December 2, 2014

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Semester Wrap Up from Mrs. McNeill    

It's hard to believe we are wrapping up this semester, preparing for finals and saying goodbye to 2014. I continue to be amazed by the incredible things that happen at Walton High School. Our students, parents and staff are all exceptional. While I could list hundreds of accomplishments and awards received by Walton and individual students, here are a few recent highlights:
  • Walton is experiencing the smallest classes in five years - 
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WALTON FOUNDATION!
  • National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognized 26 Walton Seniors as National Merit Semifinalist.
  • Two students have made a perfect score on the SAT
  • In excess of 100 college admissions officers have visited Walton this semester to meet with students.
  • Walton's Chamber Orchestra was awarded the 2014 Mark of Excellence National Award.
  • The President of the Rose Bowl Parade visited Walton to present the Walton Band with the official invitation to march in the Rose Bowl Parade.
  • The Walton Chorus presented their Fall Concert to a standing room only audience in the Lassiter Performing Arts Center.
  • Thirty one seniors will be traveling to Salamanca Spain to study at the Universidad Pontificia De Salamanca at the beginning of semester ( 110 underclassmen will be traveling in the summer to have a longer study time at the university.)
  • There are 25 freshmen in the new class of International Spanish Academy students.
  • Walton welcomed the first students to our new STEM program.
  • Robotics team celebrated an official Ribbon Cutting of their new 15,000+ sq. ft. building site.
Wishing you a very happy holiday season and much health and happiness in 2015.
 Judy McNeill 

 
 
Kroger Rewards Cards Help 
WHS Foundation enhance our School

Each year, the WHS Foundation grants 25-30 faculty requests for resources which are used to directly enhance the educational experiences of our students.
This year, the Foundation provided:
  • 3-D weather models,
  • Amino acid building blocks models
  • 15 sets of different microscope slides
  • Motion detectors with computer interfaces
  • Cajon (percussion instrument) & monsoon rain stick
  • A one day residence program of a professional artist
  • Chinese language books
  • Economics books & study guides
  • Electric pencil sharpeners
  • Wireless presenters, software subscriptions
  • Aluminum screens for screen-printing

These grants are funded by the Kroger Rewards Program and the Publix Fundraising Program. View our latest video from students in Mr. Henson's Video Production class to see how Kroger Rewards help Walton. Watch our video

As you can see from the video, it is easy to directly enhance your child's education at Walton by using your Kroger Plus Card.  With funds from Kroger, the WHS Foundation purchases not only equipment to support the classroom environment, but also educational tools that can provide hands-on learning opportunities and even workshops to provide professional enhancement to the classroom.  Please take time to join these programs to earn FREE money for our school and strengthen your child's education.

If you do not yet have a Kroger Plus card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger. Then just register your card online at Kroger Rewards Card link. If you have a Kroger Plus Card already, then please take a few moments to go online and register your card with the WHS Foundation. For detailed instructions on registering, click here.

Thank you!

The Walton High School Foundation sends out a big "Thank You" to parents in their support of our fall Survival Kits. We hope your students are enjoying them! Thank you to all the parents who assembled and distributed the kits to the classrooms. We are proud to have partnered with the Food and Nutrition Services team for Cobb County Public Schools, who worked with us to keep costs down on providing fresh fruit in the kits. We also thank Perfect Bar for this project. They generously donated the bars for the kits, which will provide solid nutrition as your kids great ready for their big week of finals. 
Good luck to all students, and have a wonderful winter holiday!


 

Walton High School Foundation
1590 Bill Murdock Road
Marietta, Georgia 30062