Updates

On November 6, 2009, Willow Springs held a PTO elementary carnival. Different school organizations came together and created a lot of fun for our local elementary school kids. This year, Spanish club had six stands: football toss, beanbag toss, hair spraying, Mexican hot chocolate, and confetti filled eggs that were smashed on heads. The money received during these events went to the Spanish trip to  Silver Dollar City. The Spanish club made a successful $297.00 this year and donated a fourth of it to PTO proceedings.  ”A good time was had by all because Spanish society loves to play, ” replied Spanish teacher Mrs. Griffith.

On November 3, Willow Springs High School’s Jobs After Graduation (JAG) Association made a commitment.  Each year,  JAG students have to go through this required induction to commit to the JAG organization. “There were 38 students this year that were sworn in,” said Mrs. Reed. “I am very proud of my students and really look forward to this year with them.”

Although we have a lot of clubs at WSHS, there are three new clubs this year. One of the clubs is called “Lady Letterman”.

Coach Jackson is the advisor of Lady Letterman and is planning many projects for the club this year.  The group will travel to Branson on December  12^th. They will have a community service project in November and will Paint the Elementary playground. Lady Letterman club also plans to attend State Cross Country on November 7^th as a club.

Another new group is Fellowship for Christian Athletes (FCA). Senior Jessica Girdler is leading this club as part of her senior project. ”I felt like the high school needed something to do with Christianity in their clubs,” stated Jessica.  FCA participated in Willow’s Trunk or Treat, and on November 21,^st they will retreat to College of The Ozarks.

The final club is the Scion club, and it’s a role playing game club based on mythology. The members of the club meet every day at lunch. Freshman Spencer Collins is in charge of this club. Spencer stated, “ People were talking about a role playing game, and they said that if there would be a club, they would definitely join it.  So I decided to start the club.” 

On Saturday, October 3, the Willow Springs Fall Festival returned as Oz Fest.  That morning was very chilly, but the afternoon weather warmed up considerably.  Many high school clubs had booths to raise money, such as FCCLA and Spanish Society.  FCCLA’s advisor Mrs. Steelman  said, “We had a great time painting many faces.”  The club painted around 60 young faces!  Mrs. Griffith stated, “We had some extremely excited volunteers for the dunking booth like Coach Pitts, Mrs. Read, and Mr. Cochran; they did an outstanding job!”  Oz Fest was a huge success and planning has already begun for next year. 

The dunking booth was a popular "Oz Fest" attraction

On Thursday, October 1, the Kindergarten split up into two groups and walked down to the library.

For many students, this was their first time being at the library.  One of the librarians read the students a book and gave them a tour.

The Kindergartners really enjoyed the trip!

Cute in their skirts and waving their poms poms around, you’ll see our high school cheerleaders on the side-line at every game.  Seems pretty easy what they do right? 

“Bubba’s best buddy is Bingo the bear…”  Walking into the kindergarten room, you hear voices belting out the words to the latest alphabet song.  Mouths pop as young scholars work to perfect each letter’s sound.

“Pillaging dead bodies, basically dismembering bodies and gnashing of teeth,”  Coach Mac reveals as he describes a typical day in ISS.  In all actuality, a day in ISS is filled with little trouble in which students do their work and learn to hate their punishment.