Thanksgiving Thanks

Posted on November 24th, 2008 in Uncategorized by wisdavis

WIS students and teachers again met the challenge of helping families in need in our community for the Thanksgiving holiday.  Classes were challenged to bring in non-perishable food items for this cause.  Mrs. Rasco’s class in 6th grade and Miss Nelson’s class in 5th grade brought in the most from their respective grade level.  Over 2200 individual items were donated by students and teachers with another 21 turkeys donated by teachers and friends of the building.  From this effort 21 families in our community will now have food on their Thanksgiving table that would not have been there otherwise.   The food items that are left over will be donated to our local food bank.  A special “thank you” to our counselor Mrs. Skaggs for taking on this wonderful project again and to all those who helped to make it possible!

Mr. Lawley and the high school Fast Forward group visited our building on Thursday to put on a performance for our entire building.  Wow!  They put on a great show!  Our 6th grade students were treated to a showing of the high school production of Beauty and the Beast on Friday.  Thanks to Mrs. Chappell and her talented group for making this available to our students.

Veterans day at WIS

Posted on November 17th, 2008 in Uncategorized by wisdavis

Over the last 2 1/2 years WIS has had many “firsts”.  A Veterans Day assembly was one of these 2 years ago this week.  Our building has always found it very important to take time on this day to recognize and celebrate our country’s Veterans.  Although many of our students know why Veterans Day is on the calendar, they often do not recognize it’s significance to our country.  I know that they left our assembly on Tuesday with a better understanding of this.  We were privileged to have over 70 veterans and their families present to share with us their stories of sacrifice and honor.  Members of the Missouri National Guard presented the colors.  Mr. Gene Beattie, a veteran of the Vietnam War, shared with us his personal experiences and insight.  He led the 750+ members of the audience (mostly 10 and 11 year olds!) in a moment of silence that was so powerful and quiet that you could hear the wind blowing the flag outside.  Each branch of the military was recognized and each member was given a gift as a token of our appreciation.  Many tears and hugs were shared during and after the assembly.  We want to express our thanks to all of the veterans that attended and we hope they can join us again in the future!  

 

First D.A.R.E. Graduation of the school year

Posted on November 10th, 2008 in Uncategorized by wisdavis

WIS celebrated the graduation of our first DARE class on Thursday evening.  Our pink team was honored for their accomplishement by their parents, teachers, and guests.  The group heard a key note speech from Willard mayor pro-tem Louie Amodeo.  This group of students spent the last 6 weeks learning how to make positive choices and problem solving techniques that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.  A special thanks to Cheif McClain and the Willard PD for taking the time to put on the DARE program for our students and to Conco quarries and Mid-Missouri Bank for sponsoring the shirts each student received.  Our Maroon and Green teams will be starting this program next week.

Our 5th grade is excited about beginning a program sponsored by the Missouri State University SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) organization.  Through this program our students will be given a glimpse of the business world and gain a better understanding of economics, finance, and marketing.  This program culminates with our students traveling to MSU for a fun learning day at SIFE city.

A reminder that WIS will be hosting our parents and friends that have served our country on Tuesday November 11th for our Veterans day assembly.  We encourage all of our parents to be in attendance to help honor these veterans.