Dear Parents of Junior Students,

Just a reminder, the Georgia High School Writing Test will take place on Wednesday Sept 25th at Walton High School. Please make sure your student has:

• A good night's rest
• Breakfast
• #2 pencils and blue or black ink pen
• No electronic devices (Cell Phone, I-Pods, calculators, etc. are NOT permitted in the testing room)

There is tutoring help available for the Georgia High School Writing Test. Mr. Barrera, Ms. Ham, and Ms. Greene offer their services.  Mr. Barrera and Ms. Ham are available in Rooms B-205 and C-146 each morning until next Wednesday's test from 7:30 to 8:10 am.  Ms. Greene is available after school from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in room B-208 on Friday this week and next week on Monday and Tuesday. Come by for tips designed to help your writing success and confidence. 

The 18th Annual East Cobber Parade will take place this Saturday, September 21st at 10:00 a.m...rain or shine!  Come on out and support Principal Judy McNeill and Teacher of the Year, Joymichelle Green, as they cruise by along with the Walton Marching Band!  Many East Cobb vendors and businesses, churches and civic groups will once again be represented. The parade begins at Mt. Bethel Elementary and processes down Johnson Ferry to the Olde Towne parking lot where there will be games, inflatables, food, fun ... and more!  You won't want to miss this wonderful East Cobb event!

When a student/parent pays for a missing/lost textbook, they are given a small, white Cobb County School District receipt for payment that contains a receipt number.  This original receipt is required, per CCSD, in order to process a refund.  When the receipt is issued, we instruct students/parents to please hold onto this receipt.

We do, on occasion, receive a lost book at the beginning of the school year from the previous year.  This is why it is necessary for you to hold onto that receipt.  No refund will be issued without the Original White Numbered Receipt. 

There are quite a few lunch boxes and water bottles in lost & found that have not been claimed.  Please send your student to the front office to check if any of these items might belong to him/her.  I encourage you to put their name on all personal items, i.e., lunch boxes, water bottles, jackets, calculators, pencil cases.  If found, we can get the item back to the student immediately.  Otherwise, it sits in Lost & Found and if not claimed, is donated to a local charity.

Thank you, in advance, for your support.

The Media Center is offering two great ways to win prizes!  Check out any fiction book in the month of September, and be entered into a drawing for a free best seller of your choice.  This month's free book choices include Veronica Roth's Divergent, John Green's Paper Towns, and Sarah Dessen's What Happened to Goodbye.

Also, the Media Center needs your help!  Mrs. Wickline is starting a media center blog and needs a clever name.  Name our blog to win a $10 gift card to Raider Joe's!  Enter your blog name idea through the Google doc on our Media Center page at waltonhigh.org, or submit an entry in person in the Media Center.  See Mrs. Wickline for details.  All entries are due by 3:45 on Thursday, September 26th.  The winner will be announced on Friday the 27th.

Reflections is a competition sponsored by the National PTA.  This year the theme of the competition is "Believe, Dream, Inspire".  Students can submit entries inspired by the theme in any or all of six categories:  Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.  In addition, students who are eligible may  compete as Special Artists in any of the categories.  WHS students compete first at the school level, then county, state and nationally.  Last year's competition was very successful; Walton's committee received 105 entries - 25 of those were chosen to compete at the State Level and five were chosen to compete nationally!

We'd like to have the same or greater success this year!  The deadline to submit Reflections entries is Thursday, October 10th.  Competition rules and entry forms are posted to the PTSA web page on the "Reflections" tab 

 CLICK HERE

We look forward to receiving your entries! 

Retakes for underclassmen will be Thursday, October 10, during lunch. Packages will be returned to students in homeroom before that date. Students who did not get their pictures taken in August may go during lunch to have them taken.

Dear Walton Senior Parents,

 

The first official senior event is fast-approaching - the Class of 2014 Senior Pancake Breakfast on October 16, 2013! It is a long-standing tradition for parents and community businesses to donate items for raffle prize drawings to add to the excitement of the morning. Prizes have included items needed for college including microwaves, coffee pots, mini fridges, luggage, gas cards and gas certificates. The Walton PTSA is a 501 (c)(3) organization and contributions to the PTSA are tax deductible.

 

Please bring your donated items to the Walton front office, marked "Senior Pancake Breakfast." If you are interested in volunteering on one of the committees, we would love to have your help! Please email calistahans@comcast.net to sign up today!

The Official WALTON Tervis Tumblers will be on sale this THURSDAY, September 19th, during lunch periods outside the commons.  We just received a new shipment of 16 oz, 24 oz and water bottles. Support the Walton Orchestra and buy yours before they run out again! Please bring cash or a check.  16 oz is $17, 24 oz is $21 and the water bottles are $25. 

FOR SENIOR PARENTS:

Congratulate your graduate by creating a Senior Tribute in our 2014 Legend Yearbook. You may create and pay for your senior's tribute by submitting materials online using www.jostensadservices.com <http://www.jostensadservices.com>. You also have the option to mail your completed form to Jostens by the deadline. Please note, Walton does not process these ads. Do not mail or deliver anything to Walton High School. FONT SIZES AND STYLES WILL BE CHANGED TO MATCH THE YEARBOOK DESIGN.