Walker Elementary

In one more week, Walker Elementary will be participating in the 11th annual  National Bike & Roll to School Day on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Please mark your calendars and help us celebrate this day by getting out with your child bike or scooter to school. https://www.walkbiketoschool.org/

Hello Walker Families, Here is the Walker News for April 25-29, 2022. https://www.smore.com/pu25t

Walker 4th and 5th Grade Parents, Our 4th and 5th grade choir will be performing in the Walker cafeteria at 2:20 pm tomorrow. All parents who have a child in the choir are welcome to attend. Please bring your ID to the office to get a visitors badge before going to the cafeteria. Thank you!

Mrs. Brittainy Silvey was named as the 2021-22 PTA Volunteer of the Year during a ceremony at the Don Tyson School of Innovation on Thursday, April 14th. Mrs. Silvey has served on the PTA board for six years in various roles including president. During these years, Mrs. Silvey has dedicated many hours to serve the needs of our Wildcats. We appreciate the work of Mrs. Silvey and enjoyed being about to celebrate her work as our volunteer. of the year!

The Springdale School District is having a Drive-Through Food Giveaway for all Springdale School District Families on Thursday, April 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m. at the Treehouse Pantry located at 802 West Allen Avenue. To sign up, click this link. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0b4ea4a923abf94-thursday1

Our Wildcats had a great week. We had a perfect end to the week with our fun Color Run! Here is the Walker Parent Newsletter for the week ahead. https://www.smore.com/trd8a

Today is our annual Walker PTA color run . Our Wildcats will be running on the track to raise funds for PTA projects. We appreciate all that you are doing to help support our 2022 Color Run. We would love for all of our parents to come and watch the Color Run. Each grade/class has a time to run. Please make plans to join us and watch your child run. The times for each class/grade are listed below. We would love for our families to join us in dressing in Neon/80s. 8:30- 4th Grade 9:00- 3rd Grade 9:30- 5th Grade 10:00- 1st Grade Schwieso/Slane 10:30- 1st Grade Banks/Isabell 12:00- 2nd Grade McCrackin/Chavez 12:30- 2nd Grade Smith/Loyd 1:00- Kindergarten Graham/Wright 1:30- Kindergarten Struebing/Cloud/Bounkhong

Walker Wildcats! Tomorrow is the big day! Color Run 2022! Make sure to wear shorts and tennis shoes that can get some colored powder on them, and you can wear 80’s themed apparel as well for a totally tubular good time! You can bring $1 to get your hair painted before school and we have some extra head sweatbands for $5 that we will sell until they are gone! If you forgot your fundraising packet today, you can bring them tomorrow! Come ready to have a great time!!

Don’t forget Color Run packets are due back tomorrow! Color run is tomorrow (Friday, April 15th) We are still in need of volunteers. We need all the volunteers we can get to make this a success! Check out the sign-up genius link below to help out! Whether it's for one race, or for several, we would love to have you there to help us! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054BACAB28ABFE3-color1 For more information about the Color Run including run times for each class, please click on the link below. We look forward to seeing our families join us tomorrow to watch our Wildcats run. If you plan to attend please park in the back parking lot by the track. https://www.smore.com/fm6jv

Attention All Walker Seniors, The faculty, staff, and students of Walker Elementary would like to invite you to attend our Annual Walker Wildcat Senior Walk on Wednesday, the 18th of May at 1:15 PM. The Seniors will walk through the hallways to be celebrated by Walker teachers and students. Our current students will be thrilled to see you walking in your cap and gown. Celebration music will be playing and, of course, high-5s are expected! After your celebration walk, we will have a short assembly followed by a reception in your honor with your former teachers. We are so proud of each of you and can't wait to CELEBRATE this accomplishment! Don't forget to wear your cap and gown. We look forward to welcoming you back to your elementary. #OnceAWildcatAlwaysAWildcat

Click on the link below for the Walker school news for the week ahead (April 11-15) https://www.smore.com/w7jdg

Dear Walker Parents, Here is an important newsletter from our Walker PTA about the upcoming annual Walker Color Run happening on Friday, April 15th. One week from today, student's will turn in their fundraiser packets for Color Run! We hope that each child can raise at least $20.00. We know they can do it with your help and support. Go Wildcats! Our color run theme is 80s/Neon! We would love to see all of our Wildcats and their guests dressed up for this event. Run schedule as well as other important links can be found in the Color Run Newsletter below. https://www.smore.com/fm6jv

Bus 153 was delayed due to a mechanical issue. Students are now on the way but will be delayed.

Walker Elementary has an after school program (ROAR). We are about to start a new six week session on Monday that will go from April 12th-May 24th. ROAR will be Monday through Thursday from 3:00-5:30p.m. During ROAR, students will be given a snack, educational time (homework help), club time, and will be served dinner. Students must be picked up by 6:00p.m. Limited spots are available. If your child has already attended session 1 or 2, we may have space for them to join us for the 3rd session. If you are interested in signing up your child for ROAR, contact their classroom teacher for an informational sign up note.

We are so thankful for our wonderful librarian, Mrs. Missy Wright. Mrs. Wright provides help and encouragement to our Wildcat readers. Happy National School Librarian Day, Mrs. Wright! We appreciate all you do for our Wildcats!

Tonight is Walker Spirit night at Red Door in Tonitown from 5-9. Walker Elementary PTA will receive 10% of all food sales. Red Door also offers take out. Be sure to let them know you are with Walker Elementary. http://red-door-bar-grill.edan.io/

Save the Date! On Thursday, April 7, the Treehouse Pantry will have a drive-through diaper giveaway for the Springdale School District. No appointment needed.

If you haven't eaten at Red Door in Tontitown yet, now is a great time to try it. On Tuesday, April 5th, from 5-9, Walker Elementary will receive 10% of all food sales. We hope to see you there! Red Door also offers take out. http://red-door-bar-grill.edan.io/

Hello Walker Families, Please click on the link below to read the Walker School Newsletter for the week ahead (April 4-8, 2022). https://www.smore.com/fy4v3

Please bring by donations to the Treehouse Pantry at 802 West Allen Avenue