Wildcat Weekly!
Next week we will be into the month on October. Our Kindness Theme for the month will be Respect and we will be celebrating our Week of Respect starting on October 7. We will have anti-bullying lessons, classroom themes, and themed dress days for the week.
Our Book Fair is coming up soon! Please consider volunteering for this worthwhile event. Please follow this link to sign up and volunteer! Family Night will be on October 4 and the Book Fair in school will run during the week of October 7. Additional volunteers are needed to help these amazing PTO events. Please help our school and consider signing up!:
Spooky Ghost Lollipop Sale 10/23 - 10/24
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FABAE2AA6FD0-51113609-spooky
School Store - November 2024, February and May 2025
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FABAE2AA6FD0-51112959-school
Holiday Craft Night and Secret Shopper Event 12/12
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FABAE2AA6FD0-51113606-holiday
Bingo Night 1/23
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FABAE2AA6FD0-51113557-bingo
Someone Special Dance 2/27
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FABAE2AA6FD0-51113595-2025
Outdoor Movie Night 5/16
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FABAE2AA6FD0-51113499-outdoor
Calling All Bakers
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FABAE2AA6FD0-51116214-calling
Our first PTO meeting is Tuesday starting at 6:30 PM in Cafeteria C. We will be recognizing our Students of the Month for the Kindness they showed in September. Our September Students of the Month are: Jakhani Williams, Joanna Li, Camila Tejada, Scarlett Hill, Harrison Tierney, Delmar Mateo Tehuitzil, Dominic DePalma, Madelyn Hill, Scarlett Rodriguez, Gabriella Ryan, Tristan Reid, Oliver Stanley, Qais Popal, Sophie Cleary, Hadley Kmiec, Landon Newell, Kevin Mendoza, Lusma Santos Aguirre, Maysea Grossman, Ava DeLutio, Brian Velazquez, Sebastian Paiz Armas, Christian Harrell, Connor Gogolin, Valerie Solome Rojas Vargas, Victoria Robert, Hailey Jean-Louis, Jayden Doncsecz, Kevin Marshall, Ava Bender, Miguel Breton, Krystal Gamable, Meka Sevilla, Kevin De Jesus Ramos. Congratulations!
Walnut Street Elementary School would like to take a moment to thank the owner of Papa John's Pizza on Route 37, Mr. Steve Waunsch. Each and every month, Mr. Waunsch works with many of our Toms River Schools and gives our deserving students a free pizza from his establishment. He is an amazing member of our Toms River Community and we sincerely thank him for his thoughtfulness!
Check out our Kindness Campaign winners below. Juan Luna Canales and Declan O'Leary both were recognized by the teachers for helping friends at Walnut Street. Thank you to Freddy's Steakburger's on Route 37! Please continue to emphasize the importance of kindness, respect, and understanding at home.
This week's Kindness quote was from the late great Maya Angelou who said: 'Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud.' We would like to sincerely thank Trinity Outreach Church of Toms River for their generosity this week! Their donation of supplies was a great help to so many of our students. #KINDNESS MATTERS #kindnesscampaign2024
Our PBSIS winners are below. Names will be drawn every Friday! Thank you for being responsible, respectful, and safe!
Please note that there will be no school on Thursday, October 3.
Our Employees of the Week are below...congratulations to Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Solares!
Who is ready for some fall fun??? The PBSIS Committee would like to invite you to our Annual Wildcat Fall Festival Night on October 24 from 5-7pm! We are bringing lots of fun right here to Walnut Street Elementary School and you won’t want to miss it! This exciting night will include a pumpkin from our patch, face painting (Thank you Toms River North!), snacks, Freddy’s Frozen Custard and a Trunk or Treat!! Water, snacks and ice cream and our Buckets of Fun raffle will be available for cash purchases as well.
Please use the link below to volunteer to be part of our Trunk or Treat. We can't wait to see you there!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ejSS8M3jtCUVqsyJ-AXYQjZ8Id_mO6L09zPW-cA-fgU/edit
Buy a Birthday Gram and Bucket of Fun Today!
'Birthday Grams' are on sale now and we be available for sale at Back to School Night (please bring cash to purchase). You can also purchase by viewing the flier below. Birthday Grams are a way to recognize your child's birthday. For only $5, your child will receive a birthday message from you and receive a special goodie bag filled with trinkets and a birthday message.
Buckets of Fun is also a great way to get involved and will be exciting for your child. This is a raffle where students can win fun and exciting prizes. Raffle prizes include: teacher assistant for a period, lunch with a teacher, extra art class, McDonald's Happy Meals, 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony VIP parking (5th grade only), front row seating for the 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony (5th grade only), preferred seating for the fall and spring chorus concert, preferred seating for the band/orchestra concerts, and preferred seating for the school Drama Production. Tickets will be on sale at Back to School Night.
All proceeds will support our PBSIS Committee and our many Walnut Street positive behavioral and social/emotional initiatives!
As you know, district and school communication are vitally important. Here at Walnut Street Elementary School, we use various means of communication. ParentSquare is a communication app that we use to get information out quickly to our school community. It is a great idea to download the ParentSquare app to your Smartphone and make sure you use banners, sounds, badges, and push notifications so you know a message was sent. ParentSquare also sends an email to you when something is posted and can also translate into any language. Please download the app today!
Finally, the school has an active Instagram Account that we post the many happenings at Walnut Street. This account has over 360 followers. On this handle, we post amazing pictures and video of the goings on during the school year. Please follow us on Instagram: @wsewildcats
