Week of November 14, 2011

The Williams School works with each child to build an enduring foundation for academic, moral, and social success. Williams School students embody integrity, confidence, discipline, and a love of learning.
Honor before Honors

Dear Williams School Families, Wednesdays assembly was one to be remembered. The assembly featured Dr. Walker, former Head of the Williams School, telling us a wonderful story about how Forbes Candy started in the basement of The Williams School. Dr. Walker is quite the storyteller and he entertained our K-8 students, teachers and attending parents with some history about our school building. The 419 building was constructed in 1891, one of just 6 houses in the neighborhood at the time. Williams was first the home of the Burrow family. The Burrow room (a.k.a. Mrs. Hastings room) was named after Anastasia Devereux Burrow, and today her portrait hangs on the first floor of the front atrium area in the 419 annex. The Powells were the next family to move into the home, and they had a daughter named Marion. Students enjoyed hearing about Marions antics as a child and continuing on to her marriage to Charles Forbes while the pair was still in high school. The young couple started making peanut brittle in the basement of 419 Colonial and that was the beginning of Forbes Candies. Although my brief summary does not do the story justice, we are hopeful that Dr. Walker will be able to join us again sometime in the future. Hopefully, other parents will have the opportunity to hear and enjoy another Williams School story. And yes, they are true! Hope to see everyone at the Annual FunDance on Saturday night! Until then, have a nice weekend, Melanie

SCA will be collecting Coats for Kids starting next week. Please donate gently used coats to help Hampton Roads children stay warm this winter. Coats will be collected until Thursday, December 8th. Thank you for your support.

THIS WEEK
Monday, November 14th Tuesday, November 15th PAC Meeting 3:30 PM Girls on the Run 3-4:30 PM Forensics Workshop 3:30-4:00, Ms. Natalie Levy will present to Forensics Team members and interested students ideas, clues, and tips for a positive Forensics presentation. The presentation will continue for coaches, families, and interested staff from 4:00-4:30. Wednesday, November 16th Assembly America Recycles 8:15-9:00 AM Winter Sports Begin Young Yogis 3:00-4:00 PM Fall Sports Reception in MPR 5:30 PM Granby IB Program Open House 6:00-7:00PM

Congratulations to our middle school Owl Award Winners! Dan, Ben M, Caelan, Allison, and Michael

Thursday, November 17th Girls on the Run 3-4:30 PM 2nd Grade Guest Lunch 11:30-12:00 Friday, November 18th 7th & 8th Boys Basketball practice 3:30 5:00PM NEXT WEEK Monday, November 21st Pizza Served for lunch today Dress Down Day 8th Grade Fundraiser Tuesday November 22nd Grandparents Day Early Dismissal Extended Day Not Available Morning Bus Transportation Only

On November 22nd, only morning bus transportation will be provided. All students will be released to their parents, grandparents and/or special friends at the Chrysler following the Grandparents Day Performance.
November 23rd 28th Thanksgiving Break Camp Williams Available November 28th

LOOKING AHEAD Monday, November, 28th Camp Williams Available Teacher Work Day Tuesday, November 29th Poinsettia Orders due today Winter Term Begins Wednesday, November 30th Holiday Band Concert 7 PM @ Unitarian Church Thursday, December 1st Friday, December 2nd Poinsettias Delivered

Please be sure to check out our

COMMUNITY IN THE NEWS board in the

front hall of the 419 building. Based on our Broadcast survey results, parents only wanted to have information that was posted in the Broadcast relevant to our students, school events and fundraising events. We created the Community in the News board to showcase the many ads, news articles and off-campus events that might be of interest to our community. Just to mention a few, the board currently features an article on Rowenas (McCormick Family), Alivia Thompson (Cogswell Family), a performance of Annie, Science Alliance Alive and Chef Hectors Thanksgiving Turkey Catering. Please stop by and catch up on our community happenings.

Fourth Annual Francophone and Hispanic 2-Day Celebration Thank you to all participants!

