The Friday Forecast

Last night we honored Walnut High School's 52nd graduating class. We hope these are memories our Class of 2022 graduates will take with them for the rest of their life. We are so proud of how they have handled challenging and constantly changing times and yet always continued to shine!

CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2022!

Check out the recorded ceremony and photo gallery from last night! Pictures were taken by Shani Su.

First Day of Summer School: June 6th

Last Day of Summer School: July 14th

GLC Registration Begins: June 27th

First Day of School: August 8th

Last Day of School: May 25, 2023

It was a night of celebration for the Class of 2022 at our Senior Awards Night. We recognized students who received academic awards, athletic & performing arts accomplishments, College & University scholarships, and scholarships earned for making a difference in our community. Congrats to all the award winners!

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Each of our GLCs recognizes one student they believe represents the Walnut Way, making a positive impact at Walnut High School. Please congratulate the following students for being selected in May!

Introducing our 2022 Super Star Seniors from: Sabrina Bennani, Joseph Shen, Max Yen, and Renee Chang. These stellar grads will be spotlighted in our Outlook community newsletter this summer. Go Mustangs!

On Monday morning, the class of 2022 attended Senior Breakfast, one of the multiple activities that countless WHS seniors have partaken in as they celebrate the arrival of graduation. During the event, the students ate breakfast, participated in raffles, and were entertained by a hypnotist. Thanks to our Senior Class Cabinet, Class Advisors, and ASB Crew for making it a fun morning!

FREE Snow Cones for Finals Week! Thank you Walnut High Community Club for giving our students a little treat to help them get through finals week! You got this Mustangs!

Last Friday, the Class of 2022 celebrated the last day of classes with a Senior Sunset! Seniors had a chance to sign yearbooks, read their time capsule notes from Senior Sunrise, play some games, take pics, eat some fantastic food, relax, and watch a movie to cap off the night.

Thank you to Walnut High Community Club for helping coordinate a fantastic night for our Seniors!

• LIVE STREAM: Last night, we live streamed the Ceremony. Please CLICK HERE to access the recording of the ceremony. Feel free to share with family and friends.

• DIPLOMA PICK-UP & EXTRA PROGRAMS: If you have not picked up your diploma, feel free to stop by our front office from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. Starting next week, our front office will be closed on Fridays. We also ordered extra programs if you would like to pick up any additional copies for keepsake.

• PROFESSIONAL STAGE PHOTOS: Grad Images will send a proof of the senior receiving their diploma at commencement approximately one week after the event to the email provided. Submit your email address to www.GradImages.com/Registration or call 1-800-261-2576 if you have not received it by next week.

• GRADUATION PHOTO GALLERY: One of our publications students, Shani Su, captured some great pictures from last night. CLICK HERE to access the photo gallery and feel free to download any pics.

• MOVE YOUR FILES ON GOOGLE DRIVE: Google Takeout will allow you to transfer your Drive to another account. You can start that process by clicking HERE. You can also download all your files using this link, HERE. If you have any questions, please let Mr. Wendland know. Remember that once your account is deleted, we can't recover anything from it. The accounts are usually deleted within a week of graduation.

Report cards will be available on June 15! They will be available both digitally and by hard copy. If you would like to check your Spring 2022 semester grades digitally, you may do so through the Aeries portal. If you would like a physical copy of your Spring 2022 report card, please fill out the form below, and you will be contacted via email or phone call when it is available for pick up.

GLC summer appointments will start on June 27th. More information will be provided as it becomes available. Confirmation of your appointment will be sent out again next week.

Data Confirmation - Through your AERIES Parent Portal account you will be able to finalize parent/guardian information, emergency card information, and registration documents (in lieu of filling out paper forms.) The Aeries Parent Portal will be opening soon for re-registration and verification of continuing students. It is mandatory that all parents/guardians update student, and parent information, emergency card information and registration forms before your student’s summer registration date. Please be on the look out for an email from Dr. Ryan Maine with more information.

Students attending summer school 2022 should be checking their student email regularly before the first day of summer school. Important information will be given out next week. For more information on summer school please visit our summer school webpage HERE.

Last week during our staff meeting, we gave our retirees the royal treatment for their dedication and service to Walnut High School during our last staff meeting of the year. We took a moment to honor them, tell stories, & celebrate the impact they made on our campus. They will be missed!

Our retirees this year are:

Janet Dutton - English Teacher

Pat Collins - Social Science Teacher

On Wednesday, May 18, we held our last Staff Meeting of the school year. We ended the meeting by giving some year-end awards. Please congratulate our 2021-2022 Walnut High School Staff Award Winners:

• Classified Employee of the Year: Saul Huerta
• Teacher of the Year: Tiffany Redcher
• English, Social Science, CTE Division Teacher of the Year: Janet Dutton
• Math, SPED, and PE Division Teacher of the Year: Jenny Tomlin
• Science, World Languages, & VAPA Division Teacher of the Year: Diana De La Cruz Wilds
• Certificated Mustang of the Year: Joe Khouzam
• Classified Mustang of the Year: Mary Harms
• Support Mustang of the Year: Kelly Kim
• Rookie Mustang of the Year: Cassaundra Montoya

Golden Mustangs are given to staff members who had a milestone moment this year or was nominated by multiple people for pouring their heart into Walnut High School. Congrats to the following Golden Mustang Award Winners:

Shifts are available in June/July to assist with textbook check out and return during summer registration. Sign up using the link in our bio! Sign up on the second tab of the google sheet, and put your contact info on the third tab! All points earned will go to the 22-33 school year. If you have any questions dm us or email the chair: Sofia Majeed (sofiamajeed22@gmail.com)

In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 328, which requires high schools next fall to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. SB 328 is rooted in over three decades of research on teen health, sleep patterns, and brain chemistry. Its goal is to align school start times to support better sleep habits, student health, and performance in school.

Working closely with our staff and the district, we began preparing a plan to minimize disruption to our existing bell schedule and make any operational adjustments (transportation, food service, etc.) to support these changes.

Earlier this month, we finalized our new bell schedule that will go into effect starting next school year. To help you prepare for the changes in our start time and end times, we wanted to give you access to the updated schedule which will go into effect on August 8, 2022.

If you have trouble with the attachments, you can click below to access the files:

• Monday - Friday Bell Schedule
• Detailed Bell Schedule, including Minimum Days, Finals, and Rally Schedule

Thank you for being so understanding, patient, and flexible as we work through another change.

Click on the link below to see our Athletic Sports Camps happening during the summer. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our Athletic Director, Jerry Person - jperson@wvusd.org.

Never been on our campus? We used a 360-degree camera to help you get familiar with Walnut High School. We encourage you to click on the link, use your computer or mobile device to move around, and see what Walnut High School has to offer. Use this virtual tour to click on photos, learn more information, as well as hear voice-overs from our staff members. Below is a quick overview of our virtual tour and a map of all our scenes.

Our Virtual Tour is located on our webpage under "About Us" if you ever need access for future reference.

Website: walnuths.net
Location: 400 Pierre Road, Walnut, CA, USA
Phone: 909-594-1333
Facebook: facebook.com/WalnutHighSchool
Twitter: @walnut_mustangs