Millions of people watched the Winter Olympics on television, and Rose Acres and Willow Brook elementary school students were able to play Winter Olympics-themed games during PE classes because of their gold medal-worthy teachers.
Willow Brook PE teachers Ashley Downs and Vince Licameli and Rose Acres PE teachers Mike McKeon and Joe Rehagen along with student teacher Dominic Licameli managed to transform balls into rocks and pool noodles into ski poles.
After raising more than $8,000 for the American Heart Association, students and staff at Willow Brook Elementary played a basketball game to celebrate the success of the fundraiser.
Paraprofessional Jennifer Haub has organized the Kids Heart Challenge for the past 17 years and said the school raised the most money and had the most participants ever this year.
“We officially raised $8,329.51 and had 110 students register.”
March Madness is here! Elementary teams battled it out for the district title on Friday and Monday at the fifth grade intramural basketball tournament hosted at Pattonville Heights Middle School.
Teams from Bridgeway, Drummond, Parkwood, Rose Acres and Willow Brook competed in the inaugural season of the intramural league organized by the Pattonville Community Programs and developed by Drummond PE teacher Caleb Stroop.
“When I first got here, I noticed we didn't have anything at this level so this was kind of my mission from the very beginning,” he said. “Basketball has had such a huge impact on my life and I just wanted to kind of share that with the kids.”
Year Book Online Sales!!
This year you can pre-purchase a yearbook and have it personalized. Please use the link below to access our Willow Brook yearbook and follow the steps to place your order before February 28th. You will see an option to personalize your child's yearbook with their name.
https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/willowbrookelementary
Note* - Some "Picture Packages" include a Yearbook. You are not required to purchase again, however you may purchase as many extras as you would like.
The theme for Willow Brook’s celebration of Read Across America Week on March 2 was guest reader day. Fourth grade teacher Kim Dickinson invited custodian Mack Boyd in to read “Someone Builds the Dream,” one of the books featured in this year’s March Book Madness.
Willow Brook Elementary is one of over 330 participating schools in this year’s bracket challenge. Dickinson’s class will next read “Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman” and vote for their favorite book in the Sweet 16 match-up.
The Pattonville Board of Education on Feb. 8 approved the selection of four educators to serve as administrators in Pattonville schools, effective July 1.
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