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 How to donate:
Go to www.waltonhigh.org & click on the Foundation link to donate online or Mail a check made out to the Walton High School Foundation 1590 Bill Murdock Road Marietta, GA 30062 To see who has donated to our campaign to date, follow this link |
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Check ordering your child's Survival Kit off your list!
Spring into Action!
Get ready for the Spring
Survival Kits.
This year treat your student
(with all those extensive tests!)
to a fun pack with a personalized message, great snacks, a
Walton surprise, and more.
Cost is $12 per kit.
All proceeds benefit the students and teachers at Walton.
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Walton hopes to bring Naviance to our school Fall of 2015!
Walton has wanted to bring this technology to our school for years, but has not had the funding. Your donations will help the Foundation with the implementation and training for this exciting new technology that will benefit every student.
Naviance is a web-based service platform that benefits students, parents, counselors and administrators. It is currently used by most private schools in our area.
For Parents:
- Makes available the acceptance rate of Walton students
- Displays a graph representing GPA/ test scores for any college to which a Walton student has applied
For Students:
- Provides college and career exploration tools, as well as skills and personality assessment for college matching
- Personalizes learning goals and provides course plans
- Tracks college applications
- Makes available scholarship search/match database
- Offers easy access through a student mobile app
- Tracks and verifies community service reports
For Counselors:
- Sends transcripts electronically. Displays confirmation of transmission and verifiable receipt from colleges.
- Provides one central location for ALL transcripts and recommendations (Common app or school specific apps)
- Offers statistics that aid students in college choice/fit: i.e. GPA, SAT/ACT scores, admissions rates etc. at specific colleges
- Assists in course planning during advisement
- Communicates with students and families
- Tracks and analyzes admissions results
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Studies Prove Smaller Class Sizes Bolster Students' Success
While the benefits of smaller class sizes have been immediately evident in the number of science labs, foreign language classes and Socratic seminars enjoyed by Walton students throughout the 2014/15 school year, please click on the following link to read more information regarding the importance of class size reduction in student achievement:
Per the article above, "One comprehensive report, done for the United States Department of Education, analyzed the achievement levels of students in 2,561 schools across the country. After controlling for student background, the only objective factor found to be positively correlated with student performance was smaller classes, not school size or teacher qualifications, nor any other variable that the researchers could identify. Moreover, student achievement was even more strongly linked to class size reduction in the upper grades than the lower grades."
In addition, "increasing class sizes...had a negative impact on the amount of critical and analytical thinking required in...classes, on the clarity of presentations, the effectiveness of teaching methods, the instructor's ability to keep students interested, and the timeliness of feedback, among many other key factors of educational quality."
Class sizes do matter and can impact student achievement.
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A Former Walton Student discusses the importance of smaller class sizes in preparation for college
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Walton High School Foundation
1590 Bill Murdock Road
Marietta, Georgia 30062
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