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Walton & Lassiter
Honor Cara
and Support
HLH Research
at Tonight's Game
The "Yellow Out" at Friday night's football game against Lassiter was initiated by WHS students to honor of the life of Cara Seckman. Cara was a member of the 2015 senior class. A competition cheerleader for four years, Cara was also a member of the National Honor Society, the Principal's Leadership Committee, and many other organizations at Walton. Roberta Manheim, WHS teacher and Cara's cheerleading coach, remembers Cara as an amazing young woman. "She had a quiet determination about her that made her a natural leader. The love and respect she had from her peers can still be seen today by those who want to honor her memory."
In May of this year, Cara suddenly became critically ill and, after a brief period, lost her life to HLH. HLH or Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a rare blood disorder that was first diagnosed in 1952. Because it is a relatively new disease, more research dollars need to be raised to be able to fight this terrible disorder.
Lassiter High School is joining with Walton to help raise money at Friday night's game. The Lassiter cheerleaders will be wearing yellow ribbons to show their support. While the two schools may be rivals in athletics and academics, they are coming together to support an important cause. This support for the Seckmans speaks to the integrity of these two communities and the students who are involved.
The proceeds from the sale of commemorative t-shirts as well as the money raised at the football game will go to the Histiocytosis Association in Cara's name. For more information about HLH or to make a donation on-line in Cara's name, click here: Histiocytosis Association
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 Lady Raiders Fight Against Childhood Cancer with
Labor Day Weekend Tournament
Join the Lady Raiders Lacrosse team this weekend for their annual fundraiser - Rally in the Valley. This unique 7 v 7 lacrosse tournament continues to grow in its efforts to raise funds for Childhood Cancer Research. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and the Raiders would like the Walton Community to join them as they click sticks to "shoot out cancer"!
Although forty six children are diagnosed with cancer each school day, only 4% of the federal cancer research budget is allocated to childhood cancer research. Childhood cancers are different from adult cancers. And, chemotherapy that can save an adult can also have lasting, devastating side-effects in growing children. Treatments designed for children, targeting childhood cancers and avoiding the negative impacts on their overall health, must be developed. The Raiders continue to push for change by giving a portion of the proceeds from this event to research through the Rally Foundation.
"Ryder's Research" was started to honor Ryder, the little sister of one of the Lady Raider Lacrosse players. Ryder wanted to "help find an easier chemotherapy for kids who also have a brain tumor", and this research aims to do just that! Ryder's family is excited to report "Ryder's Research" is in the testing phase at Children's Hospital Seattle.
The Lady Raiders would like you to consider getting involved in the fight against this disease that robs our children of their health and childhood. Ryder's mom put it this way, "Hope is in the future - the research, the treatments with fewer long-term side effects , and ultimately, a cure. We must ban together and RALLY this research on for children everywhere ." Since its inception in 2005, the Rally Foundation has awarded over $7M in research grants, funding 120 cutting-edge projects and fellows across the country. To learn more about this research and the Rally Foundation, click here.
Tournament play begins at 8:00 am and ends around 3:00pm. Admission is free and there will be food trucks, concessions, and great venders. For more information, go to Rally in the Valley Come out to support your Lady Raiders and join the fight against Childhood Cancer! Together, we can make a difference!
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East Cobber Parade and Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary!
Cynthia Rozzo, WHS parent and owner/publisher of the East Cobber, founded the East Cobber annual parade and festival in 1995 to celebrate the East Cobb community! Rozzo wanted to create an event to establish a strong network between our schools, businesses, government and clubs. Several WHS groups participate in the parade each year including Ms. McNeil and the WHS Teacher of the Year.
This year, the festivities will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12. The one mile parade will start at 10 am in the Mt. Bethel Elementary school parking lot, travel south on Johnson Ferry Road, and turn left onto Olde Towne Parkway. The EAST COBBER Festival has changed locations and will now be in the south parking lot of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church immediately following the EAST COBBER Parade. From 11am-3pm, the free Festival will feature arts and crafts, local businesses, food concessions, carnival games, and an entertainment stage. Over 10,000 attendees enjoy this East Cobb annual tradition.
Put this East Cobb event on your "must-do" list this year!
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WaltonStrong
Take a look inside Walton's Food and Nutrition Services Department to gain a better understanding of everything they are doing to provide a solid lunch for your children.
School food is complicated! From a student's perspective, it may seem pretty basic. However, with cost constraints and complicated nutrition guidelines, it takes a lot of work. Walton PTSA's Health & Wellness Committee (H&W) wanted to learn a little bit more about the program.
We met with Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) a few times during the last school year. They were very informative and receptive to working together this year. We understand that it has been a challenge implementing some of the new food guidelines. "One of the toughest items for us has been the reduction of sodium in the food. Students are not accustomed to less salt, and they can taste the difference right away," said DeNeese Blanton, Area Supervisor for the Cobb County School Districts' FNS department. "But we believe that students will come back around once they get accustomed to the food. And we would love their feedback! It helps to drive some of our purchasing decisions."
One concern from parents nationally has been the incidence of artificial additives and preservatives in school food. Guess what? Our FNS department has been working on reducing artificial additives and colors for several years. Here is the language on food contracts: FNS discourages the use of the following ingredients: mono-sodium glutamate, high fructose corn syrup, peanuts, peanut protein, peanut oil, or peanut by-products, red dye #40 and yellow dye #5. In addition: FNS prefers products to be natural and may not award items unless they are free of artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, and preservatives and have minimal ingredients and processing.
We appreciate the efforts of the FNS department to remove these artificial additives. You can learn more about what our Food and Nutrition Services Department is doing on Tuesday10/13 at 7:00pm in the Theater. They will be joining the Health & Wellness Committee when it presents its "Fuel for Academic and Athletic Performance" talk. More info to come soon!
JoAnne Hammermaster
PTSA Health and Wellness Co-Chair
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FREE Office 365
for Parents and Students:
Microsoft Office When and Where Students Need It
Cobb County School District is pleased to offer Microsoft Office 365 to its employees and students! Cobb County students may download the full version of Microsoft Office 2013 and familiar Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Office 365 is a user-based service and allows each student to install Microsoft Office 2013 on up to five PCs or Macs and five mobile devices (including iPads). For more information about the program, click here Office 365. The CCSD sent an email to the head of household for each CC student with instructions for downloading the Office applications and the necessary permission documents. If Walton parents don't have this email, they can request that another email be sent to them by filling out this form: Permission Email Request Please note that parents must use the email address of the Head Of Household when filing out this form.
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