Walker Wolf Bites
January 15th, 2024
Golden Paw Awards
This week’s Golden Paw Staff awards go to:
Victoria Arviso, Imagine Preschool Director and Teacher and Jewel Kahn, Substitute Teacher and Classroom AIde
“I would like to nominate Victoria Arviso, Preschool Director of Imagine preschool at Walker. Victoria had been a guiding light to the preschool, the preschool staff and the students. Her Passion for teaching, her values and her personality makes us want to do better everyday and the Students are thriving under her Care. She is a pleasure to work with!”
"Jewel has been an amazing and much needed aide to the 4th and 5th grade! She goes above and beyond to help out the teachers and students. She is a positive light in our school!"
Parent Portal and Students Registration Information
We are rapidly approaching the time for families to complete the registration process for the 2024-2025 school year. For the first time, the district will be utilizing an online registration form that can be completed on the computer or phone. While more information about registering through the parent portal program will be sent out a prior to registering, it is important that families create and login to their parent portal account. In December each family received an email with the title "Getting Started- Campus Student and Campus Parent" that contained the link and activation code for you to create your account. If you did not get this email or did not set up your account at that time, you will need contact our walker Administrative Assistant Jennifer Lee at jlee@amphi.com or 696-6519 to have a new code and link sent to you over email. She can also assist with account creation. Attached below are additional directions for assisting with creating your parent portal account.
Parent Square
Next school year the district will be transitioning to the Parent Square program as a communication communication tool for all schools. The program functions in the same way as ClassDOJO and will allow for parents to communicate directly with their child's teacher and other school staff. It also allows for information to be sent to parents via email as well. In addition, the program allows the school to send out mass communications over the app and through phone calls when necessary. While we are still utilizing the ClassDOJO app for the remainder of this school year, the district and school have begun to utilize the program to communicate information out. We are encouraging families to download the app so that you can become comfortable with the program before next year and so you can set your communication preferences.
Parents were sent information from the district on the program in October which included a link to join the program. If you have lost the link or did not receive the email, the Parent Square app can be downloaded and/or accessed at:
https://www.parentsquare.com/signin
Kindergarten Round-Up Dates
- March 13th
- March 27th
- April 3rd
- April 17th
Round-up slots begin at 12:00pm and last till 3:00pm
If you would like to sign up for a kindergarten round-up slot please call the office at 696-6518. Please encourage any family you know with a child who will be 5 by September 1st, 2024 to reach out to the school to sign up for a round-up slot. We are also accepting open enrollment applications for kindergarten and all other grades for the 2024-2025 school year.
Walker Community Garden
We are excited to announce that we will be beginning a project to develop a community garden on campus. This garden will provide students the opportunity to participate in the planting, maintaining, and harvesting of vegetables and fruits. We will also use this space to plant of a variety of flowering plants that will attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and other animals. We are hoping to have the garden prepared for planting by the end of January.
The first step in this project will be to convert the water trough handwashing stations that were used as part of our COVID prevention protocols into raised garden planters. To do this we are asking families, if possible, to donate new potting soil. We need to collect roughly 60 cubic feet of soil. Any donation will be greatly appreciated and can be dropped off in the main office. Here are some links to potting soil that is available at Home Depot and Walmart:
PTO Meeting This Thursday
Early Release Wednesday
A reminder that every Wednesday will be early release for students. School will dismiss at 12:00pm.
Important Reminders
- Please do not exit and leave your car if you are using the car line to drop off or pick up your child.
- Please be sure that you communicate how your child will be going home each day. Please try to keep it as consistent as possible. We also ask that you do not change how a student will be getting home after 1:00pm. This will ensure that it can communicated in time to the classroom teacher.
- If you are picking your child up after school we ask that you have a sign in your car or that you carry a sign with your child's name (first name and last initial), grade, and teacher.
- A reminder that the shoulder along Roller Coaster is not Walker Elementary School property and it is illegal to park in the bike lanes and unsafe to park there. Please utilize the parking spaces within the Walker Elementary School parking lot if you would like to meet your child at the West Gate for dismissal.
This Week
Tuesday -
Wednesday - Early Release at 12:00pm
Thursday - PTO Meeting at 2:30pm in the Library
Friday -
Walker Wolf Pack Award
Kindergarten
Mrs. LaRock's Class
Carlos
Gabriel
Jhontel
Julian
Madison
Santiago
Savannah
Teegan
Mrs. Powers' Class
Arianna
Avery
Charlotte
Enchandras
Enzo
Madelynn
Nova
Zander
First Grade
Ms. Maytorena's Class
Christopher
Leonardo
Luis Miguel
William
Wyatt
Ms. Ratliff's Class
Ava
Calvin
Jhalyssa
Tomas
Second Grade
Mrs. Acuna Newman's Class
Atlas
Mya
Ms. Bermudez's Class
Aleksandr
Antonio
Gabriel
Jhosalyn
Julian
Kaylin
Mila
Mrs. Miller's Class
Leyla
Norah
Ryan
Sonari
Third Grade
Mrs. De La Rocha's Class
Jacob
Jaymauria
Jorel
McKynlee
Sebastian
Zane
Mrs. Luciano's Class
Elijah
Hutson
Ian
Logan
Nicolas
Mrs. Williams' Class
Alex
Annabelle
Annalynn
Cadhin
Elianna
Furat
Gordon
Idil
Kyler
Kyler
Liam
Lilliana
Sofia