Walker Pass Colors this Week

Mon: Yellow

Tues: Pink

Wed: Green

Thurs: White

Our Pledge Helpers this Week

Mon: Latham

Tues: Harrison

Wed: Bridges

Thurs: Patterson

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Bamberg

First Grade: Patterson

Cafeteria: Killmeyer and Faulkner

2nd grade Zone: Odom

3rd 4th Zone: Cravens

5th grade Zone: Wilson

Car Line: Garrett and Young

PM

Radio: A Smith

Monitor Students: Meredith/Franklin and Collins

Intersection of the Front Hall: Wessel

On the Calendar this Week..........

Monday - Fourth and Fifth Grade Awards Programs - K/1 Field Games

Tuesday - 2/3 Field Games

Wednesday - 4/5 Field Games

Thursday - Early dismissal - Retirement Party

Please don't use the track for recess during scheduled Field Games - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon or anytime Monday.

Field Day Helpers Information

Monday - meet at the track at 12:15

Luttrell, Ellis, Cravens, Sills, Prickett, Osburn and Harrington

Tuesday - meet at track at 11:45

Ellis, Luttrell, Pennington, Young Harrington, D Franklin, Osburn, Prickett and Cravens

Wednesday - meet at track at 11:45

Ellis, Prickett, P Franklin, Pennington, Mitchell, Harrington, A Smith, Luttrell and Wessel

Starting times for Field Games - Meeting at the track

K/1 - Monday @ 12:30

Second and Third- Tuesday @ 12:00  Ms Peggy is making "to-go" lunches for you.  She needs your lunch choices Monday morning. I would suggest you pick those up no later than 11:00.  You can eat in your classroom or at your class tent.

Fourth and Fifth -Wednesday @ 12:00 Ms Peggy is making "to-go" lunches for you.  She needs your lunch choices no later than Tuesday morning. I would suggest you pick those up no later than 11:00.  You can eat in your classroom or at your class tent.

Please read the section above concerning your afternoon for participating in outdoor field games.  Make sure you communicate with your parents about water bottles (you may choose to bring a cooler for your class) sun screen, hats, tennis shoes and outdoor play clothes etc........   Also, stay in communication with Peggy about your lunches and the time you will need them. 

Schedule Changes for PE and a reminder that we will not have Specials this week

Monday - May 24

NO PE for Kinder and First 

PE for all other grades on the Track

8:15 - 8:45  3rd grade

8:55- 9:25   2nd grade

9:35 - 10:05  5th grade

10:15 - 10:45 - 4th grade

Tuesday - May 25

NO PE for Second and Third

PE for all other grades meet in the gym

8:15-8:45 -Kindergarten

8:55-9:25 - First Grade

9:35 - 10:05  4th grade

10:15 - 10:45 - 5th grade

Wednesday - May 26

NO PE for Fourth and Fifth 

PE for all other grades in the GYM

8:15 - 8:45  3rd grade

8:55- 9:25   2nd grade

9:35-10:05  Kindergarten

10:15 - 10:45 - First Grade

Thursday - May 27

No PE or Specials

Dismissal at 12:00 - Don't forget our tradition of wearing funny hats during dismissal

Schedule Changes for May 18- May 27

 All Specials will meet as typically scheduled this week.  Friday, May 21 will be the last day for Specials.

PE will also meet at the typical time, however some locations have changed.

Wednesday - May 19
2nd, 3rd and 1st Grade PE classes will be outside. Please meet Coach Garrett on the front porch at your regular PE time.  K, 4th and 5th grades will be meeting in the gym.

Thursday - May 20
PE will be on the track for all grades.  Please meet Coach on the front porch.

Friday - May 21
All PE Classes will meet as normal with the exception of Kindergarten.  Please meet Coach Garrett in the car line area at your typical time.

