Final Rehearsal for the 6th Grade Greek Plays tomorrow!
Today we learned that 2 cubic yards of granite gravel can weigh around 5,600 pounds or 2.8 tons! Luckily, the 6th graders enthusiastically worked together to make a new floor for our greenhouse possible.
The new shed is assembled. Thanks very much to the WWCA and Willow Wind Families who contributed to the Bike-A-Thon last year for purchasing the new "Dana Shed" to hold sports equipment for lots of active fun!
THANK YOU to our amazing Willow Wind Community for helping to make this year’s food drive a huge success! Families donated 1,956 items to the Ashland Community Food Bank, breaking last year’s record of 1,786 items. This amounts to 1,264 pounds of food! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Today we came together to celebrate Native American Heritage Month with help from Brianna Brown, Aaron and Mandala. Plant Oregon donated native plants for Willow Wind classes to plant and nurture and Siskiyou Seeds donated some Apache Red corn that will be planted in our garden this spring.
We read "Be A Good Ancestor" together and shared thoughts about the well loved willow tree that fell this week, leaving young willows behind to grow. The students reflected on what they could do today to make the world a better place for tomorrow. Thanks to all who helped!
Our beloved willow tree fell in the windstorm last night. The students have so many memories of the gifts we have received from this tree over many years. Thanks to an amazing Willow Wind parent, we have young willows grown from the old tree flourishing on the property.
Today students are sharing their memories and planning ways to honor and remember our old willow friend!
October Homegrown Lunch today at Willow Wind. Pumpkin Soup using pumpkins from our garden. After lunch, it was a fun day at the Pumpkin Festival!
Pumpkin Festival Day at Willow Wind - Lots of pumpkin fun!
We had a fabulous assembly for Indigenous Peoples Day at Willow Wind this morning. Thank you to Willow Wind families (Browns & Wikis) for presenting at the assembly today and creating the Bingo Game for buddies to play.
Southern Oregon Pride!
We are committed to serving ALL in our community.
Excited to start the SOPride Parade!
Come out and show your support Ashland! Parade starts at 10:00.
#ASDProud
#allmeansall
#lovewins
Happy Birthday Dannette!
Willow Wind staff and families are grateful for all you do for us and wish you a wonderful year ahead!
The Rainbows (2nd grade class) making fresh grape juice and writing with temporal words to signal the event order of this sticky and sweet project.
First, pick the grapes. Then, separate out the stems and leaves. You will need to rinse the grapes. Next, put the fruit in the juicer and pour it into 22 cups. Finally, enjoy the juice and clean up.
A beautiful evening for. our Welcome Back Picnic!
Thanks to the generous Firemen who grilled and to Joseph Hattrick who stopped by to say hello to the Willow Wind Community -
TONIGHT @ 5:30 pm
Join us for the Welcome Back Picnic
Hope to see you there!
It takes teamwork to make apple chips!
Willow Wind had our first FUN RUN of the Year. Today we all walked the route with our buddies - Next month we will do the run!
ALERT: All Ashland School District afterschool clubs and activities are cancelled today, 9/4/24. This includes the boys JV and Varsity away soccer game. Please arrange for student pick up as soon as possible.
The Upper School Students taught youngers at Expectation Stations today and then after lunch we had a POP UP POPSICLE PARTY! A fun way to end the first week of classes.
Check out the article by Ashland.news highlighting our new summer lunch program. Free meals are now available for all children ages 1-18 at Walker and Bellview elementary schools, Monday through Thursday until August 8th. The piece explores how recent eligibility changes made this possible after years of ineligibility. Please click to read more about this exciting initiative and its impact on our community.
https://ashland.news/no-free-lunch-actually-if-youre-up-to-18-years-old-you-can-get-one-this-summer-in-ashland/
We rode many miles yesterday at the annual BIKE-A-THON - Thanks to all of the parent volunteers and friends an d family who supported this event!
