Willowville Elementary School

4529 Schoolhouse Road * Batavia, OH 45103 *

May 2013 513-943-6800 513-752-9181 fax

What's Up Willowville?

Dear Willowville Parents and Students,

Your children are AMAZING! Over the last several weeks, I have observed so much

compassion, reassurance, hard work and determination from all of our grade levels.

Thank you for the support you have provided all year by bringing your child to school each

day, encouraging them to always do their best, providing inspiring words and sending in treats

for the class.

We are headed into the home stretch with a lot of exciting activities for the students. Among

those events are welcoming our new kindergarten students for next school year, Right to Read

week, Time Capsule Opening, COSI on Wheels, field day for each grade, and the Memorial

Day Parade. We are in great need of volunteers, especially for two very exciting events, COSI

and the Memorial Day Parade. There are other opportunities to volunteer in the month of May.

Please contact Mrs. Prewitt if you are able to help.

5th Grade Parents…Have you heard about the reorganization of the middle schools? The

middle schools will go back to the model of teaming. This means that each set of 100 – 120

students will be grouped with four core teachers in English, mathematics, science, and social

studies. Our students will hear more when they visit the middle school on May 21st. Please see

inside our newsletter or check the website for more information.

“Right to Read” week is the week of May 6th. Several grade levels will enjoy reading a novel/

book each day, sharing their reading books with others, comparing books and movies or

creating an Animoto video to promote reading. There are many more small activities planned

for the students to enjoy. I would encourage you to listen to your child read, read with your

child or read to your child every day; what a wonderful way to spend quality time! Also this

week is DIBELS testing for each grade level. This ties nicely with our Right to Read week as

students show how fluently and accurately they can read.

“Blast into Kindergarten” will be Friday, May 17th at noon. Please encourage your neighbors

who will have a child attending kindergarten next school year to attend this very informative

session even if they have not enrolled at this time.

Please continue to check your child’s Friday folder for information and academic progress.

We have a lot of exciting events planned for the end of the school year and look forward to

your continued support!

Sincerely,

Michelle Kennedy

Michelle Kennedy, Principal

TIME CAPSULE

OPENING

Willowville Elementary will open a 20 year Time Capsule

on May 13, 2013.

The Time Capsule has been sealed in the WV

Gym/Cafeteria for 20 years.

We will open the Time

Capsule at 9:30am.

Anyone who attended or worked at Willowville

during the 1992-1993 school year is welcome to attend.

Please RSVP to Kim Prewitt 943-6800.

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You may contact Mrs. Prewitt by e-mail:

prewitt_k@westcler.org

Important Numbers:

Office 943-6800

Willowville Fax 752-9181

24 hour Attendance Line 943-6804

Health Aide 943-6803

Closing/Delay hotline 943-6898

Transportation 752-4020

Registration Office 943-5000

The newsletter, as well as many important links,

is available on the WV website.

www.westcler.k12.oh.us/

PULL TAB COLLECTION

THANK YOU everyone for sending in Pull Tabs!

Willowville Elementary collected and turned in

an amazing 120.7 pounds to the Ronald McDonald

House!.

Thanks to your collection efforts, families cab

stay at the Ronald McDonald House!

Please visit www.rmhcincinnati.org for more in-

formation about our tab program.

BOGO BOOK FAIR

We had several families that donated books

to Willowville from the Book Fair.

We also had several generous donations of

cash to help purchase books for our Media

Center.

Thank you so much!!

THANKS TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL WILLOWVILLE VOLUNTEERS!

Willowville celebrated our volunteers on April 11th. We appreciate all of our volunteers, from

sending in treats, making copies, working events like the Book Fair, or even heading up events

like the dances, bowling, Santa Breakfast etc. We could not do all of the wonderful things

we do at WV without you! Pictures from the Volunteer Breakfast are on our website!

www.westcler.k12.oh.us/

BLAST INTO KINDERGARTEN!

Incoming Kindergarten Students for the 2013-2014 school year

are invited to attend our Blast into Kindergarten on May 17, 2013 at

12:00noon in the Media Center.

This will include a Curriculum Overview, and a tour of the classroom.

You do not need to R.S.V.P., just arrive 15 minutes early to sign in.

If you have any questions, please call 943-6800.

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Mark your calendar.......

May 3-Interims sent home

May 4-Flying Pig Marathon Final Mile

May 6-10-Right to Read Week

May 7-Market Day pick up 6;30-7:30pm Civic Center

May 8-PTO meeting 6:30pm at Willowville

May 9-Marco’s Pizza Day-All Day (LAST ONE)

May 9-LAST Warrior Warehouse!!

