WG Roadrunner - November 15th, 2021

Walnut Grove Roadrunner Newsletter

November 15, 2021

In this Issue

Fun Run 2021!
Welcoming our new VP
PTA General Association Meeting
Warm Coat Drive
PPIE Innovative Student Grants
WG November Calendar
Lost & Found
Holiday Shopping through Amazon Smile
6th Annual Turkey Drop

Important Dates

15th Nov - Last day of Warm Coat Drive
15th Nov - Minimum Day (Grade 4 & 5 only)
16th - 18th Nov - Minimum Day (TK-5)
19th Nov – No School (TK-5 Conference Day)
21st Nov - 6th Annual Turkey Drop
22nd – 26th Nov - Thanksgiving Break – No School

Fun Run 2021!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

It truly was a sight to behold as over 650 Roadrunners took to the Fun Run tracks!

Everyone including the Staff and Teachers came together to make a fun, colorful, and exciting day for every student at Walnut Grove. It was a day we hope all will remember as one of their favorite memories.

Heartfelt thank you to all Roadrunners, families and friends for all of your extremely generous donations. We exceeded our goal with a record year! Your donations will help continue providing and supporting many events and enrichment programs for students at Walnut Grove.

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner, Hayes McClimans, First Grade.

And Congratulations to our Grade Level Top Earners:

Kayla Moshell, Kindergarten

Charlotte Evans, Kindergarten

Reiss Steinle, Kindergarten

Mackenzie France, First Grade

Charlotte Callery, First Grade

Sasha Moshell, Second Grade

Natalie Lau, Second Grade

David Nealis, Third Grade

Ethan Earls, Third Grade

Addison Evans, Fourth Grade

Colin Murphey, Fourth Grade

Liam Gore, Fifth Grade

Alexandra Merrill, Fifth Grade

All prizes will be distributed in the coming weeks. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful families and volunteers who made this amazing event such a success! A huge thank you to all our amazing sponsors!

Welcoming our new Vice Principal

Walnut Grove Elementary is very happy and excited to welcome our new Vice Principal, Ailsa Rehkopf to the Roadrunner family. Please see a note from her ...

It is with great excitement that I come to Walnut Grove as your new Vice Principal! I am excited to meet you and your students and become part of the roadrunner family. I am returning to the Pleasanton community as your Vice Principal after 8 years in San Ramon. Pleasanton has a special place in my heart, as I grew up here. My husband and I welcomed our daughter Cameron in April of this year. We love to camp, watch baseball (Go A's!), play soccer, and travel. I look forward to becoming part of the Walnut Grove community and meeting you all. Go Roadrunners!

PTA General Association Meeting

on December 9th

Our next WG PTA General Association meeting is on December 9th, 2021 @ 7pm. Please join to hear and discuss WG PTA events and programs. Agenda will be sent out closer to the meeting date.

Dial in: meet.google.com/acn-upft-kdh

Warm Coat Drive

till November 15th

Today is the last day for the Warm Coat Drive. Do stop by and drop the coats off at school.

Samantha Fillmore (a current 5th grader at Vintage Hills, but attended kinder at WG), is holding a Warm Coat Drive. This drive is sponsored this year by Girl Scout Troop 33611. Walnut Grove is participating in the drive there is a bin in the WG office. Please come by and drop off any new or lightly used warm coats and other cool weather accessories like gloves and scarves in the bin.

PPIE Innovative Student Grants

PPIE is now accepting Innovative Student Grants

Harvest Park Middle School student Aadi Dahake was awarded an Innovative Student Grant last year to help his team design and build a robot, utilizing CAD design and Java programming, and enter in several robotics competitions.

What innovative project do you want to pursue?

Apply before November 19th

Walnut Grove November Calendar

Please take a note of November calendar as there are quite a few days off and minimum days.

Lost and Found @ Walnut Grove

Beginning on November 10th, all lost and found clothes will be kept outside Gate One (1) near the grass park. Please stop by and pick up your clothes. All unclaimed clothes will be donated during the December holiday break.

Holiday Shopping through Amazon Smile

Did you know that every time you shop for something on Amazon, PTA can receive a small donation through the Amazon Smile program - at no cost to you? As you shop for your families during the upcoming Thanksgiving season, please choose to support the Walnut Grove PTA.

WG PTA @ Amazon Smile