Where's Walden
8-10-16
Teacher Placements Available in Family Access Tomorrow
As you know, teacher placements will be made available within your Family Access account tomorrow. An exact time they’ll be available has not been specified and the district, by design, releases assignments slowly throughout the day as to not overload and crash the system. And with that, I wanted to take a moment to share a few points:
Great consideration and care is given to the class placement decisions.
All placement decisions are final.
There are MANY factors that go into class placement decisions...and student academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs always come first.
I have full confidence in all our teachers to meet the needs of your child(ren) as the year goes on. We spend a great deal of time and effort tweaking, differentiating, monitoring, and adapting our instruction to meet the needs of all our learners.
FYI: Mrs. Oshiro is now teaching 4th grade.
New Staff Introductions
Julie Caplan - 1st Grade
Alexa Montgomery - Kindergarten
Hello, my name is Alexa Montgomery and I am the new Kindergarten teacher at Walden this year! I graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and am very excited to begin my teaching career in such a wonderful community. I cannot wait to get to know each of my students and their families as the school year begins. I look forward to the great school year ahead!
Simona Strugariu - Psychologist
Open House
Thursday, Sep 1, 2016, 06:00 PM
Walden School, Essex Court, Deerfield, IL, United States
Road Construction and Busses
- We expect bus delays during construction. Students will never be marked tardy if their bus is late to school.
- As communicated in Cathy Kedjidjian's email, please use this form to express a safety issue with your bus stop. Please do not contact the office or me - we won't be able to help you, as these decisions are made by our Transportation Department at the district office.
- Especially during construction season, we strongly encourage those who are bus riders to ride the bus! It will make our parking lot and the streets around our school safer.
Early Release Wednesdays - 2nd Posting
Here is a link to more information about our early release days.
New Lunch Times - 2nd Posting
K-1st = 11:25-12:20 (lunch then recess)
2nd-3rd = 11:25-12:20 (recess then lunch)
4th-5th = 12:25 - 1:20 (lunch then recess)
Teachers will be communicating more specifically about their snack times in the coming weeks (FYI - snacks are fruits and vegetables only).
Upcoming Dates
8/11- Class placements available in Family Access
8/18 - Open School and Teacher Meet and Greet - 3:30 - 4:30pm
8/18 - Kindergarten Scavenger Hunt - 3:30-5:30pm
8/21 - Kindergarten "Play Date" held on the Walden primary playground - 3:00-4:30
8/22- First Day of School - Half Day - Dismissal at 11:40am
8/24 - Ice Cream Social at Walden 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
9/1 - Walden Open House - Schedule
9/5 - No School - Labor Day
9/13 - Picture Day
Connect with Walden!
Email: sschwartz@dps109.org
Website: http://walden.dps109.org/
Location: 630 Essex Court, Deerfield, IL, United States
Phone: 847-945-9660
Facebook: facebook.com/waldenelementaryschool
Twitter: @109walden