eNews March 2, 2021

Post date: Mar 09, 2021 3:30:12 PM

What's Happening at Walnut Acres - March 2, 2021

Mark Your Calendars!

3/2 - PFC Special Presentation: Cherise Khaund, MDUSD Board President on MDUSD Re-Opening, Zoom - 7pm

3/16 - PFC Meeting via Zoom - 7pm

3/19 - Virtual Wine Tasting Parent Buy-In Party (Pre-Purchased Tickets Required)

4/2 - Cesar Chaves Day - NO SCHOOL

4/5 - 4/9 Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

For the entire calendar, please see: PFC Key Dates 2020-2021

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Donate to Jag Fund

Through parent donations to our Jaguar Fund, the PFC is able to fund many of the things that make our school unique. The suggested donation is $650 per student, but please give what you can! You can contribute in monthly payments if you prefer. Click HERE for more information. Check out the widget on the Jag Fund page to find out if your employer has an employee matching gifts program! Please help us reach our goal! Donate Now.

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Walnut Acres Zoom with MDUSD Board President Tonight

Cherise Khaund, President of the MDUSD Governing Board of Education and our MDUSD area representative, will be doing a Zoom with Walnut Acres parents TONIGHT, March 2nd at 7pm to share her knowledge of MDUSD's current re-opening plans, and answer the questions you submitted for her this past week. Click HERE for details.

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Get Your Tickets NOW!Virtual Wine Tasting Parent Buy-In Party -March 19th! Join the parents of Walnut Acres for a Virtual Wine Tasting Parent Buy-in-Party. Purchase your tickets by March 12th! Featured wines from 'In Good Taste'.

In Good Taste is a new kind of winery, bringing illustrious and diverse wines to you in single — glass bottles. They collaborate with growers to uncover novel wines of meaningful character and quality. Your Host, Hillary Bennett, will be providing information on the wines chosen throughout the course of the evening.

Each ticket provides you with 8, six ounce bottles of wine. You will receive a mix of rose, whites and reds. Purchase tickets HERE

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PFC Volunteers for 2021-2022

Are you interested in getting more involved with the fun PFC committees and events that happen at Walnut Acres? We have positions available for the 2021-2022 school year. Click HERE to see what is still open. If you are interested or have questions, reach out to Brooke at president@walnutacrespfc.net

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Buy Your 2020-2021 Walnut Acres Yearbook

Go to: www.yearbookordercenter.com and enter school code: 10053

Also - Yearbook Needs Your Pictures!

The yearbook committee is planning some fun features for the yearbook and we need your photo contributions. Please send photos of the following (make sure the student is in the picture too):

  • Pet "Co-student"- Send us snaps of your child(ren) participating in school with their pet.

  • Academics- Pics of your child(ren) engaged in STEM, science, reading, PE, playing an instrument, etc.

  • Artwork - Has your child creating some masterpieces during shelter-in-place? (paintings, sculpture, etc.) Show us!

  • Zoom trips - Where are fun places your child has Zoomed from? The car? Another state?

TO SEND PHOTOS:

  1. Go to: www.hjeshare.com Enter school code walnutacres

  2. Click "select images for upload". Click "Browse for Images".

  3. Locate our images, click on them, then click "Open".

  4. Enter the information for each image. Please include "grade(s) of students" and provide the teacher's name if known. For "student(s) shown", type N/A.

  5. Click "upload images".

Any questions contact: yearbook@walnutacrespfc.net

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SAY IT IN LIGHTS!

Support the PFC and put a smile on your child's face! For $25.00, the greeting “Happy Birthday ‘Your Child’s Name’” will be on display on the Walnut Acres' electronic Marquee from 7am-9pm on your date of choice.

The deadline for submitting an order is one week prior to your child's birthday. Click HERE to purchase.

Questions? Email Pat Mitsch at marquee@walnutacrespfc.net.

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SHOP & EARN FOR WALNUT ACRES

Raise money for Walnut Acres by simply buying the same products and services you do every day! When shopping on Amazon, make sure to click on our Amazon link from the PFC home page HERE