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Celebrating Filipino Heritage
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Exploring Biodiversity and Giving Back: The Willows Service-Learning Trip to Costa Rica
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Accepted! Celebrating the Class of 2025’s Next Chapter
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The Spring Showdown Robotics Event!
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Jog-A-Thon!
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7 Things that Might Surprise you about Athletics at The Willows
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Costa Rica Service Learning Trip
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Screening of America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation
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Carson Karlin '08 Brings Her Expertise to The Willows Shark Tank Intersession
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Alum Anna Ulman '02 Brings Fashion Show Realness to The Willows
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Alum Entrepreneur Jhamasa '04 Inspires Students with Beauty Tech Innovation
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Alum Max Olshansky ’07 Brings Restaurant Know-How to Intersession Snack Shack Class
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From Stage to Panel: Alumni Return to Judge Intersession Class, Dancing with the Stars
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Alumni Return with Passion, Purpose, and Willows Pride
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Celebrating Irish-American Heritage Month!
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Listening to Nature: The Bird Calls Phone at The Willows
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Thank You Cards for Firefighters!
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NFL Player and Willows Alum Brycen Tremayne '14 Speaks to The Willows
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Alumni Artist Milan Michaud ’14
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Benny Reiss ’99 Talks to the 8th Graders
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What is Pollyanna? Discover the Lasting Impact
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Medical Student and Willows Alum, Naomi Nicholas ’13, Returned to The Willows to Teach Kindergarten and First Grade Students!
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The Willows Boys A Basketball Team 2025 Pacific Basin League Champions!
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Building Community Through Art
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Hosting Korean Students from Brentwood School Exchange Program
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10 Key Experiences Willows Students Enjoy Before Graduation
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7 Things You Might Not Know About The Willows Lower School
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Robotics Teams at First Lego League Qualifying Tournament
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Developing Emotional Intelligence Using RULER
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The Importance of Cultural Programming
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Award-Winning Photographer and Willows Alum Rebecca Yale Returns to Inspire Students
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Alum Malcolm Tunnell '10 Speaks with The Willows Robotics Team!
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The Willows Attends Pollyanna Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Navigating the Media Maze: How The Willows Teaches Media Literacy
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Celebrating 30 Years of Creativity & The Arts!
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Lunchtime Zoom with Dr. Lisa Damour 3-12 @12PM
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Hope & The Willows: Our Past, Present, & Future
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Michael Thompson, Ph.D., Returns to The Willows!
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New Teacher, No Problem! 6 Tips to Help your Student Adjust Easily
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2024-2025 School-Wide Theme is HOPE!
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Willows Alum Artwork Showcasing at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
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7 Benefits of Having a Book Buddy
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Leaving the Comfort Zone: Service Learning Trip in Puerto Rico
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Top 8 Things You Might Not Know About The Willows Middle School Program
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Class of 2024 - Secondary School Acceptances!
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Why The Willows Believes in a Balanced Progressive Education
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More than an Argument: Debate
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2nd Grade Celebrates Eminent People
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Strength in Collaboration: The DK-4th Lunar New Year Dragon
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All in on Hands-On Learning: Intersession
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Black History Month
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New York Times Best Seller "Master Slave Husband Wife" Ilyon Woo Spoke to The Willows Community
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Civil Rights Activist Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely Visited The Willows
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The Best Part of Me–DK Reflections & RULER
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Empowering Students: The Willows Middle School
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Kindergarten Art Installation in the Style of Dr. Esther Malangu, South African Artist
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Empowering Students: Middle School
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4th Grade Walks Through California!
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3rd Grade Science Erosion Study
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Congratulations to The Willows Debate Team!
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All Together Now: Family Ed Night at The Willows
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Willows Robotics Teams at First Lego League Qualifying Tournament in La Cañada
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Ilyon Woo, February 8 Speaker on Master Slave Husband Wife, Awarded NY Times and New Yorker's Best Books of 2023
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How to Solve a (Mock) Crime: 6th Grade Forensics & Civics
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Developmental Kindergarten & 8th Grade Buddies
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Fun With Fungi! 1st Grade Students Use ProScopes to Study Musrooms
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Cultivating Strength: Composting
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Congrats to The Willows Debate Team–1st Place at First Tournament of the Year!
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The Willows and Celsiusskolan: Sharing our RULER & SEL Experience
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The Unique Advantages of an Independent School
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Dr. Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology & Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center, UC, Berkeley, and author of AWE at The Willows 11-16-2023
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Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence RULER Approach in Action at The Willows
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Blue-Bots, Bee-Bots & iPads! Kindergarten is Abuzz with Educational Technology
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Dr. Lisa Damour Noon Virtual Sessions
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This So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained by Experts Cara Natterson & Vanessa Kroll Bennett
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New Year, New Plan: How to Successfully Start the School Year
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2023-2024 School-Wide Theme is STRENGTH!
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Strength: Our New School-Wide Theme
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Willows Alum Brycen Tremayne Signs with the Washington Commanders!
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Solving it Together! The Importance of Co-Teaching
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Field Trips and Overnight Field Trips – Experiential Learning to the Max!
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Reading, Writing & Hands-on Learning!
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Emotions Matter: Social-Emotional Learning & The RULER Approach
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To Loop or Not to Loop–That is Not a Question!
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Examining Impact: How We Can Make a Difference
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Here We Go… Again: Preparing for the New School Year
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End of Year Reflections
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Teaching to be Kind over Teaching to be Nice
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Why Field Trips? The Positive Effects on Learning
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A Meaningful Conversation: How to Have One with your Child
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Origami Cranes – Bringing Hope and Healing to Our Community
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Gary the Duck: A Collaboration Between a Teacher, Four Alums, & 100 Students
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The Power of Robotics: The Middle School Robotics Team
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Restoring Your Exhausted and Tired Brain Through “Soft Fascinations”
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Student Choice: Middle School Electives
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Resilience, Responsibility, Relationships, & Rest: A Look Into What Students Gained, Not Lost During the Pandemic
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Fostering Student Expression
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The Importance of Using Technology in Schools at an Early Age
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Willows Alum Creates Social Emotional Intelligence App – Stella 5.0
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From Camper to Author: “Notes from the Camp Bunk: A Guide for First Time Campers from a Camper”
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The Shift from 5th Grade to Middle School
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Providing the Right Amount and Type of Feedback
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When to Push Your Child
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What Should I Ask at Parent-Teacher Conferences?
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Writer’s Block? No Worries, Here are Some Tips!
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Tips to Overcome a Picky Eater
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Developing Leadership Skills in Your Child at Home
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One Student’s Letter to The President
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The Benefits of Looping in our Lower School!
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Lunar New Year Celebration
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Facing Fear Director and Featured Subjects Meet with our 5th-8th Grade Students
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Parent Coffee with Jerry Craft
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Panel Discussions and Book Clubs led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Town Hall with Dr. Darin Earley
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Jasmine Warga (Author) Visits The Willows
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Andrea Wang (Author) and Jason Chin (Illustrator) Speak to The Willows
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On going workshops, focus group efforts, as well as faculty and staff training
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We have partnered with Teach AAPi
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Abby Bergman ’10 Talks with Willows 2nd Grade about Her Swim Across Santa Monica Bay
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Celebrating Black History Month
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Eden Martin '23, wrote and self-published, “Notes from the Camp Bunk: A Guide for First Time Campers from a Camper."
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Isis Ginyard '19, Willows Alum Creates Social Emotional Intelligence App – Stella 5.0
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The New M in S.T.E.A.M.
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