Willow’s fourth graders, along with their middle school buddies, are leading a Thanksgiving food drive in collaboration with The Food Bank Network of Somerset County. The goal is to feed 30 families for the upcoming holiday. The drive began in late October and will...
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Teal Pumpkin Party Raises $1000 for FARE
On October 29, The Willow School hosted its first Teal Pumpkin Party, inspired by the Food Allergy Research & Education Network’s national Teal Pumpkin Project. Thanks to donations made at the door and more, Willow donated $1000 to FARE! FARE works on behalf of...
Giving Together: Willow’s Human Chain
On November 17, The Willow School's Thanksgiving Food Drive concluded with a human chain, where students, teachers, and parents passed the donated goods from a schoolhouse to The Food Bank Network of Somerset County's waiting vehicle. All of our students and...
Willow Turns Teal for Food Allergy Awareness
What do Niagara Falls, the Empire State Building, and The Willow School all have in common? They're all turning teal for Food Allergy Awareness Week! The Willow School, like a number of other significant institutions and landmarks, is shining a...
Kindness Rocks at Willow!
Willow’s culture of kindness and mutual respect is something you immediately see and feel the moment you step on to campus. It’s evident in Morning Gathering, when we gather the entire school community and set a purpose to our day. It’s evident at our...
Fifth Grader Organizes Road Clean-Up
Willow fifth grader Juliana Holmes organized and led the first annual Black River Road Clean-Up as her Passion Hour Project, a dedicated time for Willow students to design and pursue their own projects, related to what they most care about. Read more on Juliana's...
Willow Joins Effort to “Tackle Hunger” This October
The Willow School is joining the national effort to Tackle Hunger in October! One in seven children in New Jersey live in a household struggling with food insecurity. At today’s Morning Gathering, students learned about food insecurity and ways that we can help as a...
Making Caring Common at The Willow School
We are excited to announce that Willow has joined Making Caring Common’s Caring Schools Network, a growing group of schools committed to ethical development. Making Caring Common is an initiative developed by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Harvard's team of...
Willow Teal Pumpkin Party Raises Almost $2000 for FARE
On October 28th, The Willow School hosted its second annual Teal Pumpkin Spooktacular! The party drew a crowd of about 200 people who enjoyed trick-or-treating for treasures, pumpkin painting, slime making, scarecrow decorating, potion making, spooky story time, and...
Support a Willow Alumna Volunteering in Tanzania
Over the last three months, Willow alumna Greta Schacht has been volunteering at a school for impoverished children in Tanzania. She has been deeply inspired by Juma Judson, the director of the school, who she calls "one of the most amazing individuals I've yet to...