Students from grades PreK through 8th grade will all be participating in Green Up Day activities this Friday afternoon to help beautify Walden. While grades PreK and K will be staying on campus, the 1st-8th will be walking the local area with the help of our Walden Town Clerk, Debbie Messier. Students will meet with Debbie in the multi-purpose room at 1pm to gather up supplies and talk about safety first before heading out to clean up the streets!

Parents are invited to come join us and lend a hand in this Spring cleaning. Please let Ms. Victoria know in the office if you will be joining us so that she can verify that you have the proper paperwork in place to volunteer to join our classes.

Yesterday, Bill Half, owner of Harvest Hill Farm, came to Walden School to work with our 5th grade students. After a great discussion in the classroom they went outside to start planting their pumpkins that they will transplant on the farm at the end of this month and then harvest at the beginning of next school year. Bill will be coming back into school to do the same thing with the 1st and 2nd graders to start planting their potatoes. We are so grateful for Bill giving our students this hands on learning opportunity right here in our local community!

Greetings Walden School Families,

Next Week, May 8-12th, is Teacher Appreciation Week! This is a great opportunity to share your gratitude for all of our teachers. We invite you all - parents and students - to consider sharing your thanks next week in a way that makes sense for your family. Whether that is through a personal note, a homemade treat, some flowers, a gift card, or some other thoughtful gesture, what's most important is that our teachers know we appreciate their hard work and dedication.

It’s lovely to remember Sabrina, the bus-driver, the specialty class teachers, special ed teachers, intervention teachers, paraeducators, custodians, Ms. Victoria and all staff at the school…..Everyone at Walden Elementary works with their whole heart - it’s our job to see that, and to say thanks!

After the recent election, there still remains an open board seat on the Caledonia Cooperative School Board. The School Board holds the authority to appoint a candidate to fill the vacancy and is seeking to do so as soon as possible so that Walden School has 3 representatives just like Barnet and Waterford. If you are interested in filling the open seat (3 year appointment), please contact Mr. Fontana as soon as possible. The next board meeting is Monday, May 8th at Walden School starting at 6pm. I would invite you to notify Mr. Fontana of your interest before that time or to come to the meeting if you are interested in learning more about the board's operation.

This past Monday, we kicked off the new basketball elective with a visit from Mr. Fontana to talk about sportsmanship and the importance of it throughout his professional athletic career. Students then performed a pre-assessment of foul shot makes in 10 attempts and layups made in 2 minutes. And with Mrs. Russell leading this elective class, students will be tracking this data and putting their math skills to use to create SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely) basketball goals over the next 6 weeks.

Congratulations, this week's Artists of the Week are 1st grader, Crosby Lynd, and 2nd grader, Lucas Lakus, for their puzzle art that they created!

May 5th: Green Up Day at Walden School

May 8th: 8th grade Northwoods Experience Field Trip

May 8th: CCSD Board meeting 6pm @ Walden School

May 12th: No PreK classes due to PreK screening for next year

May 16th: 3rd & 4th grade field trip to VINS (VT Institute of Natural Science) in Quechee, VT

May 19th: Early release, afternoon PD for faculty and staff

May 23rd: 7th grade students presentation of learning to VREC in Danville

May 25th: 1st, 2nd, & 5th grade field trip to Harvest Hill Farm for planting pumpkins and potatoes

May 29th: No School, Memorial Day

May 30th: 5th & 6th grade field trip to Siskin Outdoor Learning Center

June 1st: PreK-2 field trip to ECHO Museum in Burlington

June 7th: Last day of school for the PreK

June 8th: 8th grade graduation @ 6pm

June 12th: Last day of school for students, early release @ 12pm

2022-2023 Walden Family Handbook can be located at https://walden.ccsuvt.net/ under the Community Resources tab.

Email: anthony.fontana@ccsuvt.net
Website: https://walden.ccsuvt.net/
Location: 135 Cahoon Farm Road, West Danville, VT, USA
Phone: (802)563-3000