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   Week of December 5, 2011The 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. 

Dear Williams School Families,The Holidays were well and truly begun with the spectacular Holiday Band Concert featuring our 89-

member student band. The audiences during the dress rehearsal Wednesday morning and the formalperformance Wednesday evening were enchanted. Fourth graders who had first picked up their instrumentsthree short months ago and eighth graders who are in their fifth year of instruction played wonderfully together.The teaching by Karen Jackson and Robert MacDonald is an excellent example of differentiated instruction.Although each student is being taught on a different instrument in a different way, the result is a harmoniouscollaboration of all musicians.

Author Jerry Pallotta will be visiting The Williams School on Friday, December 9. All students willenjoy a presentation by Jerry from 9 until 10 am. He will share his experiences with the writing process,publishing, his book titles, and life as an author! Parents are invited to a coffee and book signing following thepresentation in the MPR at 10:15AM. Please join us in welcoming Jerry to The Williams School. A big Thank 

You goes out to Mike and Karen Spencer who have arranged for Mr. Pallotta to visit TWS.As mentioned last week, please take a moment to review the Broadcast for details concerning events

over the next few weeks. It truly is a very busy time of year and we hope the Broadcast will be helpful inanswering any questions you may have about approaching events. Of course, if for some reason you still havequestions, please do not hesitate to contact Nancy in the front office.

Have a nice weekend,Melanie

THIS WEEK 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

Monday, December 5th

 

Dress Down Day

Girls BB Blue Team vs. Friends @ Park Place 4:00 PM

7th /8

thGrade Forensics Presentations in MPR 3:30-4:30 PM

Boys BB Blue Team Practice 3:30-5:00PM @ Salvation Army

Tuesday, December 6th

Boys BB Gold Team vs. BEACH @ Rock Church 5:30 PMGirls BB Gold Team vs. BEACH @ Rock Church 4:30 PM 

Wednesday, December 7th

 

No Assembly7th/8

thForensics Competition @ Norfolk Collegiate 2:00-7:00 PM

- Bus will be leaving @ 1:20pm for NC. Participating studentsshould be picked up by parents after the competition at Norfolk Collegiate. Boys BB Blue Team Practice 3:30-5:00PM @ Salvation Army

 Honor before Honors

Wanted: A home for the winter break. The

sugar glider is looking for a home over the

holiday, if interested please call Shawn Etter,

627-1383 ext# 225.

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Thursday, December 8th

 

3rd

Grade Guest Lunch 12:00-12:30 PM

5th

Grade Trip - 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 and Book Signing from 10:15AM – 11:00AM

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 PMKid’s Night Out 6-10 PM

NEXT WEEK

Monday, December 12th

 

7th /8

th Band Students to Harbor’s Edge/Lunch 10:30AM-1:00PM (Band

Dress Required)

6th

and MS non-band members to ForKids 10:00-12:30 (Dress down and

warm clothing is suggested)

1st  – 8th Grades Carol Service Rehearsal @ Christ & St. Luke’s 1:30-2:50PMGirls 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

1st  – 8

th Grades Carol Service Rehearsal @ Christ & St. Luke’s 1:30-2:50PM

5th

grade Order Out Day

Carol Robe Ironing 1:00-5:00 PM in MPR

NO Athletic Practices

Wednesday, December 14th

 

PIZZA DAY

Carol Robe Ironing 8:30 AM-12 NOON in MPR

K – 8th

 Grades Carol Service Rehearsal @ Christ & St. Luke’s 1:30-2:50PMNo Athletic Practices

Thursday, December 15th

 

K – 8th

Grades Carol Service Rehearsal @ Christ & St. Luke’s 9:00-10:50AM

Holiday Feast @ 11 AM in MPR

EARLY DISMISSAL 1 PM – Bus Transportation Available

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 assigned classrooms to then attend the reception – see

details that follow on pg. 4

Extended Day Available until 4:30PM when students will be released to their classrooms to get ready for the Carol Service.

Friday, December 16th

 

Camp Williams Available 8:30-5:30

LOOKING AHEAD

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

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, December8th. Coats of all sizes (even adults welcome. Thank ou for our su ort.

Carol Robe Pressing Party

Dec. 13th

and 14th

 

Please join us for a carol robe “pressing

party” on Tuesday, December 13

th

from 1to 5 PM and on Wednesday, December14th from 8:30 AM – 12 noon in the MPR.

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

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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 keepunwanted and broken crayons out of our landfills.We will be collecting broken or unwanted crayons in a specially designated recycle bucket outside ourclassroom. Students may bring in crayons from home and drop them off in the recycle bin. Please leave thewrappers on the crayons! It is hard to sort the black, purple and blue crayons without the wrappers. We willaccept 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 anysmall shipping boxes that you are willing to donate to help with the boxing and shipping wewill accept those too!

Thank you for your help on our new project. We are excited to be helping out our earth in sucha 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.

Dear Parents and Friends,Author Jerry Pallotta will be visiting The Williams School on Friday, December9th. All students will enjoy a presentation by Jerry from 9 until 10 am. He willshare his experiences with the writing process, publishing, his book titles, and lifeas an author!Parents are invited to a coffee hour and book signing with Jerry from 10:15-11 amin the MPR. If you are interested in purchasing one or more of his books, pleasecomplete the order form on the back of this flyer and return the form with yourselections and money by December 7th. If any of the titles are sold out or

unavailable, Mr. Pallotta will process the orders and have the books shipped as soon as possible.If you are attending the coffee and book signing you may purchase the books at that time as well.Please RSVP for the coffee hour to bmiller@thewilliamsschool.org.