TWS celebrated its Fourth Annual Francophone and Hispanic 2-Day Event this week with some fun activities in the classroom and delicious cuisine in the cafeteria. The theme this year was Famous Hispanic and Francophone Persons in History. Mouth-watering desserts donated by generous parents were offered in the cafeteria. They were sold for 50c or a donation. The funds collected will help purchase blackboards for our Sister School, St. Gabriel School in Haiti. A blackboard on the Haitian market costs $60. The number of blackboards raised will be announced on Monday. Thank you to all who participated and supported this wonderful celebration. Gracias, merci, thank you! Sra. Milliner, Mme Pirnik and Mme Britz

2011 Art and Writing Contest Conducted by Sri Sathya Sai Baba Center of Hampton Roads First Prize Awarded to Athreya For his essay on the theme Love is Giving and Forgiving
Congratulations to our Boys Soccer Team ETIS Boys Soccer Champions 2011 The boys clinched the title on Thursday with a 8-1 victory over Baylake Pines. It was nice to see not only soccer parents at the field for the game, but also several lower school families attending as well. Thank you for helping to CHEER ON TWS!
Ben (8) Chris (8) Justin (8) Taylor (8) Jackson (8) Gabe (8) Aidan (7) Nathaniel (7) Ben (7) Sam (7) Michael (7) Paul (7) Jack (7) Kyle (7) Bryce (7) Will (6) Caelan (6) Athreya (6) Clay (6) Tucker (6)

Congratulations to our Girls Volleyball Team ETIS Girls Volleyball Champions 2011 The girls brought home the title last Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Baylake Pines. I understand the match was a real nail-biter keeping everyone on the edge of their seat throughout the game. Thank you to the many parents and TWS families that supported our volleyball players during the championship match.
Rebecca (6) Elise (7) Allie (7) Juliette (6) Anna (8) Caroline (8) Natalie (8) Ashley (8) Emmaline (8) Aysha (8) Ann (6) Sally (6) Sarah (6) Maddy (6) Kree (6) Kate (6) Mary Catherine (7) Katarina (8) Megan (6) Aidan (8) Thanks to Debbie Adams, TWS now has a photo hosting site that is secure and allows parents to upload photos via email. The address for our site is thewilliamsschool.smugmug.com. It is a secure site, meaning our photos wont be found by an image search on the internet. The site is also branded with our school identification. The password to access our photo site is the school phone number (without the dash). You may view the galleries already uploaded. If you would like one of the pictures, simply right-click and choose save image as from your browser (PC directions) and choose the location on your computer where you would like to save the photo. To upload photos via email, follow the steps below. Smugmug prefers the jpg (jpeg) format for your photos: 1. Compose an email containing one or more photos or attach the photos to the email and send to thewilliamsschool@email.smugmug.com. 2. Type your photo email password into the subject line (the school phone number is the password do not include the dash) 3. Type the photo's caption into the body of the email (optional). 4. Send. SmugMug will automatically create a gallery named "email" and place your photos in it.

TWS Girl Scouts visit the Hampton Roads Show.

Once you upload, please send dladams@thewilliamsschool.org an email and let her know the category for your photos (such as family picnic or auction). Hopefully that will help us stay a little organized as I can then move the photos into galleries.

In the Know! You are able to sign up for text alerts, specifically weather related school closings at www.wvec.com/textalerts. There are easy to follow steps for subscribing to the text alerts there are other alerts you may choose in addition to school closings. The school list is alphabetical so The Williams School is towards the bottom of the list.

Keeping Williams Green Weekly Tip

The average American uses 650 pounds of paper each year 100 million tons of wood could be saved each year if all that paper was recycled. Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. A typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year. That's a lot of containers that can all be recycled!

More than 20 million Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of aluminum foil. Believe it not, ALL that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it so most it goes in the trash!

