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The Broadcast June 25 2012
The Broadcast June 25 2012
The Williams School builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral, and social success. A Williams School student
embodies confidence, discipline, integrity, and a love of learning.
SUMMER READING INVITATION
As a community of learners, The Williams School faculty and staff would, once again, like to extend an invitation to
parents to join us in our summer reading. We have added a few more titles to last year’s list. Please let us know if you
have additional suggestions that you would like to add to the list. To help you with your selection, each book listed is
hyperlinked to a book review. Happy Reading!
• The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Dr. Wendy Mogel
• The Blessing of a B‐ by Dr. Wendy Mogel
• The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine
• Building Resilience in Children and Teens by Dr. Kenneth R. Ginsburg
• Doing School by Denise Clark
• Raising Self‐Reliant Children in a Self‐indulgent World by Dr. H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelson
• The Over‐Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper‐Parenting Trap by Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld M.D. and Nicole Wise
• Putting Family First: Successful Strategies for Reclaiming Family Life in a Hurry‐Up World by William J. Doherty and Barbara
Carlson
• lol...OMG!: What Every Student Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship and
Cyberbullying by Matt Ivester
• The Parent's Guide to Texting, Facebook, and Social Media: Understanding the Benefits and Dangers of Parenting in a
Digital World by Shawn Marie Edgington
• Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson, Cathe O'Neill‐Grace,
Lawrence J. Cohen and Catherine O'Neill Grace
• The Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping Them Find Success in School and Life by
Michael Thompson Ph.D.
• Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World (Motherhood Club) by Jill M. Rigby
• Just Tell Me What to Say: Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents [Paperback] by Betsy Brown Braun (2008)
TWS Library Summer Hours!
The library will be open to students for hours on select Wednesdays this summer. Please come by and enjoy the
library, check out books, share some stories and fun.
Wednesday
July 18, 3:30-5:30 (with Sally Marr! Trying to give some of you in day camp some late afternoon time!)
July 25, 2-5
August 1 10-1
RenWeb’s ParentsWeb is a private and secure parents’
Spanish, French portal that will allow parents to view academic
information specific to their children, while protecting
or Academic their children’s information from others. You can see
Resource your child’s grades, order lunch, view homework
Parents of students new to the middle school and first‐time assignments as well as other useful school information.
foreign language students, please check your email for an You can also communicate with teachers and other
important message from the school regarding your child’s school staff online whenever necessary. All you need is
selection of Spanish, French or Academic an Internet‐capable computer.
Resource. Please contact the school if you have Here’s how to access our easy‐to‐use RenWeb
not received an email concerning your child’s class ParentsWeb:
selection. • Go to Internet Explorer and enter the address
www.renweb.com.
• Click ParentsWeb Login in the red box.
Summer Reading Lists
To see the summer reading lists for students, please visit • Log in as follows:
www.thewilliamsschool.org . Select “Academic Life” and 1. Type “WILLIAMS” for your School ID.
then click on the “Summer Reading” link on the left. Select
the appropriate grade. Middle school students should also 2. Click the Submit button.
click “Middle School Summer Reading Assignment” as well. 3. Click the First Time Users tab if you
have not logged in to RenWeb before.
If you have, skip to Step 6.
Lunch Survey
Lunch is prepared and served at The Williams School 4. Enter your email address that you
by our very own chef, Hector Perez, with the assistance of provided to the school.
Kenya Dixon. Chef Perez is a graduate of The Culinary 5. Click the New User button. You will
Institute if Virginia and has been with the school since 2008. receive an email containing your
Kenya came to Williams in 2010 with two years experience in
password within 3 minutes (to the
day care school food service. Our lunch room maintains a
license with the Virginia Department of Health, with Chef
email address you entered, which must
Hector holding a Food Management Certificate and Kenya be the same email address that you
retaining a Food Handlers Card. provided to the school).
The menu entrees are planned with selections that 6. Click the Parents tab.
are generally not repeated during the course of two months.
Three days a week entrée selections keep the pallet of the 7. Enter the password assigned.
child in mind and the other two days are planned to broaden 8. Click the Parent
their experiences. Chef Hector strives for affordable, quality Login button.
food and makes every effort to limit processed foods. Our
kitchen does not deep fry and stays away from nuts, white
bread and highly sugared products. Please contact the main office should
During the course of the year, the menu supports you require additional assistance.
the curriculum with special entrees for days such as
Francophone Day, Hispanic Day, Chinese New Year, and Pi
Day.
Please take a moment to complete a very short
survey. We value your input. Thank you!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6ZPZGTQ
The Tidewater Writing Camp will once again return to TWS. The camps will take
place from July 30th through August 10th from 9:30-11:30 AM. Details can be found at
http://www.tidewaterwritingcamp.org/. Applications for the camps will be available soon.