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Walton PTSA |
What's so special about Walton PTSA?
- We logged over 8500 hours of volunteer time last year helping Walton faculty and staff.
- We produce high quality parent newsletters.
- We send out pertinent and timely e-mails to keep everyone informed.
- We worked with and sponsored the newly designed Walton Website!
- We host three sessions of "Walton 101" for incoming freshman parents.
- We welcome newcomers and transfer students with our Newcomer's Committee.
- We organize the "Raider Pride Awards", and sponsor two "Raider Pride" scholarships for seniors.
- We have three voting members who serve on the Walton Governance Council.
- We have beautified the front entrance to Walton with awesome landscaping.
- We provide daily volunteers for the front office, the media center, PPO, and the Copy Crew.
- We provide guidance office volunteers during advisement and book distribution volunteers each semester.
- We provide informative Parent Education Programs.
- We collect and organize the judging of our entries to the National PTA "Reflections" Program.
- We take a group of students to visit a local prison with PTA's "Consequences of Crime" program.
- We encourage students to be drug free with our programs for "Prom Promise", "Red Ribbon Week", and the "Great American Smokeout".
- We monitor legislation affecting children and lobby according to PTA legislative priorities.
- We publish the Student Directory and the PTSA Calendar full of important dates and information.
- We encourage and organize students to volunteer through Community Outreach committee.
- We sponsor the "PROBE College Fair" at Northpoint Mall every fall.
- We work with students to design and organize the "Evening of Inspiration" for seniors each year.
- We help organize and staff the Senior Breakfast and Senior Picnic each year.
- We perform Hearing and Vision testing each fall.
- We appreciate our teachers and staff with: Teacher Appreciation Week, a Back to School luncheon in August and a holiday luncheon during December.
- We organize a Book Fair to sell required summer reading books every May.
- We sponsor the annual Jackie Auerbach Award to a deserving faculty and staff member who instills school spirit!
