Greetings Walden Middle School Community! The Walden Weekly will provide you with important information, dates, and events to help you to stay on top of all things happening during the 2024-2025 school year and to ensure the success of all our students. Thank you for your ongoing support of Walden Middle School and our incredible community!

Visit the Walden Middle School Website - https://walden.parkhill.k12.mo.us/

• June 3 to July 1 - Summer School at Walden
• June 15, 2025 - Last day to buy school tool box for direct to school delivery.
• August 4 and 5, 2025 - WEB Leader Training
• August 7, 2025 - WEB 6th grade Orientation
• August 13, 2025 - Open House
• August 18, 2025 - First Day of School

Wait, school isn't even out yet and you are already talking about school supplies? Walden is partnering with School Tool Box to make shopping for school supplies quick, easy, and stress-free. No worrying about school lists. With school tool box, everything other than a backpack and lunch box will be prepackaged, high quality supplies and shipped directly to the school if ordered before June 15th. After June 15th the box of supplies will be delivered to your home for a small fee. Items delivered to the school will be waiting for you and your student on Open House Night.

Order your supplies today!

We want to make sure there is nothing standing in the way of your child starting school for the 25-26 school year.

According to state law, we are not allowed to let your child start the school year unless we have proof that your child has the immunizations required by state law. This means we will not be able to let them have technology access. Current Park Hill students with technology will have their access turned off on July 14th. Technology will be turned back on 24 hours after immunizations are received and verified by the nurse.

If you need any help figuring out how to get the immunizations your child needs, I would love to help you. Just contact me at 816-359-4244.

All students going into 8th grade will need Meningococcal & Tdap.

Heather Howell, BSN, RN

Afternoon student pick up at Walden is a bit different from morning drop off. To expediate the process of student pick up, students are picked up at three different areas of the building which allows a faster and safer process. The map below highlights the three pick up locations. 8th grade students are picked up behind the school off of N. Northwood, 7th graders are picked up at the front entrance, and 6th graders are picked up at the west entrance to the building. PLEASE wait until you get to the sidewalk to pick up your student(s) as walking in the parking lot to your cars creates an unsafe situation and we want to ensure all students are safe. If you have students in multiple grades, work with them to determine which area will be your common pickup area.

At Walden Middle School, the safety of our students in our top priority and ensuring an efficient and orderly morning drop-off process is one of the most important aspects of maintaining the safety of our students. Below is a map of the traffic pattern and how cars flow for morning drop off. We ask that students only be dropped off along the sidewalk colored in yellow. We understand that this takes a bit longer but dropping off students along NW56th street or in the parking lot creates a safety risk. To help expedite the process please encourage your student to be ready to exit your car when you pull up into the yellow area. Again, the safety of our students in our top priority and we appreciate your support.

The Walden PTA has finally joined Instagram! Follow them for updates, events, volunteer opportunities and more! ! !

• With the school year quickly approaching, and fall athletics are just around the corner! This year, Park Hill School District is moving forward with an online platform called Privit for submission of participant eligibility documents, including physician sign physical forms. Families who will have students participating in athletics and activities (Speech and Debate, and Scholar Bowl) will need to create an account for their Walden student using this link. More information can be found on this flyer to support with Privit.

Walden Middle School is lucky to have a very involved PTA that connects with students, staff, families, and the greater community. They provide items for teachers and students to enhance learning and promote a positive and fun learning community. Just a few of the initiatives that PTA supports are:

• Spirit Carts
• Classroom Supplements
• Cultural Arts Events
• Awards Assemblies
• Reflections Art Contest
• Student Appreciation
• Staff Appreciation
• Student Incentives and more.

Individual memberships are $15, family memberships are $30 and business partner memberships are $100. For family and business partner memberships, a portion is tax deductible. A few benefits of a business membership is your logo in the PTA newsletters, social media posts, and banners.

You can join our incredible PTA today by logging in to the weblink below:

https://walden-pta-membership-2025-copy.cheddarup.com

If you have questions about how to get involved and volunteer for this coming school year, please feel free to reach out to us at waldenjaguarspta@gmail.com

For more information, check out the PTA page on the Walden Middle School webpage.

https://walden.parkhill.k12.mo.us/families/pta

Thank you for your help and support by joining the Walden PTA! We wish all of our Jaguars a very successful school year!

Nominate a Walden Star today at https://www.parkhilllistens.com/park-hill-stars