🎉 Last week was all about celebrating our amazing Special Education team during SPED Staff Appreciation Week! 🎉 We rolled out the red carpet for our incredible staff from ALL schools within our district with delicious treats, fun raffles, and some fabulous gifts.
📣A special shout out to Anderson Auto Group and Andrea Foote for their generous donation that helped make this celebration possible!
💝✨ To our special education warriors: your hard work and unwavering dedication to our exceptional students don't go unnoticed! We’re so grateful for all that you do. THANK YOU! 🙌❤️
Desert Willow's May Calendar
Mark your calendars and join us on Tuesday, May 13th as we hold our 4th quarter student award ceremony!
Students who will be receiving an award will come home with an invitation from their teacher next week.
Grade level award times are listed on the attached flyer below 👇🏽 🏆 🏅
Teacher Appreciation Week begins today! We absolutely love our Desert Willow staff & teachers and cannot wait to celebrate them next week! 🎉🏫🥳
Thanks to the efforts of our amazing librarian, Mrs. Lily, Desert Willow has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Barbara Park Memorial Literacy Grant! We used the awarded funds to stock our library with new and exciting fiction and non-fiction books! 📚 📖 📕 Together we can! ❤️ thank you Mrs. Lily and GBS books!
Join us this Thursday for Desert Willow’s Picnic on the Playground! From 10:30am-12:00pm parents and families are welcome on campus to bring and enjoy a picnic lunch outside on the grassy field with your Diamondback student! 🧺 🛝
Desert Willow and KUSD want to extend a special thank you to Safeway for generously donating to our schools! We are so appreciative of the amazing support from our community. Together we can! ❤️ ✏️ 📚 🏫
Our intermediate chess team placed 2nd overall in the Elk's Tournament this past weekend. Several Desert Willow students took home winning medals. We are so proud of our chess Diamondbacks! ♟️ 😄 🧠 🏅
Yesterday, our 1st graders went on an exciting field trip to the Mohave County Library! Below are some photos documenting all the fun that was had! 😄 📚
Desert Willow's April Calendar
We are so excited for our upcoming Candy Land Math Showcase Night! Come to our campus on the evening of March 27th to take part in exciting math games and activities planned for all ages! Our book fair will stay open late for last minute shopping! 😄 🛍️ 📚 🍭 🍬
Desert Willow's March Calendar
Trade Career Exploration Day at Desert Willow!
Students had the exciting opportunity to learn from various professionals who spoke about their trade careers. Students gained insight into what these jobs do, why their work is important, and were also provided hands-on experiences! A HUGE thank you to all of our presenters who came out to support our school and teach our students! 😄😄 Ambient Edge Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Fox's Carpet Connection Mohave County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Extreme Iron Welding & Fabrication
THANK YOU to everyone who showed up to our Valentine’s Dance last Thursday and a special shoutout to our PTVO, community vendors, staff volunteers, and families who helped make it all possible! 💃 🪩 🕺🏽 💘 TOO MUCH FUN!
Next Tuesday, the 18th will be our 100th day of school! To celebrate all of our learning and growth, we are encouraging students to dress up like they are 100 years old!! 👴🏽👵🏻🧓🏼 CAN’T WAIT 😁
This Thursday, students are encouraged to wear their favorite team’s gear to school to help celebrate the big game this Sunday! 🏈 🏈 📺 Who will you be cheering for?!? #Eagles #Chiefs
Students at Desert Willow Elementary School welcomed "Snarg," the iReady mascot, who came to celebrate their impressive progress on diagnostic tests. The students set ambitious goals and achieved them with outstanding success!
Mark your calendars and join us for our annual Valentine's Dance on Thursday, February 13th from 6-8PM in the Desert Willow Gym! Food and Drinks will be provided by our amazing PTVO! We can't wait to see you there :)
Attention Diamondbacks!
From February 3rd - February 12th, students will be able to purchase Valentine Grams for $1. Each gram comes with a pencil and a card, and will be available for purchase during all lunch periods. 💕 💌 ✏️
KUSD is so proud to award Desert Willow Elementary School nurse, Rachel Addleman, with our ABCD Award. 🏆 She was nominated by parent Erin Wells, for going Above and Beyond the Call of Duty!
