Week of January 20, 2012

The 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,

Our annual Alumni Association series Heroes Among Us featured Admiral John C. Harvey,
Jr. this past Wednesday at the Town Point Club. The event was, as promised, memorable. Joining us were a
great mix of people that included parents, parents of alumni, grandparents, board members, friends in our
community, alumni, faculty and current students. Admiral Harvey spoke of the correlation of his own success in
the Navy being much like that of a students journey through school, stating that he could not have achieved
the success he enjoys today without the support and guidance he received from others along the way. When he
spoke of his childrens time here at Williams, he repeatedly made reference to our faculty and the important
part they played in his childrens lives. Prior to Admiral Harveys presentation, we were serenaded by Olivia
Behling (11) and Karen Jackson on the violin, and their musical talents impressed us all. The movie, Our
Three Words followed, prepared by our 8
th
grade and Debbie Adams. On behalf of The Williams School Girl
Scout Troop, Schaefer S. presented the Admiral with a box of Savannah Smiles cookies commemorating the
100
th
birthday of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, and our TWS troops service to our military
forces. Wonderful candid shots of our students, taken by parent Susan Lowe, were on display and are now on
view in the Old Main foyer. Many of the traits depicted in the photos are the same traits described in the new
Alumni Association Award named in honor of Admiral Harvey.

Middle school students, teachers, parents, and guests report that Thursdays Guest Lunch was
enjoyed by all. Thank you to all who made our day such a success, especially our fifth grade students who
assisted with the event.

Have a great weekend!
Melanie


THIS WEEK

Monday, January 23
rd

Girls BB Blue Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5:00 PM
Boys BB Blue Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5:00 PM
Girls BB Gold Team vs. Great Bridge @ Salvation Army 4:00 PM
Boys BB Gold Team vs. Great Bridge @ Salvation Army 5:00 PM
Chinese New Year
Tuesday, January 24
th

Girls BB Blue Team vs. Torah @Park Place 4:00 PM
Boys BB Blue Team vs./@ Baylake 4:00 PM
Girls BB Gold Team vs./@ Baylake 5:00 PM
Boys BB Gold Team vs./@ Baylake 6:00 PM
Board Meeting 4::00 PM - MPR
Wednesday, January 25
th

Assembly - Good Citizens for January, 1
st
French song, 4
th
French presentation, Clara Z. to present Forensics piece
No Sports Practice
Honor before Honors
Thursday, January 26
th

EARLY DISMISSAL 1:00 PM
Extended Day Available
Parent Conferences 3:00-6:00 PM
No Sports Practice
Friday, January 26
th

NO SCHOOL
Parent Conferences 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Camp Williams Available
No Sports Practice


NEXT WEEK

Monday, January 30
th

Dress Down Day 8
th
Grade Fundraiser
Boys BB Gold Team vs. Friends @ Park Place 5:00 PM
Girls BB Gold Team vs. Friends @ Park Place 4:00 PM
Boys BB Blue Practice @ Park Place 3:30- 5:00 PM
Girls BB Blue Practice @ Park Place 3:30-5:00 PM
Tuesday, January 31
st

Girls BB Blue Team vs. Beach @ Rock Church 4:30 PM
Boys BB Blue Team vs. Beach @ Rock Church 5:30 PM
Wednesday, February 1
st

Assembly - Eighth grade news, 5
th
grade news, 6
th
grade language arts fortunes
Girls BB Blue Team vs. CBA @ Park Place 4:00 PM
Boys BB Gold Team vs. CBA @ Park Place 5:00 PM
Young Yogis Begin Spring Session 3:00-4:00 PM (Watch for more info to come!) MPR
Thursday, February 2
nd

Girls BB Gold Practice @ Salvation Army 3:30-5:00 PM
Groundhog Day
Friday, February 3
rd
No Sports Practice
6
Th
Grade to Glass Exhibit
7
th
/8
th
Grade Ski Trip (leaving @ 12:00)
K-4
th
Grade Virginia Opera Little Red Riding Hood Presentation 8:30 9:00 AM MPR


