News from District 153

October 10th is World Inclusion Day, a day to embrace diversity in abilities, beliefs, backgrounds, and cultures! We hope you enjoy this message from our Willow Wildcats.

Panthers Practice Life Skills at Local Outing

Ms. Pons' Daily Living Skills class visited a nearby Walgreens in September to apply community communications skills, count money and practice finding items in the store. Many thanks to our friends at Walgreens for the expanded classroom!

Wildcats Show Off School during Open House

Our Wildcats had a great time showing off their school to loved ones during Sept. 18th's Willow School Open House! The event also featured the dedication of the newly-renamed Shelly Marks Playground, in honor of retired Board of Education President Shelly Marks.

Family Fall Fun

Willow again welcomed families to the school for its first-ever Fall Fest on October 1st. It featured food trucks, tractor rides, pumpkins, rock climbing, music, face painting, a photo booth, and inflatable fun for the kids. Many thanks to the Homewood PTA for sponsoring this fun, family event!

Congratulations to our James Hart Cross Country Team! They dominated at their conference meet October 6th! The 7th-grade girls, 8th-grade girls and 8th-grade boys teams ALL earned first place, Conference Champion titles. A special shoutout to some individual runners--Raymond Phillips came in 1st place; Michael Davis, Emilia Leahy, and Nia Branham each took 2nd in their races, and Josh Bergunder earned 3rd. Many others finished in the TOP 10.

Good luck to all at Sectionals on Saturday, Oct. 11th!

Many thanks to the Homewood Fire Department for stopping by Willow School on Oct. 9th to share information about their jobs, their gear, and fire prevention!