THE FRIDAY FORECAST
THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10 - AUGUST 14, 2020
Distance Learning Parent Webinar Tonight!
Join us for a YouTube Live parent webinar tonight (August 7) at 5:30 pm as we go through our distance learning schedule, tutorial, expectations, student support, tips for parents, student safety, and tech resources. We will also answer questions in the YouTube chat box during the presentation.
THIS WEEK IN ADVANCE | SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
MONDAY - AUGUST 10
TUESDAY - AUGUST 11
*Periods 1-3 Block Schedule - 8:00 am-12:30 pm
Period 4 Tutorial - 1:10 pm-1:35 pm
Period 5 Tutorial - 1:37 pm-2:02 pm
Period 6 Tutorial - 2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 12
*Periods 4-6 Block Schedule - 8:00 am-12:30 pm
Period 1 Tutorial - 1:10 pm-1:35 pm
Period 2 Tutorial - 1:37 pm-2:02 pm
Period 3 Tutorial - 2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
THURSDAY - AUGUST 13
- *Periods 1-3 Block Schedule - 8:00 am-12:30 pm
Period 4 Tutorial - 1:10 pm-1:35 pm
Period 5 Tutorial - 1:37 pm-2:02 pm
Period 6 Tutorial - 2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
FRIDAY - AUGUST 14
*Periods 4-6 Block Schedule - 8:00 am-12:30 pm
Period 1 Tutorial - 1:10 pm-1:35 pm
Period 2 Tutorial - 1:37 pm-2:02 pm
Period 3 Tutorial - 2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
WALNUT HIGH SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING SCHEDULE
*Since the first day of school is a minimum day, our schedule for the first week of school will follow the times listed above.
About our schedule
- Our distance learning schedule follows the recommended and required amount of instructional time for all students. Additionally, we created tutorial time after lunch for our teachers and students to use for the whole group, small group, or individual instruction, intervention, enrichment, or remediation. This time may also be used for Office Hours, homework time, GLC appointments, Social-Emotional Support, SST, 504, and IEP time.
STUDENTS: Check your School E-Mail and Google Classroom this Weekend!
STUDENTS - Please make sure you check your student e-mail & Google Classroom this weekend. Our teachers will have communicated their plans for the first day of school to you through e-mail and Google Classroom. Check beforehand on what the expectations are before Monday.
Introducing....New teachers!!
We would like to send a warm welcome to some of our new teachers on campus this year!
Student Meal Distribution Beginning August 10
Our Food Services team provided 138,600 Grab and Go meals during the closure in mid-March to the end of July. Wow!
Beginning Monday, August 10th Food Services will resume meal distribution. This distribution will take place on school days from 11:30am -1:10pm in the Staff Parking Lot.
Please see the map below.
Back to School Night - August 27
Back to School Night will be held virtually on August 27. Our teachers will provide information regarding their classes through our website. More information will be provided as we get closer to this date.
WHS Advanced Placement Test Scores
AP Test scores were released this month & we are beyond proud of our students, teachers, & support staff given the circumstances. To our students, no matter how your test went, you took the challenge & we are proud of you!
IB Students Mark High Achievement
The 2020 IB results have been released! We are very pleased to announce that 100% of our IB students achieved either their Diploma or Career-related certificate!
To date, more than 1.2 million students worldwide have graduated from the Diploma Programme (DP) and the Career-related Programme (CP). IB students reflect diverse experiences and perspectives, attend IB World Schools in 156 countries representing an even broader range of nationalities.
Congratulations to the following 28 Walnut High School graduates on obtaining such a high honor.
Community Club raises $40,000 for WHS!
Thank you WHS Community Club for supporting our teachers, staff and students. During registration they raised over $40,000!! They welcomed Walnut High School Teachers and Staff back with 200 goodie bags filled with masks, hand sanitizers, face shields, snacks and a drink along with a free combo meal at Chick Fil A!
Thank you to our Hospitality Chairs, Venessa Lopez and Angelica Gomez Moysen
for their hard work in putting the Welcome Bags together!
We also want to thank Chick Fil A for once again partnering to support Walnut High school!
THANK YOU TO OUR WALNUT HIGH SCHOOL DONORS!
We want to send a heartfelt thank you to all the families that have contributed at any amount during our registration. We wanted to especially recognize the people that donated at $125+ level and received special edition shirt. The funds will go towards supporting our WHS students, teachers and staff during this unprecedented time. We appreciate our Mustang Families!
Thank you to our $125+ donors below.
Virtual Tour of Walnut High School
Due to our current circumstances, we cannot give you a physical tour of our campus, but instead, we used a 360-degree camera to help you get familiar with Walnut High School. I encourage you to click on the link, use your computer or mobile device to move around, and see what Walnut High School has to offer. Use this virtual tour to click on photos, learn more information, as well as hear voice-overs from our staff members. Below is a quick overview of our virtual tour and a map of all our scenes.
Our Virtual Tour is located on our webpage under "About Us" if you ever need access for future reference.
Do you need a textbook?
Need to turn in or exchange a textbook? Stop by the textbook room next week!
- Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 11:00 am and 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Need Transcripts?
If you need a transcript, you can see it on your Student Portal or go to our website at
www.walnuths.net and click under the students tab. Make an account on Parchment and view it free or have one sent. If you need it in another format, please contact our front office for help!
Tech Tips for Parents
- WVUSD created a website for technology tips for parents on how to get onto Google classroom, Student Portal, Aeries, and other tutorial videos. We also added some tech tip tutorial videos below.
- CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE
Accessing Google Classroom
Student CLASSROOM Expectations
- Teachers will be taking attendance everyday. Students will need to keep their cameras for attendance, participation, and checking for understanding. Teachers will let students know if they can turn off their camera during certain times in the class.
- Students are not allowed to record without teacher permission.
- New legislation (AB 77) states that if a student is absent 3 days in the week, the parent will be contacted to support the student to re-engage with Distance Learning.
- Normal grading policy begins the first day of school. Teachers will cover their grading policy in their syllabus as well as in their Back to School Night presentation.
- More information regarding Distance Behavioral Expectations is located below .
WVUSD Distance Learning Behavioral Expectations for Students
Students at all levels are now engaging in Distance Learning. To ensure a positive, productive and enjoyable learning experience for all participants, it is important that all students and parents/guardians adhere to these Distance Learning Expectations, which include online behaviors for students and privacy guidelines for parents.
Walnut High School
Due to COVID 19 our office is CLOSED. However, our office staff is available to assist you by phone at (909) 594-1333. Our office is open (by phone) from 7:30 am-3:30 pm.
