Week of September 23rd, 2013

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

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

For the following TWS events:

Monday, September 23rd School Picture Day Tuesday, September 24th Chess Club Begins Thursday, September 26th Kindergarten Guest Lunch 11AM Monday, September 30th Assembly 8:10-8:55 Dress Down Day 8th Fundraiser Pick-a-time Conference scheduling opens @ 8:30AM Monday, September 30th thru Thursday, October 3rd Forensics Tryouts during school Friday, October 4th State of the School Casual Diner 6PM

Please join Mike Spencer, Head of School for coffee and conversation with parents of students in 4th and 5th Grades on Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 8:00 am The Williams School Humanities Center Lunchroom Looking forward to seeing you! For information: mlauter@thewilliamsschool.org

School Pictures Monday, September 23rd Hayne Photography will be on campus to take student photographs next Monday morning, 10:00 11:30 AM Please plan ahead for haircuts and choice of outfits (small prints or solid colors). There is no pre-order opportunity this year. Each student will receive a proof/order form two weeks after photo day to order photos. Thank You!

8th Grade Fundraiser The next dress down day will be Monday September 30th $2 for 5th 8th & $1 for everyone else

THIS WEEK Saturday, September 23nd Optional Cross Country Practice 8:00-10:00AM @ Bayville Farms Optional Girls Volleyball Practice 10:00 12 Noon @ Park Place Monday, September 23nd Assembly 8:10-8:55 Magazine Sale Kick Off! School Picture Day Boys Soccer vs. St. Patricks @ Bluebird Park 4:00PM Tuesday, September 24th Girls On The Run 3:05-4:30 meet in Library Chess Club 3:30-4:15 in 418 Porch Room Blue Girls Volleyball vs./@ Norfolk Academy 4:00PM Gold Girls Volleyball vs./@ Norfolk Academy 5:15PM Boys Soccer vs Norfolk Academy @ Bluebird Park 4:00PM Board Meeting 4:30PM Wednesday, September 25th Cross Country Practice 3:30-5:00 PM Thursday, September 26th Girls On The Run 3:05-4:30 meet in Library Kindergarten Guest Lunch @ 11:00AM in lunchroom Blue Girls Volleyball vs. St. Patrick @ Park Place 4:00PM Gold Girls Volleyball vs. St. Patrick @ Park Place 5:15PM Friday, September, 27th Cross Country Practice 3:30-5:00 PM NEXT WEEK Monday, September 30th Assembly 8:10-8:55 Magazine Sale First Turn-in Day Dress Down Day 8th Grade Fundraiser Pick-a-time Conference scheduling opens @ 8:30AM Blue Girls Volleyball Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5:00PM Tuesday, October 1st Girls On The Run 3:05-4:30 meet in Library Chess Club 3:30-4:15 in 418 Porch Room Blue Girls Volleyball vs. St. Matthews @ Park Place 4:00PM Gold Girls Volleyball vs. St. Matthews @ Park Place 5:15PM Boys Soccer vs Baylake Pines @ Bluebird Park 4:00PM Wednesday, October 2nd Young Yogis in MPR @3:00PM Cross Country Practice 3:30-5:00 PM 7th Grade to Triple C until Friday, Oct. 4th Thursday, October 3rd Girls On The Run 3:05-4:30 meet in Library 4th & 5th Grade Parent Coffee 8:00am in the lunchroom Gold Girls Volleyball Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5:00PM Boys Soccer Practice @ Bluebird Park 3:30-5:00PM Friday, October 4th 7th Grade returns from Triple C 3:00PM Cross Country Practice 3:30-5:00 PM State of the School in MPR 6:00PM Saturday, October 5th Cross Country Meet hosted by Norfolk Academy in Wakefield Details to be announced

After School Enrichment Introducing Chess Club

TWS will be offering Chess Club for Second, Third and Fourth Grade students. Larry Larkins, a retired Navy, Norfolk resident will instruct the class assisted by Glenn Jones, father of Zoe Jones. Chess Club will be held on Tuesdays, beginning September 24th December 10th from 3:30-4:15 in the Room with a View in the Humanities building. The children will be on the playground from dismissal until 3:30 at no additional fee. Maximum enrollment 15 students. The fee is $110.00 or $82.50 for each child in a family, if more than one child is enrolled for the eleven weeks. Payment is made to Larry Larkins. To enroll, please contact Chris Cooper,

News from the lunchroom

Beginning Monday, September 16 , soup will be

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available as a separate item for those who purchase by single lunch for $2.00 per bowl. You will order on RenWeb as you order beverages or dessert and will be billed at the end of the month. There will no change for those who are on a meal plan paid by trimester or yearly, soup is included in the plans.

