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Important Parent Meeting on January 9, 2014
All parents are requested to join the Walton PTSA on January 9th, 2014 from 7-8 pm in the Walton High School theater. 

We will be having a Q&A on the school budget shortfall.  Our confirmed panelists are as follows:  Walton Principal Judy McNeill, Cobb County School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, State Representative Sharon Cooper, State Representative Valerie Clark and Cobb County School District Board of Education 
Members, Scott Sweeney and David Banks


For an extensive Q&A on the budget crisis, please click here.  For more information on Conquering the School House Squeeze, please click here.
Academics Update
On January 7th, each student will receive his/her fall semester report card, transcript, status report and a new schedule for second semester.  This is a great time to look over these documents to make sure all information is correct.   The master schedule is

created based on the selections students made last spring, fall semester drop/add process and teacher recommendations.  Schedule changes will only be permitted if a student does not have the prerequisite course, a senior needs a specific course for graduation or credit has already been received for the course.  We have a procedure in place to make these schedule corrections. On the first day of school, each teacher will verify proper placement and any identified issues will be corrected as quickly as possible.  Guidance counselors will not be available for individual appointments during this time.  With over 2700 students, we are not able to accommodate individual teacher requests.

 

Zero period classes will begin on Wednesday, January 8th.

 

Sophomore Parent Night
January 13th at 6:30 (Walton Theater). Sophomore students' PSAT Score Reports will be distributed, along with a presentation by Walton School Counselors on understanding the scores and utilizing the many tools from College Board to improve future PSAT and SAT performance.

 

**Please note-other grade level PSAT Score Reports will not be available that night, but will be given out in class the following day (1/14). Students will also receive their original test booklets and review their Score Reports in English and math class.

Introducing Our New School Counselor
Ms. Judy Rangel will be joining us on Monday, January 13th as the school counselor for students with last names starting with Ci-G.  Ms. Rangel has over 20 years of experience in education.  She began her career as a middle school teacher in Cobb County.  She has been a professional high school counselor in three different school districts and is joining us after five years at South Gwinnett High School.  Ms. Rangel also worked for the Georgia Student Finance Commission as a counselor-in-residence.  Ms. Rangel brings a wealth of knowledge and we are very happy to have her join the Walton faculty.  Please stop by and meet her at the Open House of January 29 thIf you need assistance from a guidance counselor prior to January 13th, please contact [email protected] and one of the other counselors will contact you.
Want To Stay Informed On All of the Activities at Walton?
Did you know that we offer other options to keep the Walton community informed of all the exceptional activities at school?

"Like" us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WHSPTSA or "Follow" us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WHSPTSA 

"LIKING" or "FOLLOWING" our pages does not share your personal information. Questions? Submissions? waltonptsasocialmedia@gmail.com 

Auditions for Walton Drama Spring Broadway Revue
Walton Drama will be conducting AUDITIONS for its Spring Musical Revue.
(performances are 4/24-4/26)
Audition Dates are Thursday January 16th and Friday January 17th 3:45- 6:00 p.m. in the Walton Theater.

 Thursday 1/16 will be VOCAL Auditions - please prepare 30-60 seconds max of a song selection (cd back up or a cappella).  
Friday 1/17 will be DANCE auditions (you will learn a short combo then perform in groups).

More info will be coming after the Winter Break and you can check for updates on
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January CHADD Meeting
Our January meeting will be on Tuesday, January 14 from 6:30-8pm at Mt Bethel UMC in Room B109 in the Welcome Center.  Christy E. Calbos, Esq. will present on IEP Basics.