We hope you are enjoying your weekend and the beautiful weather!

We are excited for another week of learning and growing! Remember, your partnership is crucial to ensure your child is successful! Please be sure to ask your child(ren) the following questions about ELA, Math and Science every day:

• What did you learn today?
• Why did you learn it?
• How do you know if you are good at it?
• What will you learn next?

This week's newsletter is full of important information and upcoming events. Please be sure to read it in its entirety.

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Please see below for a few items of importance:

• Information regarding Halloween dress up is below! Please be sure to read the expectations and details for Tuesday. We can't wait to see our students dress up in their future career costumes.
  
• Please remember that attendance is very important, and we need your child at school every day ready to learn.
• We also need your help to reiterate behavior expectations with your child(ren). The biggest behaviors we are seeing is not keeping hands to self and not following directive. We want to make sure all students can learn, and that the learning environment is not disrupted.

Have a fantastic week and please reach out if we can assist you or your family in any way!

The Standard...is the Standard.

Mrs. Jenifer L. Laurendine, Principal, jllaurendine@ortn.edu

Mr. Jason Nussbaum, Assistant Principal, jnussbaum@ortn.edu

Mrs. Kim Miller, PLC Coach, kcmiller@ortn.edu

Monday, October 30th

• 4th Grade PLC - 8:40 - 9:25am - Room 220
• 3rd Grade PLC - 10:40 - 11:25am - Room 220
• Kindergarten RTI2B - 11:15 - 11:45am - WBES Conference Room
• 1st Grade PLC - 12:10 - 12:55pm - Room 220
• Kindergarten PLC - 1:10 - 1:55pm - Room 220
• 2nd Grade PLC - 2:20 - 3:05pm - Room 220
• 3rd & 4th Grade Track Club Practice - 3:30 - 4:30pm - WBES Track

Tuesday, October 31st - Happy Halloween!

• TVAAS Zoom - 8:30 - 11:30am - Admin - Virtual
• ENGAGE TN Zoom - 10:30am - 11:00am - Laurendine - Virtual
• 2nd Grade RTI2B Group - Peters - 9:45 - 10:25am

Wednesday, November 1st- Early Dismissal - 1:30pm - Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Assistant Principals Meeting - SAB - 9-10:00am
• TNCPE Site Visit - Various Classrooms - TBD - 10:30am - 12:00pm
• 3rd Grade Girls Lunch Bunch - 11:45 - 12:15pm
• 3rd Grade RTI2B - 12:15 - 1:00pm - WBES Conference Room
• PLC PD - Formative Assessment - Gym - 2:15 - 3:45pm

Thursday, November 2nd

• Homeland Security - 10:00am - Virtual - Admin
  

• 4th Grade RTI2B - 12:00 - 12:45pm - WBES Conference Room

Friday, November 3rd

• 1st Grade RTI2B - Ms. Peters - 10:30 - 11:10am
  
• 4th Grade Girls Lunch Bunch - 12:50 - 1:20pm
  
• PLC Academy - 1:30 - 3:30pm - Miller

Please see below for costume and party details regarding Tuesday, October 31:

• Costumes
• Students may dress up in College & Career Costumes only!
• Please understand: your student(s) will be asked to change if they come to school in a regular costume.
• No scary costumes permitted.
• No masks, no face paint, no weapons, and no props.
• All costumes must abide by ORS dress code.
• Examples of these costumes are: Doctor, Retail Employee/Manager, Teacher, Firefighter, Librarian, Dentist, Lawyer, Police Officer, CEO, Welder, Carpenter, Principal, Professional Athlete, Engineer, Nurse, Surgeon, Manager, Custodian, Counselor, Florist, Book Character, Author, Professor, College Athlete, Maintenance Supervisor, Chef, Graphic Designer, Artist, Coach, etc.
• Parties
• Many classrooms will have brief (no longer than 45 minutes) parties in their room next Tuesday.
• These parties are for students only. No guests for this event.

This Saturday morning (11/4) WB Safety Patrol will be hosting a Burrito Breakfast Fundraiser at Gallo Loco from 8-10am. Money raised from this event will help offset costs for students going on the D.C. Trip in May! Please come out and support these awesome kiddos and enjoy a delicious breakfast!

Our safeties will be selling tickets until next Wednesday, but if you are unable to get one, tickets will be sold at the door!

Every week, we randomly select one student in each grade who had perfect attendance to come to the lobby to select a prize! Additionally, we use Class Dojo and select the top girl and boy student who accrued the most Dojo points for the week to come select a prize!

Parents, your partnership is crucial to ensure your child(ren) is at school, on time, every day! If we can help you in any way!

What is STEM?

The STEAM acronym stands for integrating science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math into our daily curriculum.

What are the 4Cs of STEM?

Our expectation and standard are for Willow Brook student engineers to practice being respectful collaborators, communicators, creatives, and critical problem solvers who can solve real-world challenges.

The Why?

Oak Ridge City School’s Portrait of a Graduate aims to equip ALL students with the necessary skills to become world-class leaders prepared for college, career, and life success!

ORS educators and community partners support STEM education by providing equitable learning opportunities that ensure ALL students practice the 4Cs of STEM, develop healthy digital citizen mindsets, and experience a variety of STEM-related career options from Pre-K to 12 grades.

Upcoming School Day Events:

Our Fall Into STEM Program collaboration with Tennessee Tech University students will be held on November 17, 2023, during the school day for K-4 students to participate only.

Off-Campus Events:

Please join us at Jefferson Middle School on December 9, 2023, to support our RoBEARtics Team at the Secret City Qualifiers competition. The event begins at 7:30 a.m. Please contact the front office if you would like to purchase RoBEARtics merchandise and show your Willow Brook Bear pride!

If your child scored a 1 or a 2 on the Fall MVP and they are in 2nd and 3rd grade, you should have received a letter stating they are at risk for the 3rd Grade Retention Law.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be taking place this week and your child's teacher will be more than happy to speak with you about their progress in ELA.

After Parent/Teacher Conferences take place, we will be setting up meetings to further discuss to ensure your child is on the way to success! We will include a Sign-Up Genius in the upcoming newsletter so you can sign up for a date/time that fits your schedule. Again, this is a separate meeting with our Admin team discussing the 3rd grade retention law only.

We have included information and resources below that will further clarify this new law and also provide you with resources parents can implement at home to assist their child(ren). Please access the QR Code to the left as it will share resources and videos to help parents work at home with their child. They can also access this information by clicking on this link: https://tinyurl.com/orsgrade3reading.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Thank you to everyone who purchased gear! We have a few extras leftover from our spirit wear sale.

Hoodies $20
1 youth extra small
2 adult large

Tshirts $12
1 adult large

Please email willowbrookpto@yahoo.com which item you would like to purchase (first come, first serve). Cash or check accepted. Thank you!

Email: jllaurendine@ortn.edu
Website: https://www.ortn.edu/willowbrook/
Location: 298 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Phone: 865-425-3202
Twitter: @WBESbears