies to recognize and celebrate the successes of our school community. Last week was our 1st Tiger Pride assembly for the 2007-2008 school year! Character Ed made a celebrity appearance, we had class pictures taken in our new Tiger Pride shirts, we had a school-wide picture taken at the football field and we recognized over 100 students for various achievements.(Attendance, Students of the Month, prize winners, student council, etc.) If you have been to one of Willard elementary schools’ Tiger Pride assemblies you are missing out! Join us each month or make connections at one of the other elementary buildings and see what all the hype is about!!!

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Willard East’s fall Book Fair kicked off today with Open House this coming Tuesday Sept. 25. Everyone is welcome to visit Willard East next week!

Chili Supper @ 5:30PM

Open House 6:00-7:00PM

Aug./Sept. Tiger Pride/School Picture/Spirit shirt day Thursday Sept.27 2:30Pm.

Calling all parents of birth to 5 year olds! Parents As Teachers is looking for more families to service. Check out their new website and enroll your student TODAY. For more information you can contact PAT at 742-5490.

No School – Friday September 28!!! Teacher Workday!!!

Thank you to everyone who came to McAlister’s for dinner Monday night. We had quite a crowd and parents and students enjoyed having teachers, and especially the principal, “wait on them.” More than one parent commented that I should keep my day job when I got orders mixed up! All’s well that ends well and we raised a whopping $306!!!

Cookie Dough Fund raiser was a huge success as well! We do not have a grand total yet but we know how delicious these were last year so we expected quite a turn out in sales.

Our week kicked off Monday with our K and 1st grade teachers participating in our 1st round of training through the Missouri Reading Initiative. We welcome trainer Becky Garst and her vast amount of knowledge in reading and writing! Students and teachers will benefit tremendously from her expertise. 2nd and 3rd grade will have training next week and 4th grade is ahead of the game with 2 days of training already underway!

Individual school pictures will be next Wed. so put on your best smile and remember these pictures last forever! Many of you are reminded of this year when your family digs out all the photo albums during the Holidays!

Have a great weekend!

Please join the Willard East family at McAlisters north side, Kansas Expy & Kearney, THIS Monday Sept. 10 from 5pm – 9pm! You don’t have to cook that night and the money goes to a good cause……….WILLARD EAST KIDS!!!! See you there! Check out the menu below for all the delicious options for dinner!

McAlisters Menu

It’s that time of year when MAP results start to trickle in from the state department. As we do not have individual student reports yet, we do have building-wide results.

Math State Target = 35.8

Willard East = 57.3 :)

Communication Arts State Target = 42.9

Willard East = 59 :)

Willard East continues to score above the state targets but there is always work to be done. Teachers work in collaborative teams to review and analyze this information. Once all the data is analyzed our school works to provide the best learning environment possible for all students to be successful on these high stakes tests. As always we are proud of the hard work of Willard East teachers and students!

More information can be found on the DESE Website.

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

Last Saturday I had the privilege of traveling to Branson with our contestants for the Sporting Chance Track meet. Rylea, Dalton, and Kylie spent the morning participating in track and field events and the afternoon at Silver Dollar City. Yes, they even talked me into riding the roller coaster Wild Fire against my better judgement. That was probably a once in a lifetime experience that I do not care to repeat!

On behalf of Willard East students and staff we hope you have a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing you in the fall!

Principal Miller

What: Annual end of the year Sock Hop, Live DJ, dinner, prizes, live and silent auctions.

Who: Everyone looking for fun, games, prizes, and to be a part of one the biggest thematic basket auctions of the year!

Where: Willard East Elementary

When: Tomorrow, Saturday May 5 4:00PM – 7:00PM

Additional information: If you would like to volunteer to help with Willard East Field Day next Friday, please contact your child’s teacher or call and sign up with Betty or Nikki.

Have a great weekend and we will see you at the Sock Hop!

Melinda

Today brings a welcome end to MAP testing for our students and teachers! Our staff is very proud of our 3rd and 4th grade students and their efforts and positive attitude during these important tests. I believe our teachers and students are walking with a spring in their step today!

Fine Arts Night Thursday May 3 6:00-7:30PM

Sock Hop Extravaganza!!! Saturday May 5th 4:00PM Willard East PTO has worked all year for this culminating activity of fun and family time. Our basket auction and silent auction are always the talk of the school leading up to and following this exciting event. Please mark your calendar and join us!

Melinda Miller, Principal

This week MAP testing has taken over our school! I am happy to report that the teachers and students have been working very hard this week. “The Great Miller-ini” has been delivering healthy snacks each morning with the assistance of the Lovely Ladies of PTO Donna Creed and Beth Ryan. Thank you to PTO and everyone who has donated supplies and assistance to help MAP testing go off without a hitch!

LANDSCAPE-O-RAMA Tomorrow April 21st 9:00AM – We were “snowed-out” last weekend and we have lots of beautiful plants and shrubs to plant this weekend. Please bring shovels and gloves and join us!

Kindergarten Screening- If you have a student who will be joining us at Willard East next year please call our office to schedule an appointment for Kindergarten Screening May 8 and 9.

Field Day – May 11th – Please let your child’s teacher know if you are able to help that day.

See you tomorrow!

Melinda Miller

For those of you planning on attending our landscaping adventure tomorrow. It has been postponed until next Saturday April 21st due to inclement weather. We are very excited about the “vision” for our landscaping and can’t wait to get everything planted and see it all bloom. Hope to see you next weekend.

MAP Testing = Our theme this year is “Great Test Scores ‘Popping‘ Up Everywhere.” (Popcorn theme) We will be testing the next two weeks and we are confident our students will do very well. Good luck!

Mark your calendar – Willard East Sock Hop – Our annual Sock Hop will be held Saturday May 5th! There will be games, prizes, and our Auction extravaganza for theme baskets. If you have not participated in the annual Sock Hop it’s not too late to start a new family tradition. More information to come!

Melinda Miller, Principal