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Girls and Boys Gold Basketball Teams on Saturday, December 3rd

 

Our teams will be competing in the 2011 D. A. TAYLOR

MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHALLENGEDA 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)

Holiday FeastThe Holiday Feast, a long standing tradition at The Williams School, will be held on Thursday,

December 15. Instead of classroom parties, we treat the students to a formal meal in our multi-purpose room.This is a “dress up” day for children. They attend lunch in one of two seatings at tables decorated withcenterpieces and place cards. SCA and Honor students act as waiters and a host of parent volunteers act ascaterers.  Big/Little Brothers/Sisters will exchange token gifts at this time. Gifts will be made at school by K-8

 students. Please do not send in an additional gift.  School dismisses at 1:00 PM on December 15. There is

both morning and afternoon bus service. Extended day is available until students are dismissed to get

ready for the Carol Service (4:30PM).

Students return at 4:30 PM for the Carol Service. Students will pick-

up their carol robes and dress in their homerooms. A host of volunteers willbe on hand to help students get ready.

Alumni ReunionThursday, December 15, 2010

3:30 to 4:45 pm

All welcome – bring a friend!The Williams School

Old Main - MPRService of Lessons & Carols

follows at 5:00 pm 

Process with us or join us atChrist & St. Luke’s Church 

The Carol Service begins at 5:00 PM Christ and St. Luke’s will not unlock their doors until 4:30 PM. Those arriving early will need to wait

outside the church. The children will leave the school at 5:00 PM and process to the church led by a studentmusician. A reception will be held back at school immediately following the service. Refreshments will beserved in the MPR, Library and Kindergarten will have their reception in their classroom. Students will returnto school with their teachers and can be picked up by parents in the following classrooms:

Even grades - students picked-up from:K- Kindergarten Room 2

nd  – Grade 2 Room

4th  – Grade 4 Room 6th  – Language Arts/Spanish rooms8th  – Math Room

Odd grades students picked-up from:1st  – Lunchroom 3rd  – Art Room5A – 418 Humanities Room 7th  – Science Room5B – Computer Room

*Families should pick-up the oldest first and then pick-up younger children before attending the

reception.

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CAMP WILLIAMS

$45.00 per dayNo School – Winter Holiday

Led By Sally Marr and Janice FordFees, lunch and snack are included. 8:30am-5:30pm*

Outdoor activities are, of course, dependent on the weather!

Please make checks payable to Sally Marr.

Friday, December 16, 2011Holidays in the City of Portsmouth

Children’s Museum of Virginia and Coleman’s Winter Wonderlandin Olde Towne, Lunch at Roger Brown’s

(burger, cheeseburger, macaroni & cheese, cheese pizza, grilled cheese or chicken fingers)

We will leave school 9:15 a.m. and return to school by 4:00pm.

Monday, December 19, 2011Holidays in the City of Virginia Beach

Walk the Boardwalk to see the lights,Pinboys at the Beach bowling with lunch

and a trip to Kids Cove in the afternoon and a special snack

We will leave school 9:15 a.m. and return to school by 4:00pm.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011Holidays in the City of Norfolk

Virginia Zoo

Lunch on the town - Dollar StoreChrysler Museum- Animals in Art

Fun time back at schoolWe will leave school 9:45 a.m. and return to school by 4:00pm.

-*Reservations are required, by calling 627-1383 x241. Minimum 8 students - maximum 20, per day. The

minimum of 8 reservations must be received by 10:00 a.m., Friday, 12/11/09 at 3:00pm. If the minimum

enrollment of 8 is not reached by the above deadline, the following sliding scale applies per child if 3- 7

children are enrolled: 3 children - $95.00, 4 children - $75.00, 5 children - $60.00, 6 children - $55.00, 7

children - $50.00.

-All fees are included for any off campus field trips, crafts, lunch, and snack.-By enrolling your child in Camp Williams, you are giving your permission for your child to attend the listed on

and off campus activities.

-Camp Williams staff may be reached on the Extended Day cell phone, 237-1875 or on Sally Marr’s cell phone,

287-6488 at all times during the day.

-Please let us know if you will not be able to drop your child off by departure time, as there is no available

care for your child at school. 

*We will have early drop off at 7:30am for $5.00, extra. Reser vations required.

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Open House Sunday, January 8, 2012

1:00 – 4:00 PM

Our admissions open house is a time when we introduce our school to new families. We are fortunate that ingeneral we have quite a few more applicants than spaces, but we are always interested in meeting families youthink will benefit by being part of Williams.

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 withMike and LeAnne Benedetto at their home in Virginia Beach. (You're welcome totake a polar plunge into Broad Bay if the Bahama heat leaves you feeling a bitwarm.)The price for this fun party is $70.00 per couple. To join the festivities, pleasecontact Chris Cooper at ccooper@thewilliamsschool.org. All proceeds benefitTWS!

 A Thank You to all from our sister school in Haiti…

Dear Friends of The Williams School,

In this glorious day when you celebrate with joy the Day of Thanksgiving; the faculty, the students at St. Gabriel

Middle School and I, are happy to wish you a joyous and happy Thanksgiving Day. We pray the Lord to fill youalways and every American, with all that can please your heart. The Lord will bless you more each day for helping

so many people around the world and especially Haiti.

We thank you for the 14 blackboards you so generously gave us for the new classrooms at Saint Gabriel. We were

in much need of them to support teaching. Please thank the staff, the faculty, the families, and the students at TheWilliams School.

May you be blessed on this great day of union in prayer!

Father Bernard