May 10-Final Day to turn in books to Library

May 10-4th grade field trip to Coney Island

May 13-Time Capsule Opening 9:30am

May 14-COSI on Wheels

May 16-WV Skate Night 6:30-8:30pm (LAST ONE)

May 17-Blast into Kindergarten 12:00

May 21-5th grade GEMS orientation

May 23-Box Tops/Campbell Soup Label collection

May 23-Memorial Day Parade

May 24-NO SCHOOL– Teacher Inservice Day

May 27-NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day

May 30-1st grade field trip Cincinnati Zoo

Looking Ahead…….. June 3-KG A Celebration

June 4-KG B Celebration

June 4-5th grade field trip COSI

June 4-3rd grade field trip ZOO

June 4-Market Day Pick UP

June 6-5th grade Celebration 1:00pm

June 6=Last day for students

June 6-Report cards sent home

June 21-23-5th grade Space Camp

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

Willowville will host the 36th annual Memorial Day Parade on Thursday

May 23, 2013. Veterans should sign in by 12:45pm. KG A students that are

accompanied by an adult are welcome to attend. There will be additional

parking in the field on the side.

District Board

Meetings:

May 13th and 28th

7:00 p.m.

at the Civic Center

(Suite 200)

The PTO meetings

are now being held

at Willowville

Elementary in the

Media Center at

6:30pm.

Next meeting is

May 8th,

PTO NEWS

2012-2013

MARCO’S PIZZA CHALLENGE!

Winning classroom for the April

challenge……Ms. Funk/Mrs. Gerwe!

Way to go!

Your class will win a pizza party from

Marco’s!

LAST Marco’s Pizza Day-all day!

May 9th!

Mention WV and your

Teacher to win!

LIBRARY READING STARS

The Union Township Library Reading Stars

program ended April 30th! All prizes will be

Awarded during the week of May 13th.

Congratulations to everyone

that participated!

April Student of the Month

KG 3rd

Dylan Ilgenfritz Isabel Griner

Tyler Rieck Trinity Jeffers

Rowan Younger Walker Halfhill

1st 4th

Madison Beatty Blake Taylor

Macy Adams Kiah Royse

Kyla Fletcher Cameron Birchfield

2nd 5th

Caiden Miller Ryan Hoskins

Abril Shobbrook Lily Disney

Nicholas McEwan CONGRATULATIONS Hannah Barger

MIDDLE SCHOOL REORGANIZTION

West Clermont's Board of Education was presented a plan to reorganize both Amelia and Glen Este Middle

Schools for the 2013-14 school year. Dr. Keith Kline, Superintendent, suggested that "structural changes to our middle

school day are necessary in order to provide our students with the support and academic rigor they deserve."

After listening to teachers and staff, both middle schools will return to more of a true middle school model in 2013-14.

Students will be organized into teams of 110-120 students who will work directly with four core area staff members

(Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies). In addition, time in each core subject area will expand from 50

minutes per day to 60 minutes per day starting in August. All students will have access to academic intervention

focused on Language Arts and Math. Likewise, students will have access to enrichment and electives of their choosing.

There will need to be some staffing adjustments as the district moves into the new school year as well. Specific steps

have been taken to assure students have the same access to teachers and the same course offerings regardless of

which middle school they attend.

The district is also currently interviewing internal candidates for the position of principal at both sites. "Instructional

leadership is key to every schools' success", Kline indicated. "If we do not find the right people inside our organization,

we will search outside until the best candidates are found. We owe that to our students and staff." The District plans

to name new Middle School Principals later this spring.

This shift in the structure of our middle school day will allow our students and staff to get to know each other better,

gain a better handle on student behavior and provide the academic structure necessary to help students achieve. While

there is much work yet to be done, this is a terrific first step in taking West Clermont's middle schools to the next

level.

Fourth grade students at Willowville Elementary entered the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio Child of Appalachia Writing Contest. Students had to write about an invention that would be helpful to society. We would like to congratulate Jayden Kohus for winning the contest for all 4th grade students in Clermont County. We would also like to thank The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio and The Duke Energy Foundation for sponsoring this event in providing two tickets to COSI, a gas card and an iPad for classroom use.

Congratulations Jayden Kohus!

Pictured: Mrs. Arnold, 4th grade teacher at Willowville Elementary, Jayden Kohus, and her mother, Amanda Daly.

Willowville 1st graders

got to meet Dover the

new Fire Dog. Dover

is a 2 yr. old dog that

is new to the Union

Township Fire Dept.

MOTHER AND SON

BOWLING NIGHT!

This year was the 1st

Mother/Son Bowling night.

It was a “Glow” bowl, and

everyone had a lot of fun.

Thanks to everyone who

participated, it was a great

time!