PCC Meeting 2/4 9-10am

General Parent Community Council Meeting
Saturday, Feb. 4 @ 9am
in the Walden School gym

Thank you, parents, for all the volunteer work you have done and donations you have made so far this school year to help our school be great.  Your work has made a difference!

To help us plan for the new year, please join us for a General PCC Meeting Saturday, February 4 from 9-10am in the gym.  Children are welcome, and we will serve a light breakfast.  Whether you have been involved in the PCC this year or would like to be, we look forward to seeing you there!

Library Work Day 2/1 8:30-11:15am

"We Love Reading!" Library Work Day
Wednesday, Feb. 1

Just a half hour of your time will help us meet our goal of opening the school library in February.   Please join us any time this Wed. morning 8:30-11:15am upstairs in the school library (2/1).

Want to help a different day?  Please email us at waldenpcc@gmail.com.

Lunch Menu 1/30-2/3

January
30 - Creamy Potato Soup, Salad and Roll
31 - Macaroni and Cheese and Peas
February
1 - Eggs, Sausage and Fruit/Yogurt Parfaits
2 - Pizza and Salad
3 - Sandwiches, Chips and Fruit

Walden School Lunch Program 2012

We are pleased to announce that Shelbi Park will be returning to Walden as to administer our new school lunch program effective Jan. 3, 2012. We are excited to have Shelbi back with us and look forward to enjoying her healthy, tasty lunches! We appreciate your patience as we transition to our new program. If you have any questions regarding balances etc. from last year please contact Shelbi or What’s 4 Lunch directly as we do not have any of these records at Walden School. Below you will find Lunch Prices, Policies and Procedures.

Prices

Grade Price Per Lunch 25 punch ticket

K-5th	$2.25	$56.25
6-12th	$2.75	$68.75
Faculty/Staff	$2.75	$68.75
Reduced	$1.00	$25.00

Reduced Lunches

Reduced price ($1.00 per student per lunch) are available students who qualify for a full fee waivers according to the fee waiver guidelines distributed at the beginning of the school year. You must fill out the application for reduced lunch form attached to this email as well as provide income verification (we can look this up if you provided it in Sept.) in order to be given the reduced rate. Please be patient with us it may take us a few days to get applications for reduced lunch processed. Once you have turned in your paperwork and have been notified that your child has been approved for reduced lunch you can purchase a 25 punch pass for the reduced price.

POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Payment

You may purchase 25 punch tickets from Hannah in the main office or from Sharon. We accept cash, check or charge (Mastercard or Visa with a 3% service charge fee). Partial tickets will not be sold however, we understand that sometimes emergencies happen and students may purchase individual lunches with cash. Please help us to keep administrative costs down by only sending cash for individual lunches in emergency situations.

Pre-Ordering

It is not necessary to pre-order lunches through an electronic system. If your child has a ticket with punches left on it there will be lunch provided for them. Tickets will remain at school in a safe location and will never be given to students.

Forgotten Lunches/Unpaid Meals

In the event that your child comes to school without a lunch and does not have a lunch ticket or cash for lunch your child will be asked to call home and have a lunch brought to them or purchase a ticket over the phone. We are not in a position to provide lunches on credit. However, in the extremely unlikely event that you are unreachable we will not allow a student to go hungry. In these emergency situations you will be expected to pay for the emergency lunch the following day.

Notifications

We will make every effort possible to notify parents via email when your student has less than 5 punches left on their ticket. However, ultimately it is your responsibility to keep track of your students lunch account status. An easy way to do this is to remember that one ticket lasts about 1 month. If you ever have any questions about your child’s lunch account please feel free to contact Sharon via email at sharonbeecroft@gmail.com.

Vegetarian Lunches

Vegetarian options will be available on a daily basis.

Menus

Menus will be linked on the school website at www.waldenschool.us. If you have comments or suggestions for the menu please contact Diana or Sharon. Please be patient this first week as we work out the kinks in our new program. We will have a January menu posted as soon as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns about our new lunch program please contact Sharon or Diana.

