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**Information Regarding Snow Days**
Please remind your children that they should be ready to continue when they return on Wed, Feb 19th with any assessments that were planned on the snow days.
   
Also,  The Cobb County School District has delayed the issuing of progress reports by one week.  Progress reports will be sent home on Wednesday, February 26th. 
Education Funding Update
We have some potential good news to share with you all.  We heard from Superintendent Hinojosa at the Teacher of the Year Luncheon on 2/6 that the additional State funding proposed by Governor Deal will help the Cobb County School District avoid teacher lay-offs, restore our 180 school-day calendar and possibly even leave room for some salary-step increases.  This is WELCOME NEWS.  However, the additional funding is not yet certain.  Superintendent Hinojosa has said that he believes that it was this community's efforts that made the difference to the Governor and our State legislators in increasing the State education funding.  Thank you for all your letters and phone calls; they truly made a difference. To secure the additional funding, we still need your help.  Our State Legislature has not yet voted on the increased State education funding, and the Board of Education has not begun holding meetings on the CCSD 2015 budget.  Please contact the following elected officials and let them know how much you appreciate their support and their commitment to increased educational funding.  We need to ensure our schools have all of the essential resources necessary to provide the high quality education that is critical to the future of our students, businesses and community. 



We encourage you to attend a Town Hall meeting with Senator Hill and Representative Matt Dollar on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in the Walton High School Auditorium, 7:00pm to 8:00pm.

In addition,  please VOTE!!  Our elected officials make decisions on education funding and policy.  For VOTER INFORMATION, please click here. The voter registration deadline is April 21, 2014.  The primary date is May 20, 2014.

Accident Avoidance Dates
Please note that the dates for Accident Avoidance are March 22 and 23rd.
Brumby Tutors Needed
Adult volunteers are needed to tutor Brumby students as they prepare for the CRCT tests.   If you are interested, you may contact Lisa Erickson at l_ericks@yahoo.com or call 404-909-2561.  Please see the link below for more detailed information about how you can help:

Walton Self-Defense Program  
The Walton P.T.S.A. will again present the Max Defense's Personal Empowerment & Defense hands-on clinic. In just a few hours, YOU will learn how anyone can back down over 90% of all aggressors without using any physical force. You will also learn how to use the "great equalizers"-adrenaline and fear-to successfully defend yourself against a bigger and stronger opponent.   For more details, please click here.  To sign up, please click here.
Summer School Information

The Cobb County School District will not be offering a district wide summer school this year.  Walton High School will be offering a limited summer program to provide opportunity for our students to earn additional credit.  

 

Academic courses will be available for those students who failed the course during the 2013/2014 school year.  

 

Health and Personal Fitness will be available to all students for initial credit.

 

Please see detailed information provided below.

 

CLICK HERE 

Kroger Community Rewards
The Walton Facilities Foundation, Inc. is excited that families can link their Kroger Plus cards to help Walton students!   Sign up now for Kroger Community Rewards for Walton Facilities Foundation, Inc.  The Foundation will receive funds designated for teacher grants as a result of your Kroger shopping!  All you need to do is register your Kroger Plus card and show your card every time you shop at Kroger.  The money earned from this program will be used to award teacher grants and purchase educational items requested by teachers from every department at Walton.  Click on the link below for instructions on how to register: