The Friday Forecast
School Closure Updates: March 20, 2020
School closure Update
Good Afternoon Walnut High School Families,
We appreciate our families' support as we work together during this extraordinary, complex, and unprecedented time. Our staff has been working around the clock to prepare lessons for your child during this closure time. It has been amazing seeing our staff hold Google Meet sessions, Office Hours, Enrichment Activities, YouTube Lessons, and much more to stay connected with our kids. I could not be more proud of our staff, students, families, and community for all of the work we have put in over the past seven days.
The Walnut High School mindset as we head into uncharted waters is a quote from a book called The Obstacle is the Way. The author, Ryan Holiday, says "Placed in some situation that seems unchangeable and undeniably negative, we can turn it into a learning experience, a humbling experience, and a chance to provide comfort to others."
I wanted to continue the Friday Forecast with some important updates below as well as shoutouts to some of our Mustangs doing amazing things through this difficult time.
Thank you for your kindness, flexibility, and grace as we navigate through these uncertain times. We are committed to doing our absolute best to care for our families, staff, and students during this global health crisis.
Ryan Maine
Principal
Walnut High School

IMPORTANT UPDATES
School Closure Extended to May 5
A message from Superintendent, Dr. Taylor:
As you will recall, at an Emergency Meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 13, 2020, the Board approved a resolution through an emergency measure, which grants me, as the Superintendent, the authority to “take all appropriate action to respond to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.” The Board of Trustees and I continue to place the health, wellness, and safety of our students and staff as our highest priority.
Unfortunately, based on today’s directive from the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) requiring all schools within Los Angeles County to close through Tuesday, May 5, to help contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), I have decided to extend the closure of all Walnut Valley Unified School District (WVUSD) schools (and the District Office) through May 5, 2020.
Beginning back on Monday, March 16, and now continuing through Tuesday, May 5, all schools and the District Office will be CLOSED. If deemed safe by Public Health and LACOE, schools and the District Office are tentatively scheduled to resume normal operations on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
Spring Break continues to be recognized as April 10 – April 17.
Walnut High School Academic Resource Page
Early this week, our staff has been working around the clock to provide the resources your child will need over the next four weeks. At this time, your child should have heard from their teachers in regards to what to expect in their classes over the next 16 days of school closure. Our staff has created an academic resource webpage for each subject that will help your child review, enrich, and practice during this closure time. We encourage you to utilize these resources with your child to help minimize the learning gap. The resources page can be found below as well as a tutorial video on how to access these documents.
Learning Enrichment And Resource Network

