We have 2 more days until Christmas break. We have two busy days left in order to wrap up December and prepare for Christmas holiday with our families. Please read over the upcoming events listed below and mark your calendars.

December 19 - Food Day (Pizza for class Christmas Party from PTA)

December 19 Gingerbread Houses for 3rd, Kindergarten, 4th, & 5th Grades (Parents are invited to attend)

• 3rd Grade - 8:15
• Kindergarten -9:15
• 4th Grade -1:00
• 5th Grade - 2:00

December 20 - Gingerbread Houses for 3rd, Kindergarten, 4th, & 5th Grades (Parents are invited to attend)

• 2nd Grade - 8:15
• 1st Grade - 9:15

December 20 - Sing Along @ 2:00 & End of 2nd Quarter

December 21 - January 3 - Christmas Break NO School

January 4 - PD for Teachers; No School for Students

January 5 - Student's Return and Begin 3rd Quarter

January 9 - Spirit Night at Big Whiskey’s Fayetteville 5-9 pm

January 13 - KKids (Yearbook Picture) 7:15 AM

January 13 - PTA Fun Food Friday (Snacks for sale $1.00 each)

January 16 - No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 17 - Report Cards go home

January 17 - Spirit/Skate Night at Roller City! 6 - 8 pm

January 18 - Blood Drive at Walker 2-6 pm

January 23 - 27 Kindness Challenge Week

January 31 - Chick-fil-A Spirit Night 5-8 pm

February 7 - Spirit/Skate Night at Roller City! 6 - 8 pm

February 8 - 2nd Grade Music Performance for school 1:00 pm

February 9 - Lunch with Dads (or any favorite friend) (Kindergarten, 2nd, & 4th Grade)

February 9 - 2nd grade Music Performance for parents and guests (5:30-students arrive; 6:00-program begins)

February 10 - KKids 7:15-7:45 AM

February 10 - Lunch with Dads (or any favorite friend) (Pre-K, 1st, 3rd, 5th Grade)

February 14 - Valentine’s Day Party Food Day (Cookies & frosting from PTA)

February 14 - KKIDS Family Project in cafeteria 6:00 pm

February 16 - Lifetouch Spring Picture Day

February 16 - Family Night (6:00-7:30 pm)

February 20 - No School President’s Day, PD Flex Day

February 22 - Spirit Night at Papa John’s 4 - 8 PM

March 6-7 - Student Led Conferences

March 10 - KKids 7:15-7:45 AM

March 13 - Lifetouch Class Picture Day

March 14 - Spirit Night at Dairy Queen 3-9pm

March 15 - 1st Grade Music Performance for school 1:00 pm

March 16 - 1st grade Music Performance for parents and guests (5:30-students arrive; 6:00-program begins)

March 16 - Lifetouch Kindergarten Cap & Gown Picture Day

March 17 - PTA St. Patrick’s Day Fun Food Friday (Snacks for sale $1.00 each) & End 3rd Quarter (50 days)

March 20-24 - Spring Break

March 27 - Begin 4th Quarter

March 28 - Spirit/Skate Night at Roller City! 6 - 8 pm

April 3 - Color Run Kickoff & Packets go home & Report cards go home

April 5 - Spirit Night Andy's Frozen Custard 11-11

April 7 - Kindergarten Egg Hunt

April 14 - KKids 7:15-7:45 AM

April 14 - PTA Color Run

April 20 - - Spirit/Skate Night at Roller City! 6 - 8 pm

May 1-5 - Teacher Appreciation Week

May 5 - Chuck E Cheese Spirit Night 3:00-9:00 pm

May 4 & 5 - Mom Shop - $1.00

May 11 - Lunch with Moms (or any favorite friend) (Kindergarten, 2nd, & 4th Grade)

May 12 - Lunch with Moms (or any favorite friend) (Pre-K, 1st, 3rd, 5th Grade)

May 22 - 5th Grade Celebration 9:30 am & Kindergarten Celebration 12:30 pm

May 23 - Talent Show 8:30

May 24 - Fun/Field Day

May 25 - Last Day of School Kickball & Greet the New Grade

End 4th Qtr (44 days)

Thank you for your partnership,

Mrs. Lynn Ryan, Principal, lryan@sdale.org

Mrs. Carrie Farris, Assistant Principal, cfarris@sdale.org

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Mrs. Wright has linked three holiday resources for you in Lightbox. We hope you and your child will be able to spend some time reading these resources over the break.

Order your Walker Elementary yearbook today. Go to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectStudent?isAdvertisementOnly=False Our Walker Elementary code is: 8405323. Yearbooks cost $20 for a soft cover or $25 for a hard cover. The front cover of our 2022-23 yearbook was designed by Nora. Congratulations, Nora! Nora's design included our school mascot and our district logo.

Please join us for our monthly parent engagement meeting. This month, we will talk about student assessments, and Mrs. Waterman, our school counselor, will have some more information for us on social-emotional learning.

If you need an interpreter our ESL office available 8 am - 4 pm. Ms. Gaby is also able to answer questions in Spanish at Walker from 7:30-4:00. We have a school program for parents to learn English while also learning how to support their child's learning needs. Please see the information below to join our Springdale Family Literacy Program. Our Springdale Family Literacy Program will start the year online. If you or someone you know is looking for classes in English, check out the information linked at the bottom of this newsletter.

We're excited to introduce our new spirit wear website! Visit www.walkerspiritwear.com to check out all of the options. You can choose from several types of shirts, pants, and even accessories. AND, there are 12 designs available, including 6 glitter ink designs! With cooler temperatures coming, check out the selection of long sleeved shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies.

Shipping is free any time you spend $50+! Go check out the site and find the Walker Wear that you and your child would love to have for this year!

Last month in counseling lessons we talked about conflict resolution steps and modeled with partners how to solve certain conflicts that happen at school and at home. I gave each partnership a scenario and then we walked through the steps together. Here are the steps that we went through to solve our conflicts.

1. Ask the person if you can talk privately. Go somewhere that you will not be interrupted or overhead by others
   

2. “When __________ happened, I felt __________." or “When you __________, I felt __________.”
   

3. Let the other person share his/her experience.
   

4. “Next time, can we __________ instead?”
   

5. Agree on a solution or plan for next time.
   

6. Move on! Let it go and forgive one another. forgive one another.

I always sing Let It Go for them at the end of our lesson! Ask your child this week if they can remember the steps or the frozen song when talking about conflicts!

Arisa Health / Ozark Guidance Counseling (OGC) has partnered with us to provide school counseling services for students and families. If you would like to get your child into these services you can either call our school counselor, Mrs. Erin Waterman or call the service provider directly and ask to schedule an intake appointment. If you call directly, remember to say that your child attends Walker Elementary in Springdale. OGC (479) 750-2020

Walker Elementary has a Facebook page for the school, EAST, KKids, and PTA. Like all these pages to keep up with the latest school information. Click on the links below to get to each page. Then click on the like button to follow our pages. Once you like our pages, you will see our posts in your Facebook newsfeed.

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Email: lryan@sdale.org
Website: http://walker.sdale.org/
Location: 1701 S 40th St, Springdale, AR 72762, USA
Phone: (479)750-8874
Twitter: @WalkerWildcats1