WG Roadrunner - October 8, 2017

Walnut Grove Roadrunner Newsletter

October 8, 2017

Don't forget, this Wednesday is

Walk & Roll to School Day!

Stop by the office in the morning for a little snack to start your

day after walking or rolling to school!

School Smarts

Families had a fun time at our School Smarts Parent Engagement Night and learned about a great opportunity to be part of the upcoming School Smarts Parent Academy where they will learn more about the education system and strategies to better help their children succeed.

Join us for our first School Smarts Parent Academy session this Tuesday, October 10th from 6:30-8:00 pm in the Walnut Grove library. Childcare and a light dinner will be provided. Please contact Shajil Kammili for more information .

Reflections Art Program

Artwork submissions are due this Friday, October 13th. You may turn in your child's artwork to the office along with the appropriate paperwork no later than 3:00pm Friday. Unfortunately, anything turned in after that date can not be accepted as the judging process will begin.

Please join us on Monday, October 16th at 6:30pm as we celebrate each child's entry in a small celebration held in the multipurpose room. Each child will be recognized for their entry(s). The top winning entry from each category will then be moving on to the council level celebration held at the Firehouse Art Center in December.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Amy Paden at [email protected]

Click here for program rules and an entry form.

Monster Mash

The Monster Mash will take place on Friday, October 27th from 5:00-8:00pm. This year will be bigger and better than ever! The event will be outside with tented carnival games, an old fashioned cake walk, food, cotton candy, popcorn, Cool Beads Ice Cream (like Dippin Dots), a DJ, an inflatable slide, face painting and more!

We are in need of some donations for cake walk baked goods and volunteers to help out at the event. Please click here for a sign up sheet. If you have any questions, please contact Margo Shimy or Stephanie Schieder.

There is no cost for entry to this event, or to play games, but 100% of the proceeds for the purchase of Cool Beads Ice Cream, cotton candy, popcorn and the cake walk will go directly to the Rockport Hurricane Relief fund.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week will be the week of October 23rd through the 31st. At Walnut Grove, we will celebrate Red Ribbon Day on Wednesday, October 25th where we will promote healthy living, making good choices, anti bullying and being drug free. More information will be provided in the near future, but in the meantime, if you'd like to learn more about Red Ribbon Week, visit the Red Ribbon Campaign website.

Spelling Bee

3rd-5th Graders - Register for the Walnut Grove Spelling Bee!

The Spelling Bee is coming to Walnut Grove on Tuesday, December 12th at 4:00 pm in the Multi-Purpose Room. It is open to all 3rd through 5th graders.Could this be your first step to the Scripps National Spelling Bee?? Come give it a try.

To register, please follow this link and submit the form.

Additional instructions along with word list will be sent to all registered spellers. The last date to register is December 1st, 2017. For more information, please visit Spellingbee.com

Fun Run Pledge Money

We are still accepting Fun Run envelopes with pledge money. If your child has not yet returned theirs to the green basket in their classroom, please do so by Wednesday, even if no money was pledged. Drawing winners will be announced Friday. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at

[email protected]

Roadr unners Supporting Texas

THANK YOU to everyone who is continuing to donate to the Roadrunner Rockport Relief fund. The do nations are still coming in and as of now, we have raised over $3500. The Walnut Grove community has really come together to support this cause, so thank you s o much!

Our fundraising efforts are continual, so we still encourage kids to come up with creativ e ways at home to raise money. You can also

shop the Mixed Bag Designs online fundraiser by clicking here.

Box Tops Winners

Congratulations to the September box top winners:

Kindergarten: Addison Evans

2nd Grade: Jason Franco

3rd Grade: Evelyn Roe

4th Grade: Adithi V.

Box Tops are an easy way to earn money for our school. Box Tops can be found on a variety of food and kitchen items such as cereal, ziplock bags and more. You can download collection sheets here to make collecting more fun!

PPIE Fall Gala

Night of the Stars - Save the Date!

PPIE is rolling out the red carpet for Night of the Stars - our Fall Gala to celebrate with friends and raise funds for critical staff at YOUR school. Join us this Friday, October 13th from 6:00-9:00 pm at Castlewood to enjoy: red carpet entry with fun photo ops (including green screen), free wine pours from your school principals, featured student films, delicious dinner and envelopes-please awards - for only $75! Register here - PPIE Fall Gala - to mingle with friends and local leaders for a great event, for a great cause - your children!

For Spanish version, please click here.