WVUSD SCHOOL CLOSURE INQUIRIES
For questions and inquiries to district staff, we have prepared a web-based communication resource for parents/students/community members to contact the district. Click on the tab titled, "COVID-19 School Closure Inquiries" on our District website homepage https://www.wvusd.k12.ca.us/ to submit your questions and inquiries. District staff will respond to you in a timely manner.
AP TESTING
Please see the video below from our AP Computer Science Teacher, Nick Blackford, on important updates regarding AP exams.
STATE TESTING
SAT TESTING
ACT TESTING
SOCIAL DISTANCING
Some parents have requested additional guidance from others on how to implement social distancing with teenagers. Here are a few links that you might find useful:
Mustangs Shout-Outs!
A Message to our Seniors
Walnut Wednesday Broadcasts
Behind the Scenes: Walnut High School Staff
FRIDAY: School Closes Our CAPA parent group delivered over 100 containers of sanitizing wipes hours before we would know our school would officially be closed until April 20. | MONDAY: Staff Meeting On Monday, we held a Google Meet Live Stream with 200+ staff members connected in their classrooms, at home, or in the library. | MONDAY: Department Meetings After the staff meeting, our Deans held Department Meetings with our teachers to lay the groundwork for the next three days before we close our doors on March 19. |
FRIDAY: School Closes
MONDAY: Staff Meeting
MONDAY: AP & IB Meeting On Monday afternoon, our AP and IB teachers met to discuss solutions and strategies for our AP and IB students during the closure. | MONDAY: District Meeting At the end of every day, all 15 Principals, site administrators, and district administrators met to touch base, share best practices, and work together. | MONDAY: Reaching Out To Students As early as Monday, our teachers were reaching out to students to touch base with them and help answer any questions. Here is Mr. Lim holding a Google Meet with his students. |
MONDAY: AP & IB Meeting
MONDAY: District Meeting
TUESDAY: WHCC Breakfast Tuesday morning started with a Chik-Fil-A coffee and donuts donated by our Walnut High Community Club. Thank you Lily Eibert and our Walnut High Community Club. | TUESDAY: Social Emotional Resources On Tuesday, our Counseling team met to provide social-emotional resources for our students during the school closure period. | TUESDAY: GLC Meeting On Tuesday, as the local government began to tighten restrictions on group meetings, our GLC team met remotely to discuss summer registration appointments, availability, transcripts, and next steps for our students. |
TUESDAY: WHCC Breakfast
TUESDAY: Social Emotional Resources
TUESDAY: The Final Push Thank you to Chik-Fil-A for the discounted price of boxed lunches for our staff as we finished lessons panning and providing resources for our students. | WEDNESDAY: Online Learning Begins! Our teachers provided the resources our students need over the next four weeks as well as optional sessions for our kids. The good thing about online learning, pets can come to class! |
TUESDAY: The Final Push
COUNSELING CORNER


Social-Emotional Resources
GLC Listing
9th GRADE (Class of 2023)
Sarah Doramus (interim) (A – Li, ext. 43649)
Jeff Jacks (Lo – Z, ext. 43626)
10th GRADE (Class of 2022)
Ken McDill (A - Lo, ext. 43635)
Corolar Schultz (Lu – Z, ext. 43630)
11th GRADE (Class of 2021)
Viviana Hoyos (A – Lo, ext. 43641)
Sonia Nunez (Lu – Z, ext. 43616)
12th GRADE (Class of 2020)
Nathan Newman (A – Lo, ext. 43632)
Jenny Alegre (Lu – Z, ext. 43644)
ADP (Academic Design Program)
Elisabeth Everts (ext. 34264)
Intervention Counselor
Jennifer Peiten (ext. 43663)
Parent Info Night - GLC Presentations
We encourage everyone to take a moment to review the PowerPoints presented.
Please click on the appropriate grade level of your student.
Scholarship Opportunities
The Nancy McMullen Memorial Scholarship
These Scholarships are presented by Ray McMullen and Dedicated to Learning Inc. (D2L). D2L is a nonprofit corporation that provides summer school for the middle and high school students of this area.
The corporation is dedicated to developing innovative solutions that create extraordinary opportunities for students and educators around the world. All profits beyond the D2L operational costs are given to schools and school districts as well as to students. One of these scholarships will be presented to a student at Diamond Bar High School and another at Walnut High School.
Nancy McMullen, was an extraordinary elementary school teacher who went to UCLA as an art major and a biological science minor. She later taught for 30 years in the Covina School District. In addition to her teaching and work with kids, she maintained her passion for art and was a water color painter.
- These $1,000 scholarships are given annually in her memory and are intended to help young people pursue a career in a field of the visual arts.
- Applications will be reviewed by a committee of educators and artists.
- The deadline for the application materials and the supporting piece of art is Friday, April 24.
Class of 2020 Walnut Valley Educational Foundation Scholarship
EIGHTH ANNUAL LIVE 4 MTM SCHOLARSHIP
Applications can be sent to:
Lindsay Miyamoto 19376 Red Hawk Road
Walnut, CA 91789
Applications can also be emailed to: LIVE4MTM@gmail.com
Questions can also be answered by calling Lindsay Miyamoto at:(626) 646-3485