Wildcat Weekly!
Dear Wildcats,
We held our 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony and we will miss them! We would like to thank all of the students, staff, parents, guardians, and PTO members who made the event successful. We have four more school days with this class and we know they are all ready for the next stage of their educational journey!
Congratulations to all who participated in Girls on the Run this year! The culminating run was held Tuesday at Toms River High School North. Congratulations to the participants and thank you to all of the advisors!
All days next week will be early dismissal days, ending with June 13 (our last day of school). Please click here to see the revised district calendar. Starting July 1 and ending on August 30, our school hours will be from 7:00 AM to 3:00 pm.
At our Monday PTO meeting, we honored our May Students of the Month. We sincerely thank Mr. Steve Waunsch, owner of the Route 37 Papa John's...Mr. Waunsch has graciously given each and every Student of the Month a free Papa John's pizza this entire year.
The May recipients are: Thomas DiPalma, Fernando Gonzalez Gavilan, Daniel Kaminsky, Alaina DeJesus, Malcolm Portilla Guillien, Landon Newell, Natalie Desaules, Skylar Suero, Giovani Castro, Natalie Riveria, Leonor Huerta Marquez, Sophia Garcia Flores, Jayce Kocsik, Donovan Gavillan, Jesus Castro Vargas, Ameerah Holt, Eric Luna Serrano, Mateo Ortiz, James Stephens, Krystal Klaus, Veronica Zemba, Noah Castillo, Stephanny Sanchez Hernandez, Edgardo Bolduc, Ethan Bugnot, Brady Waldron, Elijah Thompson, Angel Sanchez, Anya Berge, Arnav Gartan, Zainab Qamar, Jace Garcia, Brianna Xelhua Ponce, Kauan Ferreira Franca, Wy-Zeer Drew, Story Hamilton, and Luka Todria. Congratulations to everyone!
All of us at Walnut Street Elementary School have so many people and organizations to thank for what was a successful school year. We want to specifically thank the hard working and diligent members of our PTO. Mrs. O'Leary, Mr. Hudson, the members of the PTO Executive, and the countless volunteers worked together to give our students and staff wonderful experiences. Their partnership with our school is something we cherish and is something that we celebrate. Thank you!!!
Planning and preparation for next year is well underway! Every year there are numerous requests by parents for specific teachers. As you know, there are many variables that go into scheduling and student placement. This makes the process challenging related to successfully balancing class sizes and adhering to student programming. While we always will respect parental input with respect to their child’s educational needs, we will be unable to honor parent letters to request a specific teacher for their child. Our goal at Walnut Street is to create balanced classes in which the students will thrive and receive the best education possible. I thank you in advance for your cooperation and support.
If you have moved or if your contact information has changed in any way, please contact our main office. As summer approaches, you will be receiving important school information about the upcoming year. Also, a change of address will likely affect transportation.
Did you play an instrument this year? If you've completed at least one full year of music instrument with your band or orchestra teacher at school, you're eligible for our FREE Summer Instrument Lesson program. Do you love to sing? FREE Vocal lessons are also available this summer. Scan one of the QR codes on the linked flyer to sign up for FREE lessons over the summer. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Coe, Miss Pak or Mr. Olender (flier below).
Check out our student PBSIS winners below!
Summer Reading Flier and Available Resources
As we all know, summer is an important time to refresh and recharge. However, it is vitally important to avoid the 'summer slide'. Summer slide is a term used to describe student learning loss during the summer months. At Walnut Street, we want to give you as many resources and materials to avoid student learning loss. Students have access to digital learning platforms such as iReady and Boost Reading.
Setting student family goals to read books over the summer to promote year round literacy is just one way to have students retain reading growth. Math growth can be maintained by doing fun family things over the summer such as cooking, baking, playing various board games, and practicing math facts!
The Ocean County Library has an entire page dedicated to summer reading. Please click this link to their website. There are also incredible summer programs offered. Please take advantage!
Please see the summer reading expectations for Toms River Reginal Schools below.
For a limited time, students and families in Grades K-4 can order the 2023-24 Wildcat Yearbook online. (5th graders will receive their books courtesy of the Walnut Street PTO.) The price per book is $20. You can scan the QR Code shown on the flyer that is included in this newsletter, or visit www.ybpay.com with the yearbook ID code of: 9208724. If you wish to pay by check, please make the check out to the Walnut Street PTO.
Thank you very much!
