Our theme this year is

I Can Be a Shining Star and Follow the Wildcat Way!

We are committed to ensuring all students are successful and grow and develop, both academically and socially, in a safe, supportive school environment. We are very appreciative of the support you provide as parents-your children benefit in many ways when we are partners and focused on their successes.

 

Willow Canyon Wildcats are:

Responsible

If you are responsible, your teachers and parents can count on you to; 1) do what you say, 2) give your best effort, and 3) take care of the things you are accountable for doing. A responsible person is also able to independently make good choices.  If they make a mistake, they answer for their own behavior - they don't make excuses.

Safe

We behave in ways that keep us safe and those around us from being harmed. 

Respectful

Being respectful means treating others in a thoughtful and kind way.  It means we treat others the way we would like to be treated.

Willow Canyon Wildcats

 

Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books is a great way to increase reading comprehension as well as lear how to work as a team to accomplish a goal. If you are in 3rd grade you can have up to 4 students in your group. 4th and 5th grades can have up to 5 students in their groups. Each group must have a parent volunteer to supervise the group. Permission slips are due Friday, October 11th. Turn these in to your teacher. There is a parent meeting on Tuesday, October 8th at 5:00pm to learn all about Battle of the Books and how you can support your child through this enrichment activity.

Competition Dates:

Monday, March 9th: 3rd grade

Monday, March 16th: 4th and 5th grade

Click here for a link to the list of books to read for the competition. 

Willow Canyon 2019 PTA Fun Run Fundraiser!

We are excited for our Fun Run coming up on Friday, October 4th. We are having a kick-off assembly on September 16th and sending information packets home with students. It's a big undertaking. The students look forward to this every year. The PTA provides great programs the students love. 

All of the programs and activities listed below are funded by Willow Canyon's PTA.

*All field trips for all grade levels

* Activities for Red Ribbon Week and White Ribbon weeks

* Literacy week in February and sponsor the Book Fair

* The Arts Festival 

* The Science Fair for all grade levels

* The PTA Reflections Contest

* Teacher Appreciation

* Class parties

* Wildcat Wednesday spirit days with class prizes

 Career Days

Wildcat student birthday treats

 

Follow Willow Canyon on Social Media to stay informed and to see all the great things going on at our school:

Instagram: willowcanyonelementary

Facebook: Willow Canyon Elementary

Twitter: @WCWildcats

 

Dear Parents and Guardians:

Welcome to Willow Canyon! We are excited that your children will be attending school with us.  We want you to know that we are dedicated to ensuring your child has a positive and successful learning experience.  The support you provide is greatly valued and makes a difference for your child’s success.

As your child’s school, our primary goal is to understand and meet student needs for learning.  Willow Canyon offers a multi-tiered system of supports involving enrichment activities to extend student learning strengths, and focused interventions to support specific learning needs.  We provide positive behavior interventions and supports and teach your child how to manage his or her own behavior during the school day.  Willow Canyon teachers are knowledgeable, dedicated, talented, and maintain high achievement expectations for all students.  We want every student to be successful.

We are focused on meeting Canyons School District’s goal of every student being college, career, and citizenship ready when they graduate from high school. Elementary school provides the important foundation required for students to meet this goal.

The Willow Canyon community is wonderful!  We feel fortunate to have the support that is provided from the families and also the PTA and School Community Council. We value the partnership we have with each of you, as well as our shared goal of every child feeling valued and being successful.

Go Wildcats!

Marilyn Williams, Principal

Link to sign up as a volunteer to go on field trips, help during PTA activities, or help in classrooms. This process has to be completed every school year, it doesn't carry over from year to year.

https://volunteer.canyonsdistrict.org/volunteer/

Willow Canyon's Schedule

Grades 1 - 5

Monday – Friday, school starts at 8:20 AM

Monday – Thursday, school dismisses at 2:55 PM

Friday, school dismisses at 1:15 PM

Kindergarten

AM Session

Monday – Friday, school starts at 8:20 AM

Monday – Thursday, school dismisses at 11:00 AM

Friday, school dismisses at 10:20 AM

PM Session

Monday – Thursday, school starts at 12:15 PM

Monday – Thursday, school dismisses at 2:55 PM

Friday, school starts at 11:15 AM

Please note this is one hour earlier than the start time Monday – Thursday

Friday, school dismisses at 1:15 PM

Students participate in Brain Booster sessions with trained instructional technicians while teachers participate in professional learning community time. Teachers consider student performance data and plan instruction.  This time is very important for meeting Willow Canyon’s goal of every student being successful. 

Willow Canyon’s Brain Booster Schedule

Grade levels will participate in weekly Brain Booster sessions on the following days

Tuesday 

  • First Grade
  • AM Kindergarten 
  • PM Kindergarten 

Wednesday

  • Second Grade
  • Fifth Grade
  • Extended Core

Thursday

  • Third Grade
  • Fourth Grade

Brain Booster subjects are Physical Education, Art, STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math), and Library. The classes have specific curriculum aligned with Utah's State Core Standards for each subject and are thirty minutes long.  

School Community Council - please see the "Community" tab above for more information.