Walnut Avenue School Community

Happy Friday!

Last Friday night, our K-2 students shared their love of the stage at The Variety Show! It was a fun night and we thank the PTA and all the volunteers that made the event possible! A special shout-out to Mrs. Konopinski and Mrs. Bradley for the hours of practices, coordination of the event and dedication to the students of Walnut Avenue School :)

Our school week began with the excitement of McNally's favorite day of the year! Thank you to the Shea-Jennings School of Irish Dance for sharing the talents of WAS students and other students in the program with us on St. Patrick's Day!

The first day of Spring was Thursday and we are looking forward to Spring weather! Please see the reminder about the supervision after-school and keeping students safe after-school on the playground and fields.

While the NCAA March Madness Basketball has just begun . . . WAS is already at the Final Four! Check out the book bracket below :)

Thank you for taking time to read through this week's newsletter.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

Celine McNally

Principal

Please remember adults should be supervising the students after-school on the playground and/or field.

During the school day, we have expectations and students are supervised by adults at all times. The supervision and expectations keep students safe.

We ask that if you are allowing your student to play after-school on the playground/field that you supervise the student(s) your are responsible for in order to ensure their safety.

Please be mindful of safety:

• near the driveway and parking lot
• bleachers
• lacrosse nets

Please be sure to inform the After-Care Programs of dismissal changes.

When the After-Care Programs are not informed, it puts the school and the after-care program in a concerning situation. The safety of the students is our priority and when the program is not informed of a change to dismissal, we we are needing to confirm that the student has been picked up and the After-Care Program is waiting for the confirmation, a call is then made to the program to inform them of the change that wasn't provided, and all students in the program are needing to wait to leave the school.

Here is the link - CLICK HERE - to our Nurse's Corner. Nurse Stein has information to share with families to keep us all staff on this page of our WAS website.

Thanks for working together to keep everyone healthy and safe at Walnut Avenue School.

Please call 908-709-6995 to report an absence.

If you have a change in dismissal on a given day, please be sure to include Nurse Stein, Ms. McNulty and Ms. McNally on your email to the teacher so we can be sure that the email was seen by the teacher.

If an aftercare program needs to be notified of the change, please be sure to reach out to the aftercare to notify them of the change in dismissal.

The families using the Drop & Go option in the morning need to remain in ONE LANE.

Please do not pass on the left . . . Wait for the car in front of you to pull forward.

Please pull all the way up to the walkway leading to the main entrance (Door 1) or use the sidewalk to go back to the porch with Door 2 and Door 3. This will allow about more cars to drop off at one time.

Please DO NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR on the driveway.

Remember that students are to EXIT the car from the PASSENGER SIDE of the car.

Please DO NOT PASS ON THE LEFT AT ANY TIME - Wait for the cars to move up and out the driveway.

CLICK HERE for Pomptonian Food Service Information

Hello Families,

Our field day will be held on Friday, May 30th from 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM. (Rain date Friday, June 6th from 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM.)

We are in need of a lot of volunteers. You will be assigned a station the day of and help the children with that station. If you are unable to do the whole time, please let us know in the comment section.

Thank you in advance for your help. CLICK HERE

AM Preschool, AM Kindergarten and Grades 1& 2 class times will be 9:00 AM -11:15/11:30 AM.

Full Day Preschool will go at 11:00 AM.

PM Preschool and PM Kindergarten and both Full Day Kindergarten Classes will be from 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM.

Thank you,

The PTA

CLICK HERE

• Friday, March 28, 2025 - Trimester 2 Report Cards in PowerSchool

• Monday, April 14, 2025 - School Closed for Spring Break - Friday, April 18, 2025

• Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - Art Show & Spring Chorus at 5:30 PM

• Monday, May 27, 2025 - School Closed for Memorial Day

• Friday, May 30, 2025 - Field Day

• Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - Single Session (Last Day of School for AM Students)

• Thursday, June 19, 2025 - Last Day of School / Single Session

Please CLICK HERE for the Cranford School District Social Emotional Learning Calendar for the 2024-2025 School Year

Email: mcnally@cranfordschools.org
Website: http://was.cranfordschools.org/
Location: 370 Walnut Avenue, Cranford, NJ, USA
Phone: (908) 709 - 6253