Week of November 28, 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, We hope everyone has had a well deserved Thanksgiving break. Grandparents Day was wonderful and well attended. We estimate that we had approximately 350 people for our performance and many of our guests stayed after the program to enjoy the museum. Thank you to our teachers, students and the many volunteers who helped to make this day a success. Including our grandparents, parents and guests in our celebration made our day much more memorablethank you! Now that our Thanksgiving Break has passed, it is time to start with the preparations for the end of the year. We will be very busy over the next few weeks starting with the Holiday Band Concert, our 7th/8th grade Forensics Competition, 3rd grade guest lunch, rehearsals at Christ and St. Lukes, the Holiday Feast, the Alumni Reunion and finally, the Carol Service. Please look to the Broadcast during the coming weeks for more details.
Kind regards, Melanie

SCA are collecting Coats for Kids. Please donate gently used coats to help Hampton Roads children stay warm this winter. Coats will be collected until Thursday, December 8th. Coats of all sizes (even adults) welcome. Thank you for your support.

THIS WEEK Monday, November, 28th Teacher Work Day- No School for Students Camp Williams Available Norfolk Collegiate- Hal Holbrook in Meet Mark Twain 10 AM 8th Grade students/parents Tuesday, November 29th Winter Term Begins Girls Basketball Gold Team Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5 PM Boys Basketball Gold Team Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5 PM Board Meeting MPR 4:00 PM Wednesday, November 30th Band Rehearsal Performance during Assembly Unitarian Church 8:30-9:30 AM Holiday Band Concert 7 PM @ Unitarian Church Thursday, December 1st DA Taylor Tournament for Boys and Girls Gold Teams @ Norfolk Academy 7:00 PM Boys Gold BB vs. Cape Henry (Lower School Gym) 8:00 PM Girls Gold BB vs. Cape Henry (Bourroughs Gym) Friday, December 2nd Poinsettias Delivered Today pick-up @ 7:30 AM during student arrival Girls Basketball Blue Team Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5 PM Kids Night Out 6-10 PM

Saturday, December 3rd DA Taylor Tournament for Boys and Girls Gold Teams @ Norfolk Academy 10:00 AM Girls BB Gold vs. NSA (Athletic Pavilion) 11:00AM Boys BB Gold vs. Norfolk Academy (Lower School Gym) 12:00 PM Girls BB Gold vs. Norfolk Christian (Athletic Pavilion) 1:00 PM Boys BB Gold vs. Norfolk Christian (Lower School Gym) Aston Cocktail Party 7:00 PM NEXT WEEK Monday, December 5th Girls BB Blue Team vs. Friends @ Park Place 4:00 PM 7th/8th Grade Forensics Presentations in MPR 3:30-4:30 PM Tuesday, December 6th Boys BB Gold Team vs. BEACH @ Rock Church 5:30 PM Girls BB Gold Team vs. BEACH @ Rock Church 4:30 PM Wednesday, December 7th No Assembly 7th/8th Grade Forensics Competition @ Norfolk Collegiate 12:30-6:30 PM Thursday, December 8th 3rd Grade Guest Lunch 12:00-12:30 PM 5th Grade Trip to see the Nutcracker @ Sandler Center 9:00-12:00 PM Girls BB Blue Team vs. Torah @ Park Place 4:00 PM Friday, December 9th 9:00 10:00 AM Assembly with Jerry Pallotta SCA Field Trip to drop off coats @ Albano Cleaners 12:35-1:35 PM Boys BB Gold Team vs. Friends @ Friends 5:30 PM Girls BB Gold Team vs. Friends @ Friends 4:30 PM Kids Night Out 6-10 PM LOOKING AHEAD Monday, December 12th Girls BB Gold Team vs. Great Bridge @ Salvation Army 4:00 PM Girls BB Blue Team vs. BEACH @ Park Place 4:00 PM Boys BB Gold Team vs. Great Bridge @ Salvation Army 5:00 PM Boys BB Blue Team vs. BEACH @ Park Place 5:00 PM Tuesday, December 13th Carol Robe Ironing 1:00-5:00 PM in MPR NO Athletic Practices Wednesday, December 14th Carol Robe Ironing 8:30 AM-12 NOON in MPR No Athletic Practices Thursday, December 15th Holiday Feast @ 11 AM in MPR EARLY DISMISSAL 1 PM Alumni Reunion 3:30 PM Students return to school to dress in carol robes 4:30PM Carol Services 5 PM Students to return to school with teachers and dismissed from the classroom for reception Extended Day Available Friday, December 16th Camp Williams Available 8:30-5:30 Monday, December 19th Camp Williams Available 8:30-5:30 Tuesday, December 20th Camp Williams Available 8:30-5:30 Hanukkah begins at Sunset Winter Break, December 16th- January 2nd School Resumes Tuesday, January 3rd

Carol Robe Pressing Party Dec. 13th and 14th Please join us for a carol robe pressing party on Tuesday, December 13th from 1 to 5 PM and on Wednesday, December 14th from 8:30 AM 12 noon in the MPR.

If you would like to attend please fill out the volunteer request sent out by Julianne Casey or contact Wendy Auerbach via e-mail jurenbach@cox.net. We need irons and ironing boards as well, so if you cannot come, but can lend some equipment that would be most appreciated.

