Each year WOW brings the Scholastic Book Fair to its families and friends. The patio of the school is turned into a fun, colorful bookstore filled with books for young children. Our teachers also post their classroom wishlists. Children come with parents and find just the books they want to read. Then Parents come back alone to shop for holiday presents. Friends of WOW are always welcome too. Great gifts for all the children in your families! One of the best parts of the Fair is that in return for your purchases, Scholastic gives WOW free books for its library and classroom. To find out more, check out the Fair website.

Although we had to postpone our November 6th Dedication, we are finally running toward the finish line. The roof is up, doors and windows are in, and even the beautiful cabinets and counters for each classroom are installed. We’re still waiting on lights and flooring, but they will be here by the end of the month. We can’t wait to share our new Angel Wing with you! The Dedication will be held early in the New Year – Promise! Just look for your invitation to arrive by snail mail or our new Constant Contact emails. If you would like to receive our email updates, just click in the upper right hand corner of our website. We’d love to keep you in the loop!

Every day higher!

From graded dirt to pipe-filled trenches to concrete slab to walls. And these walls are green! Not only is the color blue-green, but they are made of a Styrofoam-like material that is the latest in energy efficient technology. It’s called ICF block. You can lift a six-foot length of it with one hand. But don’t let looks deceive you. Once this block is filled with cement, it will be just as durable as cement blocks. The walls grew to the height you see here in one week. Next week, the roof will arrive. We’ll keep you posted! And all this has happened since WOW started up on August 24^th. The kids are as excited as the teachers are each day to see how their new classrooms are coming along. They’re also enjoying the new playground on the north side of our existing building. No real play equipment yet, but they love the trike path, the covered porch, and lots and lots of room to run! Just two more months until it’s all done!

We were fortunate to have KUAT’s Arizona Illustrated out for a story on WOW. It aired March 31, 2008. You can see it here or at their website.