Our Kindergarten Packet-Pick Up event will be Thursday, March 3rd, from 5:30-7:00pm at Desert Willow Elementary. Help us spread the word! Tell your friends and neighbors about our in-person event. Families will be able to tour classrooms, meet the teachers, and check out the playground!
Some lucky DWE students used their “Diamondbucks” at our school store to play a game of “Pop-It” with our DWE Principal and Assistant to the Principal. These two amazing first graders sure taught our principals a thing or two about pop-it game strategy! I think our principals should stick to principal-ing, and leave the pop-its to the kids!
Happy Rodeo Break, everyone! Next week we will have fun Love of Reading Week spirit days and our annual Field Day! See all the details for next week in our Weekly Rattler: https://5il.co/165s6
Let us introduce you to some wonderful ladies- Sheri Curtin, our Teacher of the Year, and Carri Rios, our Support Staff of the Year! We are so lucky to have these amazing professionals at Desert Willow!
Today we celebrated and recognized our amazing volunteers! Thank you, Natalie Ventura, for all of your work organizing volunteers for DWE. Congratulations to our Volunteer of the Year, Rebecka Fannon!
Move over, Taco Tuesday-- DWE is making Burrito Wednesday a thing! Join us at Chipotle tonight anytime from 5-9pm for one of STUCO’s biggest percentage nights of the year! 33% of proceeds from the sales will go straight to Desert Willow.
Hello DWE Diamondbacks! Today (2/10) and tomorrow (2/11) are 1/2 days for Parent Teacher Conferences. Dismissal will be at noon on both days; please call the office at 879-2302 if you need to make changes to your child's routine transportation. After your conference feel free to stop by our Science and Engineering Showcase in the MPR!
Have you seen this week’s Rattler? There is a lot going on at DWE- Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday and Friday (noon dismissal both days), the Science and Engineering Showcase will feature projects in the MPR, our Book Fair is happening now, and Valentines Grams are for sale! For more information about those events please see our Rattler: https://5il.co/159fp (a previous version stated there was a Chipotle fundraiser- that will be next week!)
Get ready Diamonbacks- the Book Fair is almost here! Check out our school's Book Fair page where people can create their e-wallet or shop online: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=desertwillowelementarysch1
The in-person Book Fair is Feb. 7-11 at DWE!
You can also preview the catalog here: https://bookfairsfiles.scholastic.com/flippingbooks/S22/S22-ES-Case-Booklist/S22_ES_Case_Booklist.html#p=1
Do you or someone you know have an incoming kindergartener for the 2022-2023 school year? Our Kindergarten Walk-Thru Enrollment Packet Pick-Up event will be March 3rd from 5:30pm-7:00pm at Desert Willow Elementary School. If you have questions about enrollment, please contact our Office Manager Amanda Moore at 520-879-2305 or visit our website: https://dwe.vailschooldistrict.org/o/dwe/page/road-to-kindergarten
Feel free to spread the word to friends in the community.
This is a friendly reminder that January 26th is a 1/2 day and dismissal will be at noon. Please contact the front office at 520-879-2302 if you need to make any changes to your child's dismissal transportation.
Our Student Council Students are really excited about tonight's Freddy's Percentage Night Fundraiser! They hope you will grab a burger and some fries to support our school!
Our Weekly Rattler has a lot of information- more than we can fit in one small picture! Visit https://5il.co/14cnn to read more about our upcoming events!
The kids are already talking about it- come join us for a Skating PARTY tonight at Skate Country!
We are in search of judges for our Science and Engineering Showcase in February! Email our volunteer coordinator Natalie Ventura, or scan the code, if you are interested in judging! If your child would like to participate in the showcase, projects are due by February 4th. Visit https://dwe.vailschooldistrict.org/o/dwe/page/science-and-engineering-showcase for more information about how to complete a project.
Our STUCO is starting 2022 strong with an amazing percentage night at Freddy's! On January 19th swing by for some yummy food, and be sure to tell the cashier you are there for Desert Willow!
On Monday, December 13 the orders from the Holiday Cheer Catalog will arrive at Desert Willow! Orders small enough to fit in backpacks will be sent home with students, but if you have a large order, parents will need to pick up the order. You can pick up after school on Monday until 3:45pm, or if mid-day works better, you can stop by during school to pick up the order any time after 10am on Monday. Tuesday morning 7:30-8:30am you can also pick up orders. If you need to make other arrangements for picking up your order, please email DWEPTA9400@gmail.com.
SANTA is coming to DWE tonight (that must explain this cold weather!). Snap a pic with Santa, enjoy some treats and crafts, and do your holiday shopping all in one place. We hope you will join us!
We have successfully completed our practice lockdown drill (12/9 9:30am).
This is an important safety drill but we recognize that it can also be somewhat scary for children. The DWE teachers and staff will ensure that students feel safe before, during, and after the drill.
We are currently conducting a practice lockdown drill (12/9 9:24am).
Please note that during the drill, office and classroom phones will not be answered and
parents/visitors will not have access to campus.
This is an important safety drill but we recognize that it can also be somewhat scary for children. The DWE teachers and staff will ensure that students feel safe before, during, and after the drill.