Monday - May 24
K and 1 Field Games  12:30 -2:30
PE for all other grades on the Track

8:15 - 8:45  3rd grade

8:55- 9:25   2nd grade

9:35 - 10:05  4th grade

10:15 - 10:45 - 5th grade

Tuesday - May 25

2nd and 3rd  Field Games and picnic lunch ~ Lunch at 11:00 - Games 12:00 - 2:30

PE for all other grades in the GYM

8:15-8:45 -Kindergarten

8:55-9:25 - First Grade

9:35 - 10:05  4th grade

10:15 - 10:45 - 5th grade

Wednesday - May 26

4th and 5th Field Games and picnic lunch ~ Lunch at 11:00 - Games 12:00-2:30

PE for all other grades in the GYM

8:15 - 8:45  3rd grade

8:55- 9:25   2nd grade

9:35-10:05  Kindergarten

10:15 - 10:45 - First Grade

Thursday - May 27

No PE or Specials

Dismissal at 12:00 - Don't forget our tradition of wearing funny hats during dismissal

 

Rotation #2 through the EOY!

Our Pledge Helpers

Mon: Johnson

Tues: Odom

Wed: Dickerson

Thurs: F Smith

Fri: Marshall

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Cates

First Grade: Harrison

Cafeteria: Killmeyer and Feild

2nd grade Zone: Marshall

3rd and 4th grade: Collins

5th grade Zone: Wilkerson

PM

Radio: Prickett

Monitor Car Line Students: Wessel and Faulkner

Intersection of front hall: D Ray

On the Calendar the Week

TUESDAY is the last Day for Dream Box and AR to count toward EOY awards!

Trimester Zoom Celebrations

May PaceSetter honored Tuesday -

AWARDS Ceremonies for K-3

Grade Verifications Due Thursday @ 8:00

Secret Pal Reveal - Thursday afternoon

Our Quote this Week is from motivational speaker Eric Thomas. "I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!"

Our Walker Pass Colors this week

Mon: Green

Tues: Yellow

Wed: Blue

Thurs: White

Fri: Pink

Please don't put things in the hallways.  This includes, trash, furniture and boxes you don't want.  ONLY EXCEPTION - requests from Prickett concerning library books and/or Chromebooks 

If you have something that you would like to offer to others instead of throwing it away, please use this link.    Trash to Treasures

If you need help from our custodial crew, please use this link.  Custodial Help

It's time to nominate for our final Team Member of the Month for this school year. Please nominate one of our classified employees; custodial, office, assistants, or cafeteria ladies    Our most recent honorees from this category are Nurse Donna and Candice Tillman

It's time to say THANK YOU!  We will create gift bags full of thank you notes for the following.  Please consider writing thank you notes to at least 2 of the people (jobs) listed below.  If their names are listed together, you can write one note to both of them.  We will create 5 different giftbags. You can turn your notes into the office.

PTO President: Beth Womack and the PTO Executive Board

Yearbook: James Patterson, Stephanie Benzaia and Vicki Higgins

Hospitality:  Donna Franklin and Jennifer Bethune

Wall of Fame: Evita Allen and Shannon Tillman

PaceSetters: Kristy Jones

Help Spread the News!

 

Our Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Green

Tues: Yellow

Wed: Blue

Thurs: Pink

Fri: White

We will start Rotation #2 this week and use it through the end of the year! (check your lunch times, lines and dinning assignments)

Our Pledge Helpers

Mon: Faulker

Tues: Collins

Wed: Vincent

Thurs: Rish

Fri: Windham

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Fortenberry

First Grade: Bridges

Cafeteria: Killmeyer and Johnson

2nd grade Zone: Dickerson

3rd/4th grade Zone: Faulkner

Fifth Grade Zone: Johnston

Car Line: Meredith/Franklin and Garrett

PM

Radio: Cravens

Monitor Students in Car Line: Ellis and Mills

Intersection of the front Hall: Wessel

On the Calendar this Week

It's NURSE Appreciation Week!  We love you Donna Bryan

STAR and STAR EL

Fifth Grade Mystery Extravaganza! - Friday

This Week's Quote is from another country music legend, Willie Nelson

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

May 14th - Friday is a big day for our fifth graders. Please review the recess and PE changes, as well as the plan for the Clap Out.  All located in the previous Blog Post (5/5) Please plan to be in place no later than 8:20.  I encourage you to make signs, banners etc....   to cheer on the wonderful fifth graders!

Reminder:  There will be NO specials Friday.  If Wednesday or Thursday are typically your NO Specials day, you should expect Specials on those days this week! 

Here's  your link to End of Year Checklist.  Please do not bring things to the office to turn in.  We'll have collection areas in the library or cafeteria set up later.  We'll let you know! Disclaimer: We may make a few changes throughout next week. But, we wanted you to go ahead and have access to the document. I wouldn't suggest printing it yet.

