Congratulations to Willow's Ethics Bowl Team! Last week, our team competed alongside seven other local schools in the first-ever New Jersey Middle School Ethics Bowl, modeled after the National High School Ethics Bowl. What is an Ethics Bowl? The goal of the NJ Middle...
Virtues
Linking Virtues and Academics at Willow
This article appears in the New Jersey Family Big Book Of Education 2019. Some schools focus on test scores. Some tout extracurricular activities. The Willow School nurtures "the joy of learning." "Willow is unique in nurturing the joys of childhood, even in our...
Thursdays with Willow: Join us for Weekly Webinars!
Join us for weekly webinars where we will explore important topics that will help you navigate distance learning at home and learn more about Willow at the same time! Virtues at School & at Home May 14 at 4 p.m. Virtues are integrated throughout Willow’s...
New Diversity & Inclusion Conversation Starters Series
Willow's Diversity & Inclusion Committee supports our school's continued growth as an intentionally inclusive and welcoming environment for a diverse student population. Recent events involving racial discrimination have led to deeper Committee conversations...
See How We Celebrate Gratitude at Willow
Our annual Harvest Soup tradition teaches children how to practice gratitude for each other and the Earth. Willow students recently took part in one of the school’s most beloved traditions: Harvest Soup! This community event is the culmination of a process that begins...
Making Caring Common: Where I’m From Poems
Did you know that Willow joined the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Caring Schools Network this year? The Caring Schools Network is a growing group of schools committed to ethical development, formed as part of Harvard's Making Caring Common initiative. Making...
Kindness Diaries Host Speaks to Middle Schoolers
Leon Logothetis, creator and host of the series The Kindness Diaries, now streaming on Netflix, has traveled the world, experiencing and spreading kindness as he gives life-changing gifts to those he encounters along the way. On October 24, he also traveled to The...
Join Us for Virtual Morning Gatherings
While we are apart, we are grateful to be able to carry on one of our most cherished Willow traditions: Morning Gathering. Each day, we will be starting the day with a Morning Gathering Watch Party on YouTube at 8:15am. You can watch with us then, or watch at a later...
Our Virtues & Confronting Racial Injustice
Dear Willow Community, It is with great sadness that I write this message. Over the past few days, our television screens and social media feeds have been filled with so many painful and powerful images, and I have no doubt that it has led to many difficult...