September 21st is Peace Day, an event sponsored by the Peace One Day organization and sanctioned by the United Nations. The goal of the organization is to create an annual day of global unity, and a day of intercultural cooperation on a scale that humanity has never known. Peace Day is marked by a global ceasefire and non-violence which allows for relief workers to provide aid in areas that are too dangerous due to sectarian violence or warfare as well as providing peaceful celebrations around the world. This years Peace Day is being marked by a 24 hour historic broadcast of all the various events either by dignitaries or entertainers around the world. The 7th grade World Geography class will be watching these events as part of their curriculum and we encourage the broader Williams School community to take part in the event by watching it as well. Please join us in this initiative PEACE DAY

LOOKING AHEAD Monday, October 7th Assembly 8:10-8:55 Magazine Sale Second Turn-in Day Blue Girls Volleyball Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5:00PM Tuesday, October 8th Girls On The Run 3:05-4:30 meet in Library Boys Soccer Practice @ Bluebird Park 3:30-5:00PM Chess Club 3:30-4:15 in 418 Porch Room Blue Girls Volleyball vs Baylake Pines @ Park Place 4:00 PM Gold Girls Volleyball vs Baylake Pines @ Park Place 5:15PM Wednesday, October 9th Young Yogis in MPR @3:00PM Cross Country Practice 3:30-5:00 PM Boys Soccer vs.@ St. Patricks @ 4:00PM Life After TWS in MPR @ 7:00PM 8th Grade only, No Homework Night Thursday, October 10th Parent Conferences Early Dismissal 1:00PM Gold Girls Volleyball Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5:00PM Friday, October 11th Parent Conferences, No school for students Cross Country Practice 3:30-5:00 PM Monday, October 14th No School for students Teacher Work Day

Calling all Young Yogis!

Come get physically fit, feel emotionally calm and build great focus and concentration skills with your friends! Yoga Pops will begin on Wednesdays at 3:00 in the MPR. The 10 week Fall session begins October 2nd. Cost is $125.00 plus New Yogis Only material fee of $25.00. Click here for a printable registration form. For convenience, a form has also been attached to the Broadcast. Please reserve your spot ASAP by emailing Rita Woods with your childs name, gender and grade. Also specify TWS. RWoods@youngyogisyoga.com.

FORENSICS
Attention 7th and 8th Graders and ALL PARENTS! It's time for FORENSICS! First-round forensics tryouts will be held during the school day on September 30, October 1, October 2, and October 3. Please see the sign- up sheets in the 7th and 8th Grade common areas to sign up for a time slot. The first-round tryouts will determine the top three candidates for each category. Final tryouts will be held on November 13 and 14, also during the school day, and will determine the two competitors and one alternate in each category for the competition. Hopefuls will begin in-school coaching sessions the week of October 7. The coaching sessions will prepare hopeful and future competitors for the RSSIS Forensics Tournament that will be held in December. (The tournament date and time have not yet been determined by Norfolk Collegiate, the 2013 host school.) Mrs. Boycourt has extra hard copies of both tryout pieces, "October" by Robert Frost (poetry) and an excerpt from Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (prose, story-telling, and oratory), and will also post them on RenWeb. Any parents interested in coaching are encouraged to contact Mrs. Boycourt as soon as possible. Your help is greatly appreciated!

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2014

FOR THIS YEARS AUCTION

SAVE THE DATE

Book Club Opportunities

The Divergent Series, by Veronica Roth for Grades 7 & 8 September 26: Divergent October 22: Insurgent (Receive hot off the press copies of Allegiant if you order from Mrs. Miller) November (Date TBD): Allegiant Non Fiction this Fall! Grades 5-8 Bomb, The Race to Build- and Steal- the Worlds Most Dangerous Weapon, by Steve Sheinkin Newbery Honor, National Book Award Finalist, Robert F. Sibert Medal, YALSA Award for NonFiction Chasing Lincolns Killer, by James Swanson October 7: Bomb December (Date TBD) Chasing Lincolns Killer Sign up in library or by email: bmiller@thewilliamsschool.org *Students will need their own books. If you would like Mrs. Miller to order any of the books please email her.

The Williams School Library Magazine WISH LIST 2013-14

National Geographic Kids ZooBooks Owl Discovery Girls Boys Life Sports Illustrated Kids American Girl Dog Fancy Kids Discover Ask Click Ranger Rick, Jr. Highlights Cobblestone ***Ranger Rick, Jr. (1st grade classroom/ addressed to Sally Marr, TWS 419 Colonial Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507)

Lower School

Middle School

Teen Vogue Calliope Faces Girls Life Sports Illustrated Dig (requested by Mrs. Lindgren) Time (requested by Mrs. Lindgren) Newsweek (requested by Mrs. Lindgren) America in WWII (requested by Mrs. Ellson) The Civil War Monitor (requested by Mrs. Ellson) ***With the exception of the Ranger Rick Jr. requested by 1st grade, magazines should be sent to: The Williams School Library 419 Colonial Ave Norfolk, VA 23507

If you are interested in donating a magazine subscription to the Library please let Beth Miller know which magazine you have ordered. bmiller@thewilliamsschool.org

Its pansy time again! Please support the Eighth Grade Class trip to Disney World by purchasing some of these beautiful flowers! Click here to view a printable form. Form also Attached to the Broadcast. 6 Pots for $3.50 a piece

The Williams School Annual Pansy Sale

The Amazing Race October 19th

To order: Go to www.gaschoolstore.com (SHOP is also at top throughout website)

Click on Parents & StudentsRegister Now or, if you do not wish to designate a student, go directly to SHOP NOW at top right If this is your first visit, click on the blue oval and register to receive a Student Online ID Number which ensures your student receives credit for purchases made, or go directly to SHOP NOW Enter the School Organization #2686764 or Student ID or click on Help Me Find A School/Organization to Support Enter the Student Online ID Number, if applicable Click on SHOP NOW Click on the magazine or publication you wish to order Click in the circle to select the subscription duration Be sure to check the box if it is a RENEWAL Click ADD TO CART Click CONTINUE SHOPPING or PROCEED TO CHECKOUT Know that we are grateful for your support!