We are gathering our Placement Cards for next school year early.  The BOE needs class list early to start work on scheduling in the new PowerSchool platform.  Please turn yours in to Rosetta by Friday, May 14.  The colors are particular to your grade level.  The sheet of cards in the different color is for your retentions. 

It's a Party - May 27th

We are working on plans to celebrate out retirees from last year and this year.

 Julie Grogan, Jenn Scott, Audrey Shannon, Tamra Higginbotham, Dawna Butts and Jana Feild

 

Details on celebration will be sent later --

There is some card stock on counter in office workroom If you would like to submit a memory page for Jana Feild (give it to Barbara)

We will put these memory pages in a basket for each retiree.

 

We will be passing an envelope around for donations for our celebration . . . $10 (or more if you can) . . . remember we are celebrating 6!!!

We are updating Performance Series information for Wall of Fame this weekend.  If you have a student who takes the test as a make up later this week, please send us an email so we will check the scores.  Otherwise, we will not look at Performance Data again this year!

LAST DAY for DreamBox and AR to effect EOY Awards is MAY 18!

Our Secret Pal reveal will happen May 20th!

Special Instructions for Recess and PE - Friday May 14

 

May 14 – Directions and Changes for K-4

Friday will be a NO Specials Day for everyone - for the Week of May 10th

Clap Out Directions

Second and Fourth graders should line both sides of the back hall beginning with the area around the fourth grade classrooms and ending at the cross through hall

 First Grade should line the sides of the cross through hall on the BRICK side of the hallway.

 Kindergarten should line the cafeteria side of the cross through hall.

 All Third graders will be outside lining the front walk.  As soon as the last Fifth Grader comes out, they need to head to the gym.  They can all enter the front doors of the gym.

 

Alternate PE Plan

Second, Third and Fourth Grade PE will be in the gym at your regular time.

Kindergarten will have PE at your regular time, but you will need to meet Coach Garrett behind the building.  You will take and pick up your classes at the doors between the second grade and the new storm shelter.

Alternate Recess Plan (Many outside areas will be used for the Fifth graders)

Fourth Grade will all use the Big Playground

                1:00-1:15 – Faulkner and Collin

                1:15-1:30 – Field

 

Third Grade

                Rish and Vincent – no changes

                Johnson and Windham – please use the area behind the building –exit doors between the new

                Storm shelter and second grade

 

Second Grade

                  F Smith – no change

                Dickerson and Odom – 1:35-1:50 – Use the Big Playground

                Marshall – please use the area behind the building –exit doors between the new

                Storm shelter and second grade

 

No Changes for Kindergarten or First Grade

 This Week's Quote is from 

Martin Luther King Jr. 

"The time is always right to do what is right."

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Green

Tues: Yellow

Wed: Pink

Thur: White

Fri: Blue

Last Week for Rotation #1

Pledge Helpers this Week

Mon: Wilkerson

Tues: Wilson

Wed: Johnston

Thurs: Mills

Fri: Feild

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Jones

First Grade: Latham

Cafeteria: Killmeyer and Wilson

Second Grade Zone: F Smith

3rd/4th Zone: Feild

5th Zone: Mills

Car Line: Garrett and D Ray

PM

Radio: A Smith

Monitor Car Line students: Wessel and Johnston

Intersection of the Front Hall: Ellis

On the Calendar this Week...

It's YOUR WEEK!  Teacher Appreciation Week 2021

More Assessments! 3rd grade cursive writing, STAR, STAR EL and Performance Series

Wednesday: Second and Third Grade AIMSWeb testing

Congratulations to Maci Mills (Jami's daughter)  She is the  Alabama 800 Meter State Champ! 

Our Science Olympiad Teams were WINNERS at the recent competition hosted by Auburn University.  Team #1 came in FIRST PLACE! and Team #2 came in Third Place.  Congratulations to our students and their fantastic 

Coach, Lisa Rish!

We had lunch from Three Eared Rabbit and received a gift card from Wrapsody to celebrate Principal's day.  Thank you all so much!  Every day I have the opportunity to spend at 301 Parkway Dr. it is a good day. I love this place!