Keeping Williams Green Weekly Tip

We hope that each person pledges to: Learn: About the recycling options in my community. I will find out what materials are collected for recycling in my community at americarecyclesday.org. Apply: Reduce my personal waste by recycling. Within the next month, I will start to recycle one new type of material.

Kindergarten is starting a new recycling project that involves one of our most used tools in class Crayons! We are participating in a National Crayon Recycle Program that works with Crazy Crayons, LLC to keep unwanted and broken crayons out of our landfills. We will be collecting broken or unwanted crayons in a specially designated recycle bucket outside our classroom. Students may bring in crayons from home and drop them off in the recycle bin. Please leave the wrappers on the crayons! It is hard to sort the black, purple and blue crayons without the wrappers. We will accept all crayons for recycling with or without the wrappers. Thank you! The kindergarten class will box and ship the crayons to the recycling center. If you have any small shipping boxes that you are willing to donate to help with the boxing and shipping we will accept those too! Thank you for your help on our new project. We are excited to be helping out our earth in such a fun and colorful way!

First Grade is collecting batteries to recycle the bins are next to the wooden book deposit box in the quad. Please send in your batteries. Mrs. Adams recycles laser and inkjet cartridges and old cell phones.

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:_________________ Grade: ________________

Students Name: _______________________________ The 6th Grade Class thanks you for your support!

Please come out and cheer on our Girls and Boys Gold Basketball Teams on Thursday, December 1st and Saturday, December 3rd. Our teams will be competing in the 2011 D. A. TAYLOR MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHALLENGE
Format: There will be 3 six team brackets playing round robin format with each team having three games (1 on Thursday and 2 on Saturday). Awards: At the conclusion of the tournament there will be a Sportsmanship Award for each division which will be determined by the coaches and officials. Admission: Adults $3.00 and Students $1.00 Games: All games will be 6 minute quarters with 1 timeout per team per half. All proceeds will be donated to the DA Taylor Foundation

A Bracket ( Boys)
Thursday Dec. 1st 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday Dec 3rd 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Norfolk Academy Orange vs. Nansemond-Suffolk White Williams School vs. Cape Henry Collegiate Norfolk Collegiate Jr. Oaks vs. Norfolk Christian Norfolk Collegiate Jr. Oaks vs. Cape Henry Collegiate Norfolk Christian vs. Nansemond-Suffolk White Williams School vs. Norfolk Academy Orange Norfolk Collegiate Jr. Oaks vs. Nansemond-Suffolk White Norfolk Christian vs. Williams School Norfolk Academy Orange vs. Cape Henry Collegiate Lower School Lower School Lower School Lower School Lower School Lower School Lower School Lower School Lower School

Taylor Bracket (Girls)

Thursday Dec. 1st 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Saturday Dec 3rd 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Norfolk Academy vs. Nansemond-Suffolk Blue Norfolk Collegiate Blue vs. Norfolk Christian Williams School vs Cape Henry Collegiate Norfolk Christian vs. Cape Henry Collegiate Williams School vs. Nansemond-Suffolk Blue Norfolk Collegiate Blue vs. Norfolk Academy Norfolk Christian vs. Williams School Norfolk Collegiate Blue vs. Nansemond-Suffolk Blue Norfolk Academy vs. Cape Henry Collegiate Burroughs Gym Burroughs Gym Burroughs Gym Athletic Pavilion Athletic Pavilion Athletic Pavilion Athletic Pavilion Athletic Pavilion Athletic Pavilion

Who was D.A. Taylor?

On behalf of the D.A. Taylor Foundation, we would like to welcome you to the 7th annual DA Taylor Middle School Basketball Challenge. Over the past six years, this event has raised almost $20,000 for the foundation. D.A. attended Norfolk Academy since the third grade. He was a high honor roll student, as well as a National Merit Semifinalist. He also excelled in athletics, earning honors in multiple sports including football, basketball and lacrosse. D.A. was highly motivated to succeed, and was a positive influence in the lives of all with whom he associated. On February 17, 1995, D.A. became ill with meningococcal meningitis. After a courageous battle with the disease for just over a month, D.A. succumbed to it, losing his fight against it on March 20, 1995. His family and friends founded the D.A. Taylor Charitable Foundation in 2006 to honor D.A.'s spirit and the quintessential and symbolic good that he

represented. His existence naturally touched all of us, and it is our proud obligation to prolong that spirit through his name. The mission of the foundation is to identify youths with the will to better themselves through academic study and then to instill a sense of hope, and perhaps then purpose, by giving them the confidence and means to attain higher education. Our goal this year is to raise $5,000 this year through this Middle School Basketball Challenge. We will be presenting a sportsmanship award at the end of the tournament to a deserving team in each bracket. All proceeds will go directly to the foundation. We would like to thank the many volunteers who have dedicated their time in order to make this event happen and also would like to thank a friend of the foundation who donated all the t-shirts for the players and staff. Special thanks go out to the Southeastern Virginia Basketball Officials Association who has graciously volunteered their time to referee all of the games for the event. If you would like to make a donation to the foundation please make your check out to the DA Taylor Foundation please see one of the staff members. Thanks again for supporting the D.A. Taylor Foundation. Last of the Three Cities Cocktail Parties Home of Mike & LeAnne Benedetto January 14, 2012
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 Mike and Leanne Benedetto. 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 party is $70.00 per couple. To join the festivities, please contact Chris Cooper at ccooper@thewilliamsschool.org. All proceeds benefit TWS!