The Walden Weekly

We had a SPOOKTACULAR week at Walden School! Students were excited to celebrate Halloween at school with classroom parties, a parade, and an annual visit from the Witch of Walden! It was a great day!

As a reminder, we have no school next Tuesday (11/5) for Election Day. We also have no school on the following Monday (11/11) for Veterans Day. Next Thursday, November 7, we will be hosting school picture retake day. Please let your child's classroom teacher know if you'd like your child to retake their school picture.

Have a great weekend and we'll see you back on Monday!

- Stephanie Strenger

DPS109's annual food drive is coming up! It will take place from November 12-15.

Suggested Food items:

Cookies

Crackers

Goldfish

Chips

Raisins

Dried Fruit

Suggested Supply items:

Toilet Paper

Paper Towels

Kleenex

Thank you!

We appreciate everyone who came to watch our screening of the documentary Chasing Childhood this Tuesday. We have heard a lot of thoughtful discussion focused on this topic and how it ties in with our previous conversations surrounding the book The Anxious Generation. Efforts like these involve everyone in the community, and we hope to continue facilitating conversations and working with community partners to better our students' lives both in the classroom and out. If you were unable to attend our screening on Tuesday, you can view the documentary on YouTube. We also have mini-libraries of The Anxious Generation in the lobby of Caruso, South Park, and Wilmot to check out.

Babysitting Night TOMORROW Nov. 2nd

This event is part of our month-long charity drive to raise money for Mother's Trust Foundation. We invite parents to drop off their children (ages 3-10) at Deerfield High School for a fun night of games, activities, arts and crafts, snacks, dinner and a movie. It is on November 2nd from 4:30-9:30 pm and you can drop your kids off for any part of this time frame! The cost is $25 per child, and all proceeds go to Mothers Trust Foundation. Sign-up link is here!

Hoops for Hope Nov. 3rd

This event invites 4th-8th graders to participate in a basketball tournament featuring mini-games and drills throughout the event. It will take place on November 3rd from 9:00-11:00 am in the Deerfield Warrior gym. The cost is $15 per participant, and all proceeds go to Mothers Trust Foundation. Click here to sign up.

All questions about the DHS Chest events can be directed to schoolchest@gmail.com or the sponsor, Mollie Kaufman at mkaufman@dist113.org.