POINSETTIA SALE
Sponsored by the 6th Grade Class - Triple C Camp Fundraiser **Florist Quality plants in 6 inch pots with 5 9 blooms per pot Poinsettia Colors Red White Pink Total Poinsettias Number ______ @ $8.25/plant ______ @ $8.25/plant ______ @ $8.25/plant Wrapper Green _____ Gold_____ Green _____ Gold_____ Green _____ Gold _____

______ @ $8.25/plant = $_______.___

Please make checks payable to The Williams School and return this form to Mr. Etter. For your convenience you may order online: www.thewilliamsschool.org Orders must be placed by Tuesday, November 29th. Plants will be delivered on Friday, December 2nd. Name: ____________________________

Telephone: _________________ Students Name: __________________________ Grade: ______ The 6th Grade Class thanks you for your support!

FunDance is Saturday, November 12, 2011, 6-10 pm, at the Granby Theater.
Admission is by annual fund donation. Bus Ticket to Ride is available for $10 per person. More information to come on pick up locations. For more information, please contact Harper Lea (hlea@thewilliamsschool.org) or Meredith Lauter (mlauter@thewilliamsschool.org). Money Cant Buy Me Love, but it sure helps pay our teachers, whom we love! Thank you for participating in our annual appeal! WHERE WERE

YOU IN THE 60s?

In preparation for our FunDance, here are a few of our TWS family as they were in the 60s. Can you guess who they are? More photos are coming daily, so be sure to check the board in the Old Main foyer. To add your photo, please email to Meredith Lauter at mlauter@thewilliamsschool.org. Identities will be revealed the night of the dance! AND IN CASE YOU ARE

SHY ABOUT WEARING A COSTUME . . .

. . . A PICTURE IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS JOIN THE pm.

FUN!

See you on November 12, 2011, 6-10

Grandparents Day Tuesday, November 22nd EVERYONE IS INVITED!

Too often in a small school we forget that our traditions are not clear to all members of our school family. Certainly it is a day to recognize and thank our grandparents. But, it is also a day to spend with mothers and fathers, and even uncles and aunts and special adult friends. So, we ask and encourage parents to attend the day with their children as well as grandparents. In addition, if your child does not have a grandparent who can attend, any adult member of the family or extended family is welcome as well. The goal of this service is to gather together as a school family before we break for the holidays. All are welcome. **Please note this is a dress up day for students** 8:05 Meet your student The following grades meet guests and start tour in Old Main (419 Colonial) K- Kindergarten Room 2nd Grade 2 Room 4th Grade 4 Room 5th Grade 5 Rooms th 8 Mrs. Justesens Room 7th Mrs. Lindgrens Room The following grades meet guests and start tour in Humanities Center (418 Colonial) 1st Library 3rd Art Room 6th Science Room **Grandparents (special guests) that have more than one grandchild in the school should meet the oldest first and then pick-up younger grandchildren before starting the school tour. 8:15 9:15 School Tour 9:00 Band Students report to the MPR and depart for the Chrysler 9:15 Students return to the same classroom they started the day in. 9:15 Guests may walk to the Chrysler or take the bus. 9:20 - Buses depart from the side of Old Main on Fairfax Avenue 9:30 10:15 Student Performance 10:15 - Dismissal in Huber Court 10:15 11:00 Individual art tours optional 10:20 &10:40 Buses to school Three Cities Cocktail Parties Home of Cindy & Bob Aston December 3rd, 2011 Home of Mike & LeAnne Benedetto January 14, 2012
The Astons and the Benedettos invite you to join them for cocktails! As a part of our Auction 2011, we invite you to join us at the home of Cindy and Bob Aston in Portsmouth for a holiday party to end the year on a festive note on Saturday, December 3, 2011. (This date has changed from the original, and if you have already signed up and cannot attend, please contact Chris Cooper and we will be happy to prepare a refund for you.) Start the new year off right with a Bahama-themed party on January 14, 2012 with Mike and LeAnne Benedetto at their home in Virginia Beach. (You're welcome to take a polar plunge into Broad Bay if the Bahama heat leaves you feeling a bit warm.) The price for this fun duo of parties is $135 per couple. To join the festivities, please contact Chris Cooper at ccooper@thewilliamsschool.org. All proceeds benefit TWS!