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The Education Budget Crisis -Be Informed!  Get Involved!

Information from Conquering the School House Squeeze held on 11/11 at Walton High School can be found in the links below.  We urge you to carefully review the following:

1.  Slides from GBPI's presentation:  CLICK HERE
2.  Handout from GBPI's presentation:  CLICK HERE
3.  Q&A from the meeting:  CLICK HERE
4.  Q&A from previous e-blasts: CLICK HERE

5.  Video of Ms. Claire Suggs, Senior Education Policy Analyst, GBPI: CLICK HERE
6.  Video of Ms. Judy McNeill, Principal of WHS:  CLICK HERE
7.  Video of Ms. Karen Hallacy, Legislative Chair of WHS PTSA, :  CLICK HERE
8.  Video of Live Q&A:  CLICK HERE

In addition, we encourage you to attend the following information session: 

 

Face It Cobb  (Funding Awareness Campaign for Education) & Empower Ed 

"Stop Putting Our Schools on Shoestring Budgets Campaign" 

Thursday, December 12, 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Infomart, 1582 Terrell Mill Road, SE

 

Speakers:

Claire Suggs, Senior Education Policy Analyst, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute

Hilda Wilkins, Retired Principal, Hightower Trail Middle School

Matt Jones, Empower Ed Co-Founder and President, EmpowerEd Georgia

 

FACE It Cobb, in partnership with EmpowerED Georgia Action, will launch the Stop Putting Our Schools on Shoestring Budgets Campaign to spread awareness of the urgent education funding issues.  Come learn about the issues and join the launch.

 
Please mark your calendars for Walton's follow-up meeting on January 9th, 2014 at 7 pm.  We will be discussing what we can all do to highlight the importance of this issue to our public servants before the legislative session begins on January 13, 2014.
*Attention Sophomore Parents: Please Read*
The Hearing & Vision Screening for all 10th graders is complete.
There were 3 days of screening in total to allow for absences or retests.
Letters are being mailed home over the next 2 weeks to the students that did not pass the screening.Students are tested twice before a failure is given. There will be information included in the letter to schedule a professional Hearing and/or Vision exam. *Please complete the bottom portion of the letter and return it to the Clinic. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. This is a Cobb County School District policy to notify parents of screening failures.
Thanks very much,
Sandy Evans, RN
770-578-3225  x242
Walton Spirit Shop Hours
The Spirit Shop will be open from 10:30-1:30 this Friday. To celebrate the holidays, everything red will be on sale.  We will also be open on Saturday, December 14th from 9:00-11:00 to provide weekend shopping time.
Support Our Walton Wrestlers!
The Walton Wrestling Dual Tournament is this Saturday, December 7th, in the Walton Gymnasium.  Wrestling begins at 9:00 AM, with a total of ten teams participating.  Please come out and support our Walton Wrestlers!
Staff Holiday Luncheon
Good Morning and welcome back! 

Right around the corner is the Staff Luncheon. There are still a few volunteer spots available if you haven't had a chance to sign up. Also, if you have signed up for cookies, please note that each volunteer is asked to bake and bring 3 dozen of their cookie choice. If you cannot bring 3 dozen please let me know. Questions? Contact Noelle and [email protected] 
Thank you!

 

Survival Kits 

We need volunteers to Assemble and Deliver

Survival Kits

 

Assemble - Wednesday Dec. 11th 8:45-11am in the Media Center

Delivery - Thursday Dec. 12th 7-8:15 am

  

Please email Arzu Ozyazgan ([email protected]) if you can help.

 

You can still purchase your student's

survival kit until Dec. 9th.

 

Support Walton by supporting your student during finals!!!

 

 

$12.00/bag

If you purchase both, semesters the cost is $24/bag/student

(one bag delivered in the fall and one in the spring).

 

Your student will receive a personal note of encouragement from you in a gift bag full of delicious snacks, bottled water and a Walton surprise!

 

To purchase, please click the link below.

  

   

 

Walton High School Wins Nationwide Mural Painting Contest

 Renowned muralist and conservationist Wyland announced today that Kathleen Petka's art students at Walton High School were named the grand prize winners of the National "Water Is Life" Classroom mural contest for grades 9-12. The contest, inspired by the growing demands on U.S. water resources, took place Oct. 21-Nov. 21, and drew more than 9,000 students across 45 states. Participating students painted 50 square-foot murals depicting the range of habitats and uses for water throughout the United States.

Over 35 students at Walton High School, ranging in grades from 10-12, worked on the mural, entitled, "Water Is Life". Program organizers hope the process of interpreting water-based habitats through art will lead students to a greater understanding of their role as future caretakers of the resource.  The contest encouraged students to study local and national water issues and work collaboratively.


December CHADD Meeting
December 10 from 6:30-8p at Mt Bethel United Methodist Church in Room B 119 (enter Welcome Center).  Gail Flanigan, PhD, of BrainWise Strategies, presents, "Executive Functioning Skills:  What Every Parent Needs to Know  and Strategies to Help."