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.

This week Sara Unruh handed off the dolphin Trophy to our School Counselor, Sydney Hess. Mrs. Unruh added a representation of her dog on the trophy representing unconditional love, loyalty, and acceptance of who you are no matter your background. She passed the trophy to Mrs., Hess for giving everything with her whole heart and positivity. Mrs. Hess has been a great addition to GW, and makes our school a better and more positive place for families, students and staff.

To ease congestion at the front of the school during dismissal. First and 2nd grade will now be brought to the fence on 9th street. The street east of the school. Teachers will walk students to the fence.

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!

Our Emergency Response Team will be meeting this week to go over GW's Crisis Management Plan. After we meet, we will conduct our first drill to get prepared for district drills in October. Safety of your children is a top priority at Gertrude Walker.

Emergency Response Team: David DeLoach (Principal), Angela Anderson (Nurse), Amanda Hauck (Secretary), Manuela Vigil (Secretary), Lorena Madera (Instructional Coach), Maria Lopez (Head Custodian), and Sydney Hess (Counselor)

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

Today, our classroom showing the most kindness for the month of September was Mrs. Lavina's 3rd grade class. They celebrated with a donut breakfast and wrote thank you cards of appreciation to Compass staff who come and support our building.

Octobers Focus: Secret Kindness Missions

Students recognized this week for showing kindness and being the "I" in kind. Each student put a leaf on our kindness tree. For the month of October we will focus on secret kindness missions.

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. 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