Gertrude Walker Dolphins SplashCast

By the end of the school year, 80% of K–4 students will demonstrate typical to aggressive growth in both math and reading as measured by FastBridge assessments.

Mrs. Sydney Hess (Counselor) handed off the dolphin Trophy to our Intervention Para, Ann Adams. Mrs. Hess added a crystal bear that hung from a lamp in her childhood home. It reminds her of her purpose, being the person that can be their for students. She passed the trophy to Mrs. Adams for being a great team member, and making her always feel welcome with a smiling face of positivity. She's always someone she can go to.

Notes will be sent home on Oct. 8 for parents to select 3 times for conference. Teachers will then schedule them and send a note home with your time on either Oct. 22 or Oct. 23.

National Walk/Bike to School Day

October 8, 2025

Help promote health, safety, and the environment by walking or biking with your child and Gertrude Walker Staff to school. Gertrude Walker Staff will be at Scout Park (2308 N 8th Street) will start walking at 7:45. You can walk with your child or drop them off by 7:40.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

We are doing Family Engagement during the school day this year. We will send a note home for you to sign up. We will serve breakfast at 8:00, have an assembly at 8:20, and classes will start at 8:30. Parents can stay and experience their child's day in their classrooms and stay until 11 o'clock.

Please look for the note home. We home everyone can make it!

Staff is having a Where's Waldo Theme for Halloween this year. We hope you consider joining us.

Below is a link to some Where's Waldo activities and some images of Where's Waldo Pages. During students breaks and free time, it would be a good a idea to explore these to educate them on where's WALDO and to get them excited about our theme. Many more activities, images and books can be found online.

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/138407/wheres-waldo-free-activities/

On October 30th from 5:30 to 7, we will be joining Abe Hubert's Trunk or Treat, in the Abe Hubert Parking Lot. GM, will also be joining. We hope to see GW families there.

Mrs. Lavina's 3rd grade class earned the most positive referrals in September for kindness. Their class celebrated with a donut breakfast and writing thank you notes to Compass Staff who support GW.

October Focus: Secret Kindness Missions

Week 1: Secret Kindness Missions at School

Week 2: Helping Hands in Action

Week 3: Family Kindness Bingo Challenge

Week 4: School-Wide Secret Missions

Let's have fun helping students create a habit of Kindness!

Chapter 2

Students recognized this week for showing kindness and being the "I" in kind. Each student put a leaf on our kindness tree. Each student that earns a leaf will also receive a Kindness League Button that they can proudly display on their backpack.

https://www.facebook.com/GWDolphins

At Gertrude Walker, we like to make WAVES

W - Wise Decisions

A - Ambitious

V - Value Self and Others

E - Encourage

S - Self-Reliant

Your child can earn a WAVE slip every day if they are seen following our building-wide expectations. On Friday all those WAVES are sent to the office at the end of the day. We pull 2 WAVES from each class for students to come to the office for a prize.

Every day, your child has an opportunity to receive a positive referral. Positive referrals are for students making big WAVES. These referrals are recorded in Skyward. Each morning, during announcements, students who have received a positive referral are called down to the office and given the opportunity to call home to celebrate their positive referral.

Oct. 8 - Walk to School Day

Oct. 10 - Picture Day

Oct. 17 - No School

Oct. 27 - SPIRIT WEEK - more Information to come

Oct 30 - Trunk or Treat with Abe Hubert from 5:30 to 7

Oct. 31 - Halloween - Where's Waldo Theme

Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat at Abe Hubert - We Will Join GM and AH this year for Trunk or Treat - More Info to Come

Nov. 11 - Veterans Day