LOOKING AHEAD

Monday, February 6
th

Boys BB Blue Team vs. StoneBridge @ Salvation Army 5:00 PM
Girls BB Blue Team vs. Great Bridge @ Salvation Army 4:00 PM
Tuesday, February 7
th
Girls BB Gold Team vs. Torah @ Salvation Army 4:00 PM
Boys BB Gold Team vs. Torah @ Salvation Army 5:00 PM
Wednesday, February 8
th
Assembly 3
rd
grade French presentation - First Grade presentation. - Gingerbread Stories and Caldecott Books
Girls BB Blue Team vs. Norfolk Collegiate @ Salvation Army 4:00 PM
Thursday, February 9
th
Boys BB Gold Team vs. Baylake @ Park Place 6:00 PM
Girls BB Gold Team vs. Baylake @ Park Place 5:00 PM
Boys BB Blue Team vs. Baylake @ Park Place 4:00 PM
Friday, February 10th

NEW OWL'S NEST ITEM!
Long-sleeved t-shirts in adult and youth sizes are now available for
$20.00! They can be purchased through our website; in our front office
or email JCasey@thewilliamsschool.org.
The Williams School
Extended Day Program
Permission to Attend TWS
Basketball Games
Wednesday, February 1,
2012
Park Place Community
Center
606 West 29
th
Street
Norfolk, VA 23508
*Permission Form and
information attached to
Broadcast Email
2
nd
Trimester - Conference Scheduling Pick-a-Time Scheduling will be open until January 25
th
.
Our conference scheduling system went live on Friday, January 13. Please use the following link to schedule your conference
or you may also open our website, www.thewilliamsschool.org and click the blue "Conferences" button on the lower left
side:
https://pickatime.com/client?ven=11604691
Click the link or copy/paste it into your browser and follow the directions below. If you have any difficulties, email or call
Debbie Adams, dladams@thewilliamsschool.org , 627-1383 ext. 211.
The Williams School Online Scheduler
Register (new users)
Enter your email address and push "Login/Create Account".
Fill in the required fields and register.
For each child, enter the firstnamelastname (ex. BenFranklin) and birthdate (mm/dd/yyyy)
Sign in
If you've previously registered, all you need to do is enter your email and password. The system will know about your
appointments and the student(s) you have added to your account.
Scheduling
Each colored square represents an available meeting time. The legend shows you which teacher corresponds to
which color, and the times increase as you go down the page. (Note: you will not see all of the teachers at your
school, just the set of teachers that your children have classes with). Click on a square to book that time.
Middle school parents may book multiple teachers for the same time slot.
You will optionally have the choice of setting a time when you would like a reminder email delivered.
Click "Create Appointment".
Repeat until you have a time with each teacher you'd like to visit.
At any time you can click on "printable schedule" and print the resulting web page to get a hard copy of your
schedule. You will also have the option to email your schedule to yourself.
If you want to make changes to your schedule, you can log in at any time with the email address and password you
used to create your account.
Click on "Your Schedule" to display and hide your appointments. There will be links to change the time, or cancel
the appointment.
Please Note: If you would like to make an appointment with a teacher that your child does not have a class with, you will
need to contact the school.
Keeping Williams Green

Kindergarten is recycling Crayons if you have any crayons that you would like to recycle, please drop
them by the kindergarten room.

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. bins are located in the main area of
the 419 building on the sideboard next to the stairs.



LOST AND FOUND: Lost and Found items will be on display near the MPR during Parent Teacher
Conferences. Please take some time to look through the discarded items for any missing articles of clothing,
etc. before you leave. Remaining items will be donated after conferences. Thank You the SCA.

Camp Williams
$45.00 per day*
Friday, January 27, 2012
Led By Joyce Soria and Ann Daly
8:30am-5:30pm**
No School Parent Conference Day

A Yorktown Victory Center Adventure!

We will leave school at 9:30am for the Yorktown Victory Center.
and have a picnic lunch in Yorktown. We will return to school about 2:00pm for Colonial Crafts: including making corn husk
dolls, clay marbles, quill pens and rope.

Please make checks payable to Joyce Soria.

-*Reservations are required, by calling 627-1383 x241. Minimum 8 students Maximum 20, per day. The minimum of 8
reservations must be received by 3:00 pm, Monday, 1/23/12. 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 at all times during the day.
-If you wish your child to have sun screen or insect repellant, please fill out the Medication Administration Form and send the
product and the form in with your child on the day or days of enrollment. Forms are available from the front office, Extended
Day or the website.
-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. Reservations required!



Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr. Alumni Award

The Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr. Alumni Award will be presented annually to the
Williams School alumnus or alumna who personifies the character traits nurtured
by The Williams School and modeled by Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr., :
Integrity
Honor
Courage
Commitment
Service to others and
Service to ones community and country
The recipient will be selected by The Williams School Alumni Association, in
cooperation with the faculty and Board of Trustees. An engraved plaque will be
presented, along with other appropriate tokens of appreciation of the character
qualities of John C. Harvey, Jr. which the graduate has incorporated into his or
her daily life.






Once On This Island
This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale The Little
Mermaid garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book
and Score. In almost non-stop song and dance, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant
girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of her island.
Book by Lynn Ahrens Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Based on My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy
Both Audrey and Ava N. will be in this Hurrah Players production of Once on This Island,
Feb 17-19, at Hurrah's Perry Theatre.

Tickets are $20/adults and $15/kids. Showtimes Friday Feb 17 @ 7p, Sat Feb 18 @ 3p
and 7p, and Sun Feb 19 @ 3p. Information and tickets available at www.hurrahplayers.com or through the box
office at 627-5437.



Please Save the Date for this years Auction
LONDON CALLING

Saturday, February 25, 2012
Town Point Club, Norfolk, Virginia

Auction tickets $85
Heavy hors doeuvres, wine, beer and a great time!

To purchase tickets, buy one or more of our beautifully hand painted tiles or to become one of our
sponsors, please go to the Whats New portion of the Schools website, or simply click here:
http://www.thewilliamsschool.org/support-tws/auction.cfm

Hand painted tiles:

Underground Tile ~ $50 (included for each of the sponsor's children enrolled at Williams
with all sponsorship levels)


Crown Tile ~ $100

Sponsorships levels:
Pints and Quarts $3,000 (1 only) - Nume recognltlon ut euch bur, Tlckets und Llve Auctlon Reserved
Seutlng for Elght (8), u Full-Puge Color Advertlsement ln Auctlon Cutulog, und Buslness Llnk on Auctlon
Webslte
Big Ben $2,500 - Tlckets und Llve Auctlon Reserved Seutlng For Elght (8), u Full-Puge Color
Advertlsement ln Auctlon Cutulog, und Buslness Llnk on Auctlon Webslte
Buckingham Palace $1,500 - Tlckets und Llve Auctlon Reserved Seutlng For Slx (6) und u Full-Puge
Bluck & Whlte Advertlsement ln Auctlon Cutulog
Tower of London $750 - Tlckets und Llve Auctlon Reserved Seutlng For Four (4) und u Hulf-Puge Bluck
& Whlte Advertlsement ln Auctlon Cutulog
Westminster Abbey $500 - Tlckets und Llve Auctlon Reserved Seutlng For Two (2) und u Quurter-Puge
Bluck & Whlte Advertlsement ln Auctlon Cutulog
Sponsorship Benefits: All sponsorshlps ulso lnclude (1) u hund-pulnted Underground tlle for euch of the
Sponsors chlldren enrolled ut Wllllums und (2) recognltlon onllne und on event sponsor bourds und
slgnuge, on the Auctlon webslte, ln the Auctlon Cutulog, ln Wllllums School Publlcutlons, und on the
School Webslte.

*LIVE Auction Teaser *

All School Pottery Project ~ Be a part of it!

*Fun London Calling Fact of the Week*
Buckingham Palace: Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms, including 19 State rooms, 52
Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. The Palace has
1,514 doors and 760 windows the windows are cleaned every six weeks! Buckingham
Palace has its own chapel, post office, swimming pool, staff cafeteria, doctors surgery and cinema.
There are more than 350 clocks and watches in the palace, making it one of the largest collections of
working clocks anywhere. Two full-time conservators wind the clocks every week and keep them in
working order.

The Dogwood Circle of The Kings Daughters presents Tunes and Trivia. Enjoy live
music and see Carter L. (11) perform on Friday, February 10
th
at 6:30 PM at the School
of Rock.
For more information on the Community Board at school or go to:
www.kingsdaughters.org/tunesandtrivia/







_______(Quantity) 1 DVD for $20 or multiple DVDs for $15 each