Thank You,

Sharon Beecroft

Business Manager

Walden School of Liberal Arts

Deadline Extended to Friday, January 20th 3pm

The Inspirations Art Competition DEADLINE has been extended to Friday, January 20th! All entries must be submitted a week from this Friday. Here are a few important details for all parents and students to remember:

• ENTRIES DUE: JANUARY 20TH AT 3:00 PM!
• ALL Walden students are eligible to enter the competition -- that's students Kindergarten through 12th Grade. Entries will broken into separate competitions for separate age divisions, which are: K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade, 6th-8th Grade & 9th-12th Grade.
• ENTRIES MUST BE THE STUDENTS' ORIGINAL WORK -- No copyrighted materials may be used in any way. No pre-manufactured kits will be accepted. No adult assistance. STUDENTS' OWN WORK ONLY. But, art projects that have been already been created by the students for class or other reasons may be entered as long as the work has not been entered in competition previously. (The connection to the theme is important, but the theme this year is "My Favorite Things" so it should be easy to qualify/justify nearly any prior work under that category if the student puts some thought into it).
• MAKE CERTAIN that YOUR ENTRIES COMPLY WITH THE RULES (click here for RULES for all catagories). Each category has specific rules beside the general rules for the competition. Check your category rules and stick to what is outlined there so you are not disqualified! Hard copies of all Rules may be picked up at the school's Front Desk.
• Be sure to FILL in the OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM COMPLETELY. NOTE: If the student can write, then the expectation is for the student to fill in the form themselves. If students are entering more than one category, an entry form must accompany each entry. Click here for a copy of the Entry Form; hard copies are also available at the school at the Front Desk.

ALSO HELP STILL NEEDED -- Thanks to the parents who have contacted me to volunteer! We are still in need of additional help, especially for the following needs:

1. THANK YOU GIFT ITEM DONATIONS FOR OUR VOLUNTEER JUDGES -- We would appreciate your in-kind contributions (gift certificates, small-but-nice token items) or cash donations to make thank-you gift bags for the judges that do volunteer their time and talents to make our competition successful. We have some very qualified professionals donating their time to judge and we would like to show them proper respect and courtesy for their efforts. An "Inspirations Thank You Gift" collections jar will be located in Miss Lois' office -- even small contributions of $.50-$1 would be appreciated.
2. VOLUNTEERS TO RECEIVE ENTRIES ON JANUARY 13TH between 1PM - 5PM -- We will set up tables in the school's front lobby to receive the students' entries as they come in and will need several parents available to go through the competition checklist with each student as they turn in their work, and then officially receive the entries and keep them secure. Volunteers will also begin sorting entries into age divisions & categories and block out student names/code their entries to provide anonymity for judging. We would appreciate 1 - 2 hours of your time for this assignment.
3. VOLUNTEERS TO CAREFULLY MOVE 3-D & OTHER ART ENTRIES TO SECURE LOCATION at 3:15 PM until around 4PM -- We will house some entries elsewhere in the school than in the lobby to keep them secure, but cannot do so until after school lets out for the upper grades. We really could use some help to transport these items from the lobby area We expect to use 30-45 minutes of your time at the most for this assignment.
4. VOLUNTEERS TO DELIVER SOME ENTRIES TO JUDGES between 3:45 - 5PM -- Entries from some categories will be delivered to the judges themselves and we would appreciate help in transporting those items from Walden to various locations in the area on the late afternoon &/or evening of Friday, January 13th. We expect to use 30 min - 1 hr of your time for this assignment.

If you are able to help or contribute please contact: Jessica Connors, tel. 801.787.8279 or email jess_connors@q.com. Feel free to text, call or email as is best for you. Please help us make this program a good experience for your students by lending a hand. THANK YOU, HAPPY NEW YEAR & WELCOME BACK!