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

Willow Canyon Fun Run

We are excited for our Fun Run and want to give a huge shout out to the PTA members who organized this event. It's a big undertaking. The students look forward to this every year. We also want to give a Thank You shout out to the following businesses for donating prizes:

* Disney basket from Get Away Today

* Gift cards and free donuts from This is the Place

* Basketball tickets from University of Utah

* Zoo passes from Hogle Zoo

* Punch passes from Life Centre

* Bowling family pack from All Star Bowling Center

* Treeschoolers DVD's

* Bounce house donated by RC Willey

* Gift cards and gift baskets from Starbucks

 And last, but not least, a thank you to all of the parents, community, and family members who donated money to this fundraiser!

 

School Choir

School choir is starting up again! Practices will be Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30am. The first practice will be Thursday, October 25th at 7:30am. If your child is interested in participating in this please send the form back to school. If you need another copy of the fom, click here.

Save the date(s):

Christmas concert: December 13th at 6:30 p.m.

Christmas concert (morning assembly): Friday December 14th at 9:00 a.m.

'Battle of the Books' List-CHANGES

Grade 3 (Medium list 20 for grades 3-4)

Grade 4 (Standard list 30 for grades 4-6)

Congratulations to Mrs. Debbie James, she is Canyons School District's Para Educator of the Year!

 

 Congratulations to Mrs. Erickson - she is Willow Canyons' Teacher of the Year!

 

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Battle of the books letters went home this week. If your child is interested in participating in this event please have them fill out the form and send it back to school. These are due by Friday, October 13th. Below are links to the book lists for this event.

3rd grade book list: click here

4th-5th grade book list: click here

 

 

Thank you KSL Morning News, Lori Prichard, Andrew Wittenberg, Shara Park, and Grant Weyman for coming back and being part of our assembly to introduce our buddy bench! The morning news team rocks!

KSL News and Harlem Globetrotters

Willow Canyon was lucky to have a visit from KSL Morning News (Lori Pritchard, Andrew Wittenburg and Shara Park) as well as a member of the Harlem Globetrotter team. One of our 3rd graders, Qwade, received the “High Five” award from KSL for working with the principal to implement a “Buddy Bench” out on our playground. This bench will be a place where students can go if they don’t have anyone to play with, then others can go and invite them to join in on their games. Quade read about “Buddy Benches” in the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid book and wanted to have one at our school as well.

The member of the Harlem Globetrotter team, “Buckets,” spoke to the students about the importance of standing up to bullies and what to do when they see others not being treated kindly. “Buckets” taught them the “ABC’s” of bullying-Action, Bravery, and Compassion. 

This assembly was recorded by KSL news and will be aired on Monday, February 6th at 5:45 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. It might also be on during their evening news broadcast. Set your DVR’s to record it.

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pdfChristmas Choir Lyrics

 

pdfParent Letter

pdfStudent Application

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 another amazing Willow Canyon school year! 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.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Marilyn Williams, Principal

 

 Thank you Miss Winter for making Willow Canyon a Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified School and teaching us about Internet safety! 

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 for the